Construction of Selfridge’s skyscraper (1920)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Expansion of Selfridges on Oxford Street in London, although the tower was never completed Full Description: ENGLAND: London: City of Westminster: Oxford Street: Selfridges: EXT SV tilt down construction held up by scaffolding. GV elev. site showing steam digger and skips standing on rails. GV tilt down hole in site to show steam digger. CU scoop on digger. SV pan round site. SV elev. men in row looking down at site from pavement. GV elev. steam digger dumps earth into skips which are wheeled back along rails, quick motion. SV elev. digger working. GV elev. skips being wheeled back and fro. SV elev. men on construction shifting large stone. steam digger swings round. SV elev. men in row watching site from pavement. GV elev. digger swings round. SV digger in action. CU scoop of digger. MV digger scoops up earth from side of ho