Video: Street scenes and daily life in actual film from the 1890's

YouTube ^ | 2016 | Britannia Panopticon

[NRx]

Appx 40 minutes of video taken mostly in the last decade of the 19th century from around the world depicting street scenes and daily life. Sound has been added for effect.

[NRx]

For history enthusiasts see also The Scientific American Handbook of Travel (1910)

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3597045/posts

[relictele]

Piccadilly Circus is still a dizzying, random interchange.

[marktwain]

This was a fascinating look into reality only a hundred and twenty years ago.

It was the world of my grand parents as young adults.

Virtually the only motor transport were ships and trains.

No airplanes, no motor cars. Horse drawn transport everywhere in the big cities of Europe and the United States.

Exceptionally low crime rates in Europe and the U.S.

Almost no restrictions on personal arms at all, but I did not see any armed persons.

Absolutely fascinating.

[Sans-Culotte]

Later.

[marktwain]

And the only mass communications were newspapers, and a few public speakers and lecturers.

[NRx]

ping

[equaviator]

Cool!

[Skooz]

bfl

[PlateOfShrimp]

You can see Brian Williams in the third video.

[archaicoldschool]

ping for later

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[bgill]

Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NRx.

[4yearlurker]

I think I saw Ma Kettle trying to board the train.

[ladyjane]

Notice how thin people are. And no one is walking around carrying a large soda.

[null and void]

All the men and boys are wearing hats. Can’t remember the last time I did when it wasn’t freezing or snowing.

[marktwain]

People tend to be more fit in places where walking is a significant form of transport.

[MrEdd]

Was that Helen Thomas he was with?

[JimRed]

42 minutes- saving bump.

[Avalon Memories]

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