Round and About

Series

Series Name

Cinegazette

Issue

Issue No.

5

Date Released

1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Car 11281
2. 2Round and About
3. 3Food for Thought

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Section Title

Round and About

Summary

NoS Summary - A round-up of the activities of London Transport during Autumn 1949.
NoS synopsis: The new Central Line extension from Loughton through Theydon Bois to Epping; London busmen flying at the Central London Flying Club, Fairoaks, Surrey; the London Transport military band and other employees practise their part in the Lord Mayor’s Show at Chiswick. Exhibits such as a horse-drawn bus and a modern RT (emblazoned with ‘London Transport at London’s Service’) took part. These displays ('Transport through the Ages’) are shown at the show too and the Lord Mayor’s carriage is shown at the end.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Railways; Aircraft; Transport; Celebrations and festivals; Horses; Road transport; Military; History and archaeology

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - London Transport Museum   Used for synopsis
British Transport Films website
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Producer

Academy Picture Corporation

Commentator

Brian Johnston

Sponsor

London Transport Executive

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

London’s Transport Museum

Email

simon.murphy@ltmuseum.co.uk

Web

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Phone

020 7379 6344

Fax

020 7565 7254

Address

39 Wellington Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 7BB

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Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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