”TRADITIONAL ENGLAND” 1950s ENGLAND TRAVELOGUE LONDON ST. PAUL'S STRATFORD-ON-AVON XD60454

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This film by Maurice T. Groen contains black and white footage from around the 1950s in England.. (Unfortunately, this movie was published without a copyright date and research could not confirm the precise date for the production and release of this film.) The film is a D. P. M. production in New York City, photographed and directed by Austen West, narrated by Peter Allen, and with the commentary script by Dorothy P. Maulsby.
“Traditional England” title banner (00:09). The Anglican St Paul’s Cathedral (00:36). The Tower of London (00:56), and a tower guard entertaining visitors with the castle’s history (01:01). Views of Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare (01:13). Shakespeare’s house, functioning as a museum and library (01:40). Children fishing in the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal (01:54). Anne Hathaway’s cottage by the canal (02:01). A young man and woman strolling in the cottage’s garden (02:17). Half-timbered Tudor houses in Stratford-Upon-Avon (02:35). The Harvard House, girl home of Kathrine Rogers (02:38). Signs of villages near Stratford-Upon-Avon (02:57). The caste in Warwick (03:28). Signs of the names of roads in the Costwolds region, and scenic views of the hilled countryside (03:59). A novel titled “Lorna Donne” by Richard Doddridge Blackmore published in 1869 (04:48). The moorland of Exmoor in southwestern England (04:52). Small-town “Oare” (05:04). A river in Exmoor (05:17). Fields in the western peninsula, a famous cheddar cheese district (05:43). The rock where writer Augustus Toplady took shelter and wrote the book “Rock of Ages” (05:57). A country hotel in Glastonbury with views of the believed first church in England (06:04). The area of the ruined Tintagel Caste on the northern coast of Cornwall (06:34). The village of Polperro (07:30). The ancient city of York in northern England (08:55). The gothic cathedral in York; “York Minister” (09:41). The former bishop is greeting visitors (10:28). “The End” on screen (11:04).
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[@jimskirtt5717]

I was born in 1959. I miss it so much. Ruined by our MPs - may all their names be recorded in hell.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

I was born in 1938 and my teenage years were spent in the 1950's. My home country is in this film - the Cotswold hills. I am so sad that we have lost England. The politicians have ruined it all. I look back with so much sadness. We are now second class citizens in our own country and have lost our identity.

[@pem...]

@@valeriedavidson2785 bless you, you seen it all👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Seminal_Ideas]

And at the head of the line will be Tony Blair. This accursed grinning gargoyle opened the floodgates.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

@@Seminal_Ideas I agree with you. I absolutely hate Tony Blair. He did terrible damage to this country. That grin makes you want to slap his face in.

[@Paul-md8de]

@CZERNY along with that evil witch thatcher

[@ormsk954]

I am pleased I am old enough to remember how wonderful England was in the 50s even without the rose tinted spectacles.

[@AustrianPeter_Substack]

Sad and they call it 'progress'?

[@anthonyeaton5153]

I think you are wearing those glasses. It wasn’t that good, there was a lot of sadness and sorrow among the war widows and orphans. There were thousands of destroyed buildings, there was food rationing early in the decade etc. There were also good times, such a feeling of freedom and a feeling that Britain had played vital part in the winning the war.

[@hughsmith7996]

This Britain lost forever, given away!

[@johnbowkett80]

Born in 1956 in Birmingham .... I want my England back . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Paul-md8de]

to late the tories sold it all off

[@johnbowkett80]

@@Paul-md8de Blair wasn't a Tory ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Paul-md8de]

@@johnbowkett80 I know, I was being sarcastic 🇪🇺

[@FIGHTGAME100]

The Native Americans would like their country back too

[@johnbowkett80]

@@FIGHTGAME100 The Redskins ? 😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jimwallen784]

Born in 1954 loved my childhood and teens, makes me want to cry to see what we had then to now a third world hell hole full of people who despise us and our heritage

[@R32R38]

The rock formation at 7:00 looks like the profile of a reclining man.

[@wolfmauler]

Sorry, I can't watch these without thinking about how history is being re-written and traditional Britain is being dismantled. All one has to do is watch these films from this era to see what Britain was actually like, just a short time ago.

[@OUTBOUND184]

Exactly. All the slain betrayed within a generation. Tragic beyond comprehension.

[@edmundsveikutis1698]

It’s a sad thing to see , and the British are the problem . I speak English not British .

[@almartin2138]

Try finding the Kalergi plan and read it..,….,,

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

👍👍

[@andrewnelson3681]

It’s a crime against us and our ancestors. 1500 years of history and culture deliberately wrecked by our leaders. Planned and carried out ruthlessly over the last 60 years or so. The pace is speeding up now too.

[@catherinegeldart6999]

I was a child in the 1950s. Life seemed wonderful but I was a child shielded from the unpleasantness of life.

[@clivebaxter6354]

The past is another country indeed!

[@Gannett2011]

At 3:02, the 'pre-Wuorboys' road signs are great. They were replaced in the 1960s, and the design is so timeless they are still used to day. Sadly, Stratford is a tourist hell-hole these days, and has been for decades. A lot of the 'history' was created in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[@fellspoint9364]

What a drag…. Modern history

[@DataWaveTaGo]

2:56 works better.

[@anthonygee7687]

I used to like England, the land of my birth; I wonder where England went.

[@fellspoint9364]

Consumed by the ravenous hordes of third world grifters

[@AustrianPeter_Substack]

Wherever it went - I'm off for the last time - south to the sun again before this lot collapses under its own weight of burdensome bureaucracy gone mad. If they can't secure the borders, what hope is there?😍

[@Paul-md8de]

Thatcher sold it all off , weren't you paying attention at the time !!!!!

[@anthonyeaton5153]

@@Paul-md8deThatcher saved the country from rabid socialism.

[@Paul-md8de]

@@anthonyeaton5153 thatcher handed over this once great country to her rabid libertarian backers and Russia oligarchs

[@trondog8503]

What crap custodians we have been to our once beautiful country.

[@tarquin4592]

Shamefully a country which has been lost forever. It gave so much to the world and is now broken into on a daily basis.

[@bisratezra8247]

You're joking?!? What goes around, comes around. The Empire strikes back.

[@midnightteapot5633]

@@bisratezra8247 Interesting comment, it implies that you are glad to see the destruction caused by mass immigration and the contemptuous refusal to integrate. You prove the point that multiculturalism in Western countries is no better than a cancer in the body of the host.

[@michaelyates5976]

@@bisratezra8247 Cry me a river. Bet you like our benefit system though.

[@bisratezra8247]

@@michaelyates5976 Being a doctor and neuroscientist living iin Sweden, I have no view on, need for or interests in your social services.

[@michaelyates5976]

@@bisratezra8247 Dinghy man more like.🤣

[@kellykreqeli8924]

My great-grandmother was born in London in 1901 her mother in the 1800s she went through 2 wars had 3 children my great grandfather was a black cab driver my grandmother was a manageress in a restaurant in London she told me when they had to go in to the air rade shelter in their garden they had a radio and tinned food as it lasted longer

[@diggersdentysonu.k.m.d8813]

Top j9b hope you habe a brilliant Easter you legend 👍 👍

[@philpots48]

The narrator sounds exactly like the actor Peter Graves (1926-2010)

[@hedgemist691]

Everyone lamenting the passing of ye olde England must know that the places featured in this video are historical sites, which are very much preserved and cared for better than they ever were. It was broadcast for the benefit of American tourists.

[@phubblewubbphubblewubb]

Any lamentations are not limited to the 'sites', it's also, if not more about the pace of life, the kindred spirits, the lower population, the lack of litter, the farming methods, lack of visual bombardment from road signs, 5G towers, acres of black plastic solar panels etc...

[@hetrodoxly1203]

It's an England I remember, even with all it's faults and problems I'd take it over the mess we have today, when my children went to the local school there was no question on if they'd get in or not, i would arrive at the doctors surgery on the morning i wanted to see him, take a number and sit down.

[@hughsmith7996]

I bow to your better knowledge of the tourist spots in the film, however you must have your head “somewhere” (and not in the clouds) if you are saying Britain has not well and truly gone down the pan.

[@hedgemist691]

@@hughsmith7996 I was commenting solely on the historical sites and not on the state of the country in general {although, I really think people should stop their whining and be thankful for what we have here compared to a lot of other countries) Our historical sites ARE better looked after now than they used to be!

[@hughsmith7996]

@@hedgemist691 My comment on the state Britain was 7 months ago so I was surprised to see your mail a few hours ago. I live and work in a much warmer climate but used to visit Britain until recently on a regularly basis to see family and business. I do not know how old you are, I am 79 and believe me the UK has changed beyond comprehension. Maybe I have been able to monitor the situation far better being a well travelled regular visitor. It’s not a case of whining on its fact, and Britain will never be the country it was. Thanks to various government inaction over the recent years the decline is on an i reversal slope downwards.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

This is what we had and this is what the rest of the world came to see ,now we have a muslim identity ,London is now an islamic city that is nothing like this and our great city and country is more like a third world country with a culture far removed from a western one which made the Great Britain that you see here ,THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THOSE IN POWER HAVE GIVEN THIS COUNTRY AWAY TO ISLAM

[@MARKETMAN6789]

There won't always be an England ,it will be renamed like they have renamed everything else not to offend the islamic population , I'm 73 and I've seen this once great nation turned into a a country full of mosques , and huge areas of mainly islamic occupants , who are gaining more and more power each day as their numbers increase uncontrollably, and will soon outnumber the rest of the public ,THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS COUNTRY CAN HAVE A NON MUSLIM MAJORITY POPULATION IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WAY THEY OUTBREED US AND THE HUGE NUMBERS ENTERING DAILY LEGALLY AND ILLEGALLY. THEY ARE TURNING THIS COUNTRY INTO THE SAME TYPE OF COUNTRY THAT THEY HAVE FLED FROM ,AND SO ARE OUR GOVERNMENT AND THOSE IN POWER THIS VIDEO SHOWS A GREAT NATION AND WAY OF LIFE ,COMPARE IT TO A VIDEO OF TODAYS ENGLAND AND ONE IN SAY TWENTY YEARS AND YOU WILL CRY JUST LIKE I DO

[@Paul-md8de]

Hahahahahahahaha .....you pathetic knob head ......so King Charles the 3rd will be crowned King by a Muslim and not the Archbishop of Canterbury ? Hahahahahahaha keep taking the pills 🤣🤣🤣

[@panderjitsinghvv8199]

Why did it start with the Woody Woodpecker theme song?

[@prof.heinous191]

Warwick Castle move over, this is the inspiration for Peter Seller's ''Balham, Stands Foursquare the Northern Line." It's a well known fact that 'Dorothy P Maulsby' is actually the nom de plume of T Quill Smith.

[@johnnywarnerperfectroad66]

I'm just impressed that an American narrator said Warwick as any good Brit would do 👍 I had hoped he'd vist Derby too

[@maddog8621]

And Worcester. And Leicester.....

[@johnnywarnerperfectroad66]

School boy error on my part Mad Dog, many thanks for pointing out war ceaster and Lye cest ter 👍

[@maddog8621]

@@johnnywarnerperfectroad66 🤣🤣🤣

[@prof.heinous191]

At least he stayed true to form with "Boleyn."

[@johnnywarnerperfectroad66]

@@prof.heinous191 I need to watch again missed that one 🤣👍

[@andreinarangel6227]

England before the riff-raff came.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Trust me, there were plenty of riff raff long before there was much immigration. Go to a museum and ask to see some Victorian newspapers, then read the court reports. You'll see plenty of appalling crimes committed by proper english scum.

[@501sqn3]

Eye' 👍

[@Paul-md8de]

Riff-raff ...who exactly do you mean ? .....( though i can probably guess 🙄 )

[@bisratezra8247]

What goes around, comes around. The Empire strikes back.

[@FIGHTGAME100]

TELL THAT TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS‼

[@eddiegould6091]

Look what we've lost depression Sets in when you look at Britain Today ruled by Islam

[@manmaje3596]

And Israel…

[@chrisstrider]

Lots of cycling ❤

[@roseogrady8785]

Thank You

[@OUTBOUND184]

Gone…gone.

[@OUTBOUND184]

@Doom It depends what you mean. We can repair damaged buildings, but not the demographics, not the culture and not the built-on fields. Not to mention the catastrophic town planning since the war. It's over. England exists in small rural pockets now. If you doubt this then I recommend you spend some time in a large town or city. Try Birmingham.

[@newmoonjra]

Long gone. Canada too. Farewell, useless feeders.

[@OUTBOUND184]

@Doom I used to live this fantasy as well, my friend. The current government can’t even send a couple of illegal migrants to Rwanda. What you have said is not going to happen (as much as I would like it to)

[@thehumancanary131]

It seems to have changed just a tad from the 1950's....

[@wilsonflood4393]

He is the ARCHbishop of York

[@hetrodoxly1203]

Before the C of E joined the woke cult and gave up on Christianity.

[@MrJohnL21]

Dear oh dear, we really can't have this. Everyone in this film has such a pale complexion and they're behaving in such a boringly orderly fashion. And the BBC tells us that our population even in Edwardian times was so (what's that word?) 'diverse'! What were the producers of this film playing at?

[@coleenallen5963]

Wasn’t it beautiful true England

[@fasthracing]

Doesn't look very diverse

[@kernowboy137]

The best that can be said of the commentary is that it lacks any historical context for “Cornwallshire” that last bastion of native Englishness besides Wales 🤣

[@billyedwards6941]

I can just imagine young will sorry young Abdul fishing here

[@michaelyates5976]

Lol. Good one.

[@jeffreybickerton4422]

Enoch Powell was right!

[@lefthookcitycentral3918]

Do you really think he made that speech up on his own? It was scripted for him, by the people that were pre- planning mass immigration. Military intelligence are in full control, always have been - they plan up to 30 years ahead. They planned the Windrush. Powell was just another puppet, mouth-piece. Stop giving him undue credit.

[@manmaje3596]

Absolutely. Blame the outcome of World War II and the creation of a certain country.

[@rolandpotter479]

Good grief!! There is a lot of whining for the past. England is still a fantastic country and is resilient like it's people.Chin up.

[@robertkelleher1639]

Resilient like it's people that sounds a lot like some of the absurdly disingenuous in Westminster who still use the line The British People, who exactly do they mean how are they defining the British people does it encompass anyone and everyone who happens to be here? England exists now in name only as many parts of it now look and sound like somewhere else far away.

[@janettewhitchurch5118]

England is turning into a cesspit. Import the third world, become the third world. If you think that England is still a fantastic country, take your rose coloured spectacles off and get in the real world 🤔😒

[@curlew-3592]

A nieve belief I’m afraid. It depends which part of the UK you live in.

[@grahamthacker6498]

What's up You Tube don't you like the truth?

[@onemercilessming1342]

Is the narrator Peter Graves, brother to James Arness?? Sure sounds like it!!

[@kevinbrown6965]

Start of film, it says Narration by Peter Allen.

[@JeffDeWitt]

As Kevin Brown pointed out, the narration is credited to Peter Allen. I looked the name up, there are two listed in IMDB but neither seems to be this Peter Allen, and I didn't see any reference to Peter Graves ever using that pseudonym nor him doing narrations like this.

[@onemercilessming1342]

@Jeff DeWitt Peter Graves did narrations. His voice is used in one of the "Men in Black" movies.

[@onemercilessming1342]

@@kevinbrown6965 And?

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@onemercilessming1342 You may be right about that, but I didn't see any sign he did narrations for documentaries.

[@jackdubz4247]

I can quite imagine Farage knocking one off to this.

[@prof.heinous191]

Can you get YT in Monaco?

[@laserbeam002]

A once great country....now look at what it has become. I am American and I cand honestly say America is following a similar route. Sadly!!!

[@lefthookcitycentral3918]

Give America back to the native Americans.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

I would not live in the USA for a pension. Brutal police forces a crackpot former President and d divided political system.

[@robin-kq7un]

Just look at it; no tattoos, no obese people, no mobile phones, no traffic snarl-ups, no scruffy tracksuit bottoms, no piercings and no immigrants in sight. What on earth happened to our England?

[@BillyBanter100]

Yes they'll always be an England but who will be running it.

[@SirWhiskersThe3rd]

Back when Europe was White.

[@abdk6005]

What about now ?

[@SirWhiskersThe3rd]

@@abdk6005 bot.

[@grahamthacker6498]

@@abdk6005 Your name says it all.

[@grahamthacker6498]

@@abdk6005 Your name says it all.

[@grahamthacker6498]

White and beautiful, without the diverse crap we have now.

[@vickiamundsen2933]

Now picturing Angles and Saxons in 1067 whining incessantly about how much better everything was before the damned Normans flooded into the country...

[@marksparkes1]

Ahh, before the invasion! Bliss

[@NachaBeez]

Wow, there’s a lot of thinly veiled and explicit racism on this post.

[@kimrrosen]

...I KNOW...?!?!

[@michaelyates5976]

Perhaps it is true though. Ever thought of that?

[@kimrrosen]

What's "true" is that the Muslim population in Britain has increased in the past 70 years. The rest is editorializing.

[@oldjake4233]

I can't take this seriously. It's the narrator's accent.