Dear Old London (1933)
- Directed by
- Claude Flemming
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Australia
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short film takes you on a tour of London in the early 1930s. It shows famous sights and everyday life as the city was recovering from the Great Depression.
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What happens
Dear Old London is a 1933 Australian short film directed by Claude Flemming for Efftee Studios. It is a travelogue of London. The 34 minute film features scenes of London emerging from the Great Depression, such as tourist monuments, parklands and shopping attractions. Some panoramas of London were filmed from the roof garden of Australia House. The director Claude Flemming was a veteran stage actor and occasional film director. He returned to Australia Efftee’s production team in late October 1933, after many years working in the United States and England. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has an ongoing project to preserve Efftee Film Productions films of the early 1930s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Algie's Romance (1918)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.