Not until earlier this year did I find myself fully appreciating London. Before, it had always been ... there - a place I visited or passed through. A few days on and around the South Bank changed all that, and made this film seem all the more evocative. It is, of course, a testimony to the power of color: the exact same footage in black and white would be a curiosity, but the fact that it is in color provides it with an authenticity, an immediacy, and makes it easier for the viewer to identify with the scenes and the people - all of whom, presumably, have now left us.
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