Covent Garden After Market Move (1970-1979) 

Unissued / unused material.
Colour item.
Covent Garden after market move, London.
Various shots streets around Covent Garden after it has stopped being used as a fruit and vegetable market. Several shots sign on side of building: "Covent Garden is ours - not the GLC's". Shots interior of abandoned market showing parked cars and rubble. Shots derelict houses, pan out to show car park and piles of rubbish behind the old market. High angled panning shot of market buildings, pan over rooftops of city. More general shots of area.
GLC = Greater London Council.
FILM ID:3374.01
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