https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3d62c0d9-2552-4fc2-b925-2959483df81c Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Made by an unknown amateur filmmaker, "England: Do We Know the Country?” (c.1951) is a silent, color home movie film capturing post-War British heritage and life from the bustling city streets of London to the historic buildings of Cambridge University's campus and town. The film opens with the Barry Docks in Wales, a former industrial port city known for coal export, followed by shots of iconic London sites like the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and the busy Westminster area. The film ends in Cambridge, with scenes of punters on the River Cam and ivy-clad college buildings. Film opens, title (0:08). Facade of small-town pub in Wales, traditional thatched roof and stone building (0:17). Barry Docks in Wales (once the world's largest coal exporting port, founded 1889 and by 1913 world’s largest coal export port) (1:00). Camera pans skyline, fall foliage, smoke billowing from industrial chimneys along water’s edge (1:10). 1951 Leyland Titan PD2 Double Decker Bus drives along quiet street (1:32). What appears to be a military parade, brass band, marches down street towards military barracks (1:41). Exterior, 10 Downing Street in London, Prime Minister’s office and residence (2:21). Palace of Westminster and Big Ben (2:45). Views along banks of River Thames from Westminster Bridge, view of County Hall (3:21). Backside view of Westminster Abbey, Big Ben peek’s over rooftop (3:44). Front of Westminster Abbey (4:07). The Royal Exchange (4:32). Camera pans fortified walls of Tower of London (4:41). Yeomen Warder (or ‘Beefeater’) at gates of Tower of London (4:54). Queen Victoria Memorial (5:24). Member of Queen's Guard stands at attention outside of Buckingham Palace, wears large furry hat called 'bearskin'(5:34). Camera pans facade of Buckingham Palace (5:44). Admiralty Arch and government offices, entrance to The Mall and St. James’ Park (6:59). Crowds of tourists gather around Mounted cavalry trooper of The Queen's Life Guard outside of Admiralty Arch, other non-mounted officers walk around area in traditional red robes and white plumed helmet (7:40). Prince George Duke of Cambridge Statue, Whitehall, London; View of Nelson’s Column at Trafalgar Square in background (8:08). St. Paul’s Cathedral, camera surveys extensive damage to buildings destroyed during the Blitz during World War II (8:19). Cambridge University Inn and playground (9:38). Quaint streets of Cambridge city center (10:13). Spires of the Pitt Building (11:13). Tudor-style building in town-center (11:26). Punters enjoy boat ride along The River Cam (11:58). Wooden Bridge or Queens' Bridge, wooden footbridge connecting two parts of Queen’s College (12:27). Church of St Mary the Great (12:37). Montage shots of various university buildings and colleges (13:31). Ivy-covered facade of Corpus Christi College (13:46). King’s College (14:08). Queen’s College (15:23). Bronze statue of king Henry VII (founder) atop the fountain in the middle of the Front lawn at King's college (15:34). Exterior of King's College Chapel (16:03). Gonville & Caius College (16:29). Senate House (16:37). The front gate of King’s College (17:02). 1946 Humber Super Snipe Mk I pared on side street (17:29). Thank you note (17:53). Film ends (18:07). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shy96yyM6lQ Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:26:41 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3d62c0d9-2552-4fc2-b925-2959483df81c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.