Invitation to Europe (1960s)

Year Published: 1960s

Description:

An American Express promotional film about travel to London in the 1960s. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com

1960s, American Express, Europe, United Kingdom, famous buildings, famous landmarks, tourism, tourist attractions, England, London, streetlamp with Palace of Westminster and Big Ben in distance, France, Paris, Arc de Triomphe and traffic on Place de l’Étoile, Italy, Rome, Colosseum, Windsor Castle, Long Walk, Changing the Guard, schoolboys in uniforms, Eton College, students and faculty outside Eton College Library, Stratford-upon-Avon, Hall’s Croft, Shakespeare memorial by Lord Ronald Gower, Prince Hal statue, swans, Tudor houses, Ye Olde Kings Head restaurant and wine bar, people dining at country inn, pub, London, Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, double decker buses, Trafalgar Square, mounted guards, Changing the Guard, marching guards, policemen directing traffic, pedestrians, male pedestrians dressed in suits, young men and women dressed in 1960s Mod attire running out of American Express office and being driven around by American Express chauffeur in Morris Mini Moke, Mods joking around as they explore London on foot, sightseeing, tourists, Mods jokingly imitating marching guard, visiting London Zoo, camels rides, elephant, llama cart, descending stairs into Piccadilly Circus Underground station, trying bicycles out of station and cycling in park, jumping on double decker bus, shopping in Carnaby Street, boating, Tower Bridge and Palace of Westminster at sunset, Piccadilly Circus at night, neon signs

Complete Record: An American Express promotional film about travel to London in the 1960s. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com 1960s, American Express, Europe, United Kingdom, famous buildings, famous landmarks, tourism, tourist attractions, England, London, streetlamp with Palace of Westminster and Big Ben in distance, France, Paris, Arc de Triomphe and traffic on Place de l’Étoile, Italy, Rome, Colosseum, Windsor Castle, Long Walk, Changing the Guard, schoolboys in uniforms, Eton College, students and faculty outside Eton College Library, Stratford-upon-Avon, Hall’s Croft, Shakespeare memorial by Lord Ronald Gower, Prince Hal statue, swans, Tudor houses, Ye Olde Kings Head restaurant and wine bar, people dining at country inn, pub, London, Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, double decker buses, Trafalgar Square, mounted guards, Changing the Guard, marching guards, policemen directing traffic, pedestrians, male pedestrians dressed in suits, young men and women dressed in 1960s Mod attire running out of American Express office and being driven around by American Express chauffeur in Morris Mini Moke, Mods joking around as they explore London on foot, sightseeing, tourists, Mods jokingly imitating marching guard, visiting London Zoo, camels rides, elephant, llama cart, descending stairs into Piccadilly Circus Underground station, trying bicycles out of station and cycling in park, jumping on double decker bus, shopping in Carnaby Street, boating, Tower Bridge and Palace of Westminster at sunset, Piccadilly Circus at night, neon signs

Transcription

[Music] [Applause] so this royal throne of kings this sceptered isle this earth of majesty this england this britain its texture is so familiar its traditions loved as much as the queen's feigned red coats the color the fashion of british life is everywhere in this other eden in its school boys it's tommy brown's in its style at eaton where convention and deportment and being british are as important as learning shakespeare how unthinkable britain would be without him and stratford on avon and the song of his words and the life and drama of his unforgettable characters in every heart there is a corner that is forever england dreaming of its quiet streams its peaceful glenns and life in tudor cottages [Music] england does everything that has been done before because it is england take any one of its lusty country inns tom jones may have been here there's a world of quiet country pubs old favorites of thomas more ben johnson [Music] all the majesty of england and everything british come together in london [Music] londoners must have their pomp [Music] good old conservative london is still there but it can surprise it has a new sound and as they say today london swings [Music] [Applause] [Music] so so [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] you


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