GREAT BRITAIN THEN & NOW COLLECTION ARCHIVE & MODERN FOOTAGE LONDON WEST MIDLAND

GREAT BRITAIN\n\nTHEN & NOW\n\nARCHIVE AND MODERN FOOTAGE PROVIDES AN INSIGHT INTO THE DRAMATIC CHANGES BRITAIN HAS SEEN OVER THE YEARS\n\n4 DVD BOX SET\n\nFactory Sealed\n\nPAL REGION 2\n\n \n\nTHE CITY OF LONDON Disc 1\n\n \n\nUSING RECENT FILM AS WELL AS FILM COLLECTED OVER THE LAST CENTURY, WE SEE HOW LONDON HAS CHANGED YET IN MANY WAYS HOW IT HAS STAYED THE SAME. THE MAIN VISTAS OF LONDON ARE VIEWED FROM A RIVER BOAT, A TUBE TRAIN AND A CAR AND CONTEMPORARY VIEWS TAKEN FROM THE SAME VANTAGE POINT ARE COMPARED WITH RARELY BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. WE SEE THAT IN SPITE OF WARTIME BOMBING DAMAGE, MODERN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTS, MANY OF THE BUILDINGS THAT CHARACTERISE LONDON REMAIN AND TRAFFIC JAMS ARE STILL A PART OF LONDON JUST AS THEY WERE IN THE DAYS OF HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES AND OMNIBUSES.\n\n \n\nTHE WEST MIDLANDS Disc 2\n\n \n\nIN THE CENTRE OF THIS AREA LIES BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY, THE LARGEST;