Once Upon a Tram

T-rail

Invalid date •Japanese

Sanyo Electric Tramway carried 586 million people through Shimonoseki City over the 45 years of operation, from 1926 to 1971. Based on colour footage and photographs taken by former city employee Seiichiro Tomura using an 8 mm camera on the last day of operation, and featuring rare audio recordings of the train interior and the farewell ceremony, this documentary is a nostalgic look at the history of the city.

Opening of Accrington Electric Tramways

August 1907 •

Cheering crowds and much jubilation greet the launch of the Accrington to Oswaldtwistle electric tram service.

To Love

January 1968 •Russian

Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.

Mit der Straßenbahn durch Dresden - Linie 12

January 2012 •German

Easy Rider

January 2006 •Dutch

A young man in a tram is asking a bit too much from a stranger.

Nine, Dalmuir West

December 1962 •English

The tram system of Glasgow and the last weekend of the service.

Ride on the Tram Car through Belfast

May 1901 •English

In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.

Van rijdende PCC tot concervenblik

December 1993 •Dutch

Tram Rides through Nottingham

January 1902 •English

This fascinating record of Edwardian Nottingham was filmed from the driver's platform of a tram on a single journey through the city centre between its two main stations. The sequence follows the same route as today's Nottingham Express Transit tramway, taking the viewer along Listergate and Wheelergate into Old Market Square before turning right into Long Row and on into Queen Street.

1964-1968 Trams in Amsterdam, Rotterdam en Den Haag

January 2003 •Dutch

Raml Station

December 2024 •English

Raml Station is one of the most famous places in all of Alexandria. This documentary captures the beauty of Raml Station.

Three Robbers and a Lion

December 2022 •Norwegian

The three thieves Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan lives together with their always hungry lion in the little town of Kardemomme town, the home to a fair but kind police officer, and the strict Aunt Sofie.

Girl Shy

April 1924 •English

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.

Night Ride

June 2020 •Norwegian

A cold night in December. Ebba waits for the tram to go home after a party, but the ride takes an unexpected turn.

o28

October 2019 •French

In Lisbon, a German married couple get aboard the legendary tramway no 28.

Tram

September 2020 •English

In this short a tram ride through Amsterdam in the 1930's shows how close but yet separated the rich and very poor live in the metropole.

Railways of The Isle of Man

January 1987 •English

This official film provides a definitive history of the only Victorian Railway system in the world which is still in full working order. The Isle of Man Steam and Electric Railways are featured here in graphic detail, utilising exclusive archive film showing the early workings of the long forgotten Prospect Hill Cable Cars and the Douglas Head Tram Cars, as well as the early days of the Steam and Snaefell Mountain Railways. In addition to the extensive archive footage the programme takes us onboard the restored electric railway from Douglas to Ramsey via Laxey and the dramatic ascent to Snaefell with its spectacular views over the Island. We also travel on the Steam Railway through the picturesque countryside to Port Erin visiting the Railway Museum with its extensive range of memorabilia and artefacts. Railways of the Isle of Man provides a fascinating insight and a lasting memento of one of the worlds truly unique transport systems.

Where Is the Jungle?

November 2015 •Portuguese

Deolindo and Stevenson try to find their place in the middle of the jungle. Along their path we will witness the transformation of a territory where in every moment the present and the past become confused, in a thought-provoking struggle between modernity and tradition. What are the secrets of the jungle? Where are its limits?

… because I am not the 21st Century’s Giacometti

October 2015 •Portuguese

“Since 2011, as an author and in a frantic and committed fashion, I record music and dance expressions of various kinds all over the country. From a great conversation with film director Inês Oliveira, who followed my work for a while, I raise fundamental questions in this film: Why do I do what I do? What is this all about? What are the relationships with the people? What differentiates me from scientific work? What is tradition?” — Tiago Pereira.

Cerro Rico: The Silver Mountain

July 2015 •English

An impressive insight into the hard and dangerous everyday work life of the miners of Cerro Rico. 4100 meters above sea level they are digging through the crumbly rock to scratch the last remains of silver, zinc, tin and lead off the rock face.