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The Victoria Line Report No. 4: Equip and Complete
Part four in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single project in terms of quantity of footage that was shot. These reports examine in depth the work involved in this great engineering project. As they are of a technical nature, they were only available for showing to suitable audiences. In this film, the architects' plans take shape and trains run under test conditions.
Release : | 1968 |
Rating : | 5.5 |
Studio : | British Transport Films, |
Crew : | Director, |
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Beautiful, moving film.
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...