Old Bill - King Inspects Bus 1920

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Item title reads: "Old Bill" of the Menin Road. King inspects one of the first buses to be sent to the War Zone - now back at its old job."

Buckingham Palace, London.

GV King George V reviewing war veterans. Pan across men dressed in bus drivers uniforms?

CU Plaque on bus...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21408
Sort Number:
G 0643
Time in/Out:
01:22:08:00 / 01:23:03:00
Canister:
G 643
Film ID:
206.13
Issue Date:
16/02/1920

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  • "Old Bill" is an AEC B-type bus.

    "Some of the towns include Antwerp, Somme, Amiens" - the full inscription reads as follows;

    1914 Antwerp, 1915 Ypres, 1916 Ancre, 1917 Somme, 1918 Amiens, 1919 Home, "Lest we Forget".

    jamied 23rd Jun 2012

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