Travelling Sixties

(1968, British Transport Films documentary)

This short follows a group travelling from Newcastle to the Isle of Wight. On the island we see a line of coaches from Moss Motor Tours of Sandown. Nearest the camera is now-preserved ODL400, a 1957 Bedford SBG/Duple Vega, next to it BDL104B, a 1964 Commer TS3/Plaxton Embassy, then four further Commer TS3s, three with Yeates body and one with Duple:
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Another Moss vehicle seen is VDL221, a Commer 1500/Martin Walter minibus:
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Another operator involved is Shotters of Brightstone, this is a Thames 570E/Plaxton Embassy from a batch of five new in 1961:
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Finally one of the Moss Commers is seen leaving with a full load:
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