Opening of the London Underground | Movietone Moment | 4 Nov 16

On the anniversary of the opening of the first London Underground in 1890, we look back at a history of the tube from 1963.

Our pictures show the developments of the Underground Railway since it began in 1890 to date. The incredible yearly total of passenger journeys is around six hundred and seventy five million.

Key scene. MS train arrives at station. CU sign "Holborn". MS train stops. MCU people get out of train. GV people out of train. MS people up escalator. GV picture - excavation in progress. CU men in tunnel (picture). CU zoom out - Paddington Station (picture). GV old platform at Stockwell (picture). CU zoom out - early train (picture). CU Chesham (picture). CU zoom out carriage (picture). CU fare machines (3 shots). GV Earls Court entrance (2 shots), subway (2 shots). CU sign "Notting Hill Gate". MLS people off escalator - television camera watching. CU sign "Downstairs For Shelter". MS woman lowers bunk. MCU train through station. CU sign "Piccadilly Line". MS people off train. MLS train into station.

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