Re: Public Perception of Trams

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

Another tv show, in about 1987, showed an assemblage of round-the-world
scenes.  The opening scene was of South Melbourne Depot at 5.00, with the
first trams running out.  This was screened with pride.  Either it was a
deliberate reversal of the item Ron remembers from 1967, or Ron has
misdated this one.

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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST) <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in article 
> Those old enough may remember the first "round-the-world" live television
> show using the then new-fangled communications satellites. It happened in
> about October, 1967, and had a segment from each of the participating
> countries, depicting a typical activity occurring at the time. The
> Australian segment showed a car running out of South Melbourne tram depot
> (it was about 5 a.m. Melbourne time when the show was broadcast). There
was
> a huge furore in the press - it was claimed that the segment depicted
> Australia as being so backward for still using trams! Nowadays, however,
in
> just about every TV street scene shot in Melbourne, you'll see a tram go
> past - they seem to wait for them! (I'm talking mainly about news etc -
not
> films where they need the city to be anonymous). And they don't even have
to
> be Ws!