Around London Morris 1000 Cuts (1958)

Unissued / Unused material.
Travelling around London (Morris 1000 cuts).
MS of St Paul's Cathedral from street. Travelling shot through car windscreen travelling along the Embankment towards Charing Cross. Travelling shot through windscreen as car turns right from Embankment travels around Parliament Square up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace round Hyde Park Corner and along Piccadilly. MS Tower Bridge, pan up to Tower of London. LS Beefeater standing on guard at the Tower. Various shots of a contingent of Household Cavalry travelling along the Mall. CU statue of Eros. MS Household Cavalry. MS South Bank and Festival Hall. MS of a tower from Waterloo Bridge. LS across river of St. Paul's from Waterloo Bridge. MS car pulling up, a woman gets out and walks down to Tower of London. MS Tower of London from Tower Bridge. MS guardsmen marching down Mall led by band. MS's Waterloo Bridge from South Bank. MS St. Paul's, pan down to traffic in the streets. LS Waterloo Bridge.
Various shots of a contingent of Household Cavalry travelling up the Mall. LS Victoria Memorial pan to MS Buckingham Palace. MS's as woman gets out of car and takes photograph. High angle MS panning shot of Piccadilly Circus. MS's of Buckingham Palace. High angle MS Piccadilly Circus. MS's Buckingham Palace. High angle shots of Piccadilly Circus. Various shots of Piccadilly Circus from Coventry Street. MS traffic, pan up to MS from street to facade of St. Paul's Cathedral. MS Buckingham Palace. MS as Guardsmen march past. MS Waterloo Bridge from South Bank. Travelling shot through windscreen of car travelling through city street towards St. Paul's. MS Fleet Street with St. Paul's in distance. High angle shot of Piccadilly Circus. MS Trafalgar Square. MS Waterloo Bridge from South Bank.
Cataloguer's note: colour item. The film is scratched.
FILM ID:2942.12
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[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Wonderful piece of film that captures postwar London beautifully. Some great - actually vey rare - footage of the old Shot Tower where the Hayward Gallery now stands. Almost all the vehicles on the road are British built, I saw one Renault Dauphine & that was it for foreign cars... we really have given so much away.

[@chrisdstard5644]

There was also a beetle near the end, but i'd have a moggy every time.

[@allanlindsay8369]

Hello and greetings to you. Most of all our culture and identity.

[@succulent951]

@@chrisdstard5644 *2 beetles, another Dauphine at 1:27 and possibly a BMW Isetta at 0:45?

[@boreal75]

@@succulent951 And a white Peugeot 203 at 8,37, driving past Buckingham Palace.
A strong and reliable car, as the Peugeot used to be in the past..

[@countfosco8535]

@@succulent951 I think it's a Heinkel or Trojan. The Isetta has the freestanding headlamps.

[@gregsmith1070]

Filmed long before I was born, but in many ways looks bliss, especially driving. Roads not cluttered with endless yellow lines, red lines, junction boxes, proliferation of signs/notices, largely pointless 20 mph limits, speed cameras, over zealous parking enforcement, being constantly monitored by ANPR, cameras everywhere, worries about whether your vehicle is euro 4 petrol or 6 diesel compliant, straying into a bus lane, congestion charging times.....to name just a few!

[@unconventionalideas5683]

Yes, but air pollution was way worse, road deaths were way more frequent, the great smog...
It's a trade most people would choose to make to have driving be more difficult for cleaner air and better road safety.

[@gregsmith1070]

@@unconventionalideas5683 but main difference in safety and emissions are the vehicles themselves, a modern vehicle is a quantum leap forward, including
pedestrian safety measures in the car designs.

[@Ferr1963]

You forgot Stop Oil protesters

[@163london]

The year before I was born (in London). Thanks.

[@porridgeandprunes]

Good not having inappropriate music dubbed in as is usual with these films of the past.

[@terence2678]

I can remember Royal Mail having red Moggy vans. They were seen everywhere.

[@coecludd]

Spotted a Police Box at 3:06 :-)

[@Chuby123]

I wish it were a TARDIS so I could go back to then

[@carlbirchall1632]

When London was London

[@gch8810]

When London was still majority British.

[@MikeMike-hx3gm]

I was one in 1958.

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

As it is-- minus the bloke intoning his chirpy, gee-whiz commentary-- the effect is almost surreal.

[@TIMBOWERMAN]

Someone used a Super - 8, Pathe would have done this on a 16mm with sound.

[@davidviner4932]

That woman in 1958, wonder if she's still alive now

[@lecapitainevincent4945]

Rare Renault Dauphine in Luton built

[@simontaylor2319]

That's not Ian Nairn at the wheel?

[@ENIGMAXII2112]

A lot less people there be..
Compare that to these modern times of ours...
And NO awful ugly Sh*tty modern architecture on top of that..!!