Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Saturday Bus and Tram Strike

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1022A
Date Released
6 Jan 1949
Date submitted
3 Jan 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Bus Strike (Saturday). DESCRIPTION: At various London Transport Executive garages, buses, trams and trolley buses were driven in at one o’clock. Movietone interviews a bus driver and conductor asking them their views on the strike. SHOTLIST: KS Deserted bus stop. Trolley buses & trams run into depots, about one o’clock in the afternoon. Sign - chalk - buses suspended. Line of buses outside garage. Bus driver & conductor give their views about the strike. The following places deserted of buses, Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, Lewisham Clock Tower, Oxford Street pan to Selfridges clock, pan back to Oxford Street. Crowds arrive, walking to Chelsea Football Ground. GV exterior gate of Chelsea Football Ground, Stamford Bridge.
Keywords
Transport; Labour relations
Card file number
51279
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Saturday Bus and Tram Strike', British Movietone News Issue No. 1022A, 6 Jan 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15504 (Accessed 24 Mar 2026)