Calgary Remembered On KSPS, Mar 12 1998 (Part 3 of 13)

This is a KSPS (PBS) production, which they aired at 8:00 PM on March 12 1998. (Interviews were shot in 1997.) This chapter covers the Streetcar era in Calgary from 1909 to 1950. The first streetcars ran on July 5 1909, named the "Calgary Electric Railway". When efforts to lease the system to a private operator failed, it became the "Calgary Municipal Railway" in early 1910. Renamed "Calgary Transit System" July 19 1946, the last streetcar ran December 29 1950. (The honour given to the driver of the first streetcar in 1909.) Streetcars, Street Cars, the Trolley or the "Dinkie" as it was known as by some locals. Audio content monetized by AdRev for a 3rd Party: 3:36 - 4:23 (Greenhills - Doug Smith) The Blendeture channel never profits from ads placed in videos. - Credits - Writer/Producer: Tom McArthur Photographer/Editor: Scott McKinnon Calgary Unit Producer: Fran Humphreys Production Coordinator: James Sutherland Unit Jib Arm Operator: Paul Connolly Research Assistant: Andrea Kingwell Historical Consultants: Dr. Hugh A. Dempsey Harry Sanders Corporate Underwriting: Gillian Bowles Archive Video Assistant: A. W. Byers Graphics: Dan Orme Scott McKinnon Dawn Bayman Archive Film And Photographs: The Glenbow Museum & Archives City of Calgary Archives CFCN-TV The Calgary Zoo United States Olympic Committee ABC Sports Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Paul Dofoo Tom Owens Bob Baxter John & Betty Clarke Ed Whalen Ken & Prue Penley Rosemary Batdorf Norm Kwong Aerial Photography: Douglas Munro Cinematography, Inc. Film/Video Transfer: Alternative Video Service Super Video Services Special Thanks: Andrea Garnier Heather MacAuley Colleen Evans Brenda McAfferty Francois Arsenault Videodex Heritage Park Gord Enno Host/Narrator: James Keelaghan "Bow River Waltz" Composed and performed by James Keelaghan Bev Willms, piano Bob Boble, engineer This program made possible, in part, by the generous support of: The Friends of Seven Agrium Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Calgary Herald Trans Alta Alberta Energy Company Ltd. Allan Markin Hub Oil Company Ltd. The Palliser Hotel ProGas Limited Shaw Communications Enerflex Systems Ltd. In Memory of Louis Polo West Canadian Industries Group Marcia Johnston Pat and Lorne Larson John B. Thorpe Production Manager: Jim Zimmer Executive Producer: Bill Stanley A Production Of KSPS Public Television • Spokane, WA U.S.A. © 1998 KSPS Public Television www.ksps.org

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