Trams in London are a thing of the past - buses have taken over. The film, completed in London’s “Last Tram Week”, takes you round the streets of South London and along the embankment with 2 cockneys who remember a song about trams that they sang in the music halls fifty years ago. Finally, 20,000 Londoners cheer and sing their goodbyes to the trams which for 91 years have rattled and clanged and swayed by.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003228
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - London (England)
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Urban transportation - Great Britain
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Transportation - Social aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)