Director: Herbert Mason
Release Date: November 1939
On 27 April 1939 the Kinematograph Weekly reported that ‘This week, key scenes are being filmed at the Chelsea Palace, Savoy Court and Dolphin Square. Next week the unit will visit Waterloo Bridge where [Michael] Redgrave will be seen in charge of the cranes. “A Window in London” is the film which aims really to put the Empire capital on the screen map. The London County Council, the London Passenger Transport Board, and the contractors building the new Waterloo Bridge are providing the fullest cooperation. Herbert Morrison, leader of the L.C.C., has written to the producers congratulating them on their enterprise in making a film about London and Londoners. “London offers a wealth of material for film producers, and I wish this venture every success.” Herbert Mason is in jubilant mood over location scenes already shot.’ On 4 May the same publication reported that ‘The unit also spent a great deal of time filming early-morning scenes along the Embankment, Trafalgar Square and the Strand. For ten mornings, from 4 till 8 a.m., they obtained shots showing the gradual awakening of the city to a new day.’ On 8 June the Kinematograph Weekly noted that ‘during the next few days exteriors will be filmed at Baron’s Court Underground Station and in Parliament Square.’ The scenes shot at Savoy Court, Trafalgar Square, Strand and Baron’s Court Underground Station apprently ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Waterloo Bridge, under construction, in the the foreground adjacent to the temporary girder bridge with Blackfriars Bridge in the distance.
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The camera has panned right to show Hungerford Bridge with Westminster Bridge in the distance. County Hall sits between the bridges to the left.
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Westminster Station is opened with the view across Bridge Street to the Houses of Parliament.
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Facing east in Grosvenor Road with Claverton Street just out of frame to the left. The building in the centre is Dolphin Square.
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Dolphin Square, Grosvenor Road.
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Patricia Roc leaving her job at Dolphin Square and heading east along Grosvenor Road.
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Roc heading north in Millbank crossing the junction at Horseferry Road, to the left, and Lambeth Bridge to the right.
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Roc in Parliament Square with St. Margaret's and Westminster Abbey behind her.
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Roc in Bridge Street with Parliament to the left Westminster Abbey in the distance.
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Roc entering Westminster Station, Bridge Street, with the corner of Parliament Street and Parliament Square at right.
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Roc exiting Chiswick Park Station. This is the first of three very similar scenes which also feature Michael Redgrave.
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Despite her arrival at Chiswick Park Station her journey home continues along Kensington Church Walk
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This is presumably another shot of Kensington Church Walk showing Redgrave heading to work.
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On his way to work Redgrave's train passes the backs of Baron's Court Road, between Baron's Court and West Kensington stations, where he sees what he believes to be an attempted murder. It's Paul Lukas stuggling with Sally Gray.
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Redgrave, in the centre, being interviewed by a reporter, John Salew, at right, on the building site of the future Waterloo Bridge.
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Unidentified. Is this the Chelsea Palace Theatre? A photograph of the interior remains elusive but this image shows Lukas performing his act.
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Redgrave walks in St. James's Park with Horse Guards Parade in the distance.
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Redgrave ascends the steps by the Duke of York's Column with South African Royal Aritillery Memorial beyond The Mall.
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Redgrave walking west in Grosvenor Road with Battersea Power Station, which was being enlarged at the time, in the distance.