Footage of Edwardian London
by Derry Nairn
While reading Time Out magazine's 'The Big Smoke' London blog, I came across this rather remarkable clip of Edwardian London. According to the author, Alex Barlow, the clip was:-
The footage is courtesy of the British Film Institute's Mediatheque
While reading Time Out magazine's 'The Big Smoke' London blog, I came across this rather remarkable clip of Edwardian London. According to the author, Alex Barlow, the clip was:-
Filmed in 1904... [and] intended as a travelouge to give Australians an idea of what London was like at the turn of the century.
The footage is courtesy of the British Film Institute's Mediatheque
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