It Happened One Night (1934)
Directed by Frank Capra
A runaway heiress jumps off her father's yacht in Miami and rides the night bus north to New York, sharing the road with a jobless reporter who wants her story.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Andrews' yacht off Miami≈ 00:01:00Miami, FloridaStated on screen
Ellie quarrels with her father on his yacht, dives overboard and swims ashore.
- 2Bus station≈ 00:06:00Miami, FloridaStated on screen
She boards the night bus for New York and ends up seated beside the reporter Peter Warne.
- 3Rest stop≈ 00:12:00Jacksonville, FloridaStated on screen
Ellie misses the bus after a stop and Peter, who stayed behind with her, recognises who she is.
- 4Auto camp where the bus is held up≈ 00:20:00GeorgiaInferred
A washed-out bridge stops the bus for the night and the two share a cabin divided by the 'walls of Jericho' blanket.
- 5Country road≈ 00:55:00PennsylvaniaInferred
Off the bus, they walk and hitchhike; Ellie stops a car by showing her leg and Peter later takes the driver's car.
- 6Auto camp near New York≈ 01:15:00New JerseyInferred
- 7New York City, New York≈ 01:28:00Stated on screen
- 8Honeymoon auto camp≈ 01:41:00Glen Falls, MichiganStated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 3,195 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Bus: 1,878 km
- Not shown: 945 km
- Car: 373 km
- Swimming: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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