Watching this makes you realize how difficult time travel would be, outside of the physics. Where would you get clothes to fit in? How would you hide your peculiar accent and not understanding local terms and colloquialisms? Even your modern size would stand out in a crowd of these people – everything about a modern person would be a red flag
Wasn’t film around for a few decades by then? If so why are so many people literally stopping in their tracks and staring at the camera? I know it was uncommon then but THAT uncommon to literally halt the people behind you? Was the apparatus that large?
I really do think culture has suffered the World over over the last 100 years. Not just British culture but many cultures. The WW’s changed everything and we’re still feeling it now. We’re all still paying for it now.
No, I’m not a “boomer”.
After the wars we had empires collapsing, identity crisis’, lost generations, a degradation of art and culture as a result of overly fast reconstruction / building. Technology ramped up and with it, plastics, telecommunication, cars. Some economies boomed from production and sold us on the idea of disposable items. Why mend when everything is so cheap and worthless? Our sense of personal pride in appearance became malnourished. Corporate takeover accelerated like never before. Simple and respected professions went into the factories and automated. Skills were lost. Craft was gone.
I dunno, I’m just dribbling out thoughts here. I think ultimately, the pace of life has left us tired. We’re now connected to everyone like we could never possibly imagine and yet, hardly anyone at all.
All this said…I think our future could be bright…we must remind ourselves what Wars can do to us. It’s not just about those decades. The suffering is still present. Don’t ever call for War so blasé.
Knowing London well, the colours on this are way way off.
It’s fake, I can see the pixels.
And that fucking music, wtf.
Well it’s not rare now!
Thanks OP! I love this stuff.
Watching this makes you realize how difficult time travel would be, outside of the physics. Where would you get clothes to fit in? How would you hide your peculiar accent and not understanding local terms and colloquialisms? Even your modern size would stand out in a crowd of these people – everything about a modern person would be a red flag
Before they cleaned the buildings. [This is Nelson’s Column](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson's_Column,_Trafalgar_Square,_London.JPG) — at 2:30 it’s black with soot.
Look! the lions in Trafalgar Square didn’t have bird shit all over them.
The comments at YouTube are… certainly something.
The thumbnail looks like Pink Floyd’s Animals cover art.
why did society move away from hats?
Are those anti aircraft balloons?
Wasn’t film around for a few decades by then? If so why are so many people literally stopping in their tracks and staring at the camera? I know it was uncommon then but THAT uncommon to literally halt the people behind you? Was the apparatus that large?
Half imagined to see a 25 year old Paul Rudd get off one of those locomotives.
Damn, there’s a lot of racism in the comments of that video!
I really do think culture has suffered the World over over the last 100 years. Not just British culture but many cultures. The WW’s changed everything and we’re still feeling it now. We’re all still paying for it now.
No, I’m not a “boomer”.
After the wars we had empires collapsing, identity crisis’, lost generations, a degradation of art and culture as a result of overly fast reconstruction / building. Technology ramped up and with it, plastics, telecommunication, cars. Some economies boomed from production and sold us on the idea of disposable items. Why mend when everything is so cheap and worthless? Our sense of personal pride in appearance became malnourished. Corporate takeover accelerated like never before. Simple and respected professions went into the factories and automated. Skills were lost. Craft was gone.
I dunno, I’m just dribbling out thoughts here. I think ultimately, the pace of life has left us tired. We’re now connected to everyone like we could never possibly imagine and yet, hardly anyone at all.
All this said…I think our future could be bright…we must remind ourselves what Wars can do to us. It’s not just about those decades. The suffering is still present. Don’t ever call for War so blasé.
Rare: Youtube view count 3.1 million.