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Soup Kitchen (1930)

Destitute men and children are served with soup by charity.

At The Circus

Various circus acts at Crystal Palace - performing horses, stunt riders and clowns.

Two Children And Mother (1910)

Nice footage of a girl and boy playing in a garden while their mother sits sewing.

The Street Cries Of Old London (1931)

Nice film about the 'prim primrose girls' who used to sing on the streets of London.

Soho Goes Gay (1955)

London's cosmopolitan quarter stages Soho Fair in truly continental sunshine.

Society's Children Hold Carnival In Hyde Park (1914)

Kids' costume pageant in park, mothers have tea.

Queen Alexandra's Rose Day (1914)

Queen Alexandra is presented with flowers on 'Rose Day'.

Empire Pageant (1919)

May Day and Empire Day celebrations 1919. London.

Chelsea Fair (1914)

Various scenes from the Chelsea Fair c 1914.

Come To The Riviera - For 2 Minutes (1924)

Compare London in the rain to the French Riviera bathed in sunshine!

Foggy Day In London (1948)

Hardly anything seen on a foggy day in London.

Pearlies' Harvest Festival (1934)

Pearly Kings and Queens take their children to a harvest service in the Old Kent Road.

Duchess Of Marlborough - Part 1 (1919)

Duchess Canvassing House to House, ca 1919.

River By Night AKA London By Night (1958)

A look at night time London from the point of view of the river Thames.

London Shots (1962)

London rooftops, Billingsgate market, derelict area with St Paul's in the background.

Night Scenes - May Wedding (1960)

Great colour shots central London in evening and at night.

Children's Day At Olympia Beware - Other Items Share This Title

Children enjoying a Circus performance at Olympia.

Goodbye Piccadilly (1925)

Eros gets ready to be dismantled and moved while the Underground is built at Piccadilly.

London At Night (1966)

Night scenes of London.

National Kitchen AKA Poor Children Given Food At National Kitchen (1910)

Children and local dignitaries at a wartime soup kitchen in London.

National Kitchen (1918)

National Kitchen opens, 1918. London.

Father Christmas (1914)

Father Christmas hands out presents to kids in Hackney.

Emancipation Of Women (1890)

Documentary covering changes in women's lives and status between l890 and 1930.

Donkey Show AKA Costermongers' Cart Show (1920)

Work horses and costermongers' carts are judged in contest in cobblestone square.

Cockneys To The Rescue (1956)

Pearly Kings and Queens at St. Mary-le-Bow in support of Lord Mayor's Bow Bells appeal.

Cockney Barrows (1967)

The craft of making traditional costermongers' barrows is seen at Terry O'Doherty's workshop.

Changing Face Of London (1962)

An item about modern buildings in London and a country holiday for shire horses.

The Fog Demon (1929)

Scenes in London when a fog has descended - parks, street scenes, Houses of Parliament, Big Bet etc.

Snow In London (1955)

Stock shot material of London's best-known West End locations under snow.

Shoeblack (1954)

Story about Vincent the old shoe shine boy of Piccadilly, London.

Royal Omnibus Route (1927)

Buses and other traffic are seen along the route to and from Buckingham Palace.

Piccadilly Policeman (1946)

Great shots of Piccadilly Circus as we see a policeman going about his work.

London's Famous Clubs & Cabarets - C.B. Cochran's Trocadero Cabaret "And So We Go On" (1928)

Fantastic film of a cabaret show - great dancing and great chorus girl outfits!

London Buskers AKA London Street Scenes (1910)

Street scenes in London around Piccadilly - during tube strike or closure?

Fire Sweeps London Catacombs (1949)

A fire spreads under the market in Covent Garden.

Marwood Hanged Neg - Incomplete (1959)

Riots outside Pentonville Prison as Ronald Marwood is hanged for murder of policeman.

Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem & Cuts (1926)

Religious procession going through Clerkenwell.

Bransby Williams - The Famous Character Actor (1932)

An impersonation of the Dickens character Tony Weller from "The Pickwick Papers".

River Pubs AKA Strand On The Green Issue Title - Picture Pie (1940)

A look at the houses, pubs, and scenery at Strand on the Green near Kew, London.

50 Years Progress (1960)

Item celebrating 50 years of progress through Labour Exchanges. London.

Their Majesties In Poplar (1950)

Footage of new housing estate being built in Lansbury, London.

The Great Crusade - Reel 2 (1937)

Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.

The Great Crusade Reel 1 (1937)

Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.

The Duchess Of York (1936)

Duchess of York opens new flats in St. Pancras, London. They are for low income families.

Clearing The Slums (1935)

Sir Hilton Young, Minister for Health, inspects slum clearing project in Wandsworth.

Abolish The Slums (1929)

Neville Chamberlain lays foundation stone for block of flats which should begin to relieve problem of slum housing in Bethnal Green. London.

Abolish All Slums (1930)

Lord Monk Bretton is at ceremony to mark the demolition of the site, Somers Town, London.

The Players' Theatre - Covent Garden (1938)

Old-time music hall acts at The Players' Theatre - dupe of PT 414.

Covent Garden Strike

M.P. Ben Tillet addresses striking workers at Covent Garden.

Covent Garden After Market Move (1970)

Shots of Covent Garden area after it has stopped being used as a fruit and veg market.

Various - Covent Garden

Crowds at Covent Garden market.

Oranges And Lemons (1956)

Oranges and harvest traditions from around the world, starting and finishing in Covent Garden, London.

National Kitchen - Stoke Newington (1914)

Footage of kitchen in Stoke Newington that provides food for poor children.

Bloomsbury Issue Title Is Out And About (1944)

Item about history of Bloomsbury, London + iron railings being torn down for war effort.

113th Dickens Anniversary (1925)

Charles Dickens' great grandson Peter lays flowers on occasion of writer's 113th anniversary.

The City Of London Reel 2 (1951)

Documentary tracing the history of the City of London and the variety of trades performed there. 1951?

The City Of London Reel 1 (1951)

Off cuts from documentary tracing the history of the City of London and the variety of trades performed there.

The City Of London Reel 1 (1951)

Documentary tracing the history of the City of London and variety of trades performed there. 1951?

Eric Coates (1944)

Composer Eric Coates walks around London to gain inspiration for his tunes.

Early Traffic Scenes (1890)

Various turn of the century scenes of traffic in London and around the country.

Dawn Over London (1953)

Sun rising over Tower Bridge and River Thames.

Children Playing In Mud Of Thames (1947)

Children play in the bomb sites of post-war London.

Beachcombers (1948)

People from the Mudlarks' Club search the river Thames for ancient artefacts. London.

Aerial Survey (1949)

Aerial photographs taken of London are used to make detailed ordnance survey map.

Peter Paget (1934)

Actor Peter Paget as Uriah Heep in a scene adapted from 'David Copperfield'

Homage To Dickens - Pilgrims At Westminster Abbey On The 107th Anniversary Of His Birth (1919)

Pilgrims turn up at Westminster Abbey to pay homage to Charles Dickens.

Eccentric Club (1920)

Members of the Eccentric Club; c.1920.

Dickens Fete (1914)

People in Victorian costume ride on stagecoach, followed by couples dancing in park or garden.

Dickens Anniversary (1920)

Party of elderly gents and women carry a wreath to the grave of Charles Dickens.

Dicken's Birth Anniversary (1914)

People arriving at church to pay respect to Charles Dickens.

Dickens' London Issue Title Is Spring In The Air (1938)

Actors dressed as author Charles Dickens and some of his famous characters in London locations where books were set.