Title reads: "British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film - Underground Journey".
London.
Piccadilly Circus. Ads visible include "Guinness is Good For You", "Schweppes" and "Votrix". Cars and buses pass the camera. Lots of pedestrians on the street - three young girls...
Title reads: "British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film - Underground Journey".
London.
Piccadilly Circus. Ads visible include "Guinness is Good For You", "Schweppes" and "Votrix". Cars and buses pass the camera. Lots of pedestrians on the street - three young girls hold hands. The girls look at the sign for the Underground then walk down the steps of the subway. Close up of a girls hand tracing a route on an Underground map. We see them in the underground. They walk past a smiling policeman. Ticket machines are shown.
A girl inserts money (signs are visible in old money - e.g. "6d and 3d or change for 1/- or 2/-"). She takes out their tickets. A ticket inspector clips them. C/U of their feet as they step on to the escalator. Shot of them as they come down the escalator. One of the girls looks scared as she steps off. They walk on to the platform. Soldiers are seen smoking. A train approaches. The girls get on. They get into a "non-smoking" carriage. Shots inside the train (very dark). Their route from Piccadilly Circus to Arnos Grove is traced on the map with a finger.
Train emerging from Underground. Shots of the girls looking out of the window. The train moving along. Train arrives at Arnos Grove and the girls get off the train. They give their tickets to an inspector. Shots of exterior of the station. The girls smile and wave at the camera.
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