The British Film Institute shares some great footage of Edwardian London over a century ago.
I get a kick out of seeing the traffic congestion (horse-drawn, not automobile) near the 3-minute mark. It should remind us that in the centuries-long life of cities, familiar problems occur, vanish and recur as our technology changes.
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Chris flies a desk for a living but is an aeronautics enthusiast who delights in the Golden Age of Aviation. He admires all the pioneering men and women who travelled the world equipped with only a map, compass, sextant, and the conviction that there was no place they could not reach.
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