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Underground at the Airport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2409
Date Released
3 Aug 1975
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Underground at the Airport
  2. 2Marines Go Abseiling
  3. 3Royal Tournament

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underground at the Airport. DESCRIPTION: Touch down at Heathrow, and you can be in Central London in 30 minutes. The problem of congested roads and expensive taxis can now be by-passed with the opening of a direct underground tube route to and from the Airport. SHOTLIST: GV aircraft in flight pan down to Hounslow West tube station etc. CU interior ‘Name Plate’ pan down to Mr Gilbert and Dame Evelyn Denington seated talking. CU Underground map. CU showing new stretch under construction Heathrow Central, Hatton Cross, Hounslow West. FV tube pulling into station. BV Gilbert shaking hands with driver & getting into cab. SV Gilbert & Denington in cab with VIPs looking at controls. SV interior carriage as man shuts special ventilator. CU map in tube showing new line. SV designer of extension seated by himself in carriage EW Cuthbert. SV from window of train as it arrives at Hatton Cross Station. CU sign ‘Hatton Cross’. FV Gilbert & VIPs talking while walking along platform. CU arrival board ‘First Train’. SV Gilbert & Denington looking at design on wall. WA Gilbert on platform talking to VIPs & press. SV Gilbert at ticket collection bay. CU exterior name ‘Hatton Cross’. LV plane in flight pan to Hatton Cross exterior.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Aviation; Railways; Transport; Ceremonies; Local government; Engineering
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
75/281
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:

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