Hundred Years Underground

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1754

Date Released

14 Jan 1963

Date submitted

10 Jan 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hundred Years Underground. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show the developments of the Underground Railway since it began in 1890 to date. The incredible yearly total of passenger journeys is around six hundred and seventy five million. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS train arrives at station. CU sign Holborn. MS train stops. MCU people get out of train. GV people out of train. MS people up escalator. GV picture - excavation in progress. CU men in tunnel (picture). CU zoom out - Paddington Station (picture). GV old platform at Stockwell (picture). CU zoom out - early train (picture). CU Chesham (picture). CU zoom out carriage (picture). CU fare machines (3 shots). GV Earls Court entrance (2 shots), subway (2 shots). CU sign Notting Hill Gate. MLS people off escalator - television camera watching. CU sign Downstairs For Shelter. MS woman lowers bunk. MCU train through station. CU sign Piccadilly Line. MS people off train. MLS train into station.

Keywords

Transport

Locations

London

Card file number

85802

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

161

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