After Working Hours

Series

Series Name

Cinegazette

Issue

Issue No.

2

Date Released

1947

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Moving Out
2. 2After Working Hours
3. 3Night Op.
4. 4Sports Round-Up: Bowls at Osterley
5. 5Sports Round-Up: On Target
6. 6Sports Round-Up: Future Champions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - A survey of some of the leisure activities enjoyed by London Transport’s 100,000 employees.
NoS synopsis: This story presents several examples of employees’ leisure pursuits - Mr. Taylor has a darkroom; Mr. Stevenson of Hanwell garage makes model ships; some play football, others the pools; Mr. Redman, foreman of the Ealing Common Depot, collects oriental china and art; there is a drama society, opera society and a military band.
The cameras then attend the London Transport Art Group Annual Exhibition at 55 Broadway. James Spitten, Associate of the Royal Academy, criticises the paintings as he is toured round the exhibition by some of the artists. The evening life class is seen at work and being instructed by their art master.

Keywords

Sport; Music and dance; Arts and crafts; Football; Photography; Performing arts

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - London Transport Museum   Used for synopsis
British Transport Films website
National Film Archive Catalogue
Film User   Vol.3 No.30 April 1949, p193.

Credits:

Producer

Academy Picture Corporation

Sponsor

London Transport Executive

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

London’s Transport Museum

Email

simon.murphy@ltmuseum.co.uk

Web

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Phone

020 7379 6344

Fax

020 7565 7254

Address

39 Wellington Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 7BB

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Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

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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