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Old Market Square
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Old Market Square

Jul 1, 1951
0h 14m
★ 0.0

Overview

A celebration of one of Britain's great civic squares. A ceaseless flow of buses and people crisscross the beating heart of the city.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BFI

Cast

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