| 999 - SCOTLAND YARD Item shows what happens after an emergency call is made to Police telephone exchange. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7180 |
| Catalog #: | 47449 | |
| Clip Number: | 47449-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 188 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:24 - 01:37:39 | |
| Location: | Scotland Yard, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1948 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: 2-Way Radio COMMUNICATIONS: Telephone LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement, Police | |
| Description: | 999 - SCOTLAND YARD Item shows what happens after an emergency call is made to Police telephone exchange. Scotland Yard, London. C/U of hand dialling 999 on telephone. Various shots of police telephone exchange, the information room at Scotland Yard. A policeman answers telephone and notes an address: "7 Creswick Road, Acton". The telephonists takes information over to large map of London. A radio operator (police dispatcher) passes on message to squad car in Acton. M/S of police car driving down suburban street. A detective in pain clothes gets out and rings doorbell. He chats with housewife who tells him she has just been visited by a bogus "electric supply official". POV shot from squad car driving down shopping street. The detective and policeman stop and search a man fitting the description given by housewife. | |
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