Very interesting to see real old underground trains in Thames Tunnel! Such great quality! Many thanks for the video! Today’s Overground trains are much more boring :(

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How mad, that they predicted the Eras Tour

The East London Line closed in 2007 and since it’s reopening in 2010 has been part of the Overground instead of the Underground. Shoreditch Station no longer exists, but now we have Shoreditch High Street Station.

What happened to the ship/pub on Greenland dock ? 😮

Beloved Doorkins. Rest in eternal peace sweet a angel.

About 9 yrs ago you uploaded a video about the East London Line and now its one of my favourite videos

God is too far behind them.❤

No hi-vis jacket, ear defenders, gloves or hard hat and smoking.

I love this part of tommy❤❤❤❤😊

2:02 that level boarding is better than most modern trains

Is it even possible for this movie to have at least ONE THING that is not ✨iconic✨

The sad truth is that the Victoria Line was built on the cheap and 'just good enough' principles of what has been killing Britain for over a century. This film shows the skill and hard work that we had, but everything on the Victoria Line was built down to a cost. Offer skilled men double time to make stuff on the cheap (when Japan was building millimetre perfect railways that still take Bullet Trains). The line was overcrowded within 4 years of opening. It has had a massive upgrade to make it a 90 second interval service at most stations: the stations are so bad at rush hour I'd rather take a bus if I have the time.

Well, as long as an EXPERT chose it....

5:59 I TOLD YOU *logo*

I always thought the ELL was like a model railway line I would have liked to have worked on it during its heyday

I love all the comments from the uneducated boomers on here: wanting to go back to a "simpler time", and yet using modern technology to yearn for it...

not a hard hat, ear defeder,goggles or dust mask to be seen. i think we have made progress now

Hats off to these guys. Amazing 🇬🇧

This was originally broadcast on October 23rd, 1978, according the BBC's television schedules.

Crazy that this video is 17 years old! Cute cat tho!!

Fascinating view from the period…

Meanwhile, here in Britain, we wage through two world wars, see millions dead and then spend billions in reconstruction and developing a new infrastructure. We also invest thousands of man hours and many years into peace negotiations and trade agreemeents, to become a founding member of a united Europe, without barriers and without confliction. Years later, we elect a self-serving Prime Minister called Cameron, who guides the nation into a referendum called Brexit, where we literally take a century of political upheaval and throw the whole lot back into the face of all those who toiled, fought and died so that Europe might remain united in solidarity. But not to worry. The UK government has since hired the former PM as the Secretay of State, so he can represent the UK in Europe. You couldn't make it up. The GREAT BRITAIN you see in the Look at Life videos made 60+ years ago, is long, long gone....

Very interesting old docu

Wonderful, Never seen this!

Living in Kent, these were our "bread and butter" units for many years, along with the 2 haps, until the Veps crept in during the 70s. The unrefurbished units were sooo comfortable but I do remember the water slopping to and fro in the early double glazing. Happy memories...

Can't deny Thames made so many great programmes not just for their own interests but that with their fellow franchise holders across the ITV network and for all viewers. Irony in this considering that ITV is now one company and a shadow of what is was before.

Thames really were superb, the ITV region I spent my whole childhood in - I was 18 when they went off air. I felt the loss of TVS at the same time very keenly too, as they made a lot of shows I really liked. I feel for the people affected by this, they really were shafted by a system that was unfair and a process that wasn't clear. Of course, there's plenty who think Thames' downfall was linked to their "Death On The Rock" documentary - Thatcher was furious when that aired.

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i used to live in Canada Water / Surrey Quays. The busses there were loud but cool

Not the Mary Poppins yardstick at 31:14 💀😂

@1:35 and @1:47 LOL Indian dude doesn't give a fuck about all this deaf-dumb-and-blind-boy pinball bullshit. he just wants his 3 quid per person, goddammit!

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I love them ❤

Back then It was 99.9 percent men

Fuck i love that guy

1991 to 2007

I wish I was working for London transport in 1970s

Awesome documentary

Whilst the EU had many dictatorial issues, please can someone explain the massive benefits since we have left .

The glitch on the first bong kind of says it all

These Wright Eclipse Gemini Volvo B7TLs hoovers roar like they serve Arriva London Routes 2, 66, 123, 150 and 158.

Cultural vandalism of the highest order. The beginning of the end of ITVs regional identity.

I used to love riding the slam doors on the old Charing Cross-Woolwich-Gillingham semi fasts,

ITV plc today is effectively Granada. The endgame probably wouldn't have been any different if Thames had defeated Carlton.

Where are the hats and the gloves? Much respect.

Gosh. Look at that, BBC. Our historical infrastructure built by men, yes MEN and not one of them was wearing a frock. Oh, not a "WOW" or a "THAT'S AMAZZZING!" uttered by a "celebrity" narrator. This is how you make documentaries for growth ups, something you've evidently forgotten how to do.

OMG ! a green £1 note ! ( nostalgia's , not what it used to be ) ............ DAVE™🛑

I think the ITV franchise bidding system was cockeyed, it pitted ITV companies against each other in a bad way, when well meaning companies like Thames deserved to win.

What the Hell was this