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Piccadilly Circus is still a dizzying, random interchange.
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.
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And the only mass communications were newspapers, and a few public speakers and lecturers.
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Cool!
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You can see Brian Williams in the third video.
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I think I saw Ma Kettle trying to board the train.
All the men and boys are wearing hats. Can’t remember the last time I did when it wasn’t freezing or snowing.
42 minutes- saving bump.
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I'm fascinated with vintage photos and video of "everyday life" from long ago.
Even in my own lifetime, everyday life has changed so much since I was a boy. The newspaper was my main source of news. There was no such thing as 24-hour news cycles. If a major news event happened, it might get five minutes on the 7 o'clock news. Go to YouTube and search say "1975 news broadcast" and you will be amazed how primitive and bare-bones it all was. That was the world I grew up in. Lots of time for hobbies, book reading and just playing outdoors. We did not sit in front of a screen all day.
If a snowstorm was coming our way, the friendly local weatherman on the local 6 o'clock news would tell us to get our shovels ready and sure enough, my mother would put the snow shovel by the front door before bedtime. That was my signal that snow was coming and I'd better plan on setting my alarm clock a little earlier the next morning so that I could shovel us out. These days, you get wall-to-wall 24 hour TV coverage of even the most minor snowstorms and people huddle inside like zombies to watch it all.
What’s amazing is that there are still parts of the world that are less developed and civilized even today.
Extra points for everyone who can spot Forest Gump and specify the video time when he appears!
Amazing! Thank you for posting it!
What's that? The 1890s? That's even more remarkable. Video cameras and mobile phones must have been very large and bulky back then.
Fantastic, thank you! I absolutely love photos/video like this. I try hard to put myself in that place, to not see it as “idyllic” as it may appear. For example — the smells without decent public sewerage systems, the diseases without modern antibiotics, even fashion (long sleeves, long skirts, suits & ties in a city summer? no thanks) But overall, it’s just mesmerizing to see how people went about their lives — lives as ordinary to them as ours are to us.