Movies Similar to Once Upon a Tram

Opening of Accrington Electric Tramways(1907)

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

Raml Station(2024)

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

T-rail

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.

Tram Rides through Nottingham(1902)

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.

To Love(1968)

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?”.

Oslofilm: Nye forstadsbaner i Oslo(1958)

About the work of providing the growing city of Oslo with a network of tramways to the new suburbs: the Lambertseter Line, the Østensjø Line to Bøler, and the Grorud Line. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

Easy Rider(2006)

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

1964-1968 Trams in Amsterdam, Rotterdam en Den Haag(2003)

Ride on the Tram Car through Belfast(1901)

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

Van rijdende PCC tot concervenblik(1993)

Mit der Straßenbahn durch Dresden - Linie 12(2012)

Nine, Dalmuir West(1962)

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

Girl Shy(1924)

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.

Three Robbers and a Lion(2022)

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.

Night Ride(2020)

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

o28(2019)

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

Night Ride(2025)

Mark is waiting for his tram home when he’s suddenly approached by Violet — a girl who insists she knows him and offers detail after detail to prove it. The only issue: Mark has no memory of her at all.

Tram(2020)

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.

Memorial Engine(2024)

Diesel, a tram driver wandering in the junkyard, dreams of reflecting on his childhood memories.

Railways of The Isle of Man(1987)

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.