Routemasters - Buses for Sale

(London Bus Sales Unit, 1986)

Four minute promotional film for the London Bus Sales Unit, hosted by George Takei, Star Trek's Lieutenant Sulu:
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These lines of Routemasters include RM588 (WLT588) and RM1142 (142CLT)
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This I believe is RM1873 (ALD873B), a 1964 example, which was converted with an offside powered door and demonstrated in Beijing:
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George Takei introduces two iconic Routemasters, original prototype RM1 (SLT56) and the sole rear-engined Routemaster, FRM1 (KGY4D):
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….and S742 (XM7399):
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Old footage has a variety of buses on London streets:
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The uses Routemasters can be put to are explored:
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We close with Mr Takei taking the wheel of RM597 (WLT597):
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