Australian Old Trams

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2180
Date Released
15 Mar 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Old Trams. DESCRIPTION: An electric tram is taken out of retirement from a Sydney Museum. A look at some of Australia’s early trams. SHOTLIST: SV tram drives from shed. GV trams in street. SV pan ditto, people waving from windows. Travel shot from driver’s cab. LIBRARY MATERIAL: travel shot from driver’s position in horse drawn tram. SV pan horse drawn tram - horse stumbles. SV pan later style tram. SV 2 trams round bend. LV pan steam tram. TV double decker trams. END OF LIBRARY MATERIAL. SV tram stops for people at the museum at Loftus. SV people board. CU a clock showing departure time. SV tram drives towards camera. CU driver’s hands at controls. CU driver. LV tram drives off into distance.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Transport; Animals; History and archaeology
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
96825
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Australian Old Trams', British Movietone News Issue No. 2180, 15 Mar 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28749 (Accessed 09 Jun 2025)