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BRITISH TRAVEL PROMO FILM " SONG OF LONDON " UNITED KINGDOM XD12464b (1963)

1963 · Short film · 29 min

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This color promotional film is a short film extolling the attractions of London. It was produced & directed by John Durst and is a 1963 production. Opening title: The British Travel Association presents SONG OF LONDON over various interior airport shots with people walking and resting, going to buses (:08-1:25). People exit a car and head into a hotel. Aerial shots of London. Tourists walk around Trafalgar Square in Central London (1:26-2:33). Tommy Trinder sings in London, camera stays on him for most of his sequence. Trafalgar Square footage (2:34-4:02). Band marches, tourists watch. Statues. Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus. Statue of Eros (4:03-5:06). 'New' London with the tall buildings. Double decker buses. Cathedrals. Children run through an apartment yard. Westminster Abbey. Scotland Yard. Old Father Thames and the Tower of London (5:07-6:43). Buildings in London. Tourists leave a hotel. Inside a department store. Tourists look at the merchandise (pots/pans, clothes, jewelry, silver). Children on the street. Tourists walk by shops (6:44-8:50) People go to a grocery store, peruse the merchandise. Chefs make food at the Mayflower hotel. A host seats a couple at the restaurant. Another couple watches food made in front of them (8:51-11:06). Couples eat lunch by the Riverside at the River Thames. Boats sail. Skipper Bob Roberts, a barge skipper, sings to some children on the dock with LOndon Bridge in the background (11:07-13:09). Waterbuses take people down the…

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Running time
29 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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