Re: Public Perception of Trams

[pcc@ocean.com.au (Les Brown)]

"Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)" <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in
aus.rail:

>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!
>
I remember that! Wasn't it SW5-776?

Les Brown