New Market Ready Soon (1963)

Item title reads - New market ready soon. Smithfield, London. Various shots of Smithfield meat market as men pull cartloads of meat about. Library footage showing the fire which destroyed it in 1958, L/S tower of the old market place on fire. L/S meat hanging up in the blazing market. M/S as the roof collapses. L/S firemen directing hoses onto the blaze. M/S as the tower collapses. Elevated shot of the new poultry market with the biggest clear span dome in Europe. Interior shots as truck drives in. M/S man shovelling sand. C/U workman welding. L/S men laying floor. M/S workman opening heavy door into deep freeze compartments. M/S men working on wall of one of the compartments. C/U cork insulation being bonded in hot tar. C/U as the cork is stuck to the roof. L/S exterior of market. 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 ENQ