Vintage railway film - How they dug the Victoria Line - 1969
98K views · Aug 22, 2026 · Travel & Events
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@norman7527 · 1 month ago
This was an era when thing's actually got done
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@Spookieham · 1 month ago
My neighbour in Glasgow in the 70s was a tunneller from Donegal. He worked everywhere in the UK and made really good money but by God he worked for it.
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@MrButtonpresser · 1 month ago
What a brilliant old film. Loved every bit of it.
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@nicklewis2734 · 10 days ago
Unsung hero’s done a magnificent job lads. God Bless all of them..
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@nickbiskinis4854 · 1 month ago
What a fantastic film! And the Victoria Line today is still a showpiece of high frequency and fast journeys
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@jaywalker3087 · 1 hour ago
I remember London in the 60s , having been born there in 1959.<br> It was a lovely place and I had friends from India and the West Indies.<br> You could actually drive across it without paying 😊
@markhodgson2348 · 3 days ago
The soundtrack fits so well it is so melancholic
@dav01kar · 1 month ago
Fantastic engineering back then enjoyed the documentary
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@paulbenfield1759 · 1 month ago (edited)
Those were the days. Hard graft and British engineering at its best.
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@mervwhitney7229 · 3 days ago
Very interesting and a wonderful achievement in its day.
@Johnnybananass-_ · 1 day ago
And here in nz we are so very excited with ourselves as we just got a subway that runs for 4 kilometres from downtown to first suburb .
@CasaOsso · 1 month ago (edited)
Strange to think that all those people in this video above 40 or so are no longer here…
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