2001: A Space Odyssey turtle The bus had to travel

The bus had to travel at over 50mph or it would explode - a novel way of solving congestion problems

Rich colour photography by Christopher Challic for this Viking epic film poster from 1963

Mayer and this year actually marks the 100th Anniversary of MGM although this wonderful rolled cinema poster dates from the 1980's

Walter Matthau very rarely stars in a bad film and for that matter the same can be said for Glenda Jackson who is here making her Hollywood debut as a divorcee looking for commitment from the doctor played by Walter Matthau

This is a 20th Century Fox British quad sporting the "Let's go to the Pictures" logo underneath the studio label

2001: A Space Odyssey turtle The bus had to travelIn the passenger lounge of Space Station 5, American scientist William Sylvester greets friends from the Russian moon base. Original US lobby card for "2001: A Space Odyssey". This litho printed front of house cinema lobby card came directly from a cinema in New Zealand and bears the stamp at the bottom right. The card is an original dating from 1968 with great colours displaying well but having multiple pinholes in the corners.