Learning on ScreenBuilding London’s Victoria Line
- Synopsis
- In 1962 London’s first new tube line since before the war authorised. It took five years to build the Victoria Line (between Walthamstow and Victoria) and British Transport Films covered all the aspects of its construction, fitting out and testing in four Victoria Line reports: OVER AND UNDER; DOWN AND ALONG; PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS; EQUIP AND COMPLETE. For the first time these films have been brought together to provide a comprehensive picture of London’s Victoria Line.
- Series
- Yesterday’s Britain, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2002
- Year of production
- 1962
- Notes
- Also available on a DVD entitled CAPITAL TRANSPORT COLLECTION, combined with CAPTIAL TRANSPORT and THE LONDON BUS.
- Subjects
- Engineering; History
- Keywords
- civil engineering; London; underground railways
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £12.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 60 minutes
- Year
- 2002
Sections
- Title
- Over and under
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Title
- Down and along
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Title
- Problems and progress
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Title
- Equip and complete
- Duration
- 15 mins
Sponsor
- Name
British Transport Films
- Notes
- Some BTF films are distributed by Beulah.
Distributor
- Name
Editions Audiovisual Beulah
- in@eavb.co.uk.
- Web
- http://www.eavb.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0116 236 2901
- Fax
- 01892 652413
- Address
- The Signal Box
1 Albion Street
Anstey
Leicester
LE7 7DD
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