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Post by grahamhewett on Jun 6, 2013 16:02:33 GMT
Not strictly the Underground but I found this in another forum which must be the earliest colour cine film of London streets - the shots of NSs and Ks in normal (and solid tyred!) service are particularly good. Pity the trams only get the odd glimpse. With a bit more effort at studying the bus routes, I dare say we could narrow the date down a bit further.
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Post by nickf on Jun 6, 2013 18:17:16 GMT
That's a great clip. I think that it was a two colour process, red and green, rather than the three we use now with blue as well. Friese-Greene: or as he came out of the ice box, Deep Friese Greene (Spike Milligan).
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Post by phillw48 on Jun 6, 2013 21:17:39 GMT
Its 1927, going by the trees its mid summer (July/August).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2013 7:03:07 GMT
Its 1927, going by the trees its mid summer (July/August). From the website: The lovely people at the BFI have got in touch and it turns out the film was made in 1926. They have lots of other footage from his film, The Open Road on their YouTube channel up here bit.ly/1920sEngland. More background on this here bit.ly/1077PVK. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2013 7:14:57 GMT
Not strictly the Underground but I found this in another forum which must be the earliest colour cine film of London streets - the shots of NSs and Ks in normal (and solid tyred!) service are particularly good. Pity the trams only get the odd glimpse. With a bit more effort at studying the bus routes, I dare say we could narrow the date down a bit further. GH Ah Graham, having watched it, I have a sneaking suspicion about it - there was a clip about a cricket Test match - ahem!!  That should be enough to date it for cricket fans - sorry I don't have Richie Benaud's database!! I wouldn't be surprised if Friese-Greene had footage of "the Don" (Bradman). BTW, the trams were of the conduit type - akin to those that plied the Kingsway Subway, so you could claim a tenuous Underground link  . D |
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That should be enough to date it for cricket fans - sorry I don't have Richie Benaud's database!! I wouldn't be surprised if Friese-Greene had footage of "the Don" (Bradman).
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