Underground School Cleaned Neg (1955)

Two versions exist on digibeta. This is version transferred after the neg was cleaned. London Underground Training Centre, Lambeth, London. C/U of a signalman’s electric chart. M/S of an instructor operating signals. This is the training school for London Transport Underground staff. L/S of a group of students looking at a miniature railway track. C/U of one of the students being taught by instructor David Havill how to operate signals. Various shots of him as he teaches how to prevent two trains getting onto the same track. C/Us of the indicator screen and of the model railway. Low angle shot of the trainees. Train is taken off the track as Mr Havill explains a point. The trainees are shown the device which will automatically lock the brakes should the train pass a signal at danger - see note. C/U of the device. Various shots of the trainees climbing onto a mock up of a tube train. In the cabin the “master controller“ is demonstrated - looks like a spanner is used to adjust the mach