A Journey By London Bus (UK) - 1950's

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Say you're a native from a colony of the visiting the utopian Capitol of the Empire. How can you travel from one institution to another in a polite, efficient and civilized manner?

Why, a journey on a London bus is the answer, of course. Produced by the British Colonial Unit's propaganda arm, this piece high-lights why London's traffic is some of the finest traffic in the world. Still, at least the black students did not have to sit in the back of the bus unlike their American counterparts.

The London Bus is one of London's principal icons, the archetypal red rear-entrance double-deck Routemaster being recognised worldwide.

Although the Routemaster has now been largely phased out of service, with only two heritage routes still using the vehicles, the majority of buses in London are still red and therefore the red bus remains an iconic symbol of the city.

In Britain bus-type vehicles used for long distances or where it is not possible to get on at any stop and buy a ticket are always called coaches rather than buses.