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N4 Jamaica
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 860 Location: Long Island
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:08 pm Post subject: Buses in 42, Jackie Robinson film |
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Others will be able to give better descriptions, but here goes.
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The movie "42" is set mostly in 1946 and 1957. In several scenes, GM transit buses with paired windows are seen parked near small ball fields. In a brief moment, Jackie and wife Rachel are apparently riding one in Philadelphia. I suspect they are out of a museum. The paint scheme is similar wherever they show up: dark gray under the window line.
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An intercity Greyhound is shown "in the South" when the couple get bumped from a flight east from New Orleans.
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A Flxible Clipper transports Dem Bums to a Philadelphia hotel, which refuses a reservation for the entire team.
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We enjoyed the film.
Joe |
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Hankg42
Age: 73 Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 94 Location: The Villages, FL
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:06 am Post subject: |
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I also enjoyed the film very much, and noticed the paired window old-looks in scenes that were set in 1946. My first thought was that they hadn't been introduced yet, as of that year. If not for this site, I never would have even noticed!
Edit: One additional thing I noticed... they appear to be a wide body model (is it 110"?), with the spacing between the rear windows being more than the 96" wide models. |
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andy47
Joined: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 96 Location: New York State
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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I also noticed that the GMC transit buses used in the film were 1948 or later models because of the paired windows. Not a big deal. The average movie goer would never know the difference, and it is of course difficult to obtain the exact model to match the year of the movie. I imagine the buses were retired Los Angeles vehicles.
The movie itself was excellent. |
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buslist
Age: 76 Joined: 13 Feb 2011 Posts: 142 Location: Lombard IL, Pueblo CO, London UK
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Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Wasn't there a bus in Fruit Salad colors outside the stadium in New Jersey? Don't think NCL was anywhere around. |
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bill937ca
Joined: 03 Sep 2013 Posts: 20
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