Post by Kev Mulrenan on Oct 23, 2008 10:28:01 GMT
Looks a good one.
Just shows what's out there and what they may be discovering in 100 years time. Or sooner hopefully.
It's my belief that if you actually search an archive throughly that's the best bet of actually unearthing something.
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11:14am UK, Thursday October 23, 2008
It is a film that has been hidden from view for more than a century and now I have been invited to a screening room to see London life on the big screen - 1904-style.
The film reveals people going about their everyday lives over a century ago
Sat next to me as the projector starts up is the man who found this piece of cinematic history, Professor Ian Christie.
The film historian stumbled on the footage, 104 years after it was filmed, while doing a routine search in the Australian National Film Archive.
He was not expecting to find anything of merit.
"You go along to an archive and you say: 'Show me your rubbish, show me the stuff you've never identified'," he tells me as the film plays on the screen in front of us.
"Often it is just rubbish, or it's parts, bits and pieces of things that you can't really make sense of. It's very rare to find something no one has really identified before.
London Life In 1904
"Maybe once or twice in a lifetime."
The 12-minute silent documentary, called Living London, was made by American film pioneer Charles Urban.
In it we see famous landmarks like Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace surrounded by horse-drawn carts and buses.
But what is more interesting are the scenes of people going about their everyday lives - children playing in a park, fish traders at Billingsgate market and shoe-shiners in the West End showing us how we used to live.
"It's a fantastic panorama of life in London at the beginning of the last century," adds Ian.
"It's really full of interest. It's not just setting up the camera, it's going for a picture that tells a story."
It is thought the film was shipped to Australia and shown in cinemas to promote the mother country.
"I think it shows us how exciting London was, especially for people who live far away," Ian tells me.
"London was one of the most exciting cities anywhere. And just to be able to see it was almost as good as going there for many people."
:: Living London can be seen at a special outdoor screening in London's Trafalgar Square on Friday at 6.30pm as part of the London Film Festival.
Just shows what's out there and what they may be discovering in 100 years time. Or sooner hopefully.
It's my belief that if you actually search an archive throughly that's the best bet of actually unearthing something.
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Kaiser Chiefs Thrid Album 2:28 Bond Heads Up Festival 2:40 Travis Are Ready To Rock 2:38 Stars Bond For Theme Song 2:38
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11:14am UK, Thursday October 23, 2008
It is a film that has been hidden from view for more than a century and now I have been invited to a screening room to see London life on the big screen - 1904-style.
The film reveals people going about their everyday lives over a century ago
Sat next to me as the projector starts up is the man who found this piece of cinematic history, Professor Ian Christie.
The film historian stumbled on the footage, 104 years after it was filmed, while doing a routine search in the Australian National Film Archive.
He was not expecting to find anything of merit.
"You go along to an archive and you say: 'Show me your rubbish, show me the stuff you've never identified'," he tells me as the film plays on the screen in front of us.
"Often it is just rubbish, or it's parts, bits and pieces of things that you can't really make sense of. It's very rare to find something no one has really identified before.
London Life In 1904
"Maybe once or twice in a lifetime."
The 12-minute silent documentary, called Living London, was made by American film pioneer Charles Urban.
In it we see famous landmarks like Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace surrounded by horse-drawn carts and buses.
But what is more interesting are the scenes of people going about their everyday lives - children playing in a park, fish traders at Billingsgate market and shoe-shiners in the West End showing us how we used to live.
"It's a fantastic panorama of life in London at the beginning of the last century," adds Ian.
"It's really full of interest. It's not just setting up the camera, it's going for a picture that tells a story."
It is thought the film was shipped to Australia and shown in cinemas to promote the mother country.
"I think it shows us how exciting London was, especially for people who live far away," Ian tells me.
"London was one of the most exciting cities anywhere. And just to be able to see it was almost as good as going there for many people."
:: Living London can be seen at a special outdoor screening in London's Trafalgar Square on Friday at 6.30pm as part of the London Film Festival.