Sound actions by category: Officialdom
Sound action recordings are of sounds designed to affect people, including situations where many make sounds together towards a common goal. Often they're of voices, but they also include sirens, bells, fireworks and more.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT ANNOUNCEMENTS
193 steps Covent Garden
Station announcer's voice warns of the 193 steps to climb at Covent Garden tube station.
0:22
2008
Bank lift voice
Recorded voice and beeps in a lift at Bank Underground station, City of London.
0:59
2009
Bus conductor Strand
One of London's few remaining bus conductors calls out placenames at stops along the Strand.
0:35
2008
Mind the gap
'Mind the gap' announcements at Monument Underground station
1:12
2009
Surbiton to Waterloo
All the announcements on a train from Surbiton to Waterloo edited together.
2:32
2008
Universal London bus voice
Passing over Waterloo Bridge, the pre-recorded voice that appears on nearly every London bus.
0:48
2008
OTHER RECORDED ANNOUNCEMENTS
QUEUING SYSTEMS
Argos queue
Automated queueing system tells Argos store customers when to collect their goods.
0:51
2009
NON-VERBAL SIGNALS
Big Ben 11am
Big Ben chimes 11 o'clock on a Saturday morning.
1:14
2009
Broadmoor siren test
Test of a siren forming part of the Broadmoor maximum security hospital warning system.
2:35
2008
Burglar alarm Brixton
A rusty, dented burglar alarm makes a racket in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton.
1:00
2009
Coryton refinery siren
An eerie siren at the Coryton oil refinery near Canvey Island sounds at 25-second intervals.
3:53
2010
East Tilbury buoy
Wash from a passing motorboat makes the bell toll on a buoy near East Tilbury.
0:23
2010
Heathrow alarms
Deep in Terminal 4 of Heathrow Airport confusion reigns when fire alarms go off by mistake.
2:54
2005
Leicester Square carillon
Leciester Square's old Swiss Centre carillon or glockenspiel clock sounds at 6pm on a Saturday evening.
1:36
2015
Mounted police whistle
A mounted policemen blows a whistle as he rides ahead of a military band marching along the Mall.
1:25
2011
Noon bell Pinner
The church bell of St John the Baptist, Pinner, strikes noon on a Sunday.
0:44
2009
Police training sirens
Police sirens with different tones sound intermittently at a police training establishment.
1:45
2010
St Pauls bells
The bells of St Paul's Cathedral sound at 1:00pm, recorded from the garden adjacent to the south entrance.
0:33
2010
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