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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Sound Duration: 4 mins 22 secs Credits: Bede College Genre: Documentary
Subject: Working Life Urban Life Transport
Summary A student film looking at bus travel in and around Durham City. The film comes with a commentary of various interviews asking people why they are using public transport and what they think of the service
Description
A student film looking at bus travel in and around Durham City. The film comes with a commentary of various interviews asking people why they are using public transport and what they think of the service
The film begins with an exterior view of the United Automobile Services Ltd bus depot. Inside are a number of parked single and double decker buses.
A single decker bus leaves the depot with a single passenger. At a bus stop a queue of people board the bus.
A single decker bus travels up...
A student film looking at bus travel in and around Durham City. The film comes with a commentary of various interviews asking people why they are using public transport and what they think of the service
The film begins with an exterior view of the United Automobile Services Ltd bus depot. Inside are a number of parked single and double decker buses.
A single decker bus leaves the depot with a single passenger. At a bus stop a queue of people board the bus.
A single decker bus travels up Silver Street towards Durham Market Place. Pedestrians stand along Sadler Street as a lorry drives past. There is a close up of a traffic light. The camera pulls back to show a bus driving past. A man leads a horse and cart along the road. A sign on the back of his cart reads: "T. Wilson - Brandon".
The No. 77 double decker bus to Sunderland drives along a busy road towards and then past the camera. It pulls into a bus stop where a passenger gets off the bus. The camera focuses in on a sign on the back of the bus that reads: "Relax by Bus".
A double decker followed by a single decker bus drive past the Britannia Assurance Ltd building and turn into a terraced street. The Durham Railway Viaduct can be seen in the background. The two buses drive into the depot.
General view looking down the aisle of empty single decker bus. A man with a hose climbs onto the bus. Cigarette butts and match boxes lie on the ground in front of the bus door. A workman fills the bus with fuel.
A double decker bus drives through a wash.
Two men stand beside a clocking in machine. On the wall beside them are many employee cards.
The film ends inside an office where two women count fares.