''Living London'' is a 1904 English documentary film of life in London. It was directed by

Charles Urban Charles Urban (April 15, 1867 – August 29, 1942) was an Anglo-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War. He was a pioneer of the documentary, educational, propa ...

. The film was released in Australia in 1906 and was a sensation, being seen by over 500,000 people. It was distributed by J and N Tait, and their success with the movie encouraged them to make ''

The Story of the Kelly Gang ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The origin ...

''. The film was thought to have been

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

, but ten minutes of footage was discovered in the Corrick Collection in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive in 2007 and restored. The website ''charlesurban.com'', however, claims that the footage is actually from Urban's 1906 documentary ''The Streets of London''. New Zealand writer

Ngaio Marsh Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh (; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966. As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of De ...

created a mythic picture in her fiction of England, which she romanticized from seeing ''Living London''.Ngaio Marsh: A Life by Margaret Lewis (1991) pp.38

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Short extract of film
from National Film and Sound Archive's YouTube Channel 1904 films 1900s documentary films Documentary films about London 1900s rediscovered films Australian silent short films British documentary films Australian black-and-white films Australian documentary films Rediscovered British films {{UK-documentary-film-stub