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Old Bill - King Inspects Bus 1920
Description
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...
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".