Screen Archive South East is a public sector moving image archive serving the South East of England. The archive's collections of magic lantern slides, films, videos and associated materials capture the many varied aspects of life, work and creativity from the early days of screen history to the present day and serve as a rich and invaluable historical resource.
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Spitalfields Market
London's greengrocers celebrate with friends and family as well as members of the public in this film from 1966
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With a fairground carousel to entertain the children and huge bouquets for the adults, this film shows an official ceremony in the celebrated Spitalfields covered market. People pose for photographs and a man is given a huge hand of bananas. The visitors, in Sixties fashions, continue to mingle and pose in front of large colourful displays of fruit and vegetables.
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