This silent film, released by Castle in the late 1930s, shows views of pre-WWII London. It includes Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard at :21, Constitution Hill at 1:40, the British Museum at 2:48, Picadilly Circus at 3:45, Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column at 4:20, Whitehall at 4:59, 10 Downing Street at 5:20 (note that the Prime Minister shown at 5:40 is Lord Chamberlain ), the World War I Cenotaph at 5:54. King Edward is shown at 6:14 placing a wreath at the memorial. At 6:30 Scotland Yard is shown, Westminster Abbey at 6:54, Big Ben at 7:00, St. Paul’s at 7:41, Bank of England 8:00, Tower of London at 9:00. The Crown Jewels are shown at 9:27, London Tower Bridge at 10:19, wharves at 10:38 on the Thames, and the Underground at 11:19. At 11:24 a double decker bus whisks passengers away. At 12:06 some of the lights of London at night are shown.

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