Limousine Buses 1927

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Item title reads: "Limousine 'Buses! First of 200 six-wheeled pneumatic tyred, silent luxury 'buses - carrying 62 passengers - starts service."

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M/S from the side of a large six-wheeled double-decker bus (an ADC 802 LS-type 6-wheeler) being driven slowly, it has an open staircase...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
33352
Sort Number:
G 1432
Time in/Out:
01:27:02:00 / 01:27:51:00
Canister:
G 1432
Film ID:
698.16
Issue Date:
11/09/1927

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