London United Kingdom-1966: Red Double-Decker Bus Crossing an Intersection

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationLondon, Greater London, United Kingdom
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · London, Greater London, United Kingdom
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1966 · London & Greater London · Reel 68fac9d2 contains 13 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

public transport
urban mobility
street commerce
commercial advertising
everyday city life
visitor observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Street-level view across an intersection
Setting: outdoor · Central London commercial streets with multistorey stone buildings, shops and road traffic
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry road surface beneath a pale sky
Lighting: Diffuse daylight with shaded façades and bright sky
People: 12 · Approximately twelve pedestrians and passenger silhouettes are discernible across the sampled views; street figures wear coats or jackets, and faces are indistinct.
Vehicles: red double-decker bus · black taxi · distant red double-deckers · background cars
Objects: advertising hoardings · shop awnings · traffic islands · white bollards · street lamps · road markings · directional signpost · shop windows
Readable signs: KENNING CAR HIRE · LONDON TRANSPORT · 52 · SENIOR SERVICE · CIGARETTES · SOUVENIRS · LONDON · A fistful of flavour! · RED BARREL
Colors: red · grey · purple · cream · black · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A red double-decker approaches beside a black taxi.
The camera follows right as the bus crosses in front of the shops.
The broadside displays a large Kenning Car Hire advertisement.
The rear becomes visible as the bus continues away past traffic islands.

Red Double-Decker Bus Crossing an Intersection — Clip Details

London, England, circa 1966 home movie footage shows a red double-decker approaching an intersection beside a black taxi and stone-fronted shops. The camera pans right as the vehicle passes broadside, displaying a Kenning Car Hire advertisement, then recedes along the adjoining street. Pedestrians, traffic islands and large advertising hoardings remain visible throughout this single continuous street-level shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003268

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1966 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: London, Greater London, United Kingdom Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip answers requests for London public transport and commercial street life circa 1966 in documentary or museum sequences.
Period detail: The red double-decker, black taxi, coat-wearing pedestrians and cigarette, beer and car-hire advertisements provide visible period detail.
Home-movie behavior: The filmmaker follows an ordinary passing vehicle from a pavement viewpoint while pedestrians continue their unstaged routines.
What appears in frame: A red double-decker passes a black taxi, shop awnings, stone façades, beer advertising, pedestrians and white traffic-island bollards.
Film character: Soft detail, visible grain, purple shadows and pale highlights give the projected small-gauge colour material its archival texture.
Edit role: The approach, broadside passage and departure offer a continuous transport insert or a moving transition into a London street sequence.
Historical context: The passing public transport shares the frame with souvenir retail and prominent tobacco, beer and motoring advertisements.
Research note: Footage copyright is separate from likeness, trademark, advertising artwork and property considerations; visible commercial material does not establish releases.
Research search match: Matches searches for London red double-decker home movies circa 1966, Kenning Car Hire bus advertising and British street commerce.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Grosvenor Hotel exterior and black taxi passage, then London views circa 1966, followed by other public transport and street advertising footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

London, circa 1966: a red double-decker approaches beside a black taxi beneath stone façades and a Red Barrel billboard. — The approaching double-decker shares the street with a black taxi at 1.6 seconds.
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London, circa 1966: the passing double-decker displays Kenning Car Hire advertising beside Senior Service shop signage. — The bus passes the shopfronts with its front and advertising side visible at 2.5 seconds.
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London, circa 1966: a red London Transport double-decker passes broadside beneath a Red Barrel advertisement. — The broadside passage shows the car-hire advertisement and London Transport lettering at 4.9 seconds.
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London, circa 1966: the double-decker recedes through the intersection as distant red buses and pedestrians appear along the street. — The camera follows the departing vehicle past the traffic islands at 7.0 seconds.
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