A SHORT film about Indian and Pakistani immigrants who came to Glas-gow to work on the buses has won a top European award.

The video, which forms part of a display called Journeys to Glasgow was created for the Riverside Museum.

It highlights the life of the new arrivals in the 1950s and 60s and can be seen next to a 1949 Glasgow Corporation bus.

The film has picked up the prestigious MusIL prize at an awards ceremony in Italy. It is given to the best museum-linked short film of contemporary history, science and industry.

Riverside, which earlier this year won the title European Museum of the Year, competed against 45 other museums for the title.

Glasgow Life chairman Archie Graham said: "Riverside has been a phenomenal success and we are proud of the many awards which recognise the museum and what if offers visitors.

"At its core, Riverside is about the stories that connect the objects, the tales of how each of these exhibits made a difference to the people who made them, travelled on them or connected through them.

"It is about people and this has been recognised by awarding the MusIL prize for the best short video to Riverside for its outstanding Journeys to Glasgow exhibit, which explores something of the rich cultural heritage of our wonderful city and the people who made it."

In the 1950s and 60s many immigrants from India and Pakistan made the long journey to Glasgow looking for a better life.

Some came to join relatives or friends in the city, while others made the journey on their own.

At that time there was a shortage of workers in the city's transport department and many of the new arrivals applied for jobs on the buses.

It was hard work, with long shifts and unsocial hours but the wages were good.

Some men were able to save money to start their own businesses and settle down in the city they now called home.

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