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Late 1930s man in hat, sweater and gloves strides through trampled snow toward the camera in front of a garage

Gloved hands swinging, he walks through trampled snow toward the camera.

1939 · United States

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Puerto Plata teleférico cabin on its cable above tropical forest, Dominican Republic, circa 1977 Super 8 film

A red-and-cream teleférico cabin hangs on the line above the forested slope of Pico Isabel de Torres, circa 1977.

1977 · Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

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Vintage red cable car cabin travelling down the Puerto Plata teleférico line over jungle, circa 1977

The cabin continues along the cable as the handheld camera holds it near the centre of the frame.

1977 · Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

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Red-and-cream gondola on the cable car up Pico Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata, in grainy circa 1977 home movie film

Lower on the line, the red cabin passes in front of dense tropical growth on the mountainside.

1977 · Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

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Original Puerto Plata aerial tramway cabin over a Dominican Republic mountainside, circa 1977 Super 8 home movie

The final frame keeps the original-style teleférico cabin in view against the green slope.

1977 · Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

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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.

The yellow tram cabin appears beside a foreground shrub, with the granite canyon wall behind it. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs, California, United States

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Original yellow car of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway hanging on its cables beside a sheer granite wall, shrub at right, circa 1965.

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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Low-angle view of a yellow multi-sided tram cabin with passengers at the windows, Chino Canyon granite behind, Palm Springs, circa 1965.

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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Yellow aerial tram car centred against broken granite cliffs at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, in a circa 1965 home movie.

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

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Older man with a movie camera looks skyward beside a woman in blue at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, circa 1965.

The man looks up with his movie camera in hand while the woman beside him glances to the side, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Older tourists turn toward the lens, the man gripping a cine camera, at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in the mid 1960s.

Both turn toward the person filming; the woman's bead necklace and patterned dress are clearly seen.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Man in a red plaid jacket glances aside with a movie camera at his chest, woman in blue beside him, Palm Springs tramway, circa 1965.

The man looks to one side, camera held at his chest, as the woman begins to smile.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Laughing older man with a home-movie camera and a smiling woman in blue, tourists at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, circa 1965.

The man laughs straight at the lens and the woman smiles, the warmest moment of the shot.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Older tourists in mid-1960s dress wave down from a balcony railing at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, circa 1965.

A group of visitors waves at the camera from a station balcony, circa 1965.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Visitors smile from a balcony at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway circa 1965 as a man in a dark red jacket handles a camera.

The waving stops and the group smiles from the railing while the man checks his camera.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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A laughing man and three women in 1960s clothes lean on a balcony railing at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965.

The man in the dark red jacket laughs toward the camera as the women beside him smile.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Tourists linger at a sunlit balcony railing of a timber-clad station, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1965, one woman turning away.

Near the end of the shot one woman turns aside while the others keep looking toward the camera.

1965 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Plaque headed 'PALM SPRINGS AERIAL' set in granite near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, circa 1964, with a visitor in red trousers beside it.

The plaque headed 'PALM SPRINGS AERIAL' fixed into a granite boulder, with a visitor in red trousers at the left, circa 1964.

1964 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Woman in a dark blue cardigan, seen from behind, steps in front of a plaque in granite at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway area, California, circa 1964.

A woman with short curled hair steps in to read the plaque while a companion in red trousers stands at the left, circa 1964.

1964 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Back of a woman's blue cardigan and patterned skirt crossing a granite-set plaque near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, circa 1964 home movie.

The woman crosses to the left, her cardigan filling the foreground, with part of the plaque heading still readable behind her.

1964 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Granite-set plaque headed 'PALM SPRINGS AERIAL' seen clear again, a woman in a cardigan at the left, Mount San Jacinto, California, circa 1964.

The plaque is clear again at the end of the shot, with the woman in the cardigan standing at the left edge of the frame.

1964 · Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, California, United States

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Elevated view down a Melbourne tram street to Parliament House of Victoria, circa 1967

Looking down a tram street to the columned front of Parliament House, Melbourne, circa 1967.

1967 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Green tram in traffic on a central Melbourne street below Parliament House, circa 1967 home movie

A green tram moves along the tracks between parked cars in central Melbourne, circa 1967.

1967 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Tilt up from a Melbourne tram street toward Parliament House and the cathedral spires, circa 1967

The camera tilts up past the parliament roofline toward St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, circa 1967.

1967 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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