How exactly is beauty judged back in 1909 ? Hair? Legs? Figure? None of that seem to be appearent with any of the candidates. Nice crisp footage and must of been quite novel of crossdressing to audiences back then.
hard to imagine that these people are no longer alive. always gets me when i watch this videos. i love the past and can only keep thanking you for uploading content
@jazmella yeah, i also look at london now and think what has it become...a multicultural melting pot with ethnic ghetto's in every borough. but then again i can only imagine those born in the victorian era said the same about the Edwardian era etc.
Percy is the hottest one. Two bad I have to imagine him oiled and in a speedo :)
dkawec123 3 months ago
Who doesn't love a good cross-dressing chase?
lonestarslp2 4 months ago
How exactly is beauty judged back in 1909 ? Hair? Legs? Figure? None of that seem to be appearent with any of the candidates. Nice crisp footage and must of been quite novel of crossdressing to audiences back then.
ziggycat999 7 months ago
Merci!
tychaton08 7 months ago
Excellent film.
lauriebooth 7 months ago 2
Any clues as to where this was filmed? I spotted a single-decker tram, a mention of "St Olave's" and Shepherd's Bush.
A fascinating - and enjoyable - piece of social history in excellent quality and running at the right speed for once.
webrarian 7 months ago 2
You could imagine present- day comedian David Walliams doing this sort of thing. The quality of the film is astonishing.
Two of the other "ladies" at 05:08 are quite clearly also played by men ( one can be seen to have trousers on under his skirt)
Bicycle at 05:23 has an acetylene lamp.
incongra 7 months ago 2
beautiful quality. Hard to believe this film is over 100 years old
latham29 7 months ago 4
the chase scene works perfectly with the yakety sax song
Florin500 7 months ago
Even in black and white the English countryside is glorious.
hathi444 7 months ago 2
Cue the Benny Hill theme.
kitsch2spacea 7 months ago 7
100 pounds in 1909 had the same buying power as 13818.03 current dollars.
6988kid 7 months ago
That was the height of fashion back then.
MrMKH2010 7 months ago
Are those hats crazy or what! LOL Gotta love these old chase scenes too.
downhill240 7 months ago
They really wore hats like these in those days?!
I am always amazed how much the fashion changed compared to the 1920s.
lapislazuli7 7 months ago
wonderful old bit of film this 5*****
bernie
mujawooja 7 months ago 11
hard to imagine that these people are no longer alive. always gets me when i watch this videos. i love the past and can only keep thanking you for uploading content
modelearth 7 months ago
@modelearth I concur.
Actually, it kinda makes me sad to think they're no longer with us. Sometimes I have a hard time watching older movies for this very reason.
jazmella 7 months ago
@jazmella yeah, i also look at london now and think what has it become...a multicultural melting pot with ethnic ghetto's in every borough. but then again i can only imagine those born in the victorian era said the same about the Edwardian era etc.
modelearth 7 months ago
@jazmella i checked out your channel and you have some cool vids btw :)
modelearth 7 months ago
i wonder what 100 pounds is in today money
modelearth 7 months ago
@modelearth £1.20
LokiV 7 months ago
@LokiV ?
modelearth 7 months ago
@modelearth £100 pound in 1909 is worth £1.20 today
LokiV 7 months ago
@LokiV I think you have it backwards. 1909 normal people made maybe 40 pounds a year, so 100 pound was a tremendous amount.
ASSEMblerEX 7 months ago
Excellent short, thanks for uploading it.
RV1864 7 months ago