London’s Screen Archives enables Londoners see their past come alive on film. Managed by Film London, we are a unique network of historic film collections that cares for, collects and screens heritage film across the city. Together we preserve London’s rich film heritage from feature films to home movies, public information films, newsreels, and records of the capital’s many different industries.
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1950s East Street Market in Walworth is beautifully captured in this short moral tale of a young boy battlling an ethical dilemma.
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Overview
With warnings of God's impending judgement and the sale of 'Corn Cure' foot remedy, this film is perhaps more interesting in its portrait of East Street Market than than for it's archetypal tale of morality. Produced by amateur filmmaker Fred Platell and members of the Sutton and District Cine Society, this film immerses us in the Walworth market, providing a snapshot of a site which has been trading for nearly 400 years.
This film is from the collection of Sutton Archives
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