A day in London (1933)

Footage №66941, 1 part, Duration: 0:09:09 B/W

Reel №1

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Panorama of London at dawn, Tower Bridge raised over the Thames, silhouettes of buildings, lanterns.

Views of the city, its streets and squares.

Westminster Abbey.

Passengers climb the stairs to the second floor of the omnibus, trams and omnibuses moving along the street.

The building of the Westminster Bank.

A guard in a helmet pulled down over his eyes stands by the building, a small boy stares at him.

A telephone exchange, switchboard operators sit at their consoles with cords in their hands.

A man in the office answers several calls at once.

London landmarks: Trafalgar Square, a monument to Admiral Nelson.

A salesman decorates a fashionable shop window, adjusts a hat on a mannequin.

A fashion studio, a car drives up to it, two ladies get out and head into the house.

Mannequins demonstrate outfits for clients in a room with a large mirror.

A cab is standing at the entrance, a bellman puts cardboard boxes with purchases in it, gets into the driver's seat, the cab drives off.

A gentleman tries on a top hat in front of a mirror.

A shop window of a men's clothing store.

A gentleman in a tuxedo and top hat is walking down the street, meeting an acquaintance.

A woman is washing the porch near a residential building.

A kitten is licking its paws near a bottle of milk.

A man is sweeping the street with a mop.

The Parliament building.

Two guards are talking at the entrance.

The courthouse, a judge in a wig and robe enters it, the second one, running late, runs there too.

There is a sign with a huge figure of a locust near the house.

A cemetery fence, monuments.

St.

Paul's Cathedral.

A wedding cortege drives up to the church, the bride gets out of the car, she is accompanied by an elderly gentleman with a bouquet of flowers, they enter the cathedral.

Bells are ringing.

A wedding procession moves along the street, the bride and groom in front, children in dresses behind them.

A man with a billboard on his back walks along the street.

An unemployed artist paints a copy of a nobleman's portrait by Frans Hals on the sidewalk.

Three unemployed men earn a living by singing to an accordion in the courtyard of a house, a woman throws coins to them from the window.

The Big Ben tower, the clock face with the date 1757. London bars and restaurants.

A restaurant employee washes carcasses.

Cooks carry ready-made dishes, covered with lids.

The cook cuts meat into thin slices.

A London pub, men at the counter drinking beer.

A view from above of a bridge, cars driving along it, pedestrians walking.

A cargo ship with a lowered funnel floats under the bridge, then raises it.

Vacationers are riding in a cart to Hyde Park.

A horse is tied to a pole, wearing a straw hat.

Boating on the Thames.

A woman with children and dogs.

A couple sits on a bench, covered with a blanket.

Sparrows drink water from a fountain.

A gentleman comes out of a restaurant, gets into a car.

Five o'clock tea at work, a young man pours tea into mugs, serves it to a worker.

A man in an office at a table with papers drinks tea.

A printing house, a stream of newspapers goes.

A street newsboy serves a newspaper to a passenger on a bus.

An old man sits near a house with a newspaper.

On the sidewalk, a man shows acrobatic tricks for the public.

London in the evening.

A lamplighter lights the lamps.

A metro sign, people on an escalator.

Illuminated advertising in the city.

People sit in a restaurant, pour champagne.

Performance of a pop orchestra and cabaret girls, they dance the cancan.

Night London.

A man washes a monument with a hose.

A policeman walks the street, checks the doors of houses.

Silhouettes of buildings in the night

Keywords

United Kingdom, city, attractions, 1930s

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