Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: £3 1/2 Million Tube Extension

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
914
Date Released
9 Dec 1946
Date submitted
2 Dec 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: £3 1/2 Million New London Tube Extension. DESCRIPTION: A new 4 1/2 mile extension to the Central Line has recently been opened at Liverpool Street. However, more improvements to the Underground are urgently needed to ease the strain of peak hour travel. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS CU sign Liverpool Street. Shot from bottom of escalator, people coming down same. Mr Barnes turns key, curtain falls away from tunnel. Mr Barnes, in background can be seen Lord Brabazon, enter railway with him is Mrs Barnes. Mr Barnes has only one leg. MS train running out of platform and entering tunnel. Signal changes from red to green. In carriage of train during journey. MS of the above seated in carriage, incidentally Mr Barnes who is in a non smoker is smoking. Train enters station and people alight. Various shots which will be useful at later dates, crowds during peak hours rushing through barriers, down escalators, various shots of crowds at Piccadilly Circus Underground Station.
Keywords
Railways
Card file number
47841
Credits:
Camera
Eddie Smales
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: £3 1/2 Million Tube Extension', British Movietone News Issue No. 914, 9 Dec 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14188 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)