A Century of Buses

Series

Series Name

Cinegazette

Issue

Issue No.

16

Date Released

1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A Century of Buses

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

BTF synopsis: In July 1956, London’s Bus Week celebrated the centenary of the first appearance on the London streets of the buses of the London General Omnibus Company. A parade in Regent’s Park included some of the old horse-buses and first petrol buses, with members of today’s staff enjoying a day out in the costumes of the period. Examples of London Transport’s present fleet culminated in the Routemaster, London’s bus of the future.

Keywords

Vehicles; Celebrations and festivals; Horses; Road transport; History and archaeology

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
British Transport Films website   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.11 No.132 October 1957, p440.

Credits:

Sponsor

British Transport Films

Production Co.

British Transport Films

Director

Norman Prouting

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

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Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
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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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