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The Secret City of London...

How much do you really know about the ancient city of London? No , not about London, but about the secret, smaller city of London, located in the center of London as we know it and having its own mayor, its own rules, its own budget and taxes etc.

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The Tram: London's Fascinating Lost Transportation Network

However, over the past few decades, trams have almost completely vanished from London’s streets and only a handful of them remain today. But why? Why did London lose its amazing trams and do they have any future in the UK now? This video gives us some answers.

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How on Earth Did This Magician Float Through London?

Pedestrians and drivers were amazed last week as magician Dynamo appeared to hover above them, holding on to a London bus. The magician and illusionist is famous for making such audacious stunts, and this one was very well, if puzzlingly, received. How do you think he did it?

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These London Buildings Are But an Empty Facade, But Why?

Leinster Gardens in London is a beautiful historical street, lined neatly with white Victorian houses. But it’s no ordinary street, as two of its seemingly normal houses, 23 and 24, aren’t real, they are just empty facades, in the most literal sense of this word. Why is that so?

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Welcome to the Seed Bank in Kew Gardens, London

Welcome to the Kew Millennium Seed Bank in London, where 10% of the world's known plant species are represented in the form of seeds.

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Visitors Always Misspell These London Place Names

In this video, a Londoner will show you around London and tell you how to pronounce some of the most notoriously mispronounced place names in the city.

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Window into the Past: See Today's London as it Was in 1927

London is one of the world's premier cities - and it has been for a long time. But how much has it changed in the last century? This unique video combines footage of London from 1924 with how it looks today.

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Rare Video: 1927 London in Real Color...

London was the final stop in a marathon journey around Britain filmed as a series of cinema travelogues.

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WATCH: The Inner Workings of London's Big Ben

This next, informative video will detail the inner workings of the most celebrated of clocks: Discover How Big Ben Is So Accurate In This Video clock, video, design, youtube, icon, London, watch, big ben, tower, accuracy, landmark, cultural Big Ben is probably the world's most famous clock tower, having

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Why Does London Have a Skyscraper Shaped Like a Pickle?

London has a few unique, and even strange-looking, skyscrapers with quirky nicknames. It turns out that these iconic buildings weren’t designed that way just for aesthetic purposes. Learn the real reason London has some of the most oddly shaped skyscrapers in the world.

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100 Years of Change: How Old London Compares With the New

London's origins can be traced back thousands of years, but only the past 100 years of the city's history are documented on film. In fact, this is the first video ever taken of this wondrous city. See the amazing comparison, side by side, between the early 20th and the early 21st century!