Beautiful London in 1933 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

This spectacular colourized film tells the story of every-day life in London (UK) nearly a century ago. All familiar sights and points of interest get attention in this film.
The original B&W film has been motion-stabilized, enhanced, upscaled and colourized by means of state-of-the-art video software.
Please just enjoy this old film footage and REFRAIN from any comments about the influx of other nationals into the UK since this film was made. Plenty of comments in this respect have already been made and there is nothing more to add. By all means share your own experiences, or that of your (grand) parents, of what it was like to live in London just before the second world war. I fully understand the sentiments that old film footage like this awakens, but please use other, more appropriate means to voice your concerns about present day circumstances.
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[@vegan_because_we_care]

This,looks like an alternate world. So beautiful unlike the ugly city today.

[@ruzziasht349]

@vegan_because_we_care Oh, bless your naive little heart! It's adorable how you find a grainy old film more appealing than the vibrant, bustling city of today. I suppose you have a penchant for sepia-toned nostalgia and can't appreciate the progress and development that has transformed London into the global metropolis it is now. But hey, if you prefer horse-drawn carriages and gas lamps over modern infrastructure and cultural diversity, who am I to burst your bubble? Enjoy living in your rose-tinted fantasy while the rest of us revel in the marvels of living in the present.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

These restored films are so interesting!

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Fascinating old footage to watch, the people all look so smartly dressed! Interesting to see the original Battersea Power Station before the second part was added. An excellent restoration!

[@gumpy4960]

Far more beautiful than today, strange how that seems to coincide with it being far less multicultural than today.

[@MrDaiseymay]

AND THANKS TO THE LUFTWAFFE. 8 YRS LATER. HOW MANY FAILED TO SURVIVE THE WAR.

[@malpreece5008]

Yes, I think there’s definitely a correlation between the rise of multiculturalism and the demise of our society. Also, it’s irritating how modern media tries to push the false narrative that we’ve always been multicultural and ethnically diverse. I watched a modern film recently that depicted London at the turn of the last century and there were BAMEs everywhere! You only have to watch footage like this to see how that was simply not the case prior to WW2.

[@malpreece5008]

Looks like the KZbin algorithm deleted my last response, so I’ll write it again and space the words I think were flagged by the censors… Yes, I think there’s definitely a correlation between the rise of m u l t I c I l t I r I s m and the demise of society. Also, it’s irritating how modern media tries to push the false narrative that we’ve always been m u l t i c u l t u r a l and e t h n i c a l l y d i v e r s e. I watched a modern film recently that depicted London at the turn of the last century and there were B A M Es everywhere! You only have to watch footage like this to see how that was simply not the case prior to WW2.

[@james3997]

Looks like the KZbin algorithm deleted my last response, so I’ll write it again and space the words I think were flagged by the censors… Yes, I think there’s definitely a correlation between the rise of m u l t I c I l t I r I s m and the demise of society. Also, it’s irritating how modern media tries to push the false narrative that we’ve always been m u l t i c u l t u r a l and e t h n i c a l l y d i v e r s e. I watched a modern film recently that depicted London at the turn of the last century and there were B A M Es everywhere! You only have to watch footage like this to see how that was simply not the case prior to WW2.

[@james3997]

I agree with you, but every time I’ve tried to write a more detailed response to your comment it’s been deleted. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Who.Knew-The.Salt.MustFlow]

Great. Poor kids in that film aged 10-11 and above had something horrible waiting for them just 6-8 years later...conscription and war.

[@jacksugden8190]

After the Great Depression?

[@kapilbusawah7169]

@@jacksugden8190 yeah, the great depression concluded in 1939. Something worse loomed soon after

[@estellasalmi9409]

At 7:43 we see such an elegant window display and none of the people stop to admire it!

[@adespade119]

Amazing restoration work, rather watch these than the latest hollywood blockbuster

[@ricksfilmrestoration5163]

Great!

[@RudolfdeLang]

Love it 🤗

[@jacksugden8190]

23 years before I was born

[@benbow7]

If current trends continue then the Indigenous British People will be an ethnic minority in our own country within forty years.

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

British people went around genociding native Americans and Australians. I say it's fair that indigenous anglos also suffer the karma 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@violetgreer2443]

You get what you fuckin deserve 😂

[@ruzziasht349]

@benbow7 The British are descended from many varied ethnic groups that settled in Great Britain in and before the 11th century: These include Prehistoric, Brittonic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Celts, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians and Normans. So I'll break that down for you, Norway, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Basically the Brits are mongrels.

[@james3997]

Indeed. Also, I’m surprised your comment is still visible. Every time I’ve mentioned anything related to this subject my comment gets deleted.

[@ebmedia9163]

Your friend Adolf was saying that about Germany in the 30’s, commiserations on your defeat btw.

[@jacksugden8190]

Life as seen by my parents eyes in 1933, looked a bit more civilised than now, a sense of pride, not completely as compared to 2022, expected there was hardship, no NHS, Labour exchange’s, no mayor or TfL, was there a state pension?.

[@malpreece5008]

I think it was a lot more civilised. Undoubtedly there was hardship, but many things functioned better without government interference. Prior to complete dependence on the state, people often developed solutions to their own problems as they did with the creation of friendly societies and saving societies. Welfare was largely the provision of the church, which had its advantages as people were given moral support as well as aid. That said, Labour exchanges, which I think were introduced around 1909 by Churchill and Beverage, were useful for connecting the unemployed with potential employers. The Old Age Pensions Act was introduced in 1908, and the compulsory unemployment insurance scheme of 1911 provided a safety net for millions. Not sure the position of London Mayor is necessary. Seems to be another unnecessary bureaucrat squandering public money. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@IvyJames-ru4vj]

@@malpreece5008its literally wasn't there was more crime, more violence, drugs, rape, violence against women, violence against children its clear to see u guys are very uneducated. You see the clothing then proceeded to say cuz of that its more civilised. But some one in the 1800s would say the clothing is too revealing in the 1930s. Evidence just disagrees with u

[@ME-ke7qc]

2022 welcome to londistan

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

Londistan is based. Only thing we Indians want is that UK becomes part of Albania and monarchy is abolished 😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇮🇳💗💗💗

[@PortmanRd]

Whu?

[@chrisjenkinson7059]

Excellent film. At 08:51, am I mistaken? Is that a mobile phone hanging from the guys belt? Incredible!

[@ricksfilmrestoration5163]

It is a lantern. He is going into an underground sewer.

[@iforgot428]

Do you know what the name of the ship is at the start?

[@markhemming318]

And who are "The indigenous British", the Celts, the Romans, the Saxons, or the Normans? I'm sure people in Britain were thinking the exact same thing when those three mentioned decided to invade.

[@wessexfox5197]

Ah but the current London is better because we have Indian restaurants, Chinese and Kebabs. Oh and don’t forget the holy NHS. How anyone can look at this and say the city has gotten better is a fool.

[@ruzziasht349]

@wessexfox5197 Well, well, well, aren't you just a shining example of intellectual superiority? You do know that Indian food is the National dish of the British?

[@alexmckenna1171]

I recall London in the 50s - everything shut half the time, especially Sunday which was so boring unless you had your homework to finish, and that depressing radio show "Sing Something Simple"... Everything was filthy and primitive. Tin baths hanging on the kitchen wall. No, give me 2023 any day, and a decent curry! I miss the trolley-buses though.

[@wessexfox5197]

@@alexmckenna1171 nice to see you enjoy knife crime, moped thieves etc. Most normal people however don’t and long for the old London. So everything shut early/wasn’t open on Sunday, boo hoo!

[@trippy1198]

@@alexmckenna1171 London 2023 is an overcrowded gentrified, soulless, wretched , crime infested, immigrant filled mess and as a yorkshire lad it deeply saddens me that our capital city, one of the most famous historical cities on the planet has been reduced to the sorry state its in today.

[@marklangley7135]

Guess you just tuck into a nice boiled potato and gammon steak when you treat yourself

[@dedeed2519]

Meanwhile Germany in that year

[@alanjones6359]

I made a model of that aircraft it was called the Hanibal

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHAT A HUGE PLANE, WHO MADE IT, MECCANO ?

[@alanjones6359]

​@@MrDaiseymayAirfix construction kit

[@alanjones6359]

​@@MrDaiseymayAirfix construction kit

[@thongquehanoi]

The mummy 2 London

[@woden20]

This is what Germany knew and we wasn't told............ “At the beginning of 1924, we received a call from Baron Louis de Rothschild; one of his friends, Max Warburg from Hamburg, had read my book and wanted to get to know us. To my great surprise, Warburg spontaneously offered us 60,000 gold marks, to tide the movement over for its first three years.” In his book «Praktischer Idealismus», Kalergi indicates that the residents of the future “United States of Europe” will not be the native People of the Old Continent, but a kind of sub-humans, products of miscegenation. He clearly states that the peoples of Europe should interbreed with Asians and colored races, thus creating a multinational flock with no quality and easily controlled by the ruling elite.

[@chiphawkins42]

This

[@thereunionparty]

The kid in the sandpit sends his regards. He's 92 now. He can't understand why so many racist misery guts populate the comments section of these nostalgic videos.

[@MrDaiseymay]

-----POOR OLD FELLA, IS HE IN A NURSING HOME?

[@addygrubber5351]

Very good, but real 1930s colour films exist.