Vintage railway film - Under night streets - 1958

[@k.h.4698]

Wonderful look at night crews, and the dangerous work we take for granted. Can you imagine the flack there would be if, for example in New York City, the ladies were told they had to “scrub the sleepers to remove dirt around the rails”. And they thought they had it tough selling tokens! These vintage films are priceless! More, more please.

[@Satters]

thank you for making these accessible, I just wish I could go back to times when life in GB was good

[@simonrich3811]

When was that?

[@randomtux1234]

its enough remembering that times like these ever existed, which enlightens the present a little

[@mce_AU]

This type of unrecognised work still goes on to this day all over the world. Shout out to the workers in Melbourne.

[@DrivermanO]

Fantastic - and not a high-vis jacket in sight! This is one of the best of these I've seen. No BBC accents either!

[@EM-yk1dw]

Gordon Jackson R I P the narrator. Great film thank you.

[@stephenrice4554]

Praise to all maintenance , cleaners , street cleaners , those people who keep us healthy and clean but are thought little of by the powers that be .

[@paulbennett4548]

Amazing, I wonder how many good folks we lost to breathing toxic dust and who knows what. The giant 'knife' switches scared the heck out of me. Could not imagine trying to open one of these with a short down stream of you. One bloody big arc! . A scary time travel on this one. Still fascinating.

[@simonf8902]

Still many unsung heroes.

[@alexblizzard9113]

An absolute gem. Thanks.

[@iainclark5964]

Another BTF gem when London Transport ( not TfL) knew how to run a good network.

[@uk-martin4905]

I am still offended by the fact that an outfit like TfL has the legal right to use the London Transport roundel.

[@RHR-221b]

Another winner, B B R, reflecting the peace of mind given to us by the graft of the 'night owls', and that many passengers unknowingly take for granted. Thank you. R 👍 😎

[@train4905]

Fantastic

[@daffyduk77]

Single-handedly (?) rushing down the escalator with an acetylene cylinder, Wot, no H & S :-) 8:24

[@chriscrew6541]

There was Health & Safety, it used to be called 'common sense', except that since committees started analysing and defining risk everybody has to be treated as if they are a mentally retarded chimpanzee with a death wish.

[@markellis6413]

Sounds like Leslie Dwyer (Punch & Judy man in Hi-De-Hi amongst many other things) doing the commentary..

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

According to IMDB, it is him.

[@markellis6413]

@@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome Yes, I looked it up too...

[@siobhan.lewis.2968]

Great content.

[@nigelparker5886]

Death in the form of dust and dirt as well down there! Hard, dirty work! Thankyou all !

[@jimthorne304]

Very interesting view of how things were done in the late 1950's. Is it true, as I have heard, that students and those on 'gap years' used to do some of the 'fluffing' work?

[@HeatherMcKinlay-pd3wr]

My grandad, George parker is one of the gangers in this film. He appears at 2.21, the 2nd man picking up his tools and again at 14.19. he is the chap in the white shirt sitting having his tea in front of what looks like a clown on the poster.. he is speaking, but can't quite make out what he's saying

[@beardyface8492]

I see this was before they ended pixel rationing.

[@MeadowOrchard]

That's my grandad - Sid Perry on the left at 14:14, enjoying a fag, good cuppa and a well earned break by the looks of it!

[@vincekerrigan8300]

The commentators aren't credited. They sound like Leslie Dwyer and Gordon Jackson.

[@vanessahawarden9028]

Love the lack of PPE, H & S induction, mission statement, this and that card blah blah...çommon sense anyone?

[@stephenrice4554]

Used to operate on common sense when I was on the p way , everyone looked out for everyone else , no one was hurt badly in the 20 years I was on . Sadly I've heard that the elf and fairies are causing more accidents , people assuming they're safe rather than being more self reliant . 👍🇬🇧☕

[@rapman5791]

Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your uncle

[@philipmaguire9209]

Morden ?

[@markgoddard2560]

I wonder what today’s wok millennials make of an upperclass narrator imitating working class speech and vernacular. Throw another statue on the fire I suppose.

[@user-zt1er1uj6i]

No. The commentator is a black lesbian transgender vegan muslim who identifies as a non binary soya bean. Enough boxes to keep the offended happy....🙄

[@billpugh58]

Calm down calm down, bet you wish you could go back be racists.

[@vincekerrigan8300]

The commentators were actors Leslie Dwyer and Gordon Jackson. They were their normal voices.

[@wendellwhite5797]

This 2021. 240P is no longer acceptable and is completely fuzzy on high-resolution big screen TV's.

[@BennettBrookRailway]

Unfortunately the source material is low resolution and in poor condition. There is only so much I can do to try to make it look good.

[@wendellwhite5797]

@@BennettBrookRailway And then there's that! Keep up the good job. I enjoy all of the old railroad films.

[@grahamsmith9541]

You cannot expect old historic film to be up to modern resolution.

[@roberthuron9160]

And people don't realize that the film of that day,would be considered in today's vernacular,as ASA/DIN 10,and motion picture film,was even lower! However,that was state of the art,for its time!! Remember,that not many years previously,still photography still used wet processes,on both ends! Technology, is and was evolving,and what was good in one decade,was superceded by a quantum leap,or two in the next! Example- look a Kodak Tri-X,and read the speeds,from the 1950's on,went up from 150,to 200,thence to 400,and now with out any push processes- you can get 1600! The digital cameras are up in the six figures,again without additional pushing! History,not taught,or obscured,tragic,and stupid! Thank you,and from a photographer,broken in on 4×5 Graphics! As Weegee,put it ,F8,and be there!! Thank you,for your diligence and tenacity!! 😇😇😇😇😇💯💯💯💯💯😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@daffyduk77]

"there's always one" as they say

[@usvalve]

Even for the period, what an awful script!

[@BigChris1998]

Distinct lack of diversity here tut tut

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

ah yes, 240P in 2022.....shittiest picture format ever