Cities Of Britain - Birmingham No. 3 (1931)

Full titles read: "Cities of Britain No. 3 - Birmingham - Described by Ald. Sir Percival Bower, MBE, JP, Lord Mayor, 1924-1926."



Birmingham, West Midlands.



Various shots of industrial locations in Birmingham including the Princes Electricity Station, workers coming out of a motor works factory. (Short length of spacing follows.) Various shots of architecture in the city; Mason's College of Birmingham University and the new University buildings. Several shots of parkland; Sir Percival mentions the unspoiled countryside of Lickey Hills. Various shots of The Hall of Memory, a World War One Memorial. Aerial L/S of a railway station. M/S in the station as we see a steam train pulling out from a platform.
FILM ID:1034.02

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