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Film of London in 1926

Film of London in 1926

I spent a good hour or so going through old videos of England taken in the 1920s. Of all of them, my favorite was a film made of London in 1926 -- the same year Queen Elizabeth II was born -- which I've embedded within the article. I absolutely love watching the people back then just imagining what ...
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