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LONDON VIDEO HOME PAGE
London, London by Cibelle & Devendra
A Day Out in London
Haunted London Underground
Old London Street Scenes
(1903)
The Great Trafalgar Square Freeze
London 10 Quirky Places
Lord Mayor's Show 2009 (Part 1)
Lord Mayor's Show 2009 (Part 2)
London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009 (1)
London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009 (2)
Video info: This film is screening around the UK as part of the latest BFI Mediatheque on Tour programme 'The Big Smoke: Films from a Lost London 1896-1945' and features a new score composed and performed by James Pearson with the Ronnie Scott's All Stars. Visit http://www.independentcinemaoffice.or... for more information.
Made over 100 years ago, this footage shows a number of scenes shot around central London, taking in locations such as Hyde Park Corner, Parliament Square and Charing Cross Station. We see crowds of people disembarking from a pleasure steamer at Victoria Embankment, pedestrians dodging horse-drawn carriages in Pall Mall, and heavy traffic trotting down the Strand.
There are plenty of famous landmarks to spot here, including Big Ben, the National Gallery and the Bank of England, and it is fascinating to see the similarities between the customs of "then" and "now" - the dense traffic (mainly horse-drawn, with the occasional motor car) is highly reminiscent of today's London rush hour, whilst advertising on public transport is clearly no new phenomenon - in one scene, an advert for Nestlé's Milk seems to be plastered on every other vehicle. (Alex Davidson)
You can watch over 1400 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank, London and at the new QUAD centre for art and film in Derby