ATV Stock Library: Birmingham 1960s

Summary

A reel of street scenes in Birmingham city centre shot around 1965-1967.

Year:

1966

Duration:

0:15:50

Film type:

Black & White / Mute

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Brief shot of the Stewart and Lloyds building. Shots of people walking across of St Philip’s churchyard outside the Cathedral. Snow Hill Station exterior followed by a Corporation bus and passengers at a stop. Newspaper seller. Exterior shots of St Phillips Cathedral. High angle views of the city taken from a balcony. Brief shots from a moving car approaching Victoria Square. Brief shots of Big Brum and the front of the Museum and Art Gallery. Shots of pigeons. Exterior of the Council House. Children's roundabout and traffic at the Bullring. View inside the Bullring Bus Station showing Midland Red buses. Bull Ring traffic. Pedestrians on a street escalator leading to New Street. More traffic at the Bullring. Bullring outdoor market. Abattoir with meat carcasses. Churchyard at St Paul’s Square. Jewellery Quarter with traffic and the clock tower. High angle shot over the Ringway. Shot of the Rotunda. Various office buildings. Traffic and buses and shoppers. More traffic passing in front of the Rotunda.


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