All Manner Of Trains

Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1962. Directed by Malcolm Otton. All Manner of Trains provides an overview of Australia's railways in the early 1960s, before gauges across the country were standardised. The first section takes the form of a travelogue: from Cairns to Brisbane on the Sunlander, to Sydney on the Brisbane Limited then the Daylight Express to the border and the Spirit of Progress to Melbourne. The Overland to Adelaide is followed by the Port Pirie Express and the Transcontinental to Kalgoorlie before boarding the Westland for Perth. The second section looks at other significant lines and services - cross-country, interurban and suburban - and stresses the importance of the rail network to Australia's rural areas and to the nation's progress.

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[gedebage]

I am an Aussie expat living in the UK. I watched this video repeatedly. I recognized many places. How things have changed. I would really love to buy a DVD. Do you ship to the UK?

[FILMAUSTRALIA]

@gedebage Hi glad you enjoyed the film. Contact mandy.mullen@nfsa.gov.au if you would like to get a DVD copy. If she can't help let me know.

[FILMAUSTRALIA]

@gedebage Hi glad you enjoyed the film.  Contact details on the front page of our channel for DVD sales. Let me know if there is a problem.

[PanAm812]

I rode the Brisbane Limited to Sydney with

my parents in May of 1963. JFK had not yet

been assassinated. The biggest news for

an Australian boy was what the new Holden

looked like. Can we buy this great video on

DVD????

[FILMAUSTRALIA]

@PanAm812 Hi - Glad you enjoyed the nostalgia express. It's great when people connect to our old films like that. We still have some train videos to post so please keep watching. This video is available on DVD by contacting us at on the FAC library link on the channel page. Just tell them what you are after and they will make it up for you.

[videotrashity]

remember when a man use to operate the boom gates,

[Jeansieguy]

The "City Circle, peak period, trains every 2 mins., and every 6 mins. at other times", what's happened since?

[dallas184]

a large bit of nostalgia absolutly brilliant looking at how the railways worked then and now

[teddles1957]

A great historical Australian rail film. Unfortunately they were a bit optimistic in some of their predictions. Well worth viewing.