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        Another £1,000,000 Highway

        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.

        Non-Fiction 1925 1 mins Silent

        From the collection of:

        Logo for London's Screen Archives

        Overview

        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.