London has been featured in countless films since the birth of the cinema over a century ago and has allowed audiences worldwide to view the city through the eyes of film makers. From the Elizabethan times in Shakespeare in Love (1998) to the coal miner’s strike of the 1980s in Billy Elliot (2000), every period in London’s history has a film in which the era is captured, and the team at London Pass have captured these locations in their recent exploration into the history of the distinguished city through film.
Wartime in London was an unforgiving time, and during World War Two, the city’s population were living in a seemingly never-ending state of fear, and thousands of children were evacuated to the countryside to keep them out of harm’s way. During this time of hardship, it was hugely important for the country to have a strong leader to rely upon.
With his 2010 film The King’s Speech, Tom Hooper brings to the screen with absorbing poignancy the incredible and little-known story of a king and his struggle to overcome adversity and guide his country through a time of hardship.
