London 1971

Amateur film
1971
15mins

Directed by Phil Munnoch

United Kingdom
English

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

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.

Genres
Amateur film
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