Victorian and Edwardian London 18961908

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Made as the Victorian era morphed into the Edwardian, this is the earliest known movie footage of London. • It shows a number of scenes taking in locations such as Hyde Park Corner, Parliament Square and Charing Cross Station. We see crowds of people disembarking from a pleasure steamer at Victoria Embankment, pedestrians dodging horse-drawn carriages in Pall Mall, and heavy traffic trotting down the Strand. • There are plenty of famous landmarks to spot here, including Big Ben, the National Gallery and the Bank of England, and it is fascinating to see the similarities between the customs of then and now - the dense traffic (mainly horse-drawn, with the occasional motor car) is highly reminiscent of today's London rush hour, whilst advertising on public transport is clearly no new phenomenon - in one scene, an advert for Nestlé's Milk seems to be plastered on every other vehicle. • We end at the 1908 London Olympics where the marathon staged there set the standard distance still in use (and caused not a little controversy). • Video timelines • 00:05: BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE (1896) Pedestrians cross the bridge • 00:40: HYDE PARK CORNER (1897) General traffic scenes • 01:50: BANK OF ENGLAND (1897) A maelstrom of activity • 03:15: WESTMINSTER (1903) • 04:20: CHARING CROSS (1903) • 04:40: TOWER BRIDGE (1901) Seven years after the bridge opened • 05:24: VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, WESTMINSTER (1903) River traffic • 05:40: EMPIRE THEATRE, LEICESTER SQUARE • 06:35: THE STRAND (1903) • 06:45: PICCADILLY CIRCUS (1902) • 07:31: PALL MALL (1903) • 07:45: HORSEGUARD'S PARADE (1899) Very early footage • 07:55: LONDON BRIDGE (1896) Nineteenth century pedestrians in amazing detail • 08:25: LAW COURTS (1902) • 08:41: View of St Martins In The Fields (1903) • 09:00: THE STRAND (1903) • 09:15: BANK OF ENGLAND (1903) • 09:25: PETTICOAT LANE (1903) A Market at the heart of the East End • 11:05: WHITE CITY: The 1908 London Olympics • 12:28: The 1908 London Olympics marathon • The movie is a montage of material from both Pathe and the British Film Institute. • www.bfi.org.uk/ • http://www.britishpathe.com

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