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This is what the people of London looked like in the 1940s

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This is what the people of London looked like in the 1940s

This is real footage from 81 years ago Penn Station in 1945

This is real footage from 127 years ago Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in 1899

This is real footage from 127 years ago Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in 1899

The streets of Soho in the summertime. London, in the 1950s looks like a busy village.

This is what London looks like now; it's a reality, not a conspiracy theory

English people going to work across London Bridge on a summer morning in the late 1950s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

British Pathé. 1950. This Is London. Rex Harrison. They filmed the capital and called it England. Tower. Fleet Street. St Paul’s. Piccadilly. The park. Faces that matched the country. Then they changed it. The shops. The streets. The people. The capital first. The rest of the

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Those outfits are so stylish!
Love the vintage vibes in this footage!