1980s London Transport - Tube 250224-02 | Footage Farm

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[1980s (?) - Color, London Tube: Commuters; Station & Train Interiors; Escalators]
Crowded platform as Brixton train empties & fills.
20:11:29 Commuters walking past in divided tunnel;
20:11:44 POV straight ahead from train entering & thru tunnel, into station stopping by clock 3:52. Some people on platform. Bell as train enters tunnel & view of side, pivot to front & back to side. View of tracks & into station slowing past people on platform.
20:14:34 MCU people waiting for train as it arrives, people off, the boarding. Victoria Line sign behind, platform announcer heard & car doorway full. Train leaves.
20:15:54 People in station, thru gates; ceiling repairs; girl makes face at camera. Ticket lines. People inserting ticket & thru gates. Agent freeing jammed entrance machine, others waiting. Low Angle / LA people entering. Attendant to jammed gate; people enter w/ magnetic striped cards.
20:19:26 Onto top of down escalator, continued flow of people.
20:19:43 Street w/ crossing.
20:19:47 Graffiti on walls of subway steps; around poster - The End Of The Line For Litter; man standing on ladder in edge of frame. MCU heavy graffiti.
20:20:48 LS along tracks toward station; other views in tunnels, passing opposite trains; stopping showing vaulted brick roof; entering station.
20:23:08 View between escalators w/ center area opened for repairs or replacement. View down into open escalator & tilt up w/ most people going up. Top of escalator & people going down.
20:23:48 Ticket machines & people out of & into gates.
20:24:00 View on down escalator, people walk past, crowd at bottom.
20:24:51 View at bottom of three escalators, one down not working. MS people on down & up escalators.
20:25:36 Cardboard sign: Way Out, taped up.
20:25:46 MS inside moving subway car, people reading newspapers, magazines.
20:26:21 CU Sign: Escalator out of service.
20:26:31 LS LA along platform. POV behind woman starting up circular stairs; descending.
20:27:11 View out of subway doors at Kennington Station, doors close & train moves; stopping & man out at Waterloo, others enter; stopping at Embankment Station & people board; stopping at Charing Cross & doors open then close & train leaves. People down center escalator, others up one on left. MCUs passing faces.
Transportation; Commuting; Subways; 1970s; Daily Life;
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