Swansong for Trollies

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1719

Date Released

14 May 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Swansong for Trollies
2. 2Windsor Horse Show
3. 3England Prepare for World Cup
4. 4The Choice of Britain (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swansong for Trollies. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show one of London’s original trolleybuses which first made an appearance there back in 1931. Brought from honourable retirement in the British Transport Museum, it was to be a ceremonial journey to mark the closing of London’s trolleybus network, once the largest in the world. Escort was provided by the last of the present-day trolleys along the original route from Twickenham to Teddington. SHOTLIST: MS trolleybus. Front of trolley. Inside bus. People get onto bus. Leaving station. Sign London’s Last Trolley. People waiting for the last bus into garage. Bulldozer pushes trolley - trolley being destroyed.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport

Locations

Twickenham; Middlesex; Teddington

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

84342

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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