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Video containing unedited footage of a Sainsbury's store (presumably Winchmore Hill based on label on tape) with signage and plastic sheeting covering numerous aisles in denoting products the branch was not permitted to sell on a Sunday "Due to Local Authority Action"). It is unclear what the footage was used for. It includes a burnt-in date (21. 2. 1993).

The remaining 38 minutes of the tape contains unedited footage which is probably from Thames Television (former ITV London weekday franchise). It seems likely the tape was reused to record the Winchmore Hill footage and this is what remains of the original recording on the tape. Various idents or title cards appear onscreen at times, some including the word "THAMES", and the letters "THS" (possibly referring to Thames Television) are onscreen for all the footage. The footage includes: interior of a Tesco branch with staff and customers; exterior and car park of unidentified Aldi branch; exterior of Sotheby's auction house; shoppers in Oxford Street, London; products in a Safeway branch; interior of a Kwik Save branch with staff and customers. It was perhaps filmed for local news or other programmes. A burnt-in timecode is included.

Duration: 8 minutes (Sainsbury's footage) (46 minutes total, including non-Sainsbury's footage).