The Wonderful Story

The Wonderful Story 1922

1

A paralytic dominates his brother and wife until their child reforms him.

1922

Flames of Passion

Flames of Passion 1922

1

Dorothy, a young girl, is seduced by her father's chauffeur. She gives birth to a child who is given to the chauffeur's wife. The chauffeur, on a drunken binge murders the child, unaware that the child is his own.

1922

Chu-Chin-Chow

Chu-Chin-Chow 1924

1

In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.

1924

Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights 1924

1

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.

1924

Wonderful London: Cosmopolitan London

Wonderful London: Cosmopolitan London 1924

8.00

London's cosmopolitan inhabitants are celebrated in this episode, featuring scenes of Italian, French and Greek shops in Soho and the Whitechapel Road.

1924

Wonderful London: London's Sunday

Wonderful London: London's Sunday 1924

8.00

This episode features some favourite Sunday activities of Londoners, including scenes at the Gaiety Theatre and a young couple riding a motorcycle. A romantic scene on London Bridge contrasts with the bustle of Petticoat Lane's Sunday market - a popular destination for the common folk - while high society ride in Hyde Park.

1924

Wonderful London: London Off the Track

Wonderful London: London Off the Track 1924

8.00

Featuring views behind the usual facade of London's streets including the mews behind St. George's Hospital, Philios Terrace, Kinnerton Street, Dr Johnson's house and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Essex Stairs, Bankside, Clerkenwell and Smithfield.

1924

White Heat

White Heat 1927

1

A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.

1927

Wonderful London: Dickens' London

Wonderful London: Dickens' London 1924

8.00

The real London locations which formed the settings for various Dickens novels are shown, sometimes with characters from the books such as Little Nell and Grandad, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and the author himself superimposed.

1924

London's Free Shows

London's Free Shows 1924

5.00

A round-up of free events in London, including street entertainers, a puppet show, pavement artists, road menders, a daring demonstration by the fire brigade, an abduction staged by a film company and a military parade.

1924

Wonderful London: Barging Through London

Wonderful London: Barging Through London 1924

7.50

London is viewed from the 'new and fascinating angle' of Regent's Canal, passing from the docks in Limehouse through east London, under Mile End Road, past Hackney, King's Cross, Kentish Town, Camden Lock and London Zoo, finishing in Paddington Basin.

1924

London's Outer Ring

London's Outer Ring 1924

7.00

A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton, the Crystal Palace, Woolwich free ferry, Saint Augustine's Tower in hackney, Richmond, Strand-on-the-Green, White City with its old Olympic stadium, and the Old Kent Road.

1924

Wonderful London: Flowers of London

Wonderful London: Flowers of London 1924

8.00

A look at the Londoner's love of flowers, from domestic gardens and florist's shops to the great market at Covent Garden and the Piccadilly Circus flower girls.

1924

Wonderful London: Known London

Wonderful London: Known London 1924

1

A whirlwind tour of London's best-loved visitor attractions, bustling thoroughfares and public spaces, including Threadneedle, Bond and Fleet Streets, Cheapside, the Strand and Piccadilly Circus, amongst others.

1924

Wonderful London: London Old and New

Wonderful London: London Old and New 1924

1

A tour by horse-drawn bus, narrated by the driver, contrasts new buildings under construction in London with the old, travelling from the City along Middle Temple Lane, passing Clifford's Inn, The Strand, Piccadilly, St. James' Palace, Kingsway, Lincoln's Inn, St. Sepulchre's church, the Old Bailey and Staple Inn.

1924