Limousine Buses

(1927, British Pathe)

Footage reporting on the first of '200 six-wheeled pneumatic tyred, 62-seat luxury buses'. In the event only 10 of these stylish Dodson bodied Guy BTX entered service with the City Motor Omnibus Company. YT8954 was new in 1927 and taken into London Transport ownership in 1934, numbered GS21. It is seen in the streets of London, passing contemporary AEC NS2039 (YE4304) on service 29C while other NSs pass in the other direction:
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