UK / ARTS: Piccadilly’s Eros statue returns to London after seven years in Thames Ditton (1931)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Piccadilly’s Eros returns to London after Seven years in Thames Ditton. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: WELCOME STRANGER! - After seven years’ absence from public life, Eros leaves Thames ditton to return to London. ENGLAND: Surrey: Thames Ditton EXT: Statue of Eros being carried out from the A. B. Burton foundary and being loaded onto vehicle SLATE: Londoners throng Picadilly Circus to watch the nocturnal arrival of their favourite statue. ENGLAND: London: Picadilly Circus EXT: NIGHT SHOTS Pan of crowds lining street in Picadilly Circus Workers on scaffolding returning Eros statue to top of fountain More of Eros seen through scaffolding with various crowd cutaways Background: Piccadilly’s Eros returns to London after Seven years in Thames Ditton. FILM ID: VLVACED1MI1W2PRUM4XM97CI5FEC2 To license this film, visit
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