Know The British Reel 1 (1974)

Fabulous documentary made to educate American businessmen on the peculiar ways, customs, etiquette and traditions of the British. "Do they mean us?!"
C/U of one of Her Majesty's Horse Guards sitting astride his horse. Camera pulls back. Various shots of London landmarks and street scenes. Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, Policemen, traffic warden, fruit and vegetable market stall, girl riding a bicycle through London traffic, Rolls Royce, Tower Bridge, kids sitting on one of the Lions in Trafalgar Square, girl feeding pigeons in the Square, Post Office Tower, Nelson's column, London bus etc.
American voiceover speaks of Britain's former Empire. Empire marked in red on a map. Fast moving shot across the sea towards White Cliffs of Dover - shot from an aircraft. Aerial shot moves across the fields. Other aerial shots of large stately homes. Voiceover speaks of how Britain was the home of the inventor of the steam engine, the hovercraft and of the discoverer of electricity and of the pioneers in the field of atomic research. Narrator advises that "if you want to do business there remember that it was the seed bed of the 19th Century Industrial Revolution, one of the most important financial centres and one of the worlds major manufacturing and trading nations." Victorian engraving and contemporary shot of Bank of England. Business men on their way to work. London traffic. Brewers dray. Women walking to work.
Voiceover: "We shall tell you who the Britons are, where they are and how to treat them socially, commercially." L/S of Post Office (BT) Tower; pull back and pan across rooftops of London and River Thames to Tower Bridge. Narrator gives facts and figures about London then describes how the United Kingdom is not just London but made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Geographic facts are given. "If you are not absolutely certain do not call anyone an Englishman - he may be from Scotland..." English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish flags are shown. "Call them all British - this avoids giving offence." Union Jack - it fills the screen then we see it flying on a mast.
Narrator describes the legal and political system in Britain. House of Commons and House of Lords are seen. Queen addresses the House of Lords. Various shots of plaques identifying various civil service departments. H.M. Customs & Excise, Department of Health and Social Security, Department of the Environment, Privy Council, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Home Office. Embassies and Consulates around the world are shown on a map of the world.
Narrator begins to speak of Imports and Exports - shots of various Export houses. Cargo lifted onto a boat. L/S of the headquarters of the Department of Trade and Industry. High angle shot of a cargo ship. Banking and Financial systems of Britain are discussed. Commercial Banks and Clearing Houses are discussed and signs for international banks based in London are seen: Chase Manhattan, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Mitsubishi Bank, Marine Midland Bank, Company Chemical Bank New York Trust, Credito Italiano, Royal Bank of Canada, Arab Bank Ltd.
Foreign Exchange Market and Commodity Market are discussed. Midland Bank, Lloyd's Bank, National Westminster Bank, Barclays Bank, Bank of Scotland signs are featured. Typical British businessman in suit and bowler hat stands in front of National Westminster Bank sign. He walks along and walks through the doors of a building. Narrator states that the old idea of business being dominated by tradition is no longer correct. British business is now much more flexible. The man walks into a modern office. British business practice is compared to the North American style and the European style. Businessman is seen travelling in a taxi consulting his papers.
Narrator advises that "Most executives appreciate at least one month's notice to make an appointment." also advises to make a time for the meeting "be precise - they like it." "The British like to be on time." Continued.
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[@alisadeghi5439]

I went to London for the first time in the summer of 1974. I stayed for two months going to a language school. I was 13 at the time. How time flies and the world changes!

[@johnobrien8398]

What a lovely place London was back then

[@LaoWatsonSmith]

It was very very very dirty and polluted

[@RogerMcIntosh-ye7sc]

It's so sad when narrator says it been conquered for over a thousand years, how wrong he is today😢

[@RogerMcIntosh-ye7sc]

Sorry I meant not conquered!!

[@LordTrossachs]

It is even more lovely today! For starters, you can now see the natural colour of the stone used for buildings.

[@LaoWatsonSmith]

@@LordTrossachs if you can see the buildings through the piles of trash

[@budway1942]

I lived in London from 1964 til 1971...good times.

[@tarquin4592]

Interesting comment about '4 Thousand miles of unconquered coastlines', if only they could see what lay ahead.

[@glenstevenson9274]

Everything seamed much more optimistic in those days

[@888ssss]

they did ok until 2003, and then you think - was that the EU effect ?

[@JulieWallis1963]

No Glen. Everything _seems_ nice in this film, but I remember the 3 day week, the miners strike, the power cuts, the rubbish towering high in the street. Women got paid less then their male counterparts for doing the exact same jobs. Marital rape was not considered a crime. Maybe people were optimistic but life wasn’t necessarily better.

[@888ssss]

@@JulieWallis1963 ok karen.

[@glenstevenson9274]

@@JulieWallis1963 hi ya I agree but life seamed simpler in those days

[@newtonia-uo4889]

@@JulieWallis1963 marital rape was considered a crime, the 3 day week was a temporary measure as a response to mass labor strikes during the growing pains of a young energy industry, and there's little to no rubbish in the street. Women got paid less than their male counterparts is a myth that is pervasive back then as it is now especially when during this time wherein the act to equalize pay was instituted.

[@what-uc]

I believe the narrator is Robert McKenzie, a Canadian best known for his swingometer on the BBC election coverage from 1955 to 1979

[@pata299]

Sounds Canadian.

[@rishabhdeb]

Love to Britain from India ❤️

[@sesrek]

for exploiting you ?

[@rishabhdeb]

@@sesrek Are you out of your mind? Take your crap out of my comment, you fool.

[@voronazavr]

Sir please redeem

[@Fritha71]

That calendar is from 1971 most likely since I was born September 12 on a Sunday and here that day falls on a Sunday as well.

[@zezet0ni594]

Great to see this footage from nearly 50 years ago. How England has changed though? Now, I love my country and I've served my country (as have generations of my family and loved ones), so I feel particularly stronger on this than most on here I'm sure. I have and remain proud to be ENGLISH (it seems ANYONE can get a passport these days - and do - and then call themselves British, so I prefer not to use that word). And now I'm just sad and angry that my country is being sold down the river by gutless officials who have and consistently continued to fail the English people and this country. If I was young enough today I would leave these shores never to return, so that I don't witness further this great island, with its wealth of heritage, it's contribution throughout history to human civilisation and the indomitable strength of its people, beaten and broken anymore than they already are. It's nothing like the country I was born and raised into, the country my ancestors fought and died for, and its future is looking bleaker year by year 🇬🇧 Can/will anyone be able to avoid the tsunami of cultural annihilation taking place. I'd say not. Wouldn't you?

[@OlafProt]

Sad isn’t it. I guess an entire country built on stealing other peoples countries and annihilating their culture, masterminding the slave trade, is gonna get some that visited back on it eventually, huh? And it was sold down the river by thatcher 40 years ago when she sold off and/or destroyed all our national assets.

[@manmaje3596]

Very well said.

[@oliverreedslovechild]

It's definitely changed, but NOT for the better.

[@favesongslist]

The cost of joining the EEC on a lie by Edward Heath :(

[@shelloo9]

Wow.. what a different London is now 😳😳😳

[@tinatina1104]

You walked out of a job and into another the same day

[@stevewalker8503]

That Horse Guard is a handsome dude. Oh wait - it's me.

[@Joeblogs111]

Where did we go wrong Ho never mind best not to ask

[@favesongslist]

We joined the EEC on a lie by Edward Heath and gave up our sovereignty.

[@exbritishforcespatriotscha7723]

Watching this in 2024,how it has changed for the worse.

[@winstoncoolidge1644]

Since when was The Isle of Mann in England or the UK

[@Springamatul]

And there was hardly any sky scrapers back then,

[@KaySocoFilms]

God bless Blighty! 🇬🇧

[@gingerfellah5665]

"If you are not absolutely certain do not call anyone an Englishman, they may be from Scotland or Wales"; I see 50% of the population is excluded from that statement.

[@chunkygroove9038]

I was expecting that guy to put on a Hawaiin shirt when he took of his Bowler hat.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

Is my XJE ready for delivery yet?! ;)

[@ldioticnuzhen99]

Communist wants your car in the name of nation

[@user-xi8wb1sn3d]

Know The British Reel 1 (1978)

[@888ssss]

i did not know that being on time would be a rare thing ?

[@backgroundknowledgeisevery3089]

“Four thousand miles of coastline which have kept it conquered for the last thousand years” Funny, that didn’t seem to stop Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Cuba, Jamaica, the Philippines, Cyprus, Sri Lanka and all the other island nations in the world from being conquered.

[@brianrobinson5797]

Calendar for 1973

[@simonf8902]

This human family no longer exists. 😢

[@jacksugden8190]

I was 18 in this yeat

[@RobertRedford77]

Electricity discovered by Italians

[@conchaverdasco1218]

The first Empire where the sun never set was not the British, it was the Spanish one under Philip Ii. Sorry!

[@manmaje3596]

Yeah because Spain had colonies in the all the 4 corners of the earth didn’t it? Oh yeah that’s right it didn’t so the point he was making stands.

[@bulgingbattery2050]

This is back when Britain was actually British, and wasn't overrun by millions of third-world migrants, and British people actually had free speech.

[@DavidFennessy-yj7du]

Britain’s always had immigration, it’s a legacy of having an Empire, also that’s a very emotive term…‘overrun’….

[@johnwilson3842]

⁠@@DavidFennessy-yj7dupay a visit to Bradford, Leicester, Blackburn, Oldham, Boston, London and many more towns and cities, before you claim everything is normal.😮

[@S_dott]

It’s understandable for British people to not like entire towns overrun by a large ethnic groups, it’s their home country. But at the same time one city doesn’t represent the whole of England, the country isn’t overrun by immigrants. Some towns and city’s have more immigrants than English it’s true, London is known for being very multi cultural too. Bear in mind England invaded many countries as we know it’s even in this video in case you missed it. So we can’t complain about the reverse effect really can we? Plus we forced invasions, in contrast to us inviting foreign people to come here. Not including illegals of course. The government allowed the country to go in this direction, the British government.

[@johnpaulnash8144]

My goodness! British people in their Capital City. How wonderful! Who decided to destroy this? Who voted for the demise?

[@jaspertickler1831]

now its Britistan 2024

[@backgroundknowledgeisevery3089]

Yes, a whole 3% of the population is Muslim now.

[@davidfoster2006]

London is a lot darker looking place now.

[@benh5093]

You only want to be called British, if you're not English ha.

[@shabbos-goy9407]

Unfortunately the U.K. is now finished

[@user-cw4nk8gl5o]

I was born there so sad

[@TheOldHacker]

Britain isn't a country. It's three countries: England, Scotland, and Wales.

[@teresaharrison5773]

London is in fact the Capital of England and England does not include Scotland Wales or Northern Ireland. Great Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Please correct your errors. 😬

[@davestrider4973]

Mf how are you going to correct someone from OFFICIAL NEWS IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR

[@teresaharrison5773]

@@davestrider4973 My favourite pastime is to correct errors.

[@JoshRbips]

now brits r ruled by india and goods of china😂zzzz tolls of history

[@TowedHaulProductions]

British is now an insult to some...... me..? I'm Welsh lol