From the Archives: Vintage Sydney Tramway Film Reels

From the SPER archives. A compilation of vintage news and government promotional reels related to the Sydney Tramway system circa 1926-1953. Includes the full version of "Sydney's Wonderful Tramway System", and the opening Kogarah Trolleybus system, among other films; clips of which are featured in the beginning of the museum's film "Shooting Through". Transferred to DVD from a U-matic tape copy of the original film reels in 2006. 00:00 Intro 00:08 George St Tramway 1906 00:38 Sydney's Wonderful Tramway System 1926 13:50 NSWGRT Chief Engineer's Branch Promotional film 1930 26:59 Santa Claus lands at Farm's Cove early 30's 29:04 The first tram across the Harbour Bridge 1932 30:01 Cinesound reel of the Kogarah Trolleybus opening ceremony and closure of the Steam Tramway 1937 33:01 Footage of the Sydney CBD in the early 50's Fig Leaf Times Two by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ―――― Batty McFadden - Slower by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ―――― Rags 2 Riches Rag by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/ ―――― Fig Leaf Rag by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ―――― Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ―――― Fig Leaf Rag - distressed by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/