For the Fun of It is a promo film produced by GMC Truck and Coach Division (1943-1998) of General Motors (GM). The film shows the convenience and comfort of traveling long and short distances around America by GM ‘Buffalo’ buses for leisure and travel, and planned events. The Buffalo was a slang term for several models of intercity motorcoaches built by GM between 1966 and 1980. The coaches have a stepped roof in front, and the first three rows of seats are at different levels, mounted on stepped floors similar to some theatre seating.

Palm trees (00:10). City views (00:17). Beach (00:21). A lighthouse (00:36). Waterfalls (00:38). A geyser (00:48). A waterfall (00:55). Mountain landscapes (00:59). A group of people walking (01:22). A horse carriage (01:29). “For the Fun of It” title banner (01:31). A bus terminal and travelers (01:37). “Charters & Tours” office (01:54). Tour advisor and host of this promotional film stands by a display of flyers (01:59). He introduces the film (02:04). Travelers enter a GM ‘Buffalo’ charter bus (02:51). The bus drives (03:03). An orchestra enters a GM ‘Buffalo’ charter bus (03:11). The bus drives (03:21). The bus stops by a stadium (03:28). A baseball game (03:32). A horse race (03:41). Skiing (03:51). A GM ‘Buffalo’ charter bus arrives at a ski resort (03:58). A park with a body of water and a fountain (04:03). The bus arrives at the park (04:12). Pink peonies (04:20). Flower beds (04:22). The Detroit Institute of Art (03:38). The bus arrives at the Detroit Institute of Art (04:43). Passengers exit at a stadium (04:57). The tour advisor and host promotes the benefits of traveling by charter bus (05:02). Flower beds (05:18). A woman says she and her friends prefer to travel by bus (05:24). Parked buses (05:43). The tour advisor and host smokes pipe promotes travel by bus (05:49). Trucks and cars arrive at an auto assembly plant (06:12). Three men arrive at a building (06:20). The United States Capitol (06:28). The tour advisor and host promotes travel by bus (06:36). Views of his flyers display (06:58). A beach (07:09). A GM bus drives through a mountainous landscape (07:12). Hoover Dam (07:21). The bus drives through desert landscape (07:26). Bright neon signs on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nirvana (07:30). A husband and wife walk out of their house (07:43). The wife enters their car (07:58). The husband speaks about using a bus for his daughter’s birthday party (08:06). The wife speaks through the opened car window (08:22). The tour advisor and host promotes travel by bus (08:36). A parked bus and a group of people outside a church (08:52). One woman speaks about her positive experience traveling by bus (09:05). A man speaks about his positive experience traveling by bus (09:24). The tour advisor and host promotes bus-travel (09:46). A view of the inside of the bus (10:00). Passengers enter (10:13). They notice the seats (10:36), and the seats’ functions (10:43). Passengers converse (10:49). A man is reading on the bus (11:04). A woman uses the bathroom (11:14). Passengers play cars (11:27). Views of the driver (11:38). Views through the bus’ windows (11:46). The tour advisor and host promotes bus-travel (12:14). View of the scenery on the bus’ route (12:56). A beach (13:39). The bus arrives (13:49). A passenger promotes bus-travel (13:53). Waterfalls (14:11). The bus arrives at a hotel (14:26). A passenger exits the bus and promotes bus-travel (14:35). View of the bus’ route (14:56). “Grand Canyon National Park” sign (15:06). The Grand Canyon National Park (15:15). A passenger promotes bus-travel (15:27). Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia (16:01). The United States Capitol (17:20). The Lincoln Memorial (17:26). Washington Monument (17:37). The White House (17:45). The Jefferson Memorial (17:50). The tour advisor and host promotes bus travel (17:55). Recap (18:32). Credits (19:40).

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