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- TV Series
- To many, taking the public transit bus is a necessary fact of life for good or bad. Buses have been a core part of the City of Toronto's transit system since 1921, but have always been viewed as a lesser form of transit than the streetcar or the subway. Using footage taken by transit enthusiast Richard Glaze, the buses in the Toronto Transit System are shown in action in the 1960s and 1970s.
- The history of the trolley bus within the Toronto Transit Commission's suite of public transit services is presented. It is often seen as a hybrid of a regular gas or diesel powered bus and a streetcar in that it is a bus powered by electricity via overhead trolley wires. After the history is presented with the buses in actual service from 1922 to 1993, the buses, via archive footage, are shown on the roads of Toronto. A postscript is provided in what exists today in terms of trolley bus service in North America and the push to green the suite of public transit services in Toronto seeing as to the negative effects of the burning of fossil fuels on the climate.
- Solely using archive footage, the wide array of rail services in southern and southwestern Ontario in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s is shown, the individual services presented in largely chronological order. With most of the footage being silent, it is shown solely against an audio backdrop of a musical score without any commentary.
- November sees an abundance of Film Festivals hit GTA cinemas. This week we spotlight the Hamilton Film Festival and Rendezvous with Madness.