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The King's Speech
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BFI London Imax Cinema
1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, SE1 8XR
 
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Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
 
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19 Lower Regent Street, SW1Y 4LR
 
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London Underground's first escalators were fitted into Earl's Court station in 1911 and tested by a one-legged man named Bumper Harris. He constantly rode the escalator in an effort to prove to sceptics the safety and stability of the new moving stairway.