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TITLE: Tram Ride Through the City of Sheffield, 1902, Mitchell and Kenyon

SOURCE: BFI National Archive

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DESCRIPTION: The camera, mounted on an unseen tram films the street scene. Throughout pedestrians and shoppers are seen on the pavements


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