Rare footage of Melbourne's cable trams

Cable tram conductor

The 14 minute film of Melbourne's cable trams was shot by Neville Govett, a cable tram enthusiast and amateur movie maker, during the 1930s. Heritage Victoria's senior architect, Robert Green, provides the commentary to further explain the images, and a soundtrack was added to coincide with the centenary celebrations of the Melbourne cable tramways on 11 November 1985.

A very brief sequence in the film shows a cable tram shunting on the section of track recently unearthed in Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne. To watch this film go to the Google Video direct web link.

Please note: the download of footage from the external website Google Video is the responsibility of the user, and not with Heritage Victoria.