as a boy i had the opportunity to ride on double-decker buses. i have some memorable images in my mind of being on the upper floor as the bus approached manchester from altrincham through sale. being on the top floor was somehow magic even though it exactly replicated the bottom floor! the view though was very different and the sensation of being atop a mechanical elephant replete with forward to back and side-to-side motion still brings me that feeling of car sickness!
the british government public films section of the internet archive has very generously released archival footage of double decker buses in london replete with a voiceover that immediately dates the work even were it not accompanied by the very obvious visual referents to a time long past and yet very fresh in many people’s memory. the two african students featured in this film apparently represent the vanguard of immigrants and so i assume that this film was made to prepare people for the very different world they were arriving in.
with respect to the date of this film there are terms used that are not entirely politically correct and which are certainly not within the realm of what this writer would say or think. you can view this wonderful old film here.
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