The Big Screen on the Piazza in the centre of Plymouth is one of 18 around the country, but it has the distinction of being the only one, so far, with an image attached to the back.
The picture shows crowds of Plymouthians straining to catch sight of the recently defeated Napoleon, on board HMS Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound, en route to exile in Elba. At six pm each evening he would parade on deck, to the delight of flocks of people crammed into small boats.
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