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The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) London presents Engineering the London Underground celebrating the illustrious 150 year history of London's Tube network and the vital role that civil engineers played in delivering one of the world's first and busiest transport networks. The film takes viewers on a journey through the Tube's history including its period of reconstruction following the Second World War, the introduction of the world's first computer controlled underground railway on the Victoria Line, the construction of the Jubilee line and looks to the Tube's future. The film, produced in collaboration with the London Transport Museum and Transport for London, is narrated by Eddie Butler and features photographs and footage from the Institution of Civil Engineers, British Film Institute, Crossrail, National Media Museum and TfL collections. These images were brought to life by filmmakers Wind & Foster.
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After 45 years I'm still fascinated with the tube. Been on plenty of metros, all of them newer and most cleaner. However not even NYC compares with London for the anorak! Great vid...thanks
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Best city in the world.
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Awesome. Went past the new crossrail station at canary wharf and I have to say I was in awe!
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London underground shoes
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How I just love the tube! I am a tourist in London now and then and when wearing my waist bag, the Londoners think I am pregnant and I get a seat! XD
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Truly fascinating. I wish I had made decisions earlier in my life that would have paved a career in civil engineering!
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it's an a honour to become a civil engineer
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AAAHHH wtf would ppl do w/out the tube! they wouldn't get to work or school, because the busses are always full even with the tube! remember when the big 4 closed for a friday? MAYHEM
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British people best in world
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The segment starting at 8:30 squeezed the tears in my eyes. An epic description of a seemingly mundane thing that we use every day. Damn...
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Video is well done, good job. Just one little thing, in the credits the grey is way too dark to be readable when watching from a distance full screen.
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Interest !!.... Auckland (NZL) is bad transport have few train. Everyone want like this London make drill more station and less vehicles. I think 1960s Auckland Council is
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A brilliant video showing the great history of the London Underground. Sometimes we forget the significance of this engineering masterpiece.
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And nowadays it only takes a projected 15 years to "hopefully" install air conditioning on the northern line - dealing with the inherited thermal inertia of the tube. Is it health and safety, government bureaucracy, trade unions or just plain laziness that has affected our engineering prowess.
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Most Londoners wondered how the tube network would cope during the olympics, but cope it did.
The above statement made in this film is largely true, but I think it's important to point out that the reason it ran like clockwork was large numbers of underground staff, including the drivers were paid handsome bonuses during this period, so basically paid more money to do their job which was quite frankly a disgrace. Dig below the surface (excuse the pun) and you'll find the real reason for things. Once the olympics finished us Londoners were back to the usual old delays and problems. Should have added that to your documentary.
I'm not however taking anything away from the amazing engineering feats described in this film, which were indeed revolutionary. It should be said though that we needed both American expertise and finance to get a lot of the initial underground projects up and running. -
Amazingly filmed. Would like to see more these kind of videos on engineering. #Engineering #LondonUnderground #London #Transport #Tube
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Amazingly filmed. Would like to see more these kind of videos on engineering. #Engineering #LondonUnderground #London #Transport #Tube
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Really? You claim to have invented a tunneling machine? A scaffold with a bucket on it? Stop it Britain. Most of the Underground was cut and cover. You invented nothing. And you were behind America when you did it. Stop being so pompous and misleading.
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Great video. It brought back many 1970's memories. I installed the mechanical services when employed by Matthew Hall, starting at Waterloo Bridge, under the Strand to Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square and up to Green Park. At that time it was called the "Fleet Line", later changed to the Jubilee Line. I had offices at ground level outside Charing Cross Station and also next door to the National Gallery where the main contractors offices were and also the lifts to go underground, the Sainsbury Wing was later built here.