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  1. Up Goes the Umbrella

    Date released
    8 Aug 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1783A
    NoS ID
    025201
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up Goes the Umbrella. DESCRIPTION: Traffic in Oxford Circus came to a halt at lunch-time on Saturday: a round-the-clock, 65-hour marathon lay ahead to build an umbrella-bridge across...

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  2. Underground rail network safety (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Tony Ridley, Managing Director of London Underground, on the safety of the Tube network, following a fire at Oxford Circus station. Male interviewer not identified.

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  3. Ocean Sound This Week No.44: Programme 44 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

    OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 44 Programme 44 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 23 August 1987. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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  4. Kings Cross fire disaster (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Report on the Kings Cross Underground fire referring to earlier Oxford Circus station fire. Including eyewitness account by Andy Crowan(?); Kings Cross station manager on investigating the fire, he was...

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  5. Kings Cross fire disaster (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Report on debate in the Commons on the Kings Cross Underground fire. Includes Transport Secretary Paul Channon launching an inquiry and responding to questions; Robert Hughes, Labour shadow transport...

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  6. Pickpockets targeted on London underground (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Jeff Collins reports on the launch of Operation Big Dipper to reduce pickpocketing on the London Tube with the cast of Oliver putting on a performance (excerpts heard), leaflets and posters and tannoy...

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  7. London’s Bus Strike

    Date released
    8 May 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1509A
    NoS ID
    022367
    Story no
    1 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Bus Strike. DESCRIPTION: Streets in London looked very different without the buses, crowding the busy streets. The strike is on and nobody knows for how long. The queues for the...

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  8. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Crisis

    Date released
    1 Sep 1947
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    952
    NoS ID
    014627
    Story no
    9 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Crisis - Ration and Basic Petrol Cuts. DESCRIPTION: More cuts and restrictions have been announced and they will affect motorists and eating-out in restaurants. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS...

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