Another £1,000,000 Highway Topical Budget 719-1

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Another £1,000,000 Highway Topical Budget 719-1

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Another £1,000,000 Highway Topical Budget 719-1

London’s Screen Archives
Chiswick
1925-06-04
Silent

Free cakes for those who turn out to see King George V cut the tape for the opening of the Golden Mile stretch of the Great West Road in 1925.

King George V, resplendent in top hat and carrying a cane, cuts the white tape for the opening of what was to become known as the Golden Mile, the stretch of the Great West Road west of Chiswick that housed some of London's finest Art Deco factories. The brief footage includes shots of the first cars using the road, and the free cakes, or scones, handed out to waiting schoolchildren.

King George V, resplendent in top hat and carrying a cane, cuts the white tape for the opening of what was to become known as the Golden Mile, the stretch of the Great West Road west of Chiswick that housed some of London’s finest Art Deco factories. The brief footage includes shots of the first cars using the road, and the free cakes, or scones, handed out to waiting schoolchildren.

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