PERSONAL RECORD. GILMOUR, H R. LAST TRAM

Rights Information
Year
1956
Reference
F100469
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1956
Reference
F100469
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:04:13
Credits
Photography: Hugh Cowan Gilmour
Photography: Henry Robert Gilmour

Red tram set to depart. Travelling down [Queens Street]. Emblazoned on the side of the tram car: “I am the last tram”; “So long it’s been good to know you”, “It will be much quieter now”, “The original Rock’n’ Roll”.
Photographer taking photos. Buses going by. Passengers waving from the tram. Crowds outside the tram. People shaking drivers hand as they depart.
The removal of the tram signal lights from roads.