French Buses

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2175

Date Released

8 Feb 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rolls Royce Collapse
2. 2Concorde Test Rig
3. 3French Buses
4. 4Stones & Bridges
5. 5Surf Master
6. 6Barefoot Skiing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Buses. DESCRIPTION: A little of the romance of Paris will be lost as the famous open-platform buses go out of service. Introduced in 1939 they were part of the life of the French capital. Some are preserved by collectors who are putting them to unusual uses. SHOTLIST: CU old bus drives into bus depot. GV buses in depot. SV conductor takes number off bus. BV old bus travelling along street. LV old bus across bridge. SCU interior passengers get off, conductor rings bell. SCU safety rope is put up travel shot from bus as man chases it but can’t quite make it. SV interior courting couple seated. SV interior passenger jumps off whilst bus is moving. GV interior passengers in bus. GV bus pulls away, man chases and catches it. SCU interior passengers smoking. LIBRARY MATERIAL - SV pan buses along road during 2nd world war. SV meat & provisions being loaded onto bus. SV meat & provisions being loaded onto bus. SV buses along road slowly. Angle shot front of bus with sign Service des Refugies. END OF LIB. MATERIAL. SV sign on English pub The Wheatsheaf. SV English owner of bus rings bell. CU sign on bus No 66 Bastille the same bus as used for refugees. SV man looking at bus with people on a modern coach in b/g. SV men looking at ‘Bastille’. LV bus that has been turned into a restaurant with chef cooking on the conductors platform. SV man cooking, SV interior people eating. GV waiter serves meals. BV students run to old bus. SV pan old bus along street with students waving from window.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Food and cooking; Transport; Displaced persons

Locations

France; Paris

Footage sources

France

Card file number

96755

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

134

Story extras:

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