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Released on 19 August 2013, marking London Underground's 150th anniversary, 'The British Transport Films Collection Volume 11: Experiment Under London' presents six films made by the BTF Film Unit from 1961-1969, documenting the construction of the Victoria Line. filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_26496.html
This clip shows a carefully orchestrated round-the-clock operation mounted one Bank Holiday weekend at Oxford Circus when a steel umbrella, suspended on 24 concrete cylinders, was erected in order to raise the road junction to allow for work to begin beneath it.
All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections
This clip shows a carefully orchestrated round-the-clock operation mounted one Bank Holiday weekend at Oxford Circus when a steel umbrella, suspended on 24 concrete cylinders, was erected in order to raise the road junction to allow for work to begin beneath it.
All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections