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Post by harlesden on Oct 27, 2010 12:17:05 GMT
The Burgundians decide that two can play this game and stop an underground train dead in its tracks. "The train is now at the Burgundy frontier", explains an agent of the newly formed customs and excise department. They proceed to ask the passengers if they have anything to declare.
The infuriated British government retaliates by breaking off negotiations.
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Post by splashdown on Oct 27, 2010 13:18:56 GMT
Passport to Pimlico
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 13:33:58 GMT
Passport to Pimlico +1
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Post by harlesden on Oct 27, 2010 13:43:40 GMT
The movie was made in 1949 and the Victoria Line (which serves Pimlico) didn't open until 1969.
So was there really an underground line passing under Pimlico in 1949, or was the scene merely artistic license
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 14:00:15 GMT
They, I believe, pulled over a Q stock on the District for the Customs & Excise prank.
It was artistic license. Then again, the Dukedom may well have been quite a bit larger, and covered areas with the District, not just Pimlico per se.
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Post by Oracle on Oct 27, 2010 14:42:53 GMT
The Burgundians led by Stanley Holloway's character Arthur Pemberton enter the cut-and-cover section through a manhole in the street and a ladder! Also there was the railway bridge over what was in fact Lambeth Road, which saw 4-SUBs etc pass by the set. www.archive.org/details/PassportToPimlicoEnglish1949 |
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Post by harlesden on Oct 27, 2010 18:10:32 GMT
Thanks for the link, Mr. Oracle
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 20:34:57 GMT
A great film and worth forgiveness for the artistic licence. Mrs. Whistlekiller quite rightly told me to shut up and stop spoiling the film (during a recent showing on satellite) as I ranted on like a cantankerous old duffer about the train sequences being all wrong......... ;D
She also told me to button it during "The Battle Of Britain", "The Bridges at Toko-Ri", "Tora Tora Tora" and "Sliding Doors" for being critical of the historical accuracy of the hardware.
Women! (Not you Angel, even if you are scared of wasps) ;D
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Post by Chris M on Oct 27, 2010 20:38:35 GMT
I get told off for things like that - in Sliding Doors it was for complaining that she entered Embankment station and then got on the Waterloo and City Line.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 20:55:13 GMT
I get told off for things like that - in Sliding Doors it was for complaining that she entered Embankment station and then got on the Waterloo and City Line. Buy you a pint Chris? ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2010 8:08:47 GMT
Tora Tora Tora is terrible in terms of accuracy.
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Post by splashdown on Oct 28, 2010 8:28:32 GMT
Tora Tora Tora is terrible in terms of accuracy. Can you name any films regarding WWII that are not full of inaccuracies. They are still discovering mass graves in Poland and plenty of documents are yet to have been released from both sides so to expect a film to be anything but entertainment or propaganda seems a bit strange. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2010 8:37:36 GMT
No, I mean, they used the wrong plane.
Some aren't so bad, but Tora Tora Tora is one of the worst.
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