[PRCo] Re: Fwd: The elephant will never forget - Film collection, London Transport Museum

[Herb Brannon]

Interesting is the London Transport method of transition from conduit to
overhead. It looked to be faster and easier than the D.C. Transit method.
Certainly better than being confined to the "pit" below the street surface.
Seldom, if ever, would such a large crowd assemble anywhere in the United
States to bid farewell to any mode of public transportation.

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 23:23, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

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> Every time this film appeared before, it would be deleted from YouTube for
> copyright violation.   Now the London Transport Museum has put it out
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> This is a very dark version and you might want to set the brilliance of
> your monitor to the max.   But it was professionally done and is one of the
> finest London Transport videos available.   Best approach might be to buy a
> DVD from the London Transport Museum (I have it on a VHS tape from them).
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> It was done in 1952 to document the last week of trams in the south of
> London.   Great job.  Color would be nice but perhaps it's even better in
> black and white because you can concentrate on the drama instead of the
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> The last tram in London
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> http://www.ltmcollection.org/films/film/film.html?IXfilm=FLO.0009&_IXSESSION_=tvbpzDlWiTf
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park