Titles tagged with ‘trams’

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Australasian Gazette – Conversion (c1920)

This Australasian Gazette newsreel from approximately 1920 shows the commencement of work at Victoria Parade for the electrification of the cable tram system of Collins Street, Melbourne, and ...

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Christmas Hustle and Bustle: Crowds Leave for Well-deserved Holiday on 22 December (1928)

This item from a silent newsreel shows Melburnians during the Christmas season of 1928, including Christmas shoppers crossing Swanston Street in the pouring rain and two swagmen drinking ...

Cine Safari (c1977)

This silent home movie footage was filmed by amateur filmmaker Alan Bresnahan during a tour of the United States of America and Canada in 1977. It includes eight ...

City in the Sun (1946)

This documentary directed by Alasdair Loch, possibly used to promote Australia as a destination for migration, intends to reflect the ‘mood of metropolitan life’ by showing the bustle ...

City Traffic in Variable Moods (c1920)

This whimsical item is probably from an Australasian Gazette newsreel. It shows the road and pedestrian traffic around the Flinders and Swanston St intersection in Melbourne in 1920, ...

Commuting by Cable (1988)

Using historical footage this documentary records the story of cable trams in Melbourne from 1885 to 1940. Enthusiasts have recorded the tram routes and operation of the cable ...

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Malcolm (1986)

Malcolm (Colin Friels) gets fired from his job at a Melbourne tram depot for building his own tram. He’s a mechanical genius, but his shyness borders on mental ...

Marvellous Melbourne: Queen City of the South (c1910)

This silent documentary with intertitles was compiled by producer Charles Cozens Spencer and cinematographer Ernest Higgins. It documents architecture, transport, and recreation in Melbourne in the early part ...

Melbourne Today (1931)

The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s architectural highlights and public buildings along ...

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A Nation is Built (1938)

This sprawling and patriotic documentary uses actuality footage, historical re-enactments, fictionalised scenes and propaganda to chronicle Australia’s development and progress as a nation. It was sponsored by the ...

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Opening of the Prahran-Malvern Tramway (1910)

This silent historical footage filmed by Millard Johnson and William Gibson captures the opening of the Prahran-Malvern Tramway, Victoria, on 30 May 1910.

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Scenes of Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1899 (1899)

This actuality footage, shot in 1899, shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background.

Sydney Tramways (c1928)

This silent black-and-white footage shows how the tram system in Sydney handles large crowds. It features various sporting and leisure events including the Sydney Cup at Randwick Racecourse, ...

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