This was an oddball historical curiousity piece. Restored footage from 1900-1910 shot in England meant at the time to be shown locally in traveling exhibitions before the existence of permanent movie theaters. We got to see parades of people, mostly of the lower classes, in period dress staring at the camera and grinning like fools, acting silly, grimacing, etc. The school children scenes were poignant because we now know that many of the boys ended up as cannon fodder in the Great War.
The only real curiousity that stood out was the widespread use of shawls used as headscarves by the women. These British working women foreshadowed the present-day muslim women about whom there is so much controversy.
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