''Dear Old London'' is a 1933 Australian short film directed by

Claude Flemming Claude Flemming (1884–1952) was an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of theatre and film whose varied stage career spanned the first half of the 20th century. He performed in Shakespeare and other drama, as well as opera, and bec ...

for

Efftee Studios Efftee Studios was an early Australian film and theatre production studio, established by F.W. Thring (the name 'Efftee' deriving from his initials, 'FT' for Francis Thring) in 1930. It existed until Thring's death in 1935. Initially Efftee Films ...

. It is a travelogue of

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

. The 34 minute film features scenes of London emerging from the

Great Depression The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...

, such as tourist monuments, parklands and shopping attractions. Some panoramas of London were filmed from the roof garden of Australia House. The director Claude Flemming was a veteran stage actor and occasional film director. He returned to Australia Efftee’s production team in late October 1933, after many years working in the United States and England. The

National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting, and providing access to a national c ...

of Australia has an ongoing project to preserve Efftee Film Productions films of the early 1930s.

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1933 films Australian drama short films 1933 drama films Australian black-and-white films Films directed by Claude Flemming {{short-silent-drama-film-stub