Colour film of London in 1927

[edgedemon]

Nice find, thanks for sharing

 

[PMKeates]

I love how everyone is in a suit. Some things should never have changed.

 

[Rybo89]

As it changed a lot then? I don't know London at all, except for its famously known buildings.

I love to see pictures of my town Chesterfield from 20-40-80-100 years ago. So much as changed in just 20 years, never mind 100 years. Very fascinating!

 

[deuse]

Thank you for the kink

Wonder what parts of London in the film look like now?

 

[Freefaller]

How wonderful! So different. Great little vid.

 

[doofer]

Wonder what parts of London in the film look like now?

Pretty much the same but now with just black and brown people.

 

[Freefaller]

More skyrise, more cars, and less trees.

 

[DEL 707]

Hah, in the 1st 20 seconds, there's a building on the right hand corner, don't know what it was back then, but it's now a Wetherspoons, had a pint and a burger in there last night! Still got a bit of gut ache from the burger...

 

[Chris344]

Hah, in the 1st 20 seconds, there's a building on the right hand corner, don't know what it was back then, but it's now a Wetherspoons, had a pint and a burger in there last night! Still got a bit of gut ache from the burger...

I love that part, there is a bus (188) that still turns right today at that exact corner.

My inlaws remember the trams

 

[DEL 707]

I love that part, there is a bus (188) that still turns right today at that exact corner.

My inlaws remember the trams

I used to get the 188 to work, following that route, turning right to go down Tooley Street/Jamica Road
Moved out of London now, but I still work in the area.

 

[PapaLazaru]

I used to work around London Bridge and to see it has not really changed in nearly a hundred years is amazing to think.

 

[ScoTTyBEEE]

The road into hyde park still looks pretty much the same today same layout e.t.c, that and embankment opposite parliament.

 

[PooBrain]

Was awesome back then and not a foreigner in sight.

 

[the1gooner]

Wow amazing footage and I didn't realise motor transport was so popular as far back as that.

London is nothing like that now

 

[Tom_ed1987]

It's a fantastic piece called 'Comptine d'un autre ete : L'apres midi' (Nursery rhyme of another summer: The Afternoon) by Yann Tiersen, it was used in the movie Amélie, a fantastic film if you haven't yet seen it.

edit -

You'll probably love this as well, 'La plage' also by Yann Teirsen.

You have good taste sir.

The chap who originally filmed this also did one featuring scenes from Land's End to John O'Groats:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Open-Road-Neil-Brand/dp/B000TVNR1E

 

[DampDog]

It is one of the strangest things to see practically every man with a hat

and the state of parliment thick with grime and soot dont miss those smoggy days at all.

How noticeable that the vast majority of the men are wearing Jacket, shirt, tie and cap and considering the time, and how well presented.

I wonder if people looking back a hundred years from now will be commenting on hoodies, joggy-bottoms, tattoos, and I-players.

I think it's dirtier on the inside of the Parliament now..

 

[Unluckyalf]

Interesting film. And to think that the Australians in that cricket scene would probably have had to make the journey by train or boat (or a combination of both)


Edit: Just looked it up and a sea voyage would have taken around 42 days.

 

[thedoc46]

Very enjoyable to watch. All the Dunlop advertising on all the buses, caught my attention.

 

[Housey]

Superb.

 

[Spit]

Awesome.

Amazing to think that 99.9% of all the people in that film are long dead now.