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1942 TRANSPORT: The First London Transport Bus Driven By Gas
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1:44Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1942
Location: CHISWICK, WEST LONDON, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London: Chiswick:
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'Private' Bus at side of road with gas apparatus behind, another bus past / Gas apparatus behind bus with 'No. 1' on it / Man tipping anthracite into apparatus from scuttle / Man putting water (?) into apparatus / Man inserting paraffin torch under air intake
Angle shot apparatus showing water tank in middle, part of apparatus and connection from gas trailer to bus with 'No. 1' on it
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Driver turning various handles in bus / Bus moving off with trailer behind / People boarding bus / Conductress pressing bell, bus is No. 'G.N. 4631' / Conductress pressing bell, bus moves off with trailer behind / top deck of bus showing passengers / View from inside bus showing trailer behind bus / pan up apparatus while bus is moving / connection from trailer to bus showing road below it while bus is moving / lower deck of bus showing passengers and driver in front / Pan of bus through street with gas trailer behind.
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