Travel from Holland to Harwich and London (1937 in color)

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[NRx]

A color film travelogue showing the trip from Vlissingen in Holland by cross channel ferry to Harwich and then a tour of London with lots of street scenes. This is a remarkable glimpse of life in the twilight of the inter-war years. Many of the old building shown were badly damaged or destroyed during Herr Goering's urban renewal program. (color appx 10 mins)

[colorado tanker]

Years ago we took the boat-train from London to Amsterdam. The ship passage was at night. For anyone under 30 it became a party to the wee hours of the morning. The little old British women, who were too cheap to buy anything on the ship, then started rustling their paper bags full of food about 5:00 am. We got about 3 hours of sleep.

We went up to the lounge for some coffee and something to eat. The staff looked like they had been through the ringer.

But, it was worth it. We were young and had to travel on a budget. And Amsterdam is well worth a journey to visit.

[DeFault User]

Hey,everybody knows the world was in black and white until Gone With The Wind in 1939. ;0)

[CodeJockey]

Civilization has came a long way.

[Secret Agent Man]

airlines letting animals in passenger sections can often yield sub-par outcomes

[grumpygresh]

The faces remind me of 2018 at the airport. In just a couple of years, everything changed. No one was travelling.

[Rinnwald]

This was colorized, apparently by an older process. Note the palette is mostly blues and browns. The British subway signs don’t have red in them. Early color film captured red very well. Also, faces occasionally revert to black and white.

[Savage Beast]

Throughout the 20th century, I wore coat and tie to travel by plane, train, and boat. In the family photos, I'm wearing coat and tie in New York, London, Paris, Venice, Mexico City, Vienna, Tangiers, Cairo... Crossing the Irish Sea, my tie was waving in the wind.

Things are quite different now.

[dfwgator]

This is a fascinating site with lots of great videos.

And to think in just a few short years, most of those people would be caught up in the cataclysm of WWII.

[SES1066]

Thank you for this posting. Almost a travelogue but lacks a voice-over narration. It does look like it was professional cameras as the individual film lengths were much longer than amateur movie cameras.

I’m drawn to the cultural changes in the 93 years from then. On the ship, note that all of the men were in suit&tie outfits and the women in full dresses. In London, everybody, male & female were wearing hats. Lots of smoking as well. Saw one of the bus ads was for Canadian Lobster!

How many of the people shown still lived 8 years later on VE Day? Film is somewhat poignant knowing the coming London destruction and rationing to come in 2 years!

[BenLurkin]

Very cool. Interesting how faces seem to be the hardest thing to get into color.

[Midwesterner53]

Civilization has not yet reached all corners of the world.

[alternatives?]

People were dressed up. not much makeup. no cleavage, no tattoos, but smoking.

[Right Wing Assault]

A few of the children might be alive.