London Houses of Parliament 1970s John Hinde Aerofilms

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Aerial view of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, London
• Publisher:  John Hinde Ltd. (Kardorama) (No. 2L94) Photo: Aerofilms Ltd.
• Postally used:  no
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John Hinde was an English photographer who set up John Hinde Ltd in Dublin, Ireland in the early 1960s. He produced most of the earlier cards himself before employing other photogaphers such as E.Nägele, E. Ludwig, D. Noble and other names who spent a long time getting just the right view, usually with people in the foreground. The prints were then artistically hand processed and manipulated in Italy (long before digital production) before being published. His company was also closely associated with Butlins and they produced many of their cards. The company’s cards have become popular with collectors in recent years due to exhibitions and being featured in books, particularly by photographer and postcard collector Martin Parr. They were influential in the development of commercial photography and postcard images and now are regarded as miniature works of art and social records in themselves, particularly those of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Aerofilms was the UK's first commercial aerial photography company, founded in 1919 by Francis Wills, an air photographer with the Royal Flying Corps and Claude Graham White. In its early period it had links with pioneer cinematographer Claude Friese-Greene^[1] and pilot/entrepreneur Sir Alan Cobham. During World War Two the company's staff formed the nucleus of the R.A.F. Photographic Unit, whose discoveries included the V1 and V2 launch sites.

During the 1930s the company pioneered the science of photogrammetry (mapping from aerial photographs), with the Ordnance Survey amongst the company's clients in this regard.

Aerofilms photographs have been extensively used in books relating to geography, topography and travel, and have featured in books such as The Aerofilms Book of England from the Air (1988) and Coastlines from the Air (1996). In addition its photographs have been used in the long-running series Football Grounds from the Air, updated on an annual basis. Perhaps the best known example of the company's work is the title-sequence mosaic of east London used for the BBC soap EastEnders.

Unlike other photographic libraries, a significant percentage of Aerofilms photos is already in the public domain, albeit protected by copyright. The company would send out batches of photos to public libraries, and many remain there today. In addition, key images were reproduced as postcards from the 1920s through to the 1980s.

In 1997 Simmons Mapping (UK) Ltd. and Aerofilms Limited merged to form Simmons Aerofilms Ltd, the company had operations in Romania and Ukraine, with its head office in Cheddar, England.^[2]

In 2005 Simmons Aerofilms was taken over by Norwegian based geographical information and offshore technology company Blom and is now known as Blom Aerofilms. In June 2007 Blom Aerofilms sold their historic oblique library to the English Heritage and its partners in Scotland and Wales. However, the vertical historic library is still available through Blom Aerofilms.

Photographs from the archive feature in the 2008 book British Seaside Piers by Richard Riding and Chris Mawson, former Aerofilms librarian.

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the seat of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames^{[note 1]} in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic Westminster Abbey and the government buildings of Whitehall and Downing Street. The name may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex most of which was destroyed in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today; it has retained the style and status of a royal residence, despite its actual use.

The first royal palace was built on the site in the eleventh century, and Westminster was the primary London residence of the Kings of England until a fire destroyed much of the complex in 1512. After that, it served as the home of Parliament, which had been meeting there since the thirteenth century, and the seat of the Royal Courts of Justice, based in and around Westminster Hall. In 1834, an even greater fire ravaged the heavily rebuilt Houses of Parliament, and the only structures of significance to survive were Westminster Hall, the Cloisters and Chapter House of St Stephen's, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft and the Jewel Tower.