(British Transport Films, 1957)
Evocative views of buses in the South Wales valleys.
First seen is Red and White U3651 (JWO557), a 1953 Lydney-bodied Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13:
Red and White L1150 (HWO389) climbs a hill. It's a Guy Arab III with Duple lowbridge body new in 1951:
Two more Red and White 1951 Royal Tigers/Lydney, U1551 (JWO230) and U2751 (JWO242):
A 1947 Western Welsh Leyland Tiger PS1/Eastern Coachworks from the 798-877 batch (CUH798-877):
Yet more Red and White Royal Tigers/Lydney, U651 (JWO221), U1051 (JWO225) and U3651 (JWO557):
Red and White S838 (CAX367), a 1937 Albion Valkyrie SpPW141/Duple:
Western Welsh 627 (DKG627), a 1948 AEC Regent III/Brush:
Red and White L949 (HWO332), a 1950 Guy Arab III with Duple lowbridge body:
Caerphilly 18 (FNY718), a 1944 Roe-bodied Guy Arab II:
Red and White L949 crosses in front of Caerphilly 18:
……and another Guy. The registration is unclear, but I believe it's Western Welsh 373 (CKG608), a 1945 Arab II/Park Royal:
Red and White S750 (HWO320), a Lydney-bodied Leyland Tiger PS1 new in 1950:
This Pontypridd Guy Arab reverses in front of the camera:
Behind it can be seen Pontypridd UDC 61 (JTX522), a 1950 Bristol L5G/Beadle:
A Pontypridd Guy Arab, and behind it an AEC, which is then revealed as Western Welsh 642 (EUH642), a 1950 Regent III with lowbridge Weymann body:
A Pontypridd Karrier W trolleybus passes the camera:
Another Red and White Leyland Tiger PS1/Lydney new in 1950:
Two works buses, that on the left is Merthyr Tydfil 55 (HB6637), a 1948 Bristol K6G/Davies. On the right is a Daimler, registration FNYxxx. I believe it's a Rhondda CWA6/Duple new in 1945, from the batch 195-200 (FNY809-14
A convoy of three Rhondda buses, 121 (TG6321), a 1934 AEC Regent/Weymann, 256 (JTG947), a 1949 AEC Regent III/Weymann, followed by 192 (FNY535), a 1944 Guy Arab II/Park Royal:
Red and White S1937 (BAX336), a 1937 Albion Valkyrie SpPW141/Duple:
A Rhondda AEC Regent III/Weymann new in 1948:
Yet another 1953 Red and White Lydney-bodied Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13: U751 (JWO222):
Some nice interior views; in the second that looks like an Albion Venturer CX19 of Red and White outside the window:
Red and White S1847 (FWO650) Albion CX13/Pickering:
An unidentifiable AEC Regent III:
Pontypridd 64 (JTX525), a 1950 Bristol K6G with lowbridge Beadle body:
A succession of night-time views:
One last Red and White1953 Lydney-bodied Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13: U1751 (JWO232):