I found another one of these interesting films about everyday life over 100 years ago. This runs for less than 6 minutes, has been enhanced for video, and colourised.
I found another one of these interesting films about everyday life over 100 years ago. This runs for less than 6 minutes, has been enhanced for video, and colourised.
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All these cities seem to be basking in the recovery and new-found energy post- WWI. Amazing to see some vehicles still being pulled by horses! If only the Euopean cities knew what was coming in a little more than a decade…
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Horses were still widely used up to 1945, and in some cases, much later. When I was a child in London in the 1950s, milk, coal, and other goods like beer were routinely delivered by horse-drawn carts.
It is interesting to see cities that would later be so badly affected by WW2.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Something I didn’t know!
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Cityscapes anyone?
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Brought up in the country, I tend to shun cities!
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I did it the other way. Brought up in a city, then moved away to the country. 🙂
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These really are wonderful, Pete. Traffic and the number of people seem far worse then.
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Traffic in cities is nothing new of course. Even the Romans had issues with that here, in old Londinium. I think there are more people because more people had to walk everywhere, but that’s just my theory.
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That’s a good theory, Pete.
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So wonderful to see how slow the daily life can be. xx Michael
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These old films are a delight to me, Michael.
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I also thought about the difference 90 years has made in Tokyo. But I’ve never been there. Maybe old neighborhoods still exist?
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I have never been to Japan, David. Hopefully someone who has can answer your question, though I am sure much of the old city was destroyed by allied bombs in WW2.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I was particularly interested in the clip of Toronto. My grandmother lived there at the time when she trained to become a librarian.
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I’m pleased you found a connection in this film, Liz.
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Old videos of cities make them seem more crowded. Warmest regards, Ed
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Perhaps they were? 🙂
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I am grateful that I stayed on until the end, especially for the chance to see Tokyo. What a contrast to the contemporary Western cities. I also learned that crossing the street on foot has been dangerous for at least 100 years!
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This is the third one of these I have found, and they are all just delightful.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Much more fleshed out than movie sets trying to recreate the scenes.
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It’s always the animals I look at, of course! And the crowds which even back then were significant. I am allergic to crowding. Nice to see women without those cumbersome long skirts. The standout is of course Tokyo which was a surprise but there is no telling what part of Tokyo may have been filmed, I suppose. All very interesting.
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Glad you enjoyed the film, Carolyn.
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It’s fun observing the hemlines in different cities!
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Each country had its own fashions, apparently. 🙂
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Paris seemed to go short first!
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Traffic looks just as bad in London as it does today. Great film though.
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I think London traffic was always bad. As far back as the carts in Roman times. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you….these videos are fascinating. 100 years ago is a blink of the eye in terms of time, and yet the changes are amazing….but sadly we do not learn from our history. Janet 🙂
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Humans learn nothing from history, I agree.
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Imagine those years….lovely😊
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They were simpler times, but not a good time to be poor or unemployed.
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very cool
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I have been enjoying these. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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