Barging through London (Original title)
Date: 1924 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Harry B. Parkinson, Frank Miller
Synopsis: Barging on the century-old Regent's Canal. From the dock in Limhouse, a coal barge proceeds through East London, under Mile End Road, through a lock, past Whitechapel.Synopsis: TRAVELOGUE. The journey of a horse-towed barge on the Regent's Canal from Limehouse to Paddington Basin. All of the footage was shot from the front of the barge, with the latter never in shot, unless indicated otherwise.Shotlist: [Series title, and possibly credits, missing] Main title "Barging Through London" (9). "Not the least of London's wonders is that century-old highway, the Regent's Canal - and to barge along its waters is to see London from an entirely new and fascinating angle..." (25). The Limehouse Basin, with the canal in the foreground and warehouses and a sailing ship in the background (31). "Let us start from the Regent Canal Dock, in Limehouse..." (39). Shot as per previous (46). "....from out of that maze of shipping, our barge extracts itself, and brings its freight of 85 tons of coal into the first lock...." (61). Shot as per previous, but with a barge loaded with coal entering the canal through lock gates (73). "Having got its first rise in the world, our barge is helped along by means of the capstan...." (86). Shot from the front of the barge as it enters a tunnel, pushed by a man standing on the stern with a pole in the water. The Limehouse Basin can still be seen in the background (95). "...while Dobbin waits his turn." (98). Bargee and his horse standing on canal bank (103). "All aboard! Soon we'll pass some back-gardens, little bits of Heaven amid the gaunt wharves of East London....." (114). Two shots of terraced housing with gardens backing onto the canal. Some people are leaning on their garden fencing watching the barge as it passes. A factory with chimney is next to the housing in the background (129). Approaching a small bridge, with the bargee and his horse going under it (141). "Under the Mile End Road we go, and another lock awaits our coming...." (150). Panning shot across a busy Mile End Road, with a number of buses, cars, trams, lorries and pedestrians. Stepney Green Underground Station is on the opposite side of the road from the camera position (162). Emerging from a tunnel, with a lock gate in the distance (170). Another barge, with canvas sheeting covering its contents, coming out of the lock gates. Shot taken from canal bank (180). "Safely enclosed within, the lock-keeper releases the water which will send us up yet another six feet...." (191). Water coming through sluice-gate (204). "Nice and cool up here, isn't it....." (209). Bargee at stern of barge operating the rudder, with coal contents in the foreground. Warehouse-type buildings are on either side of the canal (216). "....fanned by the breezes of Whitechapel!" (223). Panning shot at a busy street junction, being a shopping area with many people, trams, buses and cars. A clothing shop called "GARDINER'S" is on one corner, and a church with a spire is at the far end of one street (236). Shot as per 209-216, with a train passing over bridge in background (247). "This little bridge spans the Hertford Union Canal, where joining the River Lee, we may branch off to Bishops Stortford...." (261). Shot from the moving barge as it passes the junction with the Hertford Union, the junction being spanned by a small bridge (269). Emerging from a tunnel to approach another lock (280). "...but we'll carry on barging through London, for, at Old Ford, the scenery becomes almost truly-rural..." (293). Passing housing with trees and shrubbery in their gardens which back onto the canal (303). Bargee and horse in distance on towpath, with the canal bounded by fencing, behind which are rows of tall trees [this may be Victoria Park] (308). Shot as per 293-303, with two men and a woman leaning on fencing and waving at the camera (315). Approaching a footbridge with a small group of people standing and watching. The bargee and his horse go under the bridge (323). "Acton's Lock, by London Fields, is very popular with the jolly Bargee, for here he is able to nip out to "see the time"......." (332). Street scene, at junction with no traffic but with a few pedestrians, including two women with prams and a man with a barrow. There is a mixture of shops and housing with a pub on the corner [name not visible] [ This may be the junction of Regents Row and Broadway Market] (341). Bargee and horse walking up a gravel path towards the camera. The canal is not in the shot (346). Another barge called 'Columbia' moving into a lock towards the camera. Shot from the canal side (362). "Still maintaining our dizzy speed, we make a dash through Hackney..." (369). Hackney street scene, with trams, cars and lorries on the road, and a few pedestrians. There is a bridge across the road in the background (381). Moving towards a tunnel with a man sitting at the front of the barge. The bargee and horse go into the tunnel (391). LS of the bargee operating the rudder [note that this is not the coal barge, as the area in front of the bargee is covered, whereas previously it was open and contained coal]. Another barge passes going in the opposite direction (397). Shot as per 381-391 (404). Shot as per 391-397 (408). "On past the City Basin; and now we'll have a little assistance through Islington Tunnel......." (419). A steam-powered barge emerging from a tunnel. Shot from the canal bank (431). "This gloomy cavern is three-quarters of a mile in length, passes under the New River, and takes us half-an-hour to be tugged through....." (443). Shot inside the tunnel, with daylight at the tunnel mouth in the far distance (449). "Nearly gassed - but nearly through!" (453). Another shot in the tunnel, but closer to mouth (464). "Hullo! We've got a bit mixed up in the dark.... we're on a different barge now!" (475). POV shot emerging from tunnel [The barge is not seen, despite the preceding intertitle, and it had already changed from a coal barge before arriving at Islington Tunnel] (484). "This is a fast one. On we speed - over the old Great Northern Railway at King's Cross..." (493). Panning shot, taken at high vantage point, from King's Cross Station onto local area with bustling streets (504). Canal side with fencing and brick wall (510). The front of the barge up against lock gates as the water level rises. A man is sitting on a sack on the barge looking forwards (522). "......and under the Midland at St. Pancras..." (528). Large passageway at the entrance to St. Pancras Station. Platforms and people can be seen on the other side of the passage [although they are not very clear owing to the darkness of the image]. Two men enter and leave through the passageway (536). Barge approaching a metal bridge (544). Going under the bridge, and coming out into an area of tenement-type housing (552). "Another Lock at Kentish Town. Who'd have thought the country was so mountainous around these parts!" (563). [Either footage is missing or that "mountainous" reference makes no sense] Moving into a very narrow lock. Railway arches in the background (571). Street scene, with drinking fountain in foreground and shops in the background. A few pedestrians are in shot, and a car and a tram pass the camera (581). "Here's a nice little family party at the Lock-keeper's Alpine Châlet." (592). Lock-keeper, with wife and daughter, outside their bungalow (598). "Yet another Lock, the twelfth since leaving Limehouse!" (606). Camden Lock in distance, on far side of a bridge spanning the canal. Vehicles are passing over the bridge (616). Street scene at Camden with trams, buses and lots of pedestrians (626). Bargee and horse walking over bridge at side of canal (637). "We are now dashing under the old London and North Western Main Line....." (646). Going under two bridges, with bargee and horse in distance (654). Moving along canal, with trees on one side and housing on the other (662). "....and now we come to the sylvan reaches through Regent's Park..." (671). Moving towards a footbridge spanning the canal in the area of the park containing London Zoo, with another footbridge in the distance. People are walking over the bridges. The bargee and horse are in the distance (681). "...and all these people are thrilled by our breathless race through the Zoo...." (688). Shot similar to 671-681, with crowd of people standing and watching the barge pass underneath (699). LS of the bargee at the rudder (704). Further shot going through park (712). Going through a tunnel, with the bargee at the rudder in silhouette, before emerging into sunlight (721). Approaching a tunnel, with a building covered in scaffolding next to the canal and a barge moored alongside (727). "Mind your heads! - here's another Tunnel, with no tug to help us this time....." (737). Entering a tunnel, and the bargee chains the rudder to the deck (750). "This is where Dobbin laughs, for the Bargee has to do all the work himself." (760). As the barge emerges from the tunnel, the bargee comes into shot to show him pushing the barge along by use of a pole pressed against the tunnel wall (776). "At last, we come to Journey's End. We have Barged through London, and now we come to rest - in Paddington Basin, just off Edgeware Road." (790). "FINIS" (791ft). [There is presumably footage missing which originally followed that last intertitle. The FINIS end title is not original either, and has been spliced onto the viewing copy].
Subjects: London, Street scenes, Barges, Regent's Canal, Limehouse Basin, Coal, Locks (canals), Domestic equines, Terraced houses, Mile End Road, Stepney Green Underground Station, Whitechapel, Hertford Union Canal, Old Ford, Acton, Hackney, Islington Tunnel, King's Cross Railway Station, King's Cross, St Pancras railway station, Kentish Town, Flats, Camden (London), Regent's Park, Tunnel canals, Stepney, Paddington Station
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Date: 1924Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Silent
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 10 mins 44 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer
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Date: 1924 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Harry B. Parkinson, Frank Miller
Synopsis: Barging on the century-old Regent's Canal. From the dock in Limhouse, a coal barge proceeds through East London, under Mile End Road, through a lock, past Whitechapel.Synopsis: TRAVELOGUE. The journey of a horse-towed barge on the Regent's Canal from Limehouse to Paddington Basin. All of the footage was shot from the front of the barge, with the latter never in shot, unless indicated otherwise.Shotlist: [Series title, and possibly credits, missing] Main title "Barging Through London" (9). "Not the least of London's wonders is that century-old highway, the Regent's Canal - and to barge along its waters is to see London from an entirely new and fascinating angle..." (25). The Limehouse Basin, with the canal in the foreground and warehouses and a sailing ship in the background (31). "Let us start from the Regent Canal Dock, in Limehouse..." (39). Shot as per previous (46). "....from out of that maze of shipping, our barge extracts itself, and brings its freight of 85 tons of coal into the first lock...." (61). Shot as per previous, but with a barge loaded with coal entering the canal through lock gates (73). "Having got its first rise in the world, our barge is helped along by means of the capstan...." (86). Shot from the front of the barge as it enters a tunnel, pushed by a man standing on the stern with a pole in the water. The Limehouse Basin can still be seen in the background (95). "...while Dobbin waits his turn." (98). Bargee and his horse standing on canal bank (103). "All aboard! Soon we'll pass some back-gardens, little bits of Heaven amid the gaunt wharves of East London....." (114). Two shots of terraced housing with gardens backing onto the canal. Some people are leaning on their garden fencing watching the barge as it passes. A factory with chimney is next to the housing in the background (129). Approaching a small bridge, with the bargee and his horse going under it (141). "Under the Mile End Road we go, and another lock awaits our coming...." (150). Panning shot across a busy Mile End Road, with a number of buses, cars, trams, lorries and pedestrians. Stepney Green Underground Station is on the opposite side of the road from the camera position (162). Emerging from a tunnel, with a lock gate in the distance (170). Another barge, with canvas sheeting covering its contents, coming out of the lock gates. Shot taken from canal bank (180). "Safely enclosed within, the lock-keeper releases the water which will send us up yet another six feet...." (191). Water coming through sluice-gate (204). "Nice and cool up here, isn't it....." (209). Bargee at stern of barge operating the rudder, with coal contents in the foreground. Warehouse-type buildings are on either side of the canal (216). "....fanned by the breezes of Whitechapel!" (223). Panning shot at a busy street junction, being a shopping area with many people, trams, buses and cars. A clothing shop called "GARDINER'S" is on one corner, and a church with a spire is at the far end of one street (236). Shot as per 209-216, with a train passing over bridge in background (247). "This little bridge spans the Hertford Union Canal, where joining the River Lee, we may branch off to Bishops Stortford...." (261). Shot from the moving barge as it passes the junction with the Hertford Union, the junction being spanned by a small bridge (269). Emerging from a tunnel to approach another lock (280). "...but we'll carry on barging through London, for, at Old Ford, the scenery becomes almost truly-rural..." (293). Passing housing with trees and shrubbery in their gardens which back onto the canal (303). Bargee and horse in distance on towpath, with the canal bounded by fencing, behind which are rows of tall trees [this may be Victoria Park] (308). Shot as per 293-303, with two men and a woman leaning on fencing and waving at the camera (315). Approaching a footbridge with a small group of people standing and watching. The bargee and his horse go under the bridge (323). "Acton's Lock, by London Fields, is very popular with the jolly Bargee, for here he is able to nip out to "see the time"......." (332). Street scene, at junction with no traffic but with a few pedestrians, including two women with prams and a man with a barrow. There is a mixture of shops and housing with a pub on the corner [name not visible] [ This may be the junction of Regents Row and Broadway Market] (341). Bargee and horse walking up a gravel path towards the camera. The canal is not in the shot (346). Another barge called 'Columbia' moving into a lock towards the camera. Shot from the canal side (362). "Still maintaining our dizzy speed, we make a dash through Hackney..." (369). Hackney street scene, with trams, cars and lorries on the road, and a few pedestrians. There is a bridge across the road in the background (381). Moving towards a tunnel with a man sitting at the front of the barge. The bargee and horse go into the tunnel (391). LS of the bargee operating the rudder [note that this is not the coal barge, as the area in front of the bargee is covered, whereas previously it was open and contained coal]. Another barge passes going in the opposite direction (397). Shot as per 381-391 (404). Shot as per 391-397 (408). "On past the City Basin; and now we'll have a little assistance through Islington Tunnel......." (419). A steam-powered barge emerging from a tunnel. Shot from the canal bank (431). "This gloomy cavern is three-quarters of a mile in length, passes under the New River, and takes us half-an-hour to be tugged through....." (443). Shot inside the tunnel, with daylight at the tunnel mouth in the far distance (449). "Nearly gassed - but nearly through!" (453). Another shot in the tunnel, but closer to mouth (464). "Hullo! We've got a bit mixed up in the dark.... we're on a different barge now!" (475). POV shot emerging from tunnel [The barge is not seen, despite the preceding intertitle, and it had already changed from a coal barge before arriving at Islington Tunnel] (484). "This is a fast one. On we speed - over the old Great Northern Railway at King's Cross..." (493). Panning shot, taken at high vantage point, from King's Cross Station onto local area with bustling streets (504). Canal side with fencing and brick wall (510). The front of the barge up against lock gates as the water level rises. A man is sitting on a sack on the barge looking forwards (522). "......and under the Midland at St. Pancras..." (528). Large passageway at the entrance to St. Pancras Station. Platforms and people can be seen on the other side of the passage [although they are not very clear owing to the darkness of the image]. Two men enter and leave through the passageway (536). Barge approaching a metal bridge (544). Going under the bridge, and coming out into an area of tenement-type housing (552). "Another Lock at Kentish Town. Who'd have thought the country was so mountainous around these parts!" (563). [Either footage is missing or that "mountainous" reference makes no sense] Moving into a very narrow lock. Railway arches in the background (571). Street scene, with drinking fountain in foreground and shops in the background. A few pedestrians are in shot, and a car and a tram pass the camera (581). "Here's a nice little family party at the Lock-keeper's Alpine Châlet." (592). Lock-keeper, with wife and daughter, outside their bungalow (598). "Yet another Lock, the twelfth since leaving Limehouse!" (606). Camden Lock in distance, on far side of a bridge spanning the canal. Vehicles are passing over the bridge (616). Street scene at Camden with trams, buses and lots of pedestrians (626). Bargee and horse walking over bridge at side of canal (637). "We are now dashing under the old London and North Western Main Line....." (646). Going under two bridges, with bargee and horse in distance (654). Moving along canal, with trees on one side and housing on the other (662). "....and now we come to the sylvan reaches through Regent's Park..." (671). Moving towards a footbridge spanning the canal in the area of the park containing London Zoo, with another footbridge in the distance. People are walking over the bridges. The bargee and horse are in the distance (681). "...and all these people are thrilled by our breathless race through the Zoo...." (688). Shot similar to 671-681, with crowd of people standing and watching the barge pass underneath (699). LS of the bargee at the rudder (704). Further shot going through park (712). Going through a tunnel, with the bargee at the rudder in silhouette, before emerging into sunlight (721). Approaching a tunnel, with a building covered in scaffolding next to the canal and a barge moored alongside (727). "Mind your heads! - here's another Tunnel, with no tug to help us this time....." (737). Entering a tunnel, and the bargee chains the rudder to the deck (750). "This is where Dobbin laughs, for the Bargee has to do all the work himself." (760). As the barge emerges from the tunnel, the bargee comes into shot to show him pushing the barge along by use of a pole pressed against the tunnel wall (776). "At last, we come to Journey's End. We have Barged through London, and now we come to rest - in Paddington Basin, just off Edgeware Road." (790). "FINIS" (791ft). [There is presumably footage missing which originally followed that last intertitle. The FINIS end title is not original either, and has been spliced onto the viewing copy].
Subjects: London, Street scenes, Barges, Regent's Canal, Limehouse Basin, Coal, Locks (canals), Domestic equines, Terraced houses, Mile End Road, Stepney Green Underground Station, Whitechapel, Hertford Union Canal, Old Ford, Acton, Hackney, Islington Tunnel, King's Cross Railway Station, King's Cross, St Pancras railway station, Kentish Town, Flats, Camden (London), Regent's Park, Tunnel canals, Stepney, Paddington Station
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Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 10 mins 44 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer
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