This is London - 1981 | The Archivist Presents | #445

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Published 2024-06-11
Ah, I have moved out of the big smoke, it's lovely to be reminded of all the good things about it. This is a lovely 27-minute documentary about London in 1981 - get yourself a cup of tea and enjoy!

Titles GV Tower Bridge (Title) Air Views Tower Bridge (x 2) MS Tower Bridge opens GV Bridge opening MS Bridge opens towards camera MS Hovercraft passes under bridge Air View Tower of London SEQUENCE ON TOWER (EX GR 2577) including Armoury, Crown Jewels and Beating the Bounds Air view City of London GV Bank of England (x 2) SIGN 'The Stock Exchange' GV Int. Stock Exchange GV Ext. Guildhall (x 3) SEQUENCE ON LORD MAYORS SHOW (1980) Air View St. Pauls Cathedral CU Dome pull back to GV GV St. Pauls SEQUENCE INT. ST. PAULS JUBILEE THANKSGIVING SERVICE (EX GR 2506) LAS Ext. St. Pauls GV Looking down Fleet St. to St. Pauls CU Sign 'Fleet Street' GV 'Sunday Times' Building MONTAGE OF: Newspaper signs and Building GV Pudding Lane CU Sign 'Pudding Lane' GV Pan up the Monument (x 2) GV Across River to Post Office Tower Air View Trafalgar Square CU Nelson GV Nelson's Column GV Fountain in f.g. towards St. Martin in the Field GV National Gallery MS Fountain CU Pigeon CU Pigeons land for grain GV Square covered in pigeons MCU Pigeons on Mans arm CU Pigeons on hand MS Pigeons fed GV Admiralty Arch GV Horse Guard with tourist CU Lifeguard MS Lifeguard as woman pats horse GV Horseguards SEQUENCE: TROOPING THE COLOUR (EX GR 2455) Air View Buckingham Palace GV Queen Victoria Memorial pan to Palace SEQUENCE: CHANGING THE GUARD CU The Royal Standard SEQUENCE: JUBILEE BALCONY APPEARANCE (EX GR 2506) Air View Buckingham Palace to Houses of Parliament Air View Houses of Parliament SEQUENCE: STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT (EX GR 2370) GV Ext. Houses of Parliament SEQUENCE: REMEMBRANCE DAY (EX GR 2581) GV Whitehall and top of Downing Street CU Sign 'Downing Street' GV Downing St. MS No. 10 (x 3) Air View Westminster Abbey GV Int. Westminster Abbey MS Tourist look at Tomb of Unknown Warrior MS Tomb MS The Coronation Chair (x 2) SEQUENCE: PRINCESS ANNE'S WEDDING (EX GR 2320) TS Westminster Piazza MS Piazza GV Westminster Cathedral (x 2) Air View Lambeth Palace GV Lambeth Palace GV Westminster Bridge GV Country Hall GV River Air View National Theatre GV Festival Hall GV South Bank Complex GV Waterloo Bridge (x 2) GV Piccadilly Circus (x 2) CU Eros GV Piccadilly Circus (x 2) GV 'The Old Curosity Shop' (x 2) GV Harrods CU Sign 'Harrods' CU Window GV Harrods LS Womans pays taxi cab ZOOM OUT 'George & Dragon Clock' on Libertys CU Sign 'Libertys' GV Libertys GV Oxford Street CU Sign 'Oxford Street' MONTAGE: Shop signs GV Selfridges (x 3) GV Shoppers cross Street CU 'Mr. Fortnum & Mr. Mason Clock' GV Fortnum & Mason's CU Window GV Hatchards Book Shop (x 2) GV Burlington Arcade (x 2) ZOOM OUT Aspreys window GV Aspreys GV Garrards (x 2) CU Sign 'Savile Row' MS Tailors Window CU 'Sign 'Hardy Amies' GV Hat Shop LS Street Begetable Market (x 2) GV Pictures for Sale in Bayswater Road (x 4) ZOOM out Gates of Marble Arch GV Marble Arch GV Speakers Corner (x 7) MS Man reads newspaper by Serpentine CU Canada Geese, pigeons and ducks CU Canada Goose & Mallard GV People feeding birds x 2. LS Pleasure boat on Serpentine. GV Riders in Rotten Row. GV Serpentine Bridge. LAS The Albert Memorial x 2. GV The Albert Hall X 2. GV Exterior Madam Tussauds. CU Plaque Madame Tussauds. CU Interior Guard inspects CHamber Of Horrors. GV Entrance Lodnon Zooilogical Gardens. CU Elephant x 2. CU Chimpanzee. MS Crowd. GV Crowd and Rhino. CU Rhino. Zoom in Across River Thames to Windsor Castle. Sequence - Garter Ceremony (Ex GR 2561) and sequence: Interior of St Georges Chapel. GV Hampton Court across River. GV Queen Anne's Gateway, Hampton Court x 2. CU Sign Tudor Tennis Court. GV Real Tennis being played x 4. GV Exterior Centre Court, Wimbledon. CU Jimmy Connors serves in Final. GV Match then Bjorn Borg wins. CU Borg. GV Exterior Wembley Stadium. GV Interior Wembley Stadium. Sequence: Football (Ex 1979 League Cup Final) CU Cricketer waits to receive ball. LS Ball bowled. CU Batsman hits ball. LS Batsmen running. CU Gateway at Lords Cricket Ground. GV Lords. CU Lords Tavern. CU Sign Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese x 2. CU Sign Ye Old Cock & GV. CU Sign The George & GV. CU Pint of beer pulled zoom into froth. CU Pull focus sunset on River Thames. GV Sunset over Houses of Parliament and Thames. CU Sign Strand Theatre. LS People into Theatre. Sequence: London Theatre Signs. LS Along Shaftesbury Avenue. CU, GV & LS Eros against Neon Lights in Piccadily Circus. CU Eros. CU Sign Talk of The Town. CU Sign Leicester Square Theatre. GV Leicester Square. GV Empire Cinema. CU sign Ristorante. Sequence: 5 shots Foreign Restaurant signs. CU Sign Lovecraft London's Leading Sex Shop. CU Sex shop sign. CU Eros Cinema showing Midnight Blue. CU Sign: Raymond Revue Bar. Sequence: Ceremony Of The Keys. GV London at night with moon. Available to licence for commercial use - story number - BM81-14
All Comments (21)
  • @lewisjones4158
    The promise of the future back then was so bright. Look what we've done.
  • @paulkersey9857
    I was 21 in 1981. The U.K. London included, was a much better place. I would go back to those days in a heartbeat.
  • @LondonPride25
    I grew up in London in the 80s and 90s. That city has gone. Incredibly sad.
  • @alexduggan68
    When London was a good place to live, work and visit.
  • @richardgill9484
    And, in the blink of an eye it’s gone. I’m so glad I was a child in the 80s. It wasn’t all roses, but we had our culture and we’re proud of it, as I still am.
  • @SimonLloydGuitar
    This is the London I grew up in. Then the politicians gave it away to people who neither know or about it's magnificent history.
  • @AJWRAJWR
    Back in the 70's and 80's, Londoners used to complain about too many Irish and us Aussies staying there 😅. Now it's like Kuwait City.
  • @KarlGerrin
    No boats no machete attacks acid knives, no walking tents or men in bed sheets roaming the streets no Gestapo stopping us from freedom of speech and debate and discussion
  • @AFAskygoddess
    London was my favorite city back in the 1980s. Today, not so much.
  • @patcom1013
    Fascinating. I could watch this type of film for hours. Great narration too.
  • @Greatest1979
    When London was still LONDON. Now look at it....
  • @annabellesapphire
    Majestic, handsome London, sadly being slowly destroyed by evil people who just can't respect the ancestors or her history. She will rise again, that's for sure 🇬🇧
  • @alexf7377
    Born in 1960, I moved to the East End of London to get involved in youth work in 1981. It could be rough there (the tail end of the gangster era) but was fascinating and full of culture. Going to old pubs where pearly kings and queens would turn up. And then driving into the West End for nights out. No problem parking even in the centre. Charing Cross bookshops, music shops in Denmark Street, computer/tech shops in Tottenham Court Road, HMV and Tower Records, wine bars all around Leicester Square, and amazing cinemas everywhere for the golden era of movies.
  • @steviem8466
    Ahh, London, before Kahnt turned it into Londonistan, The Muslim Brotherhood, Wokeness, Month of Debauchery. Then London had some of the best entertainment and restaurants in the world.
  • @bert23337
    October 1981 my first visit to London. I was impressed and I moved there on a Monday in 1985 and got a good paying job on Tuesday and started Wednesday. I bought a nice flat for £60000 and 5% down. Had two interactions with police in 10 years in London, both pleasant. I returned in 2022 to visit and had two unpleasant interactions with police over one weekend and was aghast at what has happened to Oxford Street. After I left London - Blair.