Bertie's London

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Under the cut is an embed of a very early 10-minute color film of London in 1927. This is the sort of world Bertie and Jeeves would have lived in.

Comments

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

This is a treasure. This entire film can be used as a reference for excellent period detail. Thanks for showing it to us.

[who-is-small.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Thames is a he? I always thought about it as her :)

[mxdp.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥
(love the "romantic atmosphere" with a cop walking right at you but then there's a doggie, so that's alright)

[bulldogscram.livejournal.com]

What a different world. Thanks for sharing this!

[janeturenne.livejournal.com]

Ooo, very cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

And I'm with Small, the Thames is DEFINITELY a lady.

[chibi-wolvie.livejournal.com]

Very very inspiring. I have a better view after the film about the 1927 of London.

Thank you very much for sharing! ^^

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

This was remarkable! Thank you for posting it.

[chaoticchaos13.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing!

[captainpellew.livejournal.com]

OUCH!
American Jokes.
C'mon now. That was a cheap shot.

[elmyraemilie.livejournal.com]

So very few private automobiles! What a wonderful piece of film this is.

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[random-nexus.livejournal.com]

That was very, very awesome.
Thank you!
:)

[lady529.livejournal.com]

Whoa. This is just unbelievable. Thanks so much for sharing!

The Lady 529

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

"Rotten Row, where London's society takes the morning air."

That can't be good for their health...

What a fantastic video! Thank you for posting it!

[axmxz.livejournal.com]

I love the totally gratuitous puppy-fondle in the end. It's like a 1927 lolcat. "This film needs more puppy, stat!"

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

Amazing. I didn't know there was any colour film from that period. The quality of the film was incredible!

What struck me most was how very slowly everything seemed to move. I thought at first it was just the film speed, but the movement of the pedestrians seems quite natural, so I think they must have actually driven that slowly.

Weird too seeing people looking at the Cenotaph (war memorial). I've walked past it plenty of times but never even considered trying to actually get at it since there's a steady stream of fast traffic. (They close the street for Remembrance Day).

The crowds on Petticoat Lane were not much more busy than Oxford Street is now!

Thanks so much for this.

[georgeodowd.livejournal.com]

Ah, life in the land of lower population density! I continue to wish I had lived back then for a number of reasons...
Thanks for sharing! That was fascinating.

[free-spoons.livejournal.com]

slightly off topic, but that little girl by the Peter Pan statue? Talk about some fierce hair :D