Women At War (1941 public information film

Made for American audiences, this film shows various contributions by British women during the first part Second World War. Seen are London Transport AEC STLs at Victoria Station and a converted Bedford bus , presumably a WHB. (thanks Bob Wingrove)

Women in Love (1969, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden)

Early in the movie Gudrun (Jackson) and Ursula (Linden) ride on a red and cream tram with a 'Shop at Binns' advertisement on the side; another red/cream tram passes. Was this shot at Crich Tramway Museum?

Wonderful Life (1964, Cliff Richard, Susan Hampshire)

Aimless musical set in a desert oddly has a sequence filmed on a boat on the Thames. Crossing Westminster Bridge is this Duple-bodied coach:

Woodstock (1970, dir Michael Wadleigh)

The movie of the music festival has a handful of much lived-in school buses, including a White: ....but also what looks like a GM Buffalo of Peter Pan Bus Lines:

Words and Actions (1943, dir Max Anderson)

"Starts as an essay in democracy, builds up to men and women taking the initiative and improving their lot. It has street scenes from World War One in London. The last shot shows an MET bus outside the National Portrait Gallery, on Trafalgar Square." (thanks Bob Wingrove, who supplied the screen captures)

Words For Battle (1941, dir Humphrey Jennings)

A wartime morale-booster, features general London street scenes and ST, STL and LT (screencaps by Bob Wingrove)

Working Girl (1988, Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver)

Filmed in New York City. In one scene Griffith gets off a bus. More information needed!

The World is Not Enough (1999, Pierce Brosnan)

A hectic boat chase on the River Thames culminates in James Bond's boat skipping up onto dry land (through a boathouse) and skidding noisily across a busy road. It narrowly misses a London Transport AEC Routemaster, however the multi-angle filming is strangely edited such that the RM appears to be in three places at once. This scene featured in the 2002 ITV clip show 'Best Ever Bond' in which UK viewers voted for their favourite scenes in Bond films.

The World of Henry Orient (1964, Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury)

Daniel Dey provided this screen capture of a 1962 Chevrolet B-60 school bus (believed to be bodied by Superior) ridden by Merrie Spaeth in the opening scene. Note there's a GM Fishbowl in the background:

The World of Suzie Wong (1960, William Holden, Nancy Kwan)

Views of Hong Kong buses and trams. (+Colin Read)

The Wrecker(1929, Carlyle Blackwell, Benita Hume)

Bob Wingrove found this gem, based like 'The Ghost Train' on a stage play by Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey of 'Dads Army' fame)"The plot is that someone is wrecking the railways for some reason. Meanwhile coach firms are cashing in, one in particular is the Kyle Coach Corporation, which is run by the man who is wrecking the railways; he is also very senior in one of the railway companies." [The handsome coach depicted in the advertising is this one:] "The film is famous for the most spectacular train crash ever filmed, done on the Basingstoke to Alton railway (which was also used for 'Oh Mr Porter', they still found debris from The Wrecker when they filmed that too!). The train crash was filmed form 28 different locations so that all the train crashes in the film are the same one from different angles - very clever!
There are some nice Associated Daimlers used from the same batch; UC2203/6/7 are the ones that can be positively identified. These are ADC 416 single-deck, 28-seater, 'all weather' motor coaches. These were part of the LGOC private hire department:" [The coach on the left in the first of the screencaps appears to be different] "There is also a normal control coach KW9869 which might be also an Associated Daimler but I'm not sure. This is a Bradford registration. The last shot is a London Street scene with an unidentifiable double decker." [I believe this is an AEC K]:

The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962, Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries)

Early on, London RTL1481 (OLD590) appears on route 25. (+Colin Read)

WVS (1941 public information film)

A look at the wartime work of the Women's Voluntary Service. Looking after evacuated babies and small children, this specially modified 'baby bus' took children to new homes from reception houses. It appears to be based on a small van(Thanks Bob Wingrove).

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