File:Old London Street Scenes (1903).webm

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Old_London_Street_Scenes_(1903).webm ‎(WebM audio/video file, VP9/Opus, length 4 min 8 s, 640 × 480 pixels, 588 kbps overall, file size: 17.4 MB)

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English: Traffic congestion in Edwardian London.

Made over 100 years ago, this footage shows a number of scenes shot around central London, taking in locations such as Hyde Park Corner, Parliament Square and Charing Cross Station. We see crowds of people disembarking from a pleasure steamer at Victoria Embankment, pedestrians dodging horse-drawn carriages in Pall Mall and heavy traffic trotting down the Strand.

There are plenty of famous landmarks to spot here, including Big Ben, the National Gallery and the Bank of England, and it is fascinating to see the similarities between the customs of then and now - the dense traffic (mainly horse-drawn, with the occasional motor car) is highly reminiscent of today's London rush hour, while advertising on public transport is clearly no new phenomenon - in one scene, an advert for Nestlé's Milk seems to be plastered on every other vehicle.

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Source YouTube: Old London Street Scenes (1903) – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today
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current15:07, 7 July 20194 min 8 s, 640 × 480 (17.4 MB)Yann (talk | contribs)Imported media from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQiEJW7RWg

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VP9 480P 1.09 Mbps Completed 15:12, 7 July 2019 5 min 16 s
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VP9 360P 642 kbps Completed 15:12, 7 July 2019 4 min 42 s
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VP9 240P 323 kbps Completed 15:12, 7 July 2019 4 min 42 s
Streaming 240p (VP9) 319 kbps Completed 16:54, 6 February 2024 2.0 s
WebM 360P 517 kbps Completed 15:09, 7 July 2019 1 min 52 s
Streaming 144p (MJPEG) 836 kbps Completed 03:49, 17 November 2023 7.0 s
Stereo (Opus) 1 kbps Completed 03:49, 17 November 2023 2.0 s
Stereo (MP3) 128 kbps Completed 03:49, 17 November 2023 4.0 s

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