Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This is some of the most beautiful film capturing moments of a bygone era in a great city – all the more poignant being on the eve of the maelstrom of World War One.
What is so magical about this footage, for me, is that it often catches people up close and intimately, just going about their daily routines – a man paying his hansom cab fare, a policeman directing traffic, children riding into the courtyard of their home in a horse-drawn carriage, a tram driver and his ticket collector discussing some issue of the moment … .
I’ve tried to mix up the individual clips, putting social against business scenes, close against far shots, general street scenes against intimate personal moments.
The music I’ve added as the sound track is the Adagietto from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
Is your tardis ready for the journey back in time?
Mine is prepped and raring to go … yet again!
Enjoy!
This is some of the most beautiful film capturing moments of a bygone era in a great city – all the more poignant being on the eve of the maelstrom of World War One.
What is so magical about this footage, for me, is that it often catches people up close and intimately, just going about their daily routines – a man paying his hansom cab fare, a policeman directing traffic, children riding into the courtyard of their home in a horse-drawn carriage, a tram driver and his ticket collector discussing some issue of the moment … .
I’ve tried to mix up the individual clips, putting social against business scenes, close against far shots, general street scenes against intimate personal moments.
The music I’ve added as the sound track is the Adagietto from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
Is your tardis ready for the journey back in time?
Mine is prepped and raring to go … yet again!
Enjoy!
