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London 1971

A gently meandering home movie tour of London, with rare shots of an early Gay Pride march.

Amateur film 1971 15 mins

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Overview

Take a gently meandering home movie tour of London, shot throughout 1971 by Phil Munnoch - better known as punk chronicler Captain Zip. Munnoch captures an eclectic mix of hidden corners and iconic landmarks, including the old Covent Garden Market, Tottenham Court Road’s Scientology HQ, Soho Square and Oxford Street, and some of the big West End cinemas and theatres. We then cross the Thames to the South Bank, Lambeth Palace and Clapham’s Transport Museum.

Look out for a very brief but rare glimpse of one of London’s earliest Gay Pride marches (from 06:55), filmed on 30 October 1971 - before the first official UK Gay Pride rally on 1 July 1972. Munnoch added a soundtrack to the film in 1992. Captain Zip’s later films of the King's Road punk scene, filmed between 1978 and 1981, are also available to view on BFI Player.

Director
Phil Munnoch
Genres
Amateur film
Released
1971
Country
United Kingdom
Location
IslingtonClerkenwellHolbornWestminster
Language
English

Subjects

Gray's Inn Lincoln's Inn Old Curiosity Shop, The (shop) Lincoln's Inn Fields Royal Courts of Justice Sicilian Avenue Somerset House Covent Garden Market Great Waltz, The (stage musical) No Sex Please We're British (play) Carnal Knowlege (1971) Catch Me A Spy (1971) Klute (1971) Devils, The (1971) And Now For Something Completely Different (1971) Columbia Cinema Tottenham Court Road Soho Square Bourne and Hollingsworth's Hanover Square La Rue, Danny (1927- 2009) Mall, The Jewel Tower, The Shell Building Evening News Lambeth Palace Decorations London Underground Smithfield Meat Market Flats Tennis British Museum Savoy (London) Showboat (musical) Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) Theatres Cinemas Chinatown (London) Shaftesbury Avenue Mousetrap (play) Gay Pride Protest demonstrations Scientology Centre Point Christmas Street performers War veterans Night clubs London Palladium Metropolitan Police Carnaby Street St James' Palace Regent Street Traffic wardens Boudica (- c60 AD) Statues Houses of Parliament (building) Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) Downing Street South Bank Royal Festival Hall National Film Theatre LWT Building sites Buses Trains Trams Bunhill Fields Burial Ground London Transport Museum Drury Lane Theatre Strand Odeon West End Warner Theatre