The car moves clear of the leaves, showing its windows, side emblem and underside against the cliff. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.
1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States
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The yellow tram cabin appears beside a foreground shrub, with the granite canyon wall behind it. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965 — Palm Springs, California, 1965
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- 1965
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- Palm Springs, California, United States
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Yellow tram cabin emerging from behind foreground foliage on the granite cliffs of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, circa 1965.
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Seen from below, the cabin shows its angled panels and the figures of passengers standing inside. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.
1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States
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The clearest view of the car, centred against the rock with passengers at the windows. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.
1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
Palm Springs California-1965: Yellow Aerial Tram Cabin Passing a Sheer Granite Cliff Face
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1965 United States.
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Period detail
The yellow multi-sided cabin matches the tramway's first cars, which ran from 1963 to 2000, and the reel's passengers wear mid-1960s clothing.
Film character
Grainy small-gauge colour film with a cool violet cast in the rock shadows, saturated yellow on the cabin and a gentle handheld drift as the camera tracks.
Historical context
The shot shows a first-generation tram car in ordinary tourist service within a few years of the tramway's September 1963 opening.
Research note
Passengers are too small to identify, but the cabin and its emblem belong to the tramway operator, so property and trademark questions are separate from the film copyright.
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