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Belfast, Belfast City Centre
1901
02min 13sec
silent
nitrate film
black and white
British Film Institute
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Street scenes shot from a moving tram. Shoppers, bicycles and the occasional horse and cart can be seen.
An open-topped double-decker tram approaches in the opposite direction. It is marked "Ormeau Road" and has an advertisement for "Hudson's Soap". Another tram approaches, also in the opposite direction, marked "CD Railway", advertising "Ogden Cigarettes". A number of men can be seen apparently pushing wheeled advertising boards. The text is very faint, but some (possibly all - they appear to be identical) are marked "The Ulster Hall" and (possibly) "the most awaited performance". In the background a shop sign reads "The Cecil Cigar Store". A small boy in a sailor suit can be seen standing in the road to the left of the shot. The camera comes behind a tram - possibly the first tram again, similarly marked for the Ormeau Road, advertising Hudson's Soap. It is possibly number 94. The camera comes behind two further trams: one marked "Antrim Road", with advertising for "Ogden Cigarettes"; another marked "Lisburn Road", advertising "Alexander King, 20/22 Queen's Quay, Best House Coal". A stationary tram shot from the side. One member of the crew stands in front of his vehicle, two others are on the tram.
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