London’s £2,000,000 Market (1926)

Full title reads: “London’s £2,000,000 market. Lord Mayor lays foundation stone of Spitalfields Market extension“. East London. M/S of procession of men in ceremonial robes and hats, including Colonel Sir Rowland Blades, Lord Mayor. They walk beneath an awning. Various M/Ss of Blades laying cement on foundation stone. A commemorative plaque is laid on the wet cement. Blades then makes a speech. Cuts exist - see separate record. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. Al