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Series

Series Name: Cinegazette

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1950

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

BTF Summary - a piece on the first stage of the replacement of trams with RT buses
BFI synopsis: Looks at the demise of the trams and research into making the transport system more efficient. Trams in a depot. Various shots of trams in use, travelling over Westminster Bridge, and in the countryside. Still photographs of the tram throughout the ages. A tram on a road and a bus on a road. Aerial view of buses in an open depot. The building site of a garage which is being converted from tram use to bus use. A tram in a depot on a traverser, maintenance pit. Oil tanks and piping fitted into the garage. The tram depot. New buses arrive at the new garage. A tram graveyard seen in the rain, tram on a traverser and shot of the tram graveyard with the burning of a tram. New buses on the road - the tram rails can still be seen. A look at various activities, including; buses in Hyde Park and Park Lance; four buses on Horse Guards Parade; London Transport crews; Sir Herbert Morrison with buses and crews; buses being driven from Horse Guards. The research laboratory at Chiswick works. Some tests and experiments are shown, including testing tracks. Laboratory at Greenwich power station. Bus having an oil check in a maintenance pit. Tests on glass strength and paint durability, and lamp bulb life. Tests on metal, including axles, wheels and harness and stress testing, with shots of a Green Line single decker bus on road, Victoria bus station and two tube trains.

Keywords

Vehicles; Road transport

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
British Transport Films website Used for synopsis

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Sponsor: London Transport Executive

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