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May 10, 2013 9:40 AM

London in color—in 1927 (SLV)
posted by Mr. Anthropomorphism (8 comments total)

Or colour, as it were.
posted by Mr. Anthropomorphism at 9:40 AM on May 10, 2013 [3 favorites]

Beautiful footage. It's particularly pleasing to see that Londoners have been walking straight into traffic without looking for nearly a century now. Also, so many hats!
posted by fight or flight at 9:47 AM on May 10, 2013

Hats.
posted by colie at 9:56 AM on May 10, 2013

I see dead people.
posted by Callicvol at 9:58 AM on May 10, 2013

Not just hats -- so many caps on Petticoat Lane! Also, I imagine the cop in the last scene approaching the cameraman and saying "What's all this, then?"
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 9:59 AM on May 10, 2013 [1 favorite]

As I was watching the last scene, I was thinking to myself that only a Londoner of 1927 would think that a view of a policeman heading your way 'breathes the romance of London into every corner of the Empire'.

Big Ben makes a bit more sense.
posted by oneirodynia at 10:04 AM on May 10, 2013

I like all of the behatted gents in Petticoat Lane looking back over their shoulder at the moving camera in a mixture of curiosity and unease.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:04 AM on May 10, 2013

Double
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 10:05 AM on May 10, 2013