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BBC How They Dug the Victoria Line

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BBC How They Dug the Victoria Line

A 39-minute BBC documentary, built from earlier British Transport Films footage, on how the London Underground's Victoria Line was dug in the 1960s.

Mentioned as a fun old documentary and as an example of fast track work and of period BBC presentation.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2017–2024

Topics

  • Civil engineering & construction
  • Transit, cities & urban planning
  • Documentaries & storytelling

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