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JP - that is quite a wonderful film. Thanks for posting it. Barry's music is a pleasant change from the usual "rinky dinky piano" often used for silent films.
I can't help but thinking ... all those barges full of coal. The thick, gritty, London fogs were caused by burning all that coal in homes and power plants.
The "Great Fog" of 1952 led to so many illnesses and accidents on the roads, that in 1956 Parliament restricted coal use in urban areas, homes converted to "electric fires", and generating stations gradually moved from coal to oil.
Regardless, that is a wonderful film. Thanks!
Tom M.
I can't help but thinking ... all those barges full of coal. The thick, gritty, London fogs were caused by burning all that coal in homes and power plants.
The "Great Fog" of 1952 led to so many illnesses and accidents on the roads, that in 1956 Parliament restricted coal use in urban areas, homes converted to "electric fires", and generating stations gradually moved from coal to oil.
Regardless, that is a wonderful film. Thanks!
Tom M.
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exactly, in the movie you can't see the towers in the background - likely because of smog not fog as up close everything is crisp. I find the people lining up to wave (at the back of 'gardens' and on bridges) fascinating as it must be the camera - making me wonder if this is part of a bigger project?
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Paul - there are several barges shown. One is even a steam-powered barge. There are a couple scenes showing the barge man using a pole to keep the barge moving. Also a scene showing a barge man tossing the horse line back to the barge. I think barges used various means of propulsion as they worked their way through the canals.
Ever hear the expression "Never give up the punt to save the pole"?
Tom M.
Market Street, San Francisco, 1906 is one busy place to be! What a scene. https://youtu.be/VO_1AdYRGW8
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Well, I glad to see driving habits haven't changed! B-)
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