The scenes of British film pioneer Clause Frisse-Greene film about London in 1927 are both eerily familiar and yet so different to the modern, bustling city in which we live. Frisse-Greene produced some of the earliest known colour footage of London making use of the colour process his father William, a cinematographer, was experimenting with.
The colour brings the scenes to life, with many of the same buildings, bridges, and monuments still dominating the city today, but it is the scenes of a slower pace of life with horses and carts on London Bridge that are so astounding. In a city now where heavy traffic is a constant even after the introduction of the congestion charge, there is a certain nostalgia evoked for our city’s not too distant past.
