Operation Underground

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
824
Date Released
1974
Filmed
Sep 1974
Length of issue (in feet)
190
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Operation Underground

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: New plans to make Glasgow’s public transport system the most modern in Europe have meant a complete facelift for the underground railway, a legacy from Victorian times. Michele Brown travelled on the tube to find out how this mobile museum is being driven into the 21st century.
Researcher Comments
NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
Keywords
Railways; Engineering
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/824
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Charles Leigh-Bennett
Presenter
Esmeralda Reyna
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Support services
Jenny Ranson
Presenter
Michele Brown
Camera
Ogam Films
Producer
Tony Hinton

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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