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Post by geriatrix on May 7, 2012 10:56:48 GMT
film.britishcouncil.org/city-boundFilmed after the start of the Blitz, 'City Bound' is an exploration of the daily commute into London from the suburbs in 1941. Superb piece of wartime propaganda - even features streamlined 1938 stock.
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Post by rincew1nd on May 7, 2012 11:14:30 GMT
Gosh! Several degrees of "squee!" Good find.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 11:16:36 GMT
That is a lovely film, mind you, I bet not many commuters pass through miles of green fields and pasture these days!!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 11:39:33 GMT
ooohh loads of good films on that site.....I can forsee an afternoon of browsing !
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 12:51:05 GMT
Dear geriatrix,
There are many glorious films about L.T., like Moving Millions, Overhaul, Under Night Streets, The Nine Road, but City Bound has to top all those.
The title of this thread is very appropriate and those scenes might as well be from another planet and are as far removed from today as is the Roman Empire.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 13:17:04 GMT
I've never seen "City Bound" before! A splendid film. Trouble is, I had to keep stopping it and going back a bit, in order to view more closely something of interest!  |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 18:39:55 GMT
Not L.T., however railway and wartime propaganda related from 1941. Shunter Black's Night Off. I love the bit where shunter Black starts to climb up on top of a burning ammunition wagon to try and put a fire out on the wagon's roof and a fellow railwayman reminds him that he lacks a tin hat and giving his. |
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Post by Chris W on May 7, 2012 18:42:58 GMT
My father has just bought me LONDON'S PRIDE on DVD For the trainspotter/railway/transport enthusiast its an interesting glimpse into yesteryear, not only from a transport view, but also with regard to the delivery. From the authoritative 60s, through to the groovy 70s and reminiscing 80s.  |
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Post by geriatrix on May 7, 2012 21:15:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 21:53:20 GMT
A short film made by Rank in 1967, which was shown at Odeon and Gaumont cinemas as a featurette before a main picture, this particular film is about Piccadilly Circus, clips of the station at 2 mins 8 seconds, again at 3 mins and at 6mins 30 secs. |
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Post by tubeprune on May 8, 2012 13:31:23 GMT
film.britishcouncil.org/city-boundFilmed after the start of the Blitz, 'City Bound' is an exploration of the daily commute into London from the suburbs in 1941. Superb piece of wartime propaganda - even features streamlined 1938 stock. Indeed. Places I noted: Acton Town EB Picc & DR with Standard & H Stock. Chiswick Park with Picc & DR Stock. F Stock at Chiswick Park (just visible), Northfields Depot and train entering station, Semaphore signals at Turnham Green, Standard and Metadyne Stock at Uxbridge. Passing Pinner on a train. Glance of power station at Neasden and old Circle stock in yard (you have to be quick to see that). |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 16:46:03 GMT
film.britishcouncil.org/city-boundFilmed after the start of the Blitz, 'City Bound' is an exploration of the daily commute into London from the suburbs in 1941. Superb piece of wartime propaganda - even features streamlined 1938 stock. Indeed. Places I noted: Acton Town EB Picc & DR with Standard & H Stock. Chiswick Park with Picc & DR Stock. F Stock at Chiswick Park (just visible), Northfields Depot and train entering station, Semaphore signals at Turnham Green, Standard and Metadyne Stock at Uxbridge. Passing Pinner on a train. Glance of power station at Neasden and old Circle stock in yard (you have to be quick to see that). It's a mine of interesting scenes of such a high quality, as you mention, and so poignant being made early on in the war. Has this film been known about by Underground officinardos or has it slipped completely under the radar until now? |
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Post by geriatrix on May 8, 2012 17:13:50 GMT
I think that the British Council have just put loads of similar films online. Not sure if this was known about or even available until very recently.
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Post by grahamhewett on May 8, 2012 18:07:23 GMT
Are the shots of the 1935 stock the only ones known or did LT produce some publicity at the time?
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Post by Phil on May 12, 2012 22:45:45 GMT
The whole film is propaganda at its best - "War? - What war?" If we weren't told the date we'd never know that things were not just as they'd always been. Mind you - some of those low-down close-up shots of moving trains beggars belief considering the crudity of the filmiing equipment at the time. H&S? What's that?   ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 8:49:29 GMT
Gotta love that clipped accent and the different pronunciation (compared to BBC news presenters of today) of certain words, e.g. 'FIN-nantial centre' as opposed to 'FIGH-nantial centre'.
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Post by grahamhewett on Aug 16, 2012 12:10:07 GMT
@northerncityman - that clipped accent - the "Bob Danvers-Walker" version - seemed to vanish almost overnight, c1962? Not clear why it was so sudden - did all those Beeb types die off or where they killed...?
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Post by trt on Aug 16, 2012 12:21:34 GMT
Nah. It's when the BBC got all friendly and accessible in the 70s and started using lower case everywhere. (one of the 'rules' of typography is that all lower case is 'friendly' and 'chummy', all UPPERCASE is "authoritative", "bossy" or "shouting" and proper or mixed case is "instructive" and "fatherly")
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 22:10:35 GMT
@northerncityman - that clipped accent - the "Bob Danvers-Walker" version - seemed to vanish almost overnight, c1962? Not clear why it was so sudden - did all those Beeb types die off or where they killed...? G Don't know if they were killed, but when I hear people like Robert Peston (BBC Business editor) on TV, I want to reach for a gun ;D Nothing wrong with emphasising a particular word in order to convey the seriousness of a story, but he constantly emphasises the wrong word, e.g instead of saying 'the stock market was DOWN by 120 points' he'll say 'the stock MARKET was down by 120 points'  |
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Post by rincew1nd on Aug 16, 2012 22:31:33 GMT
Don't know if they were killed, but when I hear people like Robert Peston (BBC Business editor) on TV, I want to reach for a gun The delightful Alice Arnold presents "Listen Against" on the radio which features an occassional section entitled "What's distracting Peston?" A clip of My Peston is played which features his much ummmm-ing and ahhhh-ing, listeners are invited to suggest what it is that he is being distracted by. Last time I heard the show it was a giraffe in a top hat playing Korobeiniki on a xylophone. |
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Post by geriatrix on Aug 17, 2012 9:36:16 GMT
Bringing the subject gently back to, err, trains, has anyone ever seen the LT film Brill to Baker Street, and is it worth trying to track it down?
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Post by castlebar on Aug 17, 2012 9:39:54 GMT
Yes, it's brill
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