London 1972 - Soho and Piccadilly Circus

The film opens with footage from a shop window with women's clothing that shows the fashion of that era and then shots from the "Liberty" store on Great Marlborough Street, a building of Tudor architecture which was built from the timber of two ships (HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan).
The film continues with footage from the fountain in Piccadilly Circus featuring the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain sculpture by Alfred Gilbert in honor of Anthony Ashley Cooper, who replaced child labor with education.
We watch shots from the neoclassical buildings that surround the train station, the traffic of the vehicles and pedestrians and various shop windows.
The film closes with views of the old neighborhood of the theater with dozens of advertising posters and cinemas.
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[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

I miss those streets and those times like I miss my first loves. London was the greatest city in the world and nobody disagreed.

[@papercup2517]

Very happy memories of working at Lord Kitchener's, under the Coca Cola sign at Piccadilly Circus - the big London souvenir off-shoot of its original, more famous outlet that launched the trend for vintage military jackets as seen on the Sergeant Peppers album cover and worn by Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger, amongst others - a couple of years before this film was taken, in 1970. I sold tee-shirts and posters and organised the lunch rotas. It was so much fun.
I see the shutters are down here (at 0:50) so I wonder if it had already closed down by then, or if this was taken early in the morning before it opened - not until around 10am, if I remember correctly...
Looking on Google Earth, I see the premises are now a boring old Boots the Chemist and the neon signs are all digitalised/ sterilised. All the fun and vibrancy appear to have gone out of the place. Why any tourists would want to go there now, I don't know. it used to be so vibrant, a real gathering point for the internationally roaming hippie youth of the world.
Thanks for posting, and bringing back some lovely memories.

[@Ridwan_ali26]

Felt like I want back in time

[@PC-lu3zf]

I wasn’t born till 1981 but I feel like I miss the 1970s weird as it wasn’t long before I was born