Big Ben: Inside London's Famous Clock (1950) | British Pathé

Take a look inside London's famous clock or rather bell if you want to be more accurate, Big Ben.

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(FILM ID:1243.08)

Title reads: "Big Ben".

London.

L/S showing Westminster Palace, Big Ben and River Thames. Low angle shot of Big Ben. Elevated shot bell tower. C/U of bell rope. C/U of hammer striking bell showing reverberation. Interior. C/U of clock face of Big Ben, a man walks past. C/U of signatures scrawled on face. General shots of man looking at clock mechanism. Panning C/U of inscription, giving name of designer and date of erection. Various C/Us of clock mechanism working.

High angled shot of traffic and pedestrians on Parliament Square, looking down from clock tower. L/S, from clock tower, looking over River Thames. Panning L/S of Parliament Square.

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