New Radio Network Speeds Repairs

Series

Series Name: Cinegazette

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1947

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

NoS synopsis: A diagram of the new radio network (based on the tube map) cuts to a recreation of an emergency situation acted out by London Transport employees. We see drivers reporting the problem, office workers responding, traffic control managing the situation, and engineers in a bus, speeding to the site. The emergency is a fallen tree on the power lines at Park Royal station. Relief buses and hand-signalling are used to keep the service running until the problem is solved.

Keywords

Vehicles; Railways; Transport; Communications; Motor vehicles; Road transport; Accidents and disasters

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - London Transport Museum Used for synopsis
British Transport Films website
Film User Vol.2 No.26 December 1948, p704.

Credits:

Producer: Academy Picture Corporation
Sponsor: London Transport Executive

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