12 October 1963 Factual 39 mins
A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak alongside some excellent archive film.
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John Rowdon as Self - Narrator (voice)
Herbert Morrison as Self
John Betjeman as Self
Henry Moor as Self
United Kingdom 12 October 1963
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26 March 1963
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late countess.
01 January 1963
A pair of Village beatniks goes up against a clan of moneyed squares vacationing on the Maine coast.
03 July 1963
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war.
28 July 1963
A dance performance salute to choreographer-dancer Lester Horton with Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade and James Truitte, all former members of his company.
01 January 1963
Returning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman.
21 December 1963
Stellan Engman is Swedens most unpopular person. He is the meteorologist presenting the disappointing weather outlook in TV.
15 February 1963
August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR.
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