History and Design of London Transport, 1950's - Film 8686

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History, design and look of London Transport, buses and tube trains and stations during the 1950s. London. City buses, old monument, street lamps. Double decker bus and traffic, Clapham Common written on back of bus, drives away. More vehicles driving down the road. People walking towards a bus. People getting on and off a bus. Camera follows two men walking on to a bus, they wear Trilbe hats. Feet walking onto a bus. Bus floor. Back of bus, number 2, Golders Green station. Marble Arch Underground station, people walk around entrance, buses pass. Close-up of subway sign, Piccadilly Circus Station to Bakerloo line.. Bus stop sign post. Green Park. Sign for Hyde Park Corner. Wanstead Station, entrance. Close-up of Northern Line sign. Arnos Grove station entrance. Perivale station. Voiceover discusses the look of London Transport system, the familiarity of every station design, stations designed with same logo, typography and colours, Corporate Identity. Bulls eye motif with London Transport written through it. Pre WW1 poster, 'No Need To Ask A Policeman,' London Transport advertisement, cartoon of two lost country folk, policeman points towards Underground Map. Early Underground Map. Map of London terminal reference, key to train lines. Exterior of Piccadilly Railway station. Cast iron design for Metropolitan and District railways, ornate. Exterior to Piccadilly and Brompton railway station, camera pans along typography. Voiceover talks about architecture and fashions of the time. Way Out sign, a painted hand points in direction of exit. Ealing Broadway, early bulls eye motif. 'Posters express confident mood of the moment.' Poster for Underground 'Flying at Hendo..' Poster with drawing of early aero plane flying, people gathered below, British flag blowing in the wind. 1914, poster advertising London Transport system as a place of shelter from air raids, people sit, sleep, stand in underground. 1918 poster of people wearing the fashion of the day, new generation reflects new found pleasures of rag time and Jazz. Poster depicting a large tree, a couple sit below it, small dog carrying a stick, age of peace. Stone carving in memory of Lord Ashfield, 1874-1948, creator of the London Transport. Tribute sign in memory of Frank Pick designer for London Transport system, 1878-1941. Close-up of writing, Johnston's sans-serif typeface for place names in London Transport system, camera pans back, the writing is a small biography of Johnston and his contribution to London Transport design. Series of posters in different styles advertising London Transport; trees and building in Cubist style. Poster, Neo-Classical fantasy world, cupid on a bicycle, women drinking tea, men hunting. Sail boats on water, bold poster design by E. Mcknight Kauffer, broke new ground in poster design technique. Twickenham by train poster, bold. Entrance to Balham station. 1920s look given to architecture of stations in London; entrance to Morden Underground station, bus passes by, black 1950s car parked outside. More of Morden station, people walking in and out, voiceover discusses surrounding shops. Large city sky scraper shaped in a cross. New entrance to St James Park station, logos jut out above entrance to station. Architectural design/sculpture by Epstein, modern artist, work incorporated into station design. Sculpture, some kind of mythical looking figure on façade of building, incorporated into the architecture. Close-up of modern sculpture, possibly mother and child in Cubist style, Epstein. City bus shelter. Close-up of shelter, London Transport motif. Country bus shelter, wooden. Bus stop sign, number twenty nine bus passes by. Bus stop sign on city street, flats to the right. London coach stop sign. Bus stop.