Manchester Street Scene (1901)

The BFI DVD 'Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon' is available to buy at http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_107.html

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. For more information about the films of Mitchell and Kenyon see http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mk/

You can watch over 1200 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI Mediatheque - http://www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• BFI
• Victorian
• Edwardian
• Lifestyle
• Manchester
• Lancashire
• Omnibuses
• Horses
• Carriages
• Traffic

[xyaqua]

my God, these are our ancestors. this is us. this is who we became. this is beyond gold.

[Nadendegior]

@boy18inva Interesting that you use an americanism, in 'dude', when making your point about how politcial correctness has changed the landscape of Britian. The World got smaller, globalisation kicked in. And as a result people from all backgrounds and cultures live in Britian. Thats why Britian, and the vast majority of Western Countries, have changed drastically. Political Correctness isnt why we've change, its merely a by-product of the change.

[sveisleif]

I think i saw baby Ryan Giggs there...

[NorthernGirl74]

There's clear class distinction, but what an amazing piece of footage depicting real life on the streets of Manchester in 1901.

What do we have for the same streets 110 years later? Rioting and mindless looting for a few pairs of trainers at Foot Locker. We are so much more civilised these days.

[agaichapter25]

GHOSTS!!! haunting is the feeling i get when watching these clips of the past..strange to think we all be ghosts and nothing but memories in the shadows of the future generations.

[JohnGoneYokoLoco]

R.I.P Manchester

[TheSmithDorian]

@xyaqua Yes you're right. This is us. It's only just over 100 yrs ago but it seems a world away.

[drummerman63]

What is this music? It's beautiful and hypnotic...

[menacinghat]

@Astronomy97

it's strange seeing children in old fims,young chidren are the living embodyment of what it is to be young fresh,new and current. It is strange who grew up,loved his loves,did his jobs and died all before i came into this world.

=(

[MrSockoOck]

It is such an odd feeling to watch this and know every single one of them is dead. It really speaks to just how pitifully short human existence is.

[rautrohit]

i cant spot a person without a hat! sadly no one wears hat nowadayz