Sound actions by category: Economic 1
Sound action recordings are of sounds designed to affect people, including situations where many make sounds together towards a common goal. Often they're of voices, but they also include sirens, bells, fireworks and more.
AUCTIONS
Smithfield meat auction
A crowd jostles and shouts outside Hart's the butcher during the Christmas Eve meat auction.
4:30
2012
CHARITY AND FUNDRAISING
Please help the disabled
Fundraiser for a disabled charity holds forth in a distinctive style at City Thameslink station, central London.
0:59
2009
Pub charity music box
A Polyphon music box plays in the Lamb pub, Holborn, to raise money for a hospital charity.
2:14
2010
FAIRGROUNDS AND AMUSEMENTS
Leicester Square funfair
Showmen's voices at prize-winning stalls and girls' screams on a ride in the small Leicester Square funfair.
2:37
2009
London Bridge Experience
A 'deathmobile' revs up and a man uses a trick guillotine to 'decapitate' kids as a lure for the London Bridge Experience.
2:05
2009
Motorcycle Wall of Death
Fairground motorcycle stunt riders hurtle round inside a wooden drum-like structure called the 'Wall of Death'.
7:13
2012
Steam fair Hersham
1950s rock'n'roll and barrel organ music at Carter's Steam Fair in Hersham, Surrey.
1:27
2008
HUSTLERS AND BEGGARS
Beggar London Bridge
A beggar near London Bridge station asks quietly for some spare change.
0:16
2009
Child accordionist
Romanian gypsy child plays an accordion to collect money from Underground passengers.
1:37
2008
Croydon beggar
A female beggar sits on the pavement near West Croydon station and asks for money for a cup of tea.
0:15
2009
Park Lane beggar
An elderly beggar sits in an underpass beneath Park Lane and politely asks for money.
0:27
2009
Penny whistle beggar
A beggar sits by a pair of hole-in-the-wall cash machines and plays the penny whistle.
1:00
2010
Spare change
A man begs for spare change in an underpass near Charing Cross station.
0:39
2009
Three card trick
Hustlers off Brick Lane, east London, run a three-card-trick pitch.
0:22
2008
Wembley touts
Ticket touts at the England vs USA World Cup game at Wembley.
0:57
2008
MARKET TRADERS
Brick Lane traders
Traders' cries at Brick Lane market, East London, on a Sunday lunchtime. Contains swearing.
2:41
2008
Columbia Road
Street traders' cries at Columbia Road flower market, east London.
1:34
2008
East Street cheapjack 1
Cheapjack trader sells household goods at East Street market, South London. Good banter.
1:55
2008
Lewisham market traders
Market traders' cries for fruit, veg and flowers at Lewisham street market, south-east London.
1:24
2009
Romford traders
Traders' cries at Romford market, mostly for fruit and veg.
1:50
2008
Walthamstow market
Street traders' and shopkeepers' cries at Walthamstow market, north-east London.
1:58
2008
Wembley cheapjack
'Cheapjack' trader at Wembley market hawks electrical goods from his stall to a crowd of onlookers.
2:06
2008
Wembley demonstrator
Product demonstrator at Wembley market promotes a versatile vegetable slicer.
1:25
2008
Woolwich market
Fruit and veg sellers cry their wares at Woolwich market on a Thursday lunchtime.
0:40
2009
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