London (1930-1959)

View of Trafalgar Square in London and Nelson's Column (from above).

Views of London streets and buildings.

Automobile and horse-drawn transport on the city streets, a railway overpass above the street.

View of part of St.

Paul's Cathedral.

Passengers climb to the second floor of a bus.

Buses on one of the city streets.

People walk along the sidewalk.

The face of a Royal Horse Guardsman.

A Horse Guardsman on duty.

View from the window of a telephone exchange.

Telephone operators at the console.

The head of the telephone exchange answers the phones standing on his desk.

View of one of the city squares A saleswoman in a ladies' store puts a hat and dress on a mannequin standing in the window.

A doorman opens a car door, helps women out.

Demonstration of evening gowns in a ladies' clothing salon.

A freight cab on a London street, a bellman loads boxes of cakes inside, sits down next to the cabman, the cab starts moving.

A man in a shop trying on a hat in front of a mirror.

Advertisement for a men's clothing shop.

A man in a top hat and with a cane walking down the street.

The face of a traffic policeman.

A weather vane on the cornice of a house is spinning.

A maid is washing the porch.

A kitten is licking itself, sitting near a bottle of milk standing on the porch of a house.

A janitor in a cloak and top hat is sweeping the sidewalk with a brush.

A view of the top of Big Ben.

Men in court uniforms are talking to each other.

A view of one of the London churches.

A man in a judge's robe is hurrying to the courthouse.

Sculpture of a grasshopper on Lombard Street.

Two men are talking on the street.

The entrance to the grounds of Westminster Abbey.

A view of part of Westminster Abbey.

A wedding ceremony, the father leads the bride to the altar.

A view of one of the towers of Westminster Abbey.

Newlyweds walk across the square at the head of the wedding procession.

A sign with a cat on one of the buildings.

A view of one of the city streets.

A street artist paints a portrait on the asphalt.

Street musicians sing, a woman throws them a coin from the window.

A one-legged singer picks up a coin.

Wreaths near the monument.

The clock on the wall shows 12:00. Food preparation in the kitchen of one of the restaurants, the cook cuts off a finished ham.

Customers at the counter of a pub, a female bartender pours beer.

A man drinking beer.

The owner at the cash register gives change.

A view of London Bridge (above).

A river tug with a collapsible funnel floats under one of the bridges on the Thames.

People ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

A horse at a crossroads.

A view of a giant lawn of one of the city parks (above).

People ride a boat.

Ducks on a board in a pond.

People relax on the lawns in deck chairs.

Children play with dogs.

A view of one of the fountains in the park.

Faces of people relaxing in the park.

A man in a top hat goes outside to look for a taxi.

The driver starts the engine with the crank.

A passenger gets into the taxi.

A passenger rides in the back seat of a taxi with an open body.

Workers drink coffee in a printing house.

A newspaper editor drinks coffee at the table.

Stacks of newspapers printed in the printing house.

Distribution of newspapers from an editorial vehicle to street vendors.

An elderly street newspaper vendor sits on the corner of a house.

A street acrobat walks on his hands on the roadway.

A lamplighter cleans the metal parts of a lamp while standing on a stepladder.

Entrance to one of the London Underground stations.

Passengers go up the escalator.

Passengers read a newspaper while standing on a moving escalator.

Illuminated electric advertising on the streets of evening and night-time London.

View of one of the streets of night-time London.

Waiters in one of the London restaurants.

The statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus.

Illuminated advertising on city buildings.

People in a restaurant drinking champagne.

A restaurant orchestra playing.

Restaurant dancers performing the cancan, faces of restaurant patrons.

A municipal worker washing the statue of Eros with a hose at night.

A policeman making his night rounds, checking the doors of a bank.

The green light of a traffic light comes on.

A passenger gets into a cab.

The policeman's face.

The cab drives away.

A cat sneaks along the top of a fence.

Young people in one of the night entertainment establishments are trying to get a can of Coca-Cola from a slot machine.

A young man aims a rifle at a shooting range.

Young people are looking at erotic slides, faces of young people.

Young people are standing around the pedestal of the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus.

Illuminated electric advertising in the Piccadilly Circus area.

Two soldiers on leave are sitting on the sidewalk.

Young people are sitting in the evening at the foot of the statue of Eros.

The face of a girl.

Illuminated advertising for beer.

Faces of a young man and a girl, illuminated advertising.

Views of night streets of London, people on the streets walk past illuminated shop windows, police officers lead an offender to the station.

Sailors at the bar, police officers lead another detainee.

A traffic policeman at a crossroads.

People are going down into the subway.

People on the streets of night London.

Men on the street are negotiating with women about spending their night leisure time, a policeman is walking along the street.

Faces of men and women.

An ice cream vendor with a cart passes by.

People cross the road.

Views of the streets of London at night, illuminated advertisements, people's faces.

A soldier talks to a girl.

View of the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus.

Young people sit at the foot of the statue of Eros.

Hugging couples walk along the streets.

Couples in love on the streets of London at night.

Advertisement for one of the women's shows.

People look at posters of plays and shows.

Photos of movie and pop stars in shop windows.

An elderly man looks at photos and posters.

People at the cinema, a poster for a police action movie.

A queue at one of the cinemas.

Posters of Hollywood films, faces of people entering the foyer of the cinema.

A veteran of World War II with a burnt face and an eye patch sells newspapers in front of the entrance to a night cinema.

A glass of beer in his hand, a man advertises beer in front of the entrance to a restaurant.

A seller of toy snakes offers his goods to passers-by.

Promoters advertise goods on the street.

A street violinist plays, standing at the window of a ladies' store, faces of people listening to music.

A street vendor of hot dogs serves a customer.

Customers at a fruit stand.

Selling souvenirs on one of the streets of night London.

Men looking at a stand with erotic magazines, covers and illustrations in magazines.

People on the night streets, faces of passers-by.

Young people sitting at the foot of the statue of Eros, talking to each other, kissing, faces of young men and women.

Young people at slot machines in one of the entertainment establishments.

An automatic record player puts on a record.

The face of a smoking young man.