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This is a link post Short bits of footage from the 1940s
Comment section goes full political/nostalgia/racist pretty soon.
(, Wed 18 Aug 2021, 23:50, Reply)
This is a normal post cool footage
as the Hartley quote, the past is a foreign country; they do things differently there
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 2:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Gosh, we really used to smoke didn't we?
it was a national vocation.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 10:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Yep, due to the colonies it was pretty cheap too.
Collecting cigarette cards was a common hobby.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 14:20, Reply)
This is a normal post You're right
wasn't there even Embassy point shops too where if you got enough coupons from packets of fags you could have a thing?

I used to have a really nice Marlborough Zippo lighter from the days I smoked...
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 15:13, Reply)
This is a normal post My ex has a vintage Lambert & Butler gym bag.
It's wonderful.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 16:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Yep, collect enough of them and you could get
an iron lung...
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 17:35, Reply)
This is a normal post ...or a really nice coffin.

(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 19:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus the comments
'we fought against the wrong enemy' Brilliant take on ww2.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 19:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Simple answers for simple minds.
A lot of the comments are emotional fantasy, thought doesn't come into it much.
Reading so much into very little.

'Isn't everyone so smart' avoiding the fact it is central London and in the middle of the day. The scruffy people are likely at work or home, especially in wartime.
(, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 21:25, Reply)