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PO Tower officially. MS. Crowd of guests on observation floor. Low angle views of the GPO Tower. CU. Sign 'Open to Public' and then shots of the queue of people waiting to go up Tower. Various low angle shots of the Tower and pan up from base. CU. People in street looking upwards. Various shots of the queue moving forwards. MS. In foyer of Tower. CU. At cash desk with the money going across and tickets being issued. Various shots of Mr. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, Sir Billy Butlin and other members of the official party including the Mayor of Marylebone. They are on an observation floor and then go to the revolving restaurant. GV. From the Tower, picking out the famous landmarks of London. Various shots as the lift opens and the first visitors arrive, the general public. They observe London for the first time at this height. (Lav.) Date found in the old record - 19/05/1966. FILM ID:3203.26 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/