This actuality film of street scenes in Hoxton and Shoreditch offers a rare glimpse of the exterior of a music hall caught on film. The date of 1920 is given in the opening title, but there are no details of who made the film. The camera shows a view of the Britannia Theatre, the most famous of all the East End Music Halls, from across Hoxton Street in Shoreditch. The streets are crowded with people who would typify the audience for the Britannia and include a group of small boys waiting in line outside the theatre. A range of vehicles passing by include a Midland Railway Company delivery cart going past the town-hall, trams and a mixture of motor and horse-drawn vehicles. The camera passes down Old Street and passes by Charles Square. A tram goes by 'The London Apprentice' public house and the tower of St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.
Complete film (5:55)
