| FROM MAIDSTONE TO MADRID British built buses are exported to the Spanish Capital of Madrid from Maidstone, Kent. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5239 |
| Catalog #: | 509208 | |
| Clip Number: | 509208-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 934 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:57 - 01:48:43 | |
| Location: | England and Spain | |
| Year Shot: | 1922 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Pedestrians ECONOMICS: Trade, Exports INDUSTRY: Cargo & Freight Handling LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Spain, Madrid LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Cargo TRANSPORTATION/MASS TRANSIT: Buses & Coaches | |
| Description: | 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. Maidstone, Kent 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. Madrid, Spain. L/S of buses moving along country lanes in the picturesque Spanish countryside. "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. The crowds are crammed with people. No wonder they need more buses. | |
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