Full titles read: "FROM MAIDSTONE TO MADRID - Spanish Authorities order - in face of keen world competition - a fleet of British built Buses, for first Bus Service in the Capital."
L/S's of convoy of buses driving up steep hill in Maidstone. M/S of...
Full titles read: "FROM MAIDSTONE TO MADRID - Spanish Authorities order - in face of keen world competition - a fleet of British built Buses, for first Bus Service in the Capital."
L/S's of convoy of buses driving up steep hill in Maidstone. M/S of bus being lifted through the air by crane to waiting cargo ship. L/S of buses moving along country lanes in the picturesque Spanish countryside.
Intertitle read: "SAY IT IN SPANISH ! - Bank to the Bullfight - 1d. all the way !"
Group shot of Spanish bus conductors posing for the camera standing next to buses. L/S's of the buses packed full of people moving off down the street. Various shots of mounted policemen directing the buses through the crowded busy streets of Madrid.
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