Early colour film by Claude Friese-Greene

[Derek R.]

A friend posted me a short Vimeo video of London by Claude Friese-Greene. It's beautifully filmed, and the colour is most appealing. Shots of the Thames around the Pool, but mostly London as it was in the 1920's.

 

http://vimeo.com/7638752

 

Amongst the comments was another link to a whole trip from Land's End to John O'Groats. Canals do feature albeit briefly, but one shot shows a loaded boat coming out of a lock on the Glamorgan Canal, loaded with what looks like moulded bricks.

 

http://beta.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a1cd5c1

 

Notable points may be; 18m 11s Cardiff Docks; 19m 50s Glamorgan Canal; 23m 44s Narrow boats 'ELIZABETH' and two others plus shots inside Wedgewoods decorating room; 34m 49s Oban, fishing and gutting; 45m 30s Ballahulish Ferry; & 54m 00s London, with a little more than the former Vimeo.

 

Overall, a fascinating insight to life in the British Isles in the mid 1920's, with a depth and detail I have not seen before.

Edited May 17, 2013 by Derek R.

[greywolf]

cheers for posting that. i enjoyed watching it,great seeing some of the monuments as they were then