London Transport in the 1960s - Film 1092008

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A day in the life of London Transport.

Dawn over London, including St Paul's. The Thames with Houses of Parliament, Westminster and Big Ben. Bus stop in Parliament Square. The Thames at dawn. The City, Bank of England. Trafalgar Square at dawn, empty, from high angle. Tube or underground station gates are opened. Milkmen arriving for work. Workers in uniform walking by railway track. Signal box. London Transport - Stockwell garage. Bus. Drivers reporting for work. Signalman at signal board - "Upminster Depot". Tracks - points changing. Signalman speaking into tannoy or public address microphone. Interior of bus garage, many buses. Close up of driver starting up bus. Tube train moving off. Signalman, with train in background. Bus approaches, conductor jumps on. Tube train approaches. Bus. Line of uniformed road sweepers. Man speaks on telephone, with switchboard. Man in jacket and tie enters, takes other's place.

Alarm clock. Milkman delivering. Couple in bedroom, getting up in morning. Man in pyjamas, sitting on bed, lights cigarette and coughs. Woman in dressing gown comes out onto doorstep and picks up milk bottles. Commuters cross footbridge over railway and walk up path. Door opens and man in suit comes out, kisses wife goodbye. Wife waves. Exterior of 1930s tube or underground station. Station platform, tube train pulls up. Man reading paper at bus stop, bus arrives, man gets on. Commuters boarding tube train. Bus with crowd. Tube train passing. Interior of tube carriage, with people reading newspapers. Two buses. Inside bus, two women passengers buy tickets from conductor.

Two men speak on telephones at switchboard in control room. Smartly dressed woman comes out of house. Road with sign: "Station Car Park". Man with hat and umbrella locks car. Two shots of commuters on tube or underground station platforms. Woman with two schoolchildren get on a bus.

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