London Traffic (1952)

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London.
Crowds leaving tube station. Various shots of busy London streets, many cars, lorries, buses etc. Cars parked on roadside, heavy traffic, bikes, pedestrians, etc. Several top shots of the busy streets. More shots of the heavy traffic, crowds leaving tube station, etc.
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[@marciapovey7363]

Love this I was born 1952, great to see the era I was born into

[@kenh3344]

So you now 70 yes old. Congratulations. Great days.

[@missasinenomine]

So was I. Summer. (I don't remember much about it. My birth, that is).

[@missasinenomine]

@@kenh3344 Well, he is now. But not when he posted it.

[@hughrainbird43]

A lot of this was shot in the City of London, I recognise Cannon Street, Mansion House, as well as a little further west with Holborn Viaduct, Farringdon Street, Ludgate Circus, Blackfriars Bridge, etc. The articulated truck with huge reels of newsprint on its trailer was a common sight there in pre- Murdoch days when most of the National newspapers had their offices in Fleet Street. The narrow lanes behind, like St Bride's and Bouverie Street were where the entrances to the printing works were and would would be clogged with these trucks unloading ready for the night's press run. A lot of this traffic came into London past us on the A20 from Reed's Aylesford Paper Mills on the Medway near Maidstone.

[@lesreed7943]

Beautiful - takes me right back, as though it were yesterday!

[@jaiyanachowdhury5674]

My impression was the standardization of the RT type buses

[@peterward3965]

I would say this was circa 1955 as at 0:50 on the left is an Austin A40 / A50 Cambridge introduced somewhen in 1954. Certainly this is not 1952.

[@amp9930]

The AC Aceca at 1:44 was built in 1955.

[@michaelkenny8540]

The Biro advert 4:00 puts this mid 1955 onwards and the 'Schweppes Tonic, In A Class By Itself' on the side of bus at 2:50 is from 1956

[@hondac7028]

My dad was born London 1949 Holloway my gran moved up to the north east off England in 1962 .my dad's 75 this year he watches these old videos and he says London is nothing like when he was a kid now .😢😢

[@Makeyourselfbig]

Is there some reason it should be? It's nothing like when the Romans were in charge and it was called Londinium either.

[@senianns9522]

I was born in South London in 1952. Amazing to see this and compare it to the the outhouse it has become!

[@londonparticulars2968]

Wonderful footage!

[@gregtaylor6146]

Beautiful London ...... and not a non-european in sight, lovely!

[@countfosco8535]

Yes, sadly many Europeans have left London since the ill-fated Brexit.

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@countfosco8535 - Don't be ridiculous, London's demise has nothing whatever to do with Brexit! It date back to the mid 90's where Tony bLiar promised to rub the country's nose in 'diversity.' In previous times, his head would be on a spike on Westminster Bridge!

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@countfosco8535 - Nothing whatever to do with Brexit, simply a result of uncontrolled immigration c/o Tony bLiar and his 'rubbing their (British Public) noses in diversity' doctrine. GO ON KZbin____ DELETE THIS COMMENT AS WELL, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO? PATHETIC FOOLS!!!!

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@countfosco8535 - Nothing whatever to do with Brexit, simply a result of uncontrolled immigration c/o Tony bLiar and his 'rubbing their (British Public) noses in diversity' doctrine. GO ON KZbin__ DELETE THIS COMMENT AS WELL, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO? PATHETIC FOOLS!!!!

[@gregtaylor6146]

@@countfosco8535 - Nothing whatever to do with Brexit, simply a result of uncontrolled immigration c/o Tony bLiar and his 'rubbing their (British Public) noses in diversity' doctrine. GO ON KZbin__ DELETE THIS COMMENT AS WELL, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO? PATHETIC FOOLS!!!!

[@bernadettekelly8165]

Amazing ! No road markings ,no traffic greedy wardens , much more relaxing ...

[@mayena]

I think the ratio ownership of motor vehicles was much lower during that time.

[@bertiewooster3326]

@@mayena Yes only people who worked hard and the top social classes had them pity the same rule does not apply today !

[@mayena]

Very exclusionary.

[@bertiewooster3326]

@@mayena That's what we need too many people on the planet

[@carlbirchall1632]

When Britain was Britain

[@johncraske]

Carl Birchall True. The only problem was there were too many working class people.

[@ev4898]

And it still is.

[@MrTimg12]

Do I hear a dog whistle?

[@garyburchgb]

This film is around 1956 judging by the cars.

[@missasinenomine]

London Traffic (1952)

[@jorgesantoine24]

The old Routemaster was an icon of London for decades. Travelled on a new one the other day and was pleased to see they've brought back a lot of the old design features, including the maroon interior colour

[@Steven_Rowe]

There are no route masters in the film, these buses would be most RTs or RTLs or maybe an RTW.

[@bernadetteadams2689]

So many names disappeared now.

[@bertiewooster3326]

Great British cars ! A Healey 100/4 !!!

[@planestrainsdogsncars4336]

Yes I noticed that too ..but not sold until 1953 ..so that puts this clip a bit later than stated ..probably 54.55.0r 56

[@bertiewooster3326]

@@planestrainsdogsncars4336 In fact I spotted 3 Healey 100/4s !!

[@ouaglalabderezak9418]

Les années 1950 jusqu'à 1990 mieux que les années actuelles et futures.

[@missasinenomine]

0:49 No road rage here. Peaceful times.

[@TheClockwise770]

I say I say I say, my Mother went into the butchers and she asked the butcher, do you have anything left for my cat and the butcher replied I've got a sharp knife. 1950s joke

[@gmvn19]

After watching this video , I am thinking , what I am doing ? I should go out holding a video camera photographing traffick scene s and preserve them carefully . so that my great grand children can post them in you tube in 2150 .

[@williamhernandez9383]

1955 Chevy at 3:58

[@sh-ig9fm]

No road markings.

[@dieseldragon6756]

Are we sure this isn't just footage from 2012 with an Instagram filter applied? I find it hard to believe that traffic levels and flows in London were very similar in the early 50s to what they were shortly prior to the pandemic... 😳

[@user-pj8uj7wx3s]

ABC = Aeriated Bread Co. Their bakery was in Camden Town.

[@missasinenomine]

Do we HAVE to see Mick Jagger at the end of every Pathe? How about Gracie Fields?

[@stephencoetzee2495]

The Morris Oxford is much later than 1952

[@petesmitt]

try using a timestamp.. 2:41 this Morris Oxford? made 1948 - 1954.

[@simonworman7898]

yep it is I think could be 1954/55 or did sombody say 56?

[@geoffp1354]

Cars parked so the occupants can pop into the tobacconist, no yellow lines or meters, and everyone else happy to slip through the gaps without fuss. Marvellous.

[@MaghrebProductions]

I love the ACME truck in 1:57

[@missasinenomine]

Why? If I may ask?

[@dieseldragon6756]

@@missasinenomine If tradition holds out; An „Acme“ lorry is normally driven by Wile-E-Coyote, and this generally means Road Runner is holding formation just in front of it. 😋 Let's be honest; _Something_ inspired Roger Bannister around that time... 🏃💨⏱😉

[@Steven_Rowe]

I remember in the early 1960s how black St Pails was due to 100s pg yrars of soot, they cleaned it Also notice no pedestrians with mobile phone addiction.

[@dieseldragon6756]

...but *plenty* of pedestrians blindly addicted to their newspapers! 🚘💥🚶📰😉

[@Steven_Rowe]

@dieseldragon6756 always some addiction. The big difference no internet, no social media and far less invasion into your life. Everything you look at means they build a personal profile. Start looking at a new TV and you will be flooded with ads on Google and KZbin to tell you about TVs.

[@dieseldragon6756]

@@Steven_Rowe That's a *big* problem with the way things are today - Absolutely *no* privacy whatsoever. You can't even look-up your local bus departure times without that info being scraped and sold-on to somebody... ☹

[@Steven_Rowe]

You are correct, people want information, now you buy something online and they want you to create an account ,what a joke. I must admit that google maps and wave is great in the car, because it's on line they can tell you traffic flow etc, but like every good thing people are often sinister.

[@philclennell]

Such a pleasing lack of diversity in those days.

[@MrTimg12]

So true as diversity is now our strength.

[@robnewman6101]

Looks like a job for The London Police!

[@sh-ig9fm]

1:42 what is the name of that 3 wheel van on the left

[@tjm3900]

Scamel mechanical horse

[@sh-ig9fm]

@@tjm3900 Thank you you can have a pizza 🍕.

[@Autofleet4429]

We used to call them dog killers because if they didn't hit the front wheel it would hit the back ones.

[@dieseldragon6756]

I was wondering that - I initially mistook it for a _Tuk Tuk._ I've often wondered why those seem to be such a rarity in the UK, given our space/cost/fuel issues and cultural openness to vehicles like that...

[@borderlands6606]

@@dieseldragon6756 The Scammel in the video and its successor the Scarab were popular with railway companies, breweries and other tightly confined settings, as the rig could be turned in its own length. It had an automatic coupling device and could carry "conflats" direct from the train, an early form of containerisation.

[@kittyhawk9707]

that guy was lucky at 2:14 .. and yes Motorcyclists and cyclists still do what they do today back then .. completely ignore everything around them and carry on regardless..

[@missasinenomine]

2:14? You mean, turning left? Nothing wrong with that. There was nothing there. Or 2:07? Coming out from behind a car. That's OK too.

[@adambennett805]

If you were a cyclist in 1955 and were 40, youd have experienced cities being invaded by cars and spaces you could previously walk or cycle in no issue become dominated by cars. And you think car drivers are the victim?

[@kittyhawk9707]

@@adambennett805 Thankfully we no longer live in 1955 .. we have moved on. .you carry on living in the past .

[@ArturkO-yq2ml]

Emperyalist monarchies dejjal uk.

[@Makeyourselfbig]

No lane markings. Didn't even put centre lines down. So it just turned into a giant rat race. Cutting each other up like it was the national sport.