It started in the 60s and hit rock bottom in the 90s but its starting to go back the other way. It'll never be like this again but at least kids aren't wearing their pants around their knees anymore.
The scenes at Waterloo Station are: * Certainly after 1923 when the Southern Railway was formed in the grouping * Probably after 1925 when the electrification was substantially complete * Not earlier than 1931 when locomotive numbers dropped the letter prefixes * Probably before 1932 because I can't see the public address system So my best guess is summer 1931. I might be wrong about the public address system so it could be a bit later. The colourisation is not very accurate I'm afraid. * mforster1uk has pointed out the the Guardsman at 3:12 should be in a red tunic. * The Southern Railway enamel signs around 1:47 should have a bright green background but seem to have a blue caste. www.gwra.co.uk/auctions/bycategory/22/53/Enamel-Signs-Railway.html * The locomotives at 1:45 and 2:03 should be in Maunsell Olive Green livery. I see red at 1:58-2:00; The loco at 2:03 is No. 1613 of the Southern Railway, a Maunsell "U" class 2-6-0 and should look like this: locoyard.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/063-bluebell-railway-sheffield-park-u-class-1638.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_U_class#Southern_Railway If these colours are wrong probably others are too. I'm not saying AI colourisation is a bad thing, and I'd rather see colour than monochrome, but it's important to bear in mind that what you see may be an artefact, not the truth.
Judging by the clothes I would say 1940s. The second shot has the Windmill Theatre in Soho in the distance. It has its famous slogan "We Never Closed!" outside which suggests that it is after the war. The shot is taken from Shaftesbury Avenue looking up Great Windmill Street. The signs in the station say Southern Railway, not British Rail or Southern Region, which would place it before nationalisation in 1948.
The Windmill Theatre's slogan refers more to remaining open during the height of the Blitz in 1940/41 especially, when many places remained shut. It was a risqué place, with many referring to the slogan as 'We never clothed".
Richard Brown Did you notice that the women in Shaftesbury Avenue are dressed in 1940s clothes and hair, however it seems to me that the women on the railway platform are wearing clothes and hats from over a decade earlier. Even some of the men are still wearing straw boaters. What do you think?
The first scene is in Piccadilly Circus at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue. The 2nd is just around the corner in Great Windmill Street. It's the famous Windmill Theatre. The stations are harder to identify. There are so many in London. I was going to say Victoria or Charing Cross because they are both nearby but the films are from two different eras so taken at different times. The Piccadilly Circus and Great Windmill Street scenes are almost certainly the 40s going by the fashions and the number of men in uniform including an American. The station scenes look to be earlier. Cloche hats were mostly a 1920s, early 1930s thing and out of fashion by the 40s. Not many men were wearing straw boaters by then, either. Also, there are a couple of soldiers at 1.46 in very non-40s uniform and one looking very ceremonial at 3.15. My guess is the early 30s but given the boaters, it could even be the 20s. Edit: The tobacconist in the first scene is shown in another video as being next door to the Pavilion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus. That would make it Coventry Street and not Shaftsbury Avenue.
@@AnthonyB2351 Thank you ! Here's other information from Reddit user... "This film is stunning! Not sure where the first scene is- perhaps Piccadilly Circus? The second scene is on Shaftesbury Avenue, at the junction with Great Windmill Street- the St James Tavern is on the left and the Windmill Club can be seen further up. The sign on the Windmill says 'We Never Closed' which makes me think this is just after WWII (they famously remained open throughout the war). The railway station is Waterloo." Quote from www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/glce5a/1940s_london_remastered_colorized_60_fps/fqwp3gj?
Windmill Theatre from Wikipedia: The theatre's famous motto "We Never Closed" (often humorously modified to "We Never Clothed") was a reference to the fact that the theatre remained open, apart from the compulsory closure that affected all theatres for 12 days (4-16 September) in 1939. Performances continued throughout the Second World War even at the height of the Blitz.
Yes, some of the men are wearing boaters which seemed to be in fashion up till maybe late twenties? Plus the females wearing cloche hats again twenties.
Most likely, seeing as the War drastically reduced or halted production of many things. Besides, most people would look after their clothes far better than we do now.
The first two street scenes are early-mid 1940s, judging by the men's suits and women's 'military cut' outfits, hats and hair. I thought at first that they were post-war, but in the second scene I think I can make out black-out screens / curtains in the upper windows. Also, there are a heck of a lot of men in uniform wandering around, so I'm going to go for 1943-5. The lack of sand-bags surprises me though, I thought there were more around at that time, so it could be 1946. As for the station scene - I think it's earlier, just before the war. The men's straw boaters and the light dresses worn by the women tell us it's a warm summer day. Apart from the station staff, only one man is in a (dress) uniform, so I think it's 1938 or 1939. The women's hats and hairstyles look like 1930s to me. As a Londoner I found it very interesting. Thanks to those below who identified the streets and station.
There seem to be two separate periods in this. The street scenes have a lot of British and American servicemen, but no one is carrying gas masks so sometime after VE Day. The scenes in the railway station look in the 30s. Boaters, cloche hats, and the only serviceman to be seen the Grenadier Guards bandsman walking along the platform wearing his red tunic (incorrectly colorized as blue). He wouldn't have been doing that during the war.
Another great restoration and colourisation. Well done. More please. One observation--quite a few American servicemen , very smart too. US troops, first arrived here, January 1942.
1:14 I always thought this sort of perspective seen in many comics and/or illustrations around the period were just unrealistic until I see any real example of it. Never thought old camera could produce such distinct look til I've grown old enough to realise it😯
I figured it and I've since noted it in the liners that this is done by de-graining, for the most part. For all the post-modern video detractions and pixel deficiencies, they have since figured out how to effectively clean old time film footage by de-graining. Which in the course of doing they have retrieved the actuality of the scenes. It was a real and actual world then as much as it is now or was at any time, and not some quaint panorama..
In the Windmill Theatre shot the Bank on the corner in the right foreground is now a McDonalds. The St James Tavern is on the left. Streetview: www.google.com/maps/@51.5107582,-0.133927,3a,46.8y,346.58h,103.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKZLbZSQ2VBQQ_Rb9tJbBHA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
@@MERCATOR313 Except they weren't worried. They wanted to fight. They didn't even want to negotiate any kind of peace treaty with the enemy. These people wanted to fight to the death. These people weren't triggered snowflakes like todays generation.
This is somewhere towards the very end of the 1940's. There are no gas masks being carried and the whitewash on the kerbs has long since gone. There is a more affluent look to the people. There is an advert for the 'Flying Colours' review at the Lyric. This is an old ad, the review opened in 1943 and ran for 107 performances. All theatres were then closed in 1944 until the end of the war due to the terrors of the flying bombs V1 and V2. The Windmill did remain open however.
Love the double decker buses, people going about their everyday business, seeing soldiers running errands, going to work or home. It seems that everyone was in a hurry to go wherever they were going to. Could be that WWII made them more cautious even though most bombing was done at night.
all the people crying about how much 'better' theyre dressed as if someone is keeping you from dressing like this if youre not dressing like this then you cant blame everyone else for not dressing like this. it literally makes you part of the problem
Average British 1940s wartime diet was designed to be about 3000 calories. People are thinner because they are younger on average than today and generally more physically active.
@@Hollowsmith They didn't eat less. They ate more, but ate less high sugar and fat junk, and were much more active. The WW2 British diet was quite healthy by modern standards except for the quantity, which aimed at providing 3000 calories a day. These days over 2500 would lead to overweight in men, 2000 in women. Life expectancy was in the mid-sixties; but that is affected by a much higher infant mortality rate, much less vaccination, more children getting classic childhood infectious diseases like measles, etc. If you got to adolescence you chances of living long were fairly reasonable. Go to any cemetery from that era or earlier and the most striking thing is the number of infant graves.
@@tacitdionysus3220 according to "Back in Time for Dinner - The 1940s" people actually did eat less than needed but not less enough to be active and go on another day. But it certainly affected them. You can't say they were happy with the restrictions and rational food.
@@michaellennon13 Didn't say they were 'happy' about it. There's a good article online from Oxford Uni that suggest it always had more than 50% support during the war. It was adequate, working class people actually did better than in the 30s, but was never particularly appetising. However it was noticeably better than ithe situation in wartime continental Europe. Post-war is a different matter. Some rationing in the UK lasted until 1954 and resentment grew at helping Europe recover; although much of the problem was generated by post-war industrial issues. In some ways that was an even darker time. Orwell's dystopian 1984 was conceived in the world of 1948.
@@benmcdonnell4167 0:18 and also at 0:49 one man walking left to right. 1:24 three men walking right to left , 1:32 three walking left to left right, 1:41 one man walking left to right, suddenly realises he's walking infront of a camera and stops. They have different uniforms to the man walking left to right at 0:09 who has a British style uniform. The Americans wear Class A dress uniform, the officers are dressed in whats called "Pinks and Greens".
@@fdijkstra614 Thanks, can't argue with that, but the film at the railway station looks earlier. Something about all the footage still looks earlier than 1942 to me, but can't pinpoint it.
@@benmcdonnell4167 Maybe the film is made from two separate films? The railway station part has indeed the feel to be older. Given the amount of straw hats and such I would guess 20's or 30's.
Just a casual observervation but I believe I only saw one person with a cigarette in the entire clip, cigarettes have always been expensive in England growing up in the 50s seemed everyone smoked.
Thats because he's an American GI stationed in Great Britain. 'Oversexed, overpaid and over here' was a phrase used by the british population because the GI's had plenty of everything
I'm rather suspect that this was filmed during World War ll...or even shortly after the end of this war. But, who knows? Still, a very interesting glimpse of 'history'.
Very astute. Those well-to-do Jeffersonian Ivy Leaguers don't see the subterraneanism and the squalor associated with London, or just about anywhere else. When they go there or anywhere they are almost always on scholarship and / or with everything pre-booked and guaranteed and underwritten, and never wingin' it, never by the seat of their pants, nor ever much seeing things at ground level.
There was one little girl if about 3 being carried by her father in the street scene. In the 1940's all of the children were moved out of London due to the German bombings of the city.
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How smartly dressed everyone was☺️
Yes, very true. In comparison, people in today's London dress like tramps. No pride in one's appearance any more.
The streets and buildings look so clean. It looks like a movie set
Why did we forget how to dress so elegantly and beautifully?
It started in the 60s and hit rock bottom in the 90s but its starting to go back the other way. It'll never be like this again but at least kids aren't wearing their pants around their knees anymore.
Clothing is now cheap and disposable. Everybody wants comfort over style. It's a real shame.
Back when Street culture took over. (Late 70s)
@@d.m.e.b.m.f7649 idk if it getting better or not sadly
@@d.m.e.b.m.f7649 My father blamed the Beatles!😜
The scenes at Waterloo Station are:
* Certainly after 1923 when the Southern Railway was formed in the grouping
* Probably after 1925 when the electrification was substantially complete
* Not earlier than 1931 when locomotive numbers dropped the letter prefixes
* Probably before 1932 because I can't see the public address system
So my best guess is summer 1931. I might be wrong about the public address system so it could be a bit later.
The colourisation is not very accurate I'm afraid.
* mforster1uk has pointed out the the Guardsman at 3:12 should be in a red tunic.
* The Southern Railway enamel signs around 1:47 should have a bright green background but seem to have a blue caste. www.gwra.co.uk/auctions/bycategory/22/53/Enamel-Signs-Railway.html
* The locomotives at 1:45 and 2:03 should be in Maunsell Olive Green livery. I see red at 1:58-2:00; The loco at 2:03 is No. 1613 of the Southern Railway, a Maunsell "U" class 2-6-0 and should look like this: locoyard.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/063-bluebell-railway-sheffield-park-u-class-1638.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_U_class#Southern_Railway
If these colours are wrong probably others are too. I'm not saying AI colourisation is a bad thing, and I'd rather see colour than monochrome, but it's important to bear in mind that what you see may be an artefact, not the truth.
Judging by the clothes I would say 1940s. The second shot has the Windmill Theatre in Soho in the distance. It has its famous slogan "We Never Closed!" outside which suggests that it is after the war. The shot is taken from Shaftesbury Avenue looking up Great Windmill Street. The signs in the station say Southern Railway, not British Rail or Southern Region, which would place it before nationalisation in 1948.
The Windmill Theatre's slogan refers more to remaining open during the height of the Blitz in 1940/41 especially, when many places remained shut. It was a risqué place, with many referring to the slogan as 'We never clothed".
@@tacitdionysus3220 He he, i hadn't heard that one before---unless someone had a lisp.?
WELL---it's states that just above your comment--'1940's---London ( Remastered etc
Richard Brown Did you notice that the women in Shaftesbury Avenue are dressed in 1940s clothes and hair, however it seems to me that the women on the railway platform are wearing clothes and hats from over a decade earlier. Even some of the men are still wearing straw boaters. What do you think?
@@ant697 Maybe they just had to hang on to the same clothes for much longer than usual because of the war?
Help me to find out when and where this film is from !
The first scene is in Piccadilly Circus at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue. The 2nd is just around the corner in Great Windmill Street. It's the famous Windmill Theatre. The stations are harder to identify. There are so many in London. I was going to say Victoria or Charing Cross because they are both nearby but the films are from two different eras so taken at different times.
The Piccadilly Circus and Great Windmill Street scenes are almost certainly the 40s going by the fashions and the number of men in uniform including an American.
The station scenes look to be earlier. Cloche hats were mostly a 1920s, early 1930s thing and out of fashion by the 40s. Not many men were wearing straw boaters by then, either. Also, there are a couple of soldiers at 1.46 in very non-40s uniform and one looking very ceremonial at 3.15. My guess is the early 30s but given the boaters, it could even be the 20s.
Edit: The tobacconist in the first scene is shown in another video as being next door to the Pavilion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus. That would make it Coventry Street and not Shaftsbury Avenue.
@@AnthonyB2351
Thank you ! Here's other information from Reddit user...
"This film is stunning! Not sure where the first scene is- perhaps Piccadilly Circus? The second scene is on Shaftesbury Avenue, at the junction with Great Windmill Street- the St James Tavern is on the left and the Windmill Club can be seen further up.
The sign on the Windmill says 'We Never Closed' which makes me think this is just after WWII (they famously remained open throughout the war).
The railway station is Waterloo."
Quote from www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/glce5a/1940s_london_remastered_colorized_60_fps/fqwp3gj?
The station is Waterloo.
Good call on the street locations.
Stunning images!
Windmill Theatre from Wikipedia: The theatre's famous motto "We Never Closed" (often humorously modified to "We Never Clothed") was a reference to the fact that the theatre remained open, apart from the compulsory closure that affected all theatres for 12 days (4-16 September) in 1939. Performances continued throughout the Second World War even at the height of the Blitz.
Mustn't stop the pervs.
As some have said, it appears that the initial shot ("Chemist") is about 1942; the styles in the train station footage look at least 10 year older.
Yes, some of the men are wearing boaters which seemed to be in fashion up till maybe late twenties? Plus the females wearing cloche hats again twenties.
*"Say, Percy, meet you for a game of bridge tonight?"*
*"Oh steady on, old boy!"*
... it's like having your own time machine!... bravo
The clothes being worn in the station are late 1930s.
Most likely, seeing as the War drastically reduced or halted production of many things. Besides, most people would look after their clothes far better than we do now.
I feel the same. This definitely looks before the war at the station and at the tobacconists 1944 or after.
The train station is definitely Waterloo. Agree with other comments about the Windmill Theatre.
Wow!!! Simply incredible!!!
In the train footage.. apart from the one girl with the really short skirt that looks more like the 30s (judging by the hats)
The first two street scenes are early-mid 1940s, judging by the men's suits and women's 'military cut' outfits, hats and hair. I thought at first that they were post-war, but in the second scene I think I can make out black-out screens / curtains in the upper windows. Also, there are a heck of a lot of men in uniform wandering around, so I'm going to go for 1943-5. The lack of sand-bags surprises me though, I thought there were more around at that time, so it could be 1946. As for the station scene - I think it's earlier, just before the war. The men's straw boaters and the light dresses worn by the women tell us it's a warm summer day. Apart from the station staff, only one man is in a (dress) uniform, so I think it's 1938 or 1939. The women's hats and hairstyles look like 1930s to me. As a Londoner I found it very interesting. Thanks to those below who identified the streets and station.
we owe these people of the past an apology
uhh....why?
We certainly do.
Not one piece of litter or chewing gum on the ground, no graffiti, smartly dressed respectful people, so jealous.
The decline in standards started in 1949 when “That” ship docked.
@@ruadhagainagaidheal9398 haha you daft racist
Dude walking out at 0:07 totally just stole something... lol!
Oh yeah!
nope. there is a counter. second guy also take something from that place
🤣🤣😂😂😇
I think that scoundrel had a few cigs he was not suposed to have. Naughty blighter.
Nah. He just put what he bought from the clerk into his pocket. Which is still common place for tobacco products even today.
Lovely to see couples walking arm in arm down the street.
There seem to be two separate periods in this. The street scenes have a lot of British and American servicemen, but no one is carrying gas masks so sometime after VE Day. The scenes in the railway station look in the 30s. Boaters, cloche hats, and the only serviceman to be seen the Grenadier Guards bandsman walking along the platform wearing his red tunic (incorrectly colorized as blue). He wouldn't have been doing that during the war.
Another great restoration and colourisation. Well done. More please. One observation--quite a few American servicemen , very smart too. US troops, first arrived here, January 1942.
1:14 I always thought this sort of perspective seen in many comics and/or illustrations around the period were just unrealistic until I see any real example of it. Never thought old camera could produce such distinct look til I've grown old enough to realise it😯
Everyone looks so good! Everyone is so tailored and perfect and in shape! How come?
Good to see this footage that was filmed inside Jacob Rees-Mogg's mind, just last week.
Fascinating.
Les gens étaient bien habillés, avaient la foi et étaient tous de souche. Quelle belle époque.
They all walk so upright and confident. Watching these films it looks like everything went downhill in the UK rapidly after the 1970's.
The good guys lost the war, and now you'd be hard pressed to find a majority-English street like this in London
This is amazing to watch. There is a fellow with an Adolf H. mustache at 1:01 that made me rewind for a second look.
Back when people had style, everyone looked great.
I am amused by the way people are trying to get out of the camera, "shot".
Very good, needs more views.
There are ads for Binnie Hale in Flying Colors, which ran on stage from 1941 to 1942.
spot on with the arrival of US troop's then Jan 1942. many of 'em walking in the above.
the number of men in some type of military attire is striking
Academic Agent and Mr Dee would love this.
Amazing footage !
Very nice
I figured it and I've since noted it in the liners that this is done by de-graining, for the most part. For all the post-modern video detractions and pixel deficiencies, they have since figured out how to effectively clean old time film footage by de-graining. Which in the course of doing they have retrieved the actuality of the scenes. It was a real and actual world then as much as it is now or was at any time, and not some quaint panorama..
Bardzo lubię te filmiki przenoszą mnie w inny świat dziękuję 😊🌹❤
Going to us or uk is always been my dream for last 16 years
Good luck unless you're willing to pump poison into yourself and not breathe as well. It's the best place I've ever been, and I've been 3 times.
In the Windmill Theatre shot the Bank on the corner in the right foreground is now a McDonalds. The St James Tavern is on the left. Streetview: www.google.com/maps/@51.5107582,-0.133927,3a,46.8y,346.58h,103.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKZLbZSQ2VBQQ_Rb9tJbBHA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Back when people dressed nice, and didn't have to worry about terrorism.
They have to worry Nazi bombing !
@@MERCATOR313
Except they weren't worried. They wanted to fight. They didn't even want to negotiate any kind of peace treaty with the enemy. These people wanted to fight to the death. These people weren't triggered snowflakes like todays generation.
Imagine trying to find your friend in a crowd...
This is somewhere towards the very end of the 1940's. There are no gas masks being carried and the whitewash on the kerbs has long since gone. There is a more affluent look to the people. There is an advert for the 'Flying Colours' review at the Lyric. This is an old ad, the review opened in 1943 and ran for 107 performances. All theatres were then closed in 1944 until the end of the war due to the terrors of the flying bombs V1 and V2. The Windmill did remain open however.
Love the double decker buses, people going about their everyday business, seeing soldiers running errands, going to work or home. It seems that everyone was in a hurry to go wherever they were going to. Could be that WWII made them more cautious even though most bombing was done at night.
London before it became Londonistan
And we were never asked.
all the people crying about how much 'better' theyre dressed as if someone is keeping you from dressing like this
if youre not dressing like this then you cant blame everyone else for not dressing like this. it literally makes you part of the problem
I think the speed is still too fast. At least that's what it appears to me.
0:15 anyone know her IG?
Average daily calorie intake: about 1200 to 1500.
Average British 1940s wartime diet was designed to be about 3000 calories. People are thinner because they are younger on average than today and generally more physically active.
And way shorter lifespans. Must have sucked to eat less food AND die younger.
@@Hollowsmith They didn't eat less. They ate more, but ate less high sugar and fat junk, and were much more active. The WW2 British diet was quite healthy by modern standards except for the quantity, which aimed at providing 3000 calories a day. These days over 2500 would lead to overweight in men, 2000 in women. Life expectancy was in the mid-sixties; but that is affected by a much higher infant mortality rate, much less vaccination, more children getting classic childhood infectious diseases like measles, etc. If you got to adolescence you chances of living long were fairly reasonable. Go to any cemetery from that era or earlier and the most striking thing is the number of infant graves.
@@tacitdionysus3220 according to "Back in Time for Dinner - The 1940s" people actually did eat less than needed but not less enough to be active and go on another day. But it certainly affected them. You can't say they were happy with the restrictions and rational food.
@@michaellennon13 Didn't say they were 'happy' about it. There's a good article online from Oxford Uni that suggest it always had more than 50% support during the war. It was adequate, working class people actually did better than in the 30s, but was never particularly appetising. However it was noticeably better than ithe situation in wartime continental Europe. Post-war is a different matter. Some rationing in the UK lasted until 1954 and resentment grew at helping Europe recover; although much of the problem was generated by post-war industrial issues. In some ways that was an even darker time. Orwell's dystopian 1984 was conceived in the world of 1948.
Not a mobile phone staring zombie in sight. Refreshing.
Note the presents of USAAF officers so this dates it to summer ‘42-45. My guess is summer of 42 prior to the D-day build up.
There's quite a lot of USAF guys about at the start.
How come they walk different
Even the old women are wearing heels. They aren't comfortable typically, that's for sure! People must have felt better back then.
Why is everything purple ? Are you colorblind ?
Plenty of American GI's can be seen so the movie is later then January 1942
Where are the G.I.s?
@@benmcdonnell4167 0:18 and also at 0:49 one man walking left to right. 1:24 three men walking right to left , 1:32 three walking left to left right, 1:41 one man walking left to right, suddenly realises he's walking infront of a camera and stops. They have different uniforms to the man walking left to right at 0:09 who has a British style uniform. The Americans wear Class A dress uniform, the officers are dressed in whats called "Pinks and Greens".
@@fdijkstra614 Thanks, can't argue with that, but the film at the railway station looks earlier. Something about all the footage still looks earlier than 1942 to me, but can't pinpoint it.
@@benmcdonnell4167 Maybe the film is made from two separate films? The railway station part has indeed the feel to be older. Given the amount of straw hats and such I would guess 20's or 30's.
Just a casual observervation but I believe I only saw one person with a cigarette in the entire clip, cigarettes have always been expensive in England growing up in the 50s seemed everyone smoked.
Thats because he's an American GI stationed in Great Britain. 'Oversexed, overpaid and over here' was a phrase used by the british population because the GI's had plenty of everything
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Looks a bit different these days, deversity is our strength and all that...
I'm rather suspect that this was filmed during World War ll...or even shortly after the end of this war. But, who knows? Still, a very interesting glimpse of 'history'.
Wow ... my British Army tank Captain father was twenty in 1940 ... so probably in uniform by this time or close thereafter
I'm sure the haberdashers back then were living the high life. Who wasn't wearing a hat in that video?
No folks. These people are not all dead, lol. My father in law was a toddler then and he's 79 now.
Отличные кадры ! . Если это 4О годы , то признаков войны совсем не видно ...
I'll risk Hitler. Build a time machine and get me on it as quick as possible please.
London from then is the same London we have now
The first scene looks more like b roll for a movie
this is how america see london...
Very astute. Those well-to-do Jeffersonian Ivy Leaguers don't see the subterraneanism and the squalor associated with London, or just about anywhere else. When they go there or anywhere they are almost always on scholarship and / or with everything pre-booked and guaranteed and underwritten, and never wingin' it, never by the seat of their pants, nor ever much seeing things at ground level.
Hitler alert at 1:02
WOWWW......IT'S AS IF YOU'RE THERE!!!!😲😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
Just......couldn't you have added some SOUND....just to make it perfect????
Given presence of lots of military men/women during World War II - 1945? Where from - who knows - private collection?
SEE ABOVE
Everyone's in such a hurry !
I think this video is from the late 30's.
Pre-Windrush.
No bloaters to be seen.
Old good Time, no woke, no immigrants, no other religion on the same Holy Land.
everyone is so slim, you don't see an obese person.
How come they are now wearing masks ?
No one is carrying a gas mask, so must be post war perhaps 1945/46. The railway station looks to me like early/mid 1930s.
Agreed about the 30's. In America (and yes I know its london) those are 1930's cars. Thinking the dating may be wrong.
I think this is likely the mid 20s - 30s
I agree. This footage is not crisp smooth enough to be 1940’s. Probably late 20’s
The styles are 1940s
Judging by the style, it is mid 40s.
I enjoyed watching this. To me, the street scene looks 1940s/WWII era. The train station scene looks ca. 1933-35.
Can't be before 1942. There are American Army servicemen in a few shots in 1940s uniforms.
Where are all the Drug Dealers?
Why no londonistans there
think all who we see here they are probably dead:/
I didn’t see any children 👶...odd
There was one little girl if about 3 being carried by her father in the street scene. In the 1940's all of the children were moved out of London due to the German bombings of the city.
Cheery lot. haha
"Colorized?" Today London is "colorized." Back then? Not so much.
And there's nothing racists like you can do about it LOL
@@josefromtexas thats right, if you care about your own native country and its preservation you're a racist, got it
@@missingno88 It doesn't make sense
@@josefromtexas
Brexit was the first step.
This is terrible work... I spent 6 months doing a proper job!
What do you mean? Do you have some of these old-timey clips yourself? Would love to see them. All I see on your channel now is puppers.
@@LewisOfAranda did one in film school... not sure how many hours but a 3:49 clip took 2 months to do.
@@stever2583 If you have it anywhere, I'm sure people would love to see it.
@Lorenzo Maria Martini As this is my profession I don’t think so. If you wish to have some film / video repaired, colourized, or in fact would like special effects added pleas contact me for a quote.
@Lorenzo Maria Martini Me I’m just tired of amateurs thinking they can magic billet their way through life. Learn your craft! Frame by frame!
looks alright but modern london is far more fascinating, so much more culture too explore
Allahu akbar
if you want to get stabbed sure, much more to explore
Stabbity stab