‘THIS IS LONDON’

Here’s a lovely look at post-war London–1950 to be exact–as pictured in a British-Pathe travelogue, narrated by Rex Harrison, who I suspect was between divorces at the time and needed the easy money. I was last in London a year ago and was surprised how very much like London it looked. Do you know what I mean? It’s just–it’s so very–it positively wallows in its own London-ness. You see it in this little newsreel–it never truly changes and any view of the city instantly makes me wish I lived there, feasting on London-ish cakes, teas and ales. And Indian food…

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