Wonderful London [videorecording] : the ever-transforming city through the lens of time / films by Harry B. Parkinson and Frank Miller.
Publisher number: BFIVD946 | British Film institutePublication details: [London] : British Film Institute, c2012. Description: 1 DVD (57 min.) sd., tinted & tones, b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)ISSN: 5035673009468Subject(s): London (England) -- DramaLOC classification: DVD: | WONDSummary: Collection of archive footage giving an insight into life in London in the 1920s. The collection comprises 12 short films which look at the diversity of the capital city while including shots of famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the Tower of London, as well as some of the lesser known areas.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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DVD release of the 1924 films.
Includes six new restorations by the BFI National Archive – Barging Through London, Cosmopolitan London, London’s Sunday, Flowers of London, London’s Free Shows, London off the Track.
Special features: newly recorded piano accompaniments by John Sweeney; six additional Wonderful London films: Dickens’ London (12 min.), London’s Outer Ring (12 min.), London Old and New (10 min.), London’s Contrasts (12 min.), Known London (11 min.), Along Father Thames to Shepperton (11 min.); illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays by Bryony Dixon, Iain Sinclair, Jude Rogers and Sukhdev Sandhu.
Collection of archive footage giving an insight into life in London in the 1920s. The collection comprises 12 short films which look at the diversity of the capital city while including shots of famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the Tower of London, as well as some of the lesser known areas.
Exempt from classification.
System requirements: DVD player or PC with a DVD ROM drive.
DVD: PAL.
Silent with English intertitles.