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Incredible colour footage of 1920s London shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Friesse-Greene, who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with. It's like a beautifully dusty old postcard you'd find in a junk store, but moving.

Music by Jonquil and Yann Tiersen.
Deanosays...

This is lovely. Seeing the Cenotaph being tended with another World War still 12 years away gives me a shiver.

Having been in all these places (even worked inside Parliament) I'd love to see how it will look in another 100 odd years.

articiansays...

This was more intriguing than I'd expected.

I'm not that fascinated by old imagery (though definitely interested, and seeing such almost makes my mind wander in the same way old fairy-tales used to).

As someone from this generation, I work to see these realities, and our history in general, encapsulate these eras and peoples in some simulative aspect, so we can truly experience them.

Granted it will be even less than a carbon copy of the reality that was, but only so much as viewing the ghosts of history burnt to images by light.

dagsays...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Loved this video. And yes - very interesting to think that all of the adults in this video are dea.

articiansaid:

This was more intriguing than I'd expected.

I'm not that fascinated by old imagery (though definitely interested, and seeing such almost makes my mind wander in the same way old fairy-tales used to).

As someone from this generation, I work to see these realities, and our history in general, encapsulate these eras and peoples in some simulative aspect, so we can truly experience them.

Granted it will be even less than a carbon copy of the reality that was, but only so much as viewing the ghosts of history burnt to images by light.

StukaFoxsays...

That's the first thing I thought, too: you poor, innocent bastards. You don't even know what's coming and not very long from now.

Deanosaid:

This is lovely. Seeing the Cenotaph being tended with another World War still 12 years away gives me a shiver.

oritteroposays...

Nobody seemed to think so at the time. The feeling from watching this edit vs the original was very different... it wasn't only the sound different, although most of the footage was common.

I was initially worried it was a grey area, but nobody called it.

Ha! Found a fix

antsaid:

Ah. Hmmm wouldn't those two be dupes anyways regardless of the music?

newtboysays...

I found it funny that they mention Americans offering to buy the tower and move it to America, followed immediately with footage of London Bridge, which was bought by Americans and moved to Arizona.

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