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Leyland Buses

Date released

Jan 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

92

NoS ID

327954

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: Apprentice training by Britain’s largest motor manufacturer and visitors from Indonesia, who are buying double-decker buses.

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Who Needs Women Drivers?: On the Transport 1915-1986 (1986 Video)

Director

Sharon Goulds

Producer

Marilyn Wheatcroft

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

Uses archive material and live interviews to take a detailed look at the lives of 10 of London’s past and present women employees spanning over 70 years, from the first wave of women conductors working on...

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Double deckers overtake Washington (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

The Americans are seeing red in the heart of their capital - the double decker bus. A common sight for Londoners has crossed the Atlantic thanks to a fledgling tour company. It’s become the latest...

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Roundabout: National Projection with a Technicolor Gloss

Date

15 Sep 2014, 16:13

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

Page

Roundabout (1962-1974) was a monthly Technicolor series designed to promote Britain as a progressive world leader to south and south-east Asia. Produced by the British government through its Central Office...

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London Bus Driver

Date released

1959

Series name

Looking At Britain

Issue no

4

NoS ID

326930

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: The selection and training of drivers for London’s fleet of red double-decker buses, followed in the story of Tom, a conductor who aspires to the driver’s seat. The film begins when Tom...

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Bus crash in Cwmbran (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a bus crash in Cwmbran, Gwent, where a National Welsh double decker bus struck a railway bridge. Speakers include locals John Ward (also pronounced Wood) and Elsie(?) Lydiard(?), two of the first...

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Safety probe call after 16 hurt in bus collision (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Ken Odeluga reports on concern over the safety of London’s buses, after sixteen people were injured in a collision between two double deckers in Whitehall. No one was seriously hurt, but nineteen people...

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Round and About

Date released

1948

Series name

Cinegazette

Issue no

3

NoS ID

349259

Story no

2 / 3

NoS Summary - A round-up of the work of London Transport in the first half of 1949. NoS synopsis: Building work for escalators to connect the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank to with Waterloo tube...

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Bus bombed in London (1996)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Areas of Central London are still sealed off after an explosion ripped a double decker bus apart last night near Aldwych. Our reporters Lisa Costello and Paul Maurice have been on the scene and report on...

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Trouble at the Front

Date released

4 Nov 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1900A

NoS ID

026208

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trouble at the Front. DESCRIPTION: From London, a new double decker bus with the engine at the rear and the entrance at the front. An experiment by London Transport to see if it helps...

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