Queen Opens New Victoria Line 1969

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London.

Good shot of train coming to halt at Victorian Line tube platform. We see Queen Elizabeth, about to open the new Victoria Line underground service, putting a coin in a machine to get her tube ticket, then going through a ticket barrier at Green Park tube station....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57138
Sort Number:
69/022
Time in/Out:
01:52:52:00 / 01:54:48:00
Canister:
69/22
Film ID:
2093.33
Issue Date:
13/03/1969

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