The Nine Road (1976)
• January 2nd, 1976 • 0h 20min
Documentary
Overview
The Nine Road is the busman's name for one of London's oldest and most used bus routes, running between Mortlake and Liverpool Street. The film takes us along the route on a summer's day, and shows the operation and control of the Number Nines from early morning until past midnight. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Jumbo: The Plane That Changed the World
Released on: 2014-02-27
Documentary
Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 747 was a game changer, the airli...
Snow Fighters
Released on: 1957-01-01
Documentary
A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.
A Hundred Years Underground
Released on: 1963-10-12
Documentary
A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A rang...
Cold-Rodders
Released on: 1970-01-01
Documentary
An amusing view of the machine that has taken the country by winter storm: the snowmobile, revving, ...
Let's Look at Water
Released on: 1947-01-01
Documentary
This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The comple...
Snow Warrior
Released on: 2018-09-30
Documentary
Snow Warrior is a love letter to the splendour of winter. It captures the beauty of a northern city ...
Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life
Released on: 1997-09-27
Documentary
America's desire for freedom and the open road resulted in the construction of thousands of highways...
The #1 Bus Chronicles
Released on: 2019-09-21
Documentary
A bus stop on an industrial highway in New Jersey becomes the focus of a timely and intimate examina...
The Road Taken
Released on: 1996-09-12
Documentary
This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sle...
Inside Grand Central
Released on: 2006-03-07
Documentary
In the heart of New York City stands Grand Central Terminal. Explore the magnificent secrets of this...
Taxi!
Released on: 1982-01-01
Documentary
This feature documentary studies one of the city’s most visible yet most anonymous character: the ta...
London's Railways in the 1960s
Released on: 2010-04-06
Documentary
The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and th...
Sky High: The Story Of TWA
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary
This 2001 Nine special tells the story of St. Louis-based Trans World Airlines (TWA). The story of h...
The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific
Released on: 1983-09-01
Documentary
In hand-built, double-hulled canoes sixty feet long, the ancestors of today's Polynesians sailed vas...
Train 406
Released on: 1958-01-01
Documentary
This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto t...
Backpedal
Released on: 2017-06-01
Documentary
An urban documentary illuminating the struggles of pedestrians, bike and skateboard commuters in Cha...
Journey Inter-City
Released on: 1972-01-02
Documentary
A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Mui...
Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?
Released on: 1955-01-02
Documentary
The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI...
London on the Move
Released on: 1970-01-02
Documentary
How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought ...