Testing London Buses 1957

Star Item

Description

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Aldenham, Hertfordshire.

Various shots, London Transport double-decker bus being tested by tilting it to a steep angle to see if it will tip over. CU Hand of tiltometer.

Chiswick, London

Various...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
85664
Sort Number:
UN 3521 B
Time in/Out:
01:02:47:00 / 01:05:41:00
Canister:
UN 3521 B
Film ID:
2990.02
Issue Date:
1957

Appears in...

Collections
Newsreels
Categories
Religion & Politics
WorkSpaces
Public Transport Blast - Routemaster

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Bus Road Test

Bus Road Test

Buses are tested for stability at Aldenham, and double-checked at Chiswick skid patch.

Holiday Roundup

Holiday Roundup

Good round up of events taking place over the Whitsun holiday.

Bus Tilt Tests

Bus Tilt Tests

Double-decker bus is tilted on side as part of safety test at London Transport depot.

Breakthrough - Version 1

Breakthrough - Version 1

British Motor Corporation film featuring an Austin 1100.

Bmc Presents Wizardry On Wheels Reel 1

Bmc Presents Wizardry On Wheels Reel 1

Great documentary showing the design and testing of the greatest of all cars - the Mini Minor!

Time To Remember -  1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 1

Time To Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 1

Good documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.

Price Of Enterprise - Reels 1 & 2

Price Of Enterprise - Reels 1 & 2

Corporate documentary film showing history of Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler