INCREDIBLE! This is the oldest footage of London ever. Includes amazing old footage, plus modern shots of the same location today. Also features maps carefully researched to show where the camera was. Arranged by location, 46 shots of classic footage with a twist and an inspiring soundtrack.
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This collection of footage was taken between 1890 and 1920 and shows various places around London, all identifiable by location on a map.
In order they are:
WESTMINSTER:
1. Parliament square, looking across at Big Ben
2. Westminster Abbey
3. Westminster Abbey from Tothill Street
4. Houses of Parliament from the South Bank
5. Houses of Parliament from across the Thames River
6. Big Ben from Westminster Bridge
7. Flipbook animation of the south side of Westminster Bridge
8. Downing Street, home of the Prime Minister
9. No 10 Downing Street door
EMBANKMENT
10. Victoria Embankment
11. Cleopatra’s Needle
12. Egyptian Lions at Cleopatra’s Needle
13. Blackfriars Bridge
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL
14. St Paul’s Cathedral from the South Bank
15. St Paul’s Cathedral from across the Thames River
16. St Paul’s Cathedral from the tower of St Mary Le Bow Church
TOWER BRIDGE & TOWER OF LONDON
17. Tower of London viewed through Tower Bridge
18. Tower Bridge looking south from the parapet
19. Tower Bridge closing after allowing a boat to pass
20. Looking south along the length of Tower Bridge
21. Panorama of the Tower of London from Tower Bridge
22. South side of the Tower of London
23. Tommies marching in the moat
THE CITY
24. Monument to the Great Fire of 1666
25. Pan up the Monument
26. The Bank of England
27. The Bank of England from Cheapside
28. St Mary Le Bow tower from Cheapside
FLEET ST & THE STRAND
29. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub
30. Temple Bar Memorial
31. The Royal Courts of Justice
THE WEST END
32. The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square
33. Piccadilly Circus
CHARING CROSS & TRAFALGAR SQAURE
34. Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station
35. Panorama of Trafalgar Square
36. Admiralty Arch
37. Nelson’s Column
ST JAMES & BUCKINGHAM PALACE
38. Crimean War Memorial
39. St James’s Palace
40. Band at St James’s Palace
41. Buckingham Palace
42. Victoria Memorial at Buckingham Palace
HYDE PARK
43. Hyde Park Corner
44. Hyde Park Corner traffic
45. Hyde Park
TRAFALGAR SQAURE
46. Oldest footage of London – Trafalgar Square (1890)
CREDITS
Footage
Bombing of London, 1917, PD
Seeing London – ca 1920s, PD
Westminster Bridge Robert W Paul, 1896, PD
Edwardian London, 1911, PD
Early Traffic Scenes, 1890-1900, PD
Old London Street Scenes, 1903, PD
Blackfriars Bridge, R.W. Paul, 1896, PD
1890s Traffic Scenes, 1897, PD
Garde descendante du palais St-James,
Louis Lumière & Auguste Lumière, 1896, PD
Londres, Piccadilly Circus,
Louis Lumière & Auguste Lumière, 1896, PD
Entrée du Cinématographe,
Louis Lumière & Auguste Lumière, 1896, PD
Londres, entrée de Hyde Park,
Louis Lumière & Auguste Lumière, 1896, PD
Londres, Pont De Westminster et Parlement,
Auguste Lumière 1896, PD
Hyde Park Bicycling Scene, Robert W Paul, 1896, PD
Trafalgar Square, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, 1890, PD
Music
Just Me and My Thoughts, Published by Audioblocks
Recording of Big Ben, Edison brown wax cylinder
Ferguson/Hope/Gouraud, PD
Morning Sun, Published by Audioblocks
Anthem To The Fallen, Published by Audioblocks
Smoker’s Section, Published by Audioblocks
Softly Inspiring, Published by Audioblocks
Lightness, Published by Audioblocks
The Rule, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under CC by 3.0
Black And White Rag, 1908,
Composed by George Botsford
Performed by Winifred Atwell, 1952, PD
Photographs
Poppies At The Tower Of London, 2014,
Martin Pettitt, CC by 2.0
London bridge photo from hot air balloon,
2014, Daniel Chapman,
www.stirlingackroyd.com, www.balloon.tv, CC by 2.0
Aerial photo from hot air balloon of tower bridge,
2014, Daniel Chapman,
www.stirlingackroyd.com, www.balloon.tv, CC by 2.0
Trooping The Colour,
2007, Jon Bennett, CC by 2.0
London From The Shard, 2013,
Flickr user: [Duncan], CC by 2.0
Shutterstock
Thanks to
The People of London
Simon Meyer
St Mary Le Bow Church
Open Street Maps
Directed by
Al Paton
Produced by
Yestervid
© Yestervid 2015