1950s rare video of Erith, Bexleyheath, Bexley, Welling, A2, Vickers factory entrance, buses, cars скачать в хорошем качестве

1950s rare video of Erith, Bexleyheath, Bexley, Welling, A2, Vickers factory entrance, buses, cars

1950s ERITH (and RACS), BEXLEYHEATH, BEXLEY VILLAGE, colour video of WELLING, A2 rare footage part of a council safety video Video timestamps: B&W Video 0.00 Erith 3.40 Crayford Vickers Works and White Swan. Inc school and kids crossing 5.50 Welling Corner 8.00 Bexleyheath Broadway 10.00 Bexley Village, Love Lane, Parkhill Road, Bridgen Colour Video Now late 1950s 11.08 In colour: A2 Blendon, A2/Danson Road junction, A2/Westwood Lane junction 13.30 In colour: Welling Corner 14.40 In colour: A2 Black Prince junction Views of Erith local streets, including the road junction at the corner of High Street and Avenue Road with a building of the 'Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society' on one corner and the Odeon Cinema on another. The passing traffic around Erith High Street includes a horse drawn delivery vehicle, private automobiles, a Route master bus (numbered 480), trolleybuses (numbered 696 and 698) cyclists, handcarts, a motorcyclist, women pushing prams, and children walking with their mother. Many shops and building are visible including Mitchells Stores and the Ritz Cinema (which is showing 'Five Fingers', a 1952 film starring James Mason). At some factory gates (Vickers Sons & Maxim's Erith Works on Crayford Rd not Fraser road? TBC), there are people leaving and going to a nearby trolleybus stop. At a busy road crossing in the centre of town, motor vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists are shown, and some buses pass including the 89, 126, 160, and the 241 for Sidcup. Attendees are seen boarding their coach home from Hyde Park in London (the coach is marked 'Curries Coaches Stone, Dartford'). Back in Bexley the film continues with views of the exterior of the Regal Cinema on Bexleyheath Broadway, where a group of schoolgirls are queuing to enter (films advertised include 'Home At Seven', 'Today' and 'Broderick Crawford in Remember That Face'). Some further street scenes around Bexleyheath, now with snow piled up on the edge of the road, with busy road traffic in town and the clock tower visible. Some quiet tree-lined country lanes are contrasted with a busy trunk road. A colour sequence in Welling and A2 areas follows with shots of a busy road in a suburban area of new housing with prominent red signs marked 'Accident Area' and 'Caution' on the side of the street. At a busy road junction in town, some of the stores in the background can be made out including Grays, K.E. Carter & Co. House Agents, Barclays Bank and A.B. Hemming This material is used on a non-commercial basis for educational purposes only, specifically for teaching and bringing discussion about local history. It is featured on Royal-Arsenal-history.com, a website that is primarily information-led, research-oriented, and not behind a paywall. The material is also shared on social media accounts, such as the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArsenal..., with the intention of promoting discussion and interest in local history. Please click this link to subscribe    / @royal-arsena.  . for more videos like this. For family research, rare footage, rare photos and documents can be found here: www.facebook.com/groups/royal.arsenal.history (2000+ members can help you) www.royal-arsenal-history.com www.instagram.com/rahistory_com www.twitter.com/rahistory_com www.facebook.com/RoyalArsenalHistory