Journey by a London Bus (1950)

Very much beloved of Victor Lewis-Smith, this production by the Colonial Film Unit tells those finding themselves foreign, how to use London's bus service. Note to writers of American television programmes: this is exactly what life is still like in Britain, and you are quite correct to groundlessly assume that everyone still speaks in either a plummy BBC accent, or is a cockney urchin. And yes, the terms 'Britain', 'England' and 'London' all refer to exactly the same place.

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[Doomsday2060]

You see the part from 4:10 onwards - That's the part that gets to me nowadays.

Okay, I am not being too old fashioned because I am still a teenager. I have an iPod, mobile phone, fat loads of girls, But I get REALLY pissed off when...........

Oh forget it,

**Just stand up for the elderly/pregnant and those with pushchairs**

If you are scared of implying someone is fat or older than they are, just stand up and don't say nothing.

I am 18 and teaching people manners. Rediculous.

[chibago1]

That part at 6:18 about the kids waiting to cross together is a good idea. Instead of like today when they cross in dribs and drabs and see how long they can hold up traffic and swarm any driver who loses patience with the little angels.

[MrJm323]

It's nice seeing passengers help that "CRIPPLE" board the bus. Yes, not "disabled person", "handicapped person", "physically challenged individual"; no, none of that hyper-sensitive nonsense --a "cripple". (....Too bad they didn't give a demonstration of how passengers should cheerfully help the "village idiot" count his change when paying his bus fare.)

[jackjustin12]

so lucky I bet they didn't have to pay huge bus fares

[BumbleBeeBurton]

@Doomsday2060 thanks for your comments - encouraging for women like me.

[GarJaMi]

Jowett Javelin @ 0.55 !

[mrangry1960]

@patmarie55 Totally agree. Black American GIs who came to Britain in World War 2 were suprised at the LACK of racism they encountered in Britain compared to what they had to put up with in the USA.

[Myles0Harcourt]

Punctual and polite? Not today they aren't. They're late, rude, inconsiderate and thoughtless.

[Myles0Harcourt]

I love that plummy voice

[Nefus1988]

Today London is often called Londonistan becuse of all immigrants.

[jimmyhitide]

This posting is surely intended as a bit of fun, notable for the patronising plummy-voiced fatuous narration, typical of the period. Surely nobody can take it seriously or wish to return to those class-ridden times. Yet the racists come crawling out of the woodwork, pining for paradise lost.

[jweightmanmusic]

"Africans in particular have a great love for them" ahahahah