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Giant old era metal Howrah Bridge in Kolkata: Archival footage of rickety old diesel buses crossing the bridge. Premier Padmini, Matador, Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxi cabs and various Fiat car models are seen on the roads, with the odd Maruti van. Footage is from circa 1989. View from inside the caged window of a Kolkata tram! See the girdles of steel and iron that make up this iconic Calcutta bridge. Howrah Bridge with trams and black-and-yellow Ambassador taxis on it, in Kolkata circa 1985-1990 The experience of a journey in a Kolkata tram is something else. See the driver's perspective in this 1980's - 1990's view from inside a tram doing the rounds of Calcutta city. See the ramshackle neighbourhood the tram is traversing, with the old diesel buses plying on the roads, in this video
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