Old Bill - King Inspects Bus (1920)

Item title reads: “Old Bill“ of the Menin Road. King inspects one of the first buses to be sent to the War Zone - now back at its old job.“ Buckingham Palace, London. GV King George V reviewing war veterans. Pan across men dressed in bus drivers uniforms? CU Plaque on bus bearing inscription of names of towns where the bus went during the war. Some of the towns include Antwerp, Somme, Amiens. MS King George looking at bus which bears name of London General Omnibus Company. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visn
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