JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
Again from the BFI comes a series of absolutely super urban motion picture landscapes showing bits and pieces of ordinary city life at the turn of the century–I find them exquisite. The first is a movie taken from the front of a horse drawn tram in Belfast, 1901, along Royal Street:
Another glorious motion picture of street scenes in a major city at the turn of the century: Manchester, 1902.
Electric tram rides from Forster Square, Bradford, in 1902:
This street scene at Wigan is remarkable for the pure joy of the people who have gathered to be int he film–I particularly like man with his broad-brimmed-hatted daughter on his shoulder towards the end of the film, the father following the camera trying to get his daughter into the film. Just lovely.
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