Title:SOHO SCENES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6439
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY KEN HUGHES [Alternative Title]
Summary:Amateur footage shot during off-duty hours by Ken Hughes of the RAF Film Production Unit, of life in Soho, London, during the Second World War, showing a lighter side of civilian life during wartime.
Description:Numerous daytime shots of busy London streets including Piccadilly Circus with statue of Eros boarded up to protect it from bomb damage. Shots of people going about their everyday business, shop workers packing boxes, exterior views of shop fronts, man pulling cart, No.14 bus heading to Kings Cross, views of London's skyline, an inquisitive black cat patrolling the streets. At 2.23 graffiti partially visible behind a market stall appears to show the circle and flash emblem of the British Union of Fascists.Various scenes inside nightclubs and bars in Soho, several close up shots of men and women smoking, drinking and clearly enjoying themselves, couples dancing to a live band, woman dancing energetically on stage wearing a Moulin Rouge style costume.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY KEN HUGHES [Alternative Title]
