- Title: VM-299
- Summary: AT YOUR SERVICE: HISTORY OF RAILROADS PRODUCED BY ATCHINSON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY
- Description:00:00:23 - ANIMATED MAP WITH IMAGES SUPERIMPOSED OVER HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS OF BUILDING OF AMERIC. CATTLE DRIVES 00:00:43 - MOUNTAIN WITH TOWERING WATERFALL 00:00:45 - DESERT 00:00:47 - AMERICAN INDIANS DANCING, PAINTED & WEARING FEATHERED HEADDRESSES 00:00:50 - LONE COWBOY RACING HIS HORSE THROUGH GRASSY PLAINS 00:01:01 - COVERED WAGON GOING ACROSS PLAINS 00:01:04 - RAILROAD STEAM TRAIN MAKING IT'S WAY THROUGH WILDERNESS 00:01:29 - TRIO OF STEAM TRAINS COMING TOWARD VIEWER 00:01:32 - FOUR "MODERN" TRAINS COMING TOWARD VIEWER 00:01:39 - CU MAN PUTTING BOOK "WINNING THE WEST" BACK ON BOOK SHELF 00:01:50 - TRAIN RIDING OVER VIEWER 00:01:56 - SCIENTIST MIXING CHEMICALS, LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE 00:02:04 - ENGINEERS DRAFTSMEN WORKING ON PLANE 00:02:05 - CU LAND SURVEYOR LOOKING THROUGH EQUIPMENT 00:02:07 - STEAM FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING 00:02:14 - FAST SPEED "MODERN" TRAIN FLIES PAST 00:02:19 - SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR TRAIN PASSING 00:02:29 - CU DOOR SIGN "SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR DEPARTMENT" 00:02:36 - INTERIOR SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR DEPARTMENT: OFFICE TYPISTS, OFFICE WORKERS, BUSINESSMEN LOOKING AT BLUEPRINTS 00:02:50 - MONTAGE SANTA FE FARM WORKERS PICKING CROPS, PRODUCE. WAREHOUSE FILLED WITH CARTONS OF FRESH PRODUCE 00:03:09 - TESTING DEPARTMENT: TESTING GROWING & HANDLING CONDITIONS. CU GRINDING CHOPPING CARROTS 00:03:18 - WORKERS SORTING POTATOES ON CONVEYOR BELT 00:03:21 - WORKERS SORTING ORANGES ON CONVEYOR BELT. ORANGES BOXED IN CRATES TO BE SENT 00:03:26 - FREIGHT TRAINS MOVING PRODUCE TO MARKETS 00:03:31 - WORKERS STRIPPING OLD REFRIGERATOR CAR. KNOCKING IT DOWN & BUILDING NEW CAR OVER UNDERFRAME. HOISTING NEW FRAME UP 00:03:54 - WORKERS CONSTRUCTING & TESTING NEW RAILROAD CARS 00:04:07 - CU PAN NEW STEEL-SHEATHED REFRIGERATOR CARS, SANTA FE RAILROAD CARS. WORKER OPENS LATCH ON CAR. INSPECTORS GOING IN CAR. COLLAPSIBLE BULKHEADS, CIRCULATING FANS. 00:05:00 - ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OVER FANS SHOW HOW THEY WORK 00:05:15 - WORKERS LOADING MASSIVE BLOCKS OF ICE ONTO CARS 00:05:26 - WORKER ADJUSTING KNOBS ON COMPRESSOR 00:05:34 - WORKER FILLING ICE IN REFRIGERATOR CARS 00:05:44 - TRAIN COMING INTO SAN BERNADINO PRE-COOLING PLANT. WORKERS BLOWING COLD AIR INTO CARS 00:06:06 - POV ON TRAIN PASSING THROUGH SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS 00:06:12 - REFRIGERATION WORKERS REFILLING ICE ON TRAINS, INSPECTING CARS 00:06:27 - MONTAGE 1940s BUSINESSMAN ON TELEPHONE. MAN DIALING TELEPHONE WITH PEN. 00:06:39 - BUSINESSMAN HANGS UP TELEPHONE. GOES TO MAP OF US, MAPS RAILROAD CARS POSITIONS 00:06:49 - INDUSTRIAL BUILDING PARKING LOT FILLED WITH 1940s CARS & TRUCKS 00:06:50 - REFRIGERATOR DEPARTMENT WORKERS MOVING CRATES FROM LOADING DOCK 00:06:53 - CU PRODUCE PUSH CARTS, OUTDOOR VEGETABLE STANDS. STREET VENDORS 00:06:58 - SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR RAILROAD TRAIN MOVING THROUGH MOUNTAINS 00:07:08 - COWBOYS WITH CATTLE LIVESTOCK AT WATERING HOLE 00:07:15 - LIVESTOCK BEING CORRALLED INTO LIVESTOCK RAILROAD CARS 00:07:27 - AT LIVESTOCK REST STOP ON ROUTE, LIVESTOCK ARE FED, RESTED, EXERCISED. CATTLE DRINKING FROM TROUGH 00:07:49 - SHEEP AT LIVESTOCK REST STOP. SHEEP COMING OFF DOUBLE DECKER CARS. CU HORDES OF SHEEP 00:08:16 - FARMERS USING THRESHING MACHINE TO CUT DOWN GRAIN. HARVESTING GRAIN 00:08:20 - SPECIAL ALL-WEATHER PROTECTED BOXCARS MOVING GRAIN 00:08:29 - GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY. SILO GRAIN STORAGE ELEVATOR 00:08:36 - INTERIOR GRAIN STORAGE BUILDING. MIGHTY CAR TIPPERS UNLOADING GRAIN 00:08:45 - EXTERIOR MONTAGE STORAGE ELEVATORS 00:08:56 - CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL: WORKER SHIFTING SWITCHES BY HAND, THEN GIVES HAND SIGNAL. 00:09:09 - MAN CARRYING ORDER ON WIRE LONG ENOUGH FOR CONDUCTOR TO REACH FROM TRAIN. TAKES NOTE, GIVES WIRE BACK TO WORKER 00:09:14 - POV LOOKING OVER SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR AT CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL PANEL: SWITCHING KNOBS, LIGHTS, LEVERS 00:09:27 - LOW ANGLE RAILROAD CROSSING LIGHTS 00:09:28 - CU TRAIN TRACK SWITCHES ON RAILS 00:09:30 - HS RAILROAD TRAIN SNAKING ACROSS LANDSCAPE 00:09:33 - CU CENTRALIZED CONTROL PANEL COLORED LIGHTS 00:09:40 - CU OPERATOR'S HAND FLIPPING SWITCHES 00:09:44 - RAILROAD TRAIN SWITCHING TRACKS, PASSING ANOTHER TRAIN 00:10:11 - RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATOR SURROUNDE BY WALL OF PANELS, CONTROLS 00:10:15 - CU TRAIN ENGINEER PULLS BRAKE LEVER 00:10:17 - RAILROAD WORKERS ON TRACKS. FRGD WORKER ON PORTABLE TELEPHONE. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 00:10:22 - CU CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATOR ON TELEPHONE. SWITCHES RAILS, TRACKS. ISSUING TRAIN ORDERS 00:10:26 - CU RAILROAD TRACKS MOVING, BEING SWITCHED 00:10:29 - POV FROM FRONT OF TRAIN RIDING DOWN TRAIN TRACKS 00:10:33 - FREIGHT TRAIN SNAKEING DOWN RAILROAD TRACKS 00:10:46 - POV RIDING ON TRAIN ALONG THE COAST. COASTAL VIEWS 00:10:50 - CU MAN USING MORSE CODE MACHINE, TELEGRAPH. FINGER PUSHING LEVER UP & DOWN. 00:10:52 - CU MAN TYPING WITH TYPEWRITER, HITS RETURN BAR 00:10:55 - ROOM FULL OF WOMEN USING TELETYPE MACHINES. CU PEOPLE TYPING. CU MACHINES 00:11:19 - CU TELETYPE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR TYPING. PLUGS INTO LINE ON SWITCHBOARD 00:11:35 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWING ROUTES OF WIRE SERVICE 00:11:50 - WORKER RECORDING CAR MOVEMENTS WHILE ON TRAIN 00:11:51 - WORKER DOING SAME IN TERMINAL. HANDS TO TELETYPIST. CU WORDS BEING FORMED ON PAPER 00:12:14 - DESTINATION YARDMASTER CONFERRING WITH CO-WORKERS. LOOKING OVER PAPERWORK 00:12:23 - WORKER GETS ON FRONT OF TRAIN & HELPS STEER INTO YARD 00:12:42 - CENTRALIZED BUREAU. OFFICIAL READING WHEEL REPORTS 00:12:50 - BUSINESSMAN AT DESK. SECRETARY BRINGS HIM NOTE, OPENS & READS. BUSINESSMAN READING NOTE. 00:12:55 - GETS UP & PLACES THUMB TACK IN LOCATION ON MAP OF AMERICA ON WALL 00:13:02 - WORKER TESTING VARIOUS PHASES OF RAILROAD SAFETY: CU GAUGE WITH ARM MOVING. CU MACHINE MAKING LINES ON PAPER, CU MILES PER HOUR GAUGE WITH ARM AT 58 MPH 00:13:18 - LOW ANGLE TRAIN ENGINEER TALKING INTO RADIO 00:13:24 - CU GAUGE MACHINE DRAWING LINES OUT ON PAPER 00:13:28 - RAIL DETECTOR CAR RIDING ON RAILS 00:13:36 - TESTER OPERATING ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED MECHANISMS. CU MACHINE DRAWING LINES ON PAPER 00:13:43 - CU RAILROAD WHEELS RIDING ON TRACKS 00:13:52 - CREW OF EXPERTS CHECKING RAILROAD TRACK FLAWS BY USING HAND-HELD DEVICE. MARKING FAULTY RAIL WITH CHALK 00:14:09 - MASSIVE BALLAST CLEANING MACHINE. FILLING IN RAILROAD BED WITH CLEANED BALLAST: GRAVEL, BROKEN STONE 00:14:32 - WORKERS STABILIZING ROAD BEDS ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS. HOLLOW GROUTING ROD DRIVEN INTO PLACE WITH HOSE CONNECTED. FORCING GROUT INTO GROUND, FORCING SEEPAGE OUT 00:15:00 - WORKER LEANING ON RAILROAD TRACKS CHECKIN ROAD BED LEVEL 00:15:14 - YARD MASTER ON RADIO. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATING. CHANGES TO SWITCHING CREW. INTERCUTS BETWEEN THE TWO ON TELEPHONES. MAN ON TRAIN HANGING UP TELEPHONE. MAN HANGING OUT OF TRAIN ON TELEPHONE 00:15:43 - POV ENGINEER IN FRONT OF TRAIN GOING DOWN TRACKS 00:15:46 - CU ENGINEER ON TELEPHONE 00:15:56 - POV ON TOP OF TRAIN ROUNDING BEND WITH BIG MOUNTAIN IN BKGD 00:16:00 - CU TONGS PICKING UP HOT BLOCKS WITH NUMBERS WRITTEN ON THEM 00:16:07 - MONTAGE SCIENTISTS, METALURGISTS CONDUCTIN STUDIES IN TOPEKA. TESTING MATERIALS USED IN RAILROADS 00:16:34 - MONTAGE TESTS BEING CONDUCTED ON RESISTANCE OF MATERIALS. CU METAL RODS, METAL SNAPPING 00:16:48 - HS FREIGHT TRAINS COMING INTO MASSIVE YARD 00:17:13 - SCENES OF OLD BRIDGE & NEW BRIDGE. TOPOK BRIDGE SPANNING ACROSS COLORADO RIVER. CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE FOR RAILROAD TRAINS. MEN WORKING OVER WATER 00:17:26 - RAILROAD TRAIN COMING OVER BRIDGE ACROSS COLORADO RIVER 00:17:37 - FOUR "MODERN" TRAINS LEAVING STATION AT SAME TIME. DIESEL-POWERED TRAINS 00:17:50 - YARD CREW CLEANING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN CARS 00:17:54 - STEAM TRAIN SLOWING TO A STOP IN YARD 00:18:00 - TRAIN CARRYING LONG CYLINDRICAL OBJECT ON FLAT BED TRAIN CAR 00:18:01 - CREW UNLOADING AUTOMOBILES FROM TRAIN 00:18:25 - REFRIGERATOR CAR FILLED WITH SIDES OF BEEF. MEAT BEING TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN. MAN WITH SIDE OF BEEF OVER HIS SHOULDER 00:18:43 - CU INSTRUCTION PAMPHLETS FOR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES 00:18:51 - TRUCKS BACKING UP TO LOADING DOCKS 00:19:01 - BUS LEAVING TERMINAL. PASSENGERS ON BUS 00:19:08 - SANTA FE SKYWAY FLEET AIRPLANE STARTING. PILOT SALUTING FROM COCKPIT. PLANE TAXIING & TAKING OFF 00:19:49 - CONSTRUCTION SITE: CREW BUILDING TRAIN PLATFORMS & RAILROAD TRACKS 00:20:12 - CAR DRIVING INTO SANTA FE AUTO DOCK 00:20:20 - RAILROAD CREWS IMPROVING ROAD BEDS ON SANTA FE LINE 00:20:30 - POV ENGINEERS SEAT OF ANOTHER TRAIN APPROACHING 00:20:38 - SANTA FE STEAM TRAIN GOING THROUGH MOUNTAINS 00:20:46 - MONTAGE SANTA FE TRAINS OVER THE YEARS 00:21:11 - ANIMATED MAP WITH SANTA FE TRAIN ROUTE 00:21:18 - CATTLE RANCHER ON HORSE WATCHING OVER CATTLE 00:21:22 - COWBOYS RIDING TOWARD VIEWER 00:21:25 - MONTAGE WORK CREWS LOADING & TRANSPORTING INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS. FREIGHT TRAINS TRANSPORTING RAW MATERIALS ACROSS AMERICA 00:22:16 - FOUR TRAINS MOVING DOWN TRAIN TRACKS TOWARD VIEWER 00:22:27 - FOUR TRAINS COMING RIGHT TOWARD & OVER VIEWER 00:22:33 - TRIO OF STEAM TRAINS MOVING TOGETHER DOWN TRACKS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1947
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-299