For those of you with ‘fast’ computers and good capacity we
are including a link to some films from the London Transport Museum Collection
(also available on DVD).
Most of these are about the Tube, or Underground, and show not
only what the system used to be like – pretty empty – but also show a very
dated style of documentary filming. The recent BBC series about the Tube
managed to be both informative and entertaining.
Without trains we would not get to some of our starting
points, but this is a bus blog so if you prefer, the short The Elephant Will Never Forget
film records another jubilee this year – 60 years since the last tram, the
Number 36 as it happens, ran into New Cross Bus garage. Even the veteran LWB do
not really remember trams very clearly.
For those of you who really need a bus fix, the same
page will offer you London on the Move, a 1970 tribute to London
Transport’s tubes and buses.
Film geeks will know that the films’ producer, Edgar Anstey
(1907-1987), was a very respected documentary maker, whose career started with
John Grierson in the famous GPO Film Unit and included some years running the
London office for the famous American series The March of Time before
joining British Transport Films.
PS Thanks to Andrew for finding this link.
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