The Bus Driver (1946)

★★★★ · Interesting in 1946 · ERD · 2005-11-08

Viewers most remember this film was made in 1946.(Shortly after W.W.II, when traveling had been limited.) Children weren't as sophisticated as now. Taking a long trip on a bus was exciting to them. I feel "The Bus Driver" did an excellent job for its time. It was well filmed & directed.

★★★ · For this we gave up trains? · Pithecanthropus · 2006-08-27

Actually it's an interesting look at what bus travel was like around 1950. As the last reviewer suggested, the narrator is definitely directing his remarks to young children, though probably not as young as 2. My guess is that it was shown in public schools, probably to kids from grades K to 3. I think the point of why we watch films like this is the power they have to illustrate certain aspects of life many years ago, rather than how "good" the film is. This isn't a good film, but I'd give it 5 stars just for the illustrative value. I can't do that though due to the poor presentation and…

★★★ · Could be better, but has its merits... · transitfan · 2005-08-28

Something of a dry delivery to this one, but I'm guessing that elementary school kids of the era were just interested to see the buses and the open road, and didn't need an animated character to make this appealing, but here again, I could be mistaken. Neat look at long distance bus travel of the era though, and the far more meager road network available at the time to travel long distances. First leg of the trip is a journey from New York to Harrisburg, PA, apparently along US Route 22, then Mr. Fisher gets relieved, and the new driver gets to drive the bus to Pittsburgh along the…

★★★ · Overall · AntonioFP45 · 2013-03-13

Not bad and very typical of a descriptive transportation topic filmed aimed at elementary school kids. Of course this was a very different time and, sad to say, many of today's kids would prefer to ride in a minivan with video screens and wifi connections.

★★ · Get On The Bus · Spuzz · 2003-02-18

Back in the old days, it MEANT something to take the bus from city to city. At least, that's what this film is trying to tell us. In this Encylopedia "We see no need to have music" Brittanica film. A young boy and his father (?) start the trip from an undisclosed city on the bus, soon they're on this way too narrow highway missing other vehicles by THIS much. We pass by pretty country, have a stop-over at another city, the bus drivers change, then they're off again (you're hoping the trip ends right there) soon they reach their (undisclosed) destination city, and the film ends. Yes, it's as…

★ · The bus where nothing happened · trafalgar · 2004-04-07

A bus trip where absolutely nothing happens is described by a narrator who sounds like he's talking to 2 year olds. If you have recently been lobotomized, this will be just what you're looking for. Also the film has quite a few annoying splices, but that almost makes it better.