London, 1940: the Luftwaffe is pounding the East End, reducing whole districts to rubble. People shelter in the Underground as their streets are destroyed. The East End is stronger than the enemy, and emerges victorious into a new world. But within thirty years, the old East End will vanish. The roads fill with traffic, the terraced housing is replaced by tower blocks and the Docks are closed. Using rarely seen archive film, this documentary captures the final years of the old East End.
The East End in 1900 a world of cobbled streets and thick fog. Thousands of Londoners live in cramped, sooty tenements. Their homes are lit by gas and infested with lice.Amidst this dire poverty is a close-knit community defined by resilience, kindness and humour. Children play in the streets and the men crowd to the Dock gates for work. From the match factories of Bow to the hop fields of Kent, see how London's East End lived in the years before the Second World War.
The story of the London Docks and of the people who lived and worked there, including unseen archive film
Cop John Trace (Baldwin) walks a beat while his third on-the-job shooting is being investigated. He spots a drug dealer selling and gives chase. When the dealer reaches into his pocket John assumes he is going for a gun and shoots him dead. A quick patdown reveals he was only trying to dispose of the drugs...
Stephen Dorff narrates and stars in this self-consciously hip tale of a man under pressure to direct his first film and keep his new romance going...
Britannia literally ruled the waves, as well as a quarter of the world which formed the old Empire. It was the combination of these two factors that made London Docks the centre of commercial activity. The riches of the Empire were brought to the UK on a constant stream of ships that had the capital city as their destination.
Cop John Trace (Baldwin) walks a beat while his third on-the-job shooting is being investigated. He spots a drug dealer selling and gives chase. When the dealer reaches into his pocket John assumes he is going for a gun and shoots him dead. A quick patdown reveals he was only trying to dispose of the drugs...
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