Mike Humble and John Clancy join forces once again to bring you another historic look at an iconic British vehicle. This time it’s the Leyland National bus which was first launched in 1972 and soon became a common sight across the UK and around the world. 2022 was its fiftieth year and so we document the commemorative events at both Whitehaven - taking a visit to the Lillyhall factory - and the British Motor Museum, Gaydon. A further day at the Wythall Transport Museum followed and we also take a look at the most interesting of Leyland National derivatives in the form of the Railbus.
The main documentary runs for approximately 65 minutes. Also included is extended coverage of the Q&A session at Gaydon and a featurette on the Wythall Transport Museum with Denis Chick bringing the total running time up to about 1 hour and 50 minutes.
The archive films seen in this production were supplied from the personal archives of Greg Travers. Greg has the wonderful YouTube channel ‘Buses Trams & Trains’ which is full of archival transport material and can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwhfpE8MDeosYD_TQDKk1Q/featured
50 Years Of The Leyland National is available in PAL format only. If you are outside of the UK and in an NTSC television standard country please be sure your equipment can handle PAL sourced video.
