- Title: SC-92
- Summary: AT THIS MOMENT: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKES FOR RAILROAD TRAINS.
- Description:03:25:35 - PAN CITY BUILDINGS. TRAIN YARD. PROBABLY NEW YORK. 03:25:51 - ELEVATED TRAIN PASSES OVER WATER. BRIDGE. 03:25:59 - TRAIN PASSES THROUGH SNOWY MOUNTAINS. 03:26:04 - TWO TRAINS PASS EACH OTHER. 03:26:09 - MAN SITS AT SWITCHBOARD LOOKING AT PAPERS. ADJUSTS KNOB SETTING. MAYBE SWITCHING TRACKS. 03:26:14 - TRAINS COMING INTO HUGE YARD. CARS PASS BY ON BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND. 03:26:19 - TRAIN CONDUCTOR COMES DOWN LADDER OFF TRAIN. ANOTHER MAN FOLLOWS. 03:26:33 - DAPPER MAN EXITS BUILDING. TWO MEN OFF TRAIN EXIT. MAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE. THEY STOP & TALK. ONE WALKS AWAY, THE OTHER GESTURES GOODBYE. 03:26:51 - DAPPER MAN ASKS MAN WITH CAP ON FOR DIRECTIONS. 03:27:10 - DAPPER MAN WALKS IN AN UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD TOWARD A RESTAURANT. DINER. 03:27:14 - CONDUCTOR WALKS IN RESTAURANT. LOOKS AT BOARD WITH PHOTOS & PAPERS ON IT. WALKS PAST SOUNDIE MACHINE AND JUKE BOX. GOES TO COUNTER. TALKS WITH WAITRESS. PEOPLE EAT AT TABLES. BUSY LUNCHEONETTE. 03:27:32 - WAITRESS WALKS OVER TO CASH REGISTER & RINGS UP. GIVES HIM CHANGE & A SMILE. 03:27:40 - DAPPER MAN WALKS IN PAST CONDUCTOR. NODS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. STOPS AT REGISTER, TALKS TO WAITRESS. SHE LOOKS HIM UP & DOWN. LOOKS AROUND AS IF SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE. 03:28:04 - MAN DELIVERS PAPERS. PUTS ON COUNTER. GOES OVER TO MEN AT COUNTER. PATS ONE ON ARM. 03:28:21 - DAPPER MAN SITS AT TABLE WITH PAPER. CU PAPER. RAILROAD RELATED. HEADLIGHT EXPRESS. A TV SHOW WILL BE BROADCAST. RAILROADS OF THE NATION. 03:28:31 - MAN TAKES OFF HAT, PUTS IT ON HOOK. LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. PUTS HAND IN POCKET, SHUFFLING CHANGE. MEN IN LUNCHEONETTE TALKING. JACKETS OFF. 03:29:55 - QUINTESSENTIAL PEROXIDE BLONDE PASSES MEN, THEY STARE AT HER DERRIERE. WAITRESS COMMENTS, WALKS AWAY. 03:30:05 - MEN SIT TALKING. 03:30:17 - COOK BEHIND COUNTER SHAKES SPATULA AS HE TALKS. 03:30:32 - WAITRESS BRINGS CUP OF COFFEE TO TABLE. SETS IT DOWN. 03:30:40 - DAPPER MAN & WAITRESS EXCHANGE WORDS. 03:31:11 - TWO MEN DISCUSS DAPPER MAN. LOOK SIDEWAYS AT HIM. 03:31:25 - GREAT SHOT OF COOK BEHIND COUNTER FILLED WITH WORK MEN TYPES. 1950s LUNCHEONETTE. MAN BEHIND COUNTER TALKS FOR A WHILE. 03:33:30 - MONTAGE OF LANDSCAPES IN AMERICA. 03:33:46 - MASSIVE AMOUNT OF LIVESTOCK BEING MOVED. 03:33:49 - BOAT COMING INTO DOCK. SEAGULLS FLYING. BUSY. CITY PIER. 03:33:54 - MONTAGE OF MORE LANDSCAPES. 03:34:08 - AERIAL PAN OF HUGE TRAIN YARD. 03:34:18 - MAN UNLOADS CRATES FROM TRAIN. 03:34:22 - COW COMING THROUGH CORRAL INTO BARN. MEN PROD THEM WITH STICKS. 03:34:26 - MAN LOADS CIRCULAR WOODEN CRATES INTO TRAIN CAR. 03:34:30 - LAMBS BEING LOADED ONTO CATTLE CAR. 03:34:34 - CONVEYOR BELT LOADING CHUNKS OF ICE. CRUSHED DOWN. 03:34:42 - HIGH SHOT OF BUILDING. PANS DOWN TO GROUND & TRAIN. 03:34:44 - MAN LOADS CRATES. 03:34:54 - MONTAGE OF RAW MATERIALS BEING LOADED ONTO VARIOUS VEHICLES. BOAT, TRAIN... 03:35:12 - HUGE REDWOOD TREES BEING MOVED BY CRANE ONTO FLAT BED TRAIN CAR. 03:35:23 - HUGE PILE OF COAL BEING LIFTED & MOVED. 03:35:29 - MASSIVE SIDE OF MOUNTAIN WITH STEP LIKE CLIFFS. PANS DOWN. TRAIN PASSES IN THE FORGROUND. TINY. 03:35:36 - OIL RIG TURNING IN GROUND. PANS UP. MEN ON TRACTORS PASS BY. 03:35:48 - HUGE BUNDLES BEING MOVED. BELT. TRAIN. 03:35:58 - TRACTORS BEING MOVED BY FLAT BED TRAIN. 03:36:03 - TRAINS PASS ON TRACKS. MOVING GOODS. 03:36:09 - MONTAGE OF MEN LOADING / UNLOADING GOODS FROM TRAINS. 03:36:38 - CARGO TRAIN RUSHES PAST. 03:36:52 - BACK TO MEN IN LUNCHEONETTE. SMOKING PIPE. LISTENS TO BUDDY. 03:37:01 - COOK LECTURING PATRON. PATRON PUTS EMPTY GLASS IN COOK'S HAND. COOK KEEPS TALKING. 03:37:30 - STILL OF PHOTOS ON WALL. 03:37:38 - TRAIN PASSES MAIL DROP, GRABS IT. 03:37:46 - MEN SORTING MAIL. PUTTING IN BOXES. MEN TAKE MAIL BAGS OFF TRAIN. 03:38:01 - BACK IN DINER. DAPPER MAN STOPS WAITRESS. THEY TALK. 03:38:33 - MEN IN DINER TALK AT TABLE. 03:39:02 - TRAIN COMES TOWARD CAMERA HEAD ON. 03:39:05 - TRAINS ENTERING YARD. 03:39:09 - TRAIN ON TRACKS MOVING THROUGH MOUNTAINS. 03:39:15 - TRAIN ON GRASSY LANDSCAPE. 03:39:18 - TRAIN ON TRACK WITH SNOWY MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND. ROUNDS A BEND. COOL PERSPECTIVE OF TRAIN. 03:39:29 - TRAIN COMES INTO STATION. PEOPLE WALKING ON PLATFORM. MAN WITH EMPTY LUGGAGE CART AWAITS TRAIN. 03:39:39 - HEAD ON TRAIN COMES AT CAMERA. SLOWLY. STOPS AT CROSS TRACK. 03:39:49 - CU ENGINEER DRIVING TRAIN. 03:39:58 - GOOD SHOT OF TRAIN PASSING THROUGH MOUNTAINSIDE. LAKE IN FRONT. 03:40:06 - TRAIN ROUNDS A BEND. 03:40:18 - MEN IN DINER. PIPE SMOKING. CUP OF COFFEE. MEN TALK. 03:40:32 - MANY TRACKS. TRAINS PASS. CARRYING CARGO. 03:40:44 - CU WAYSIDE SIGNAL. DIRECTING TRAINS. 03:40:54 - TRAIN ROUNDS A BEND. 03:41:03 - MAN OPERATING CONTROLS IN OFFICE. 03:41:10 - CU LIGHTS SHOWING LOCATION OF EACH TRAIN. CU HAND SWITCHING TRACK. 03:41:17 - TRAIN CHANGING TRACK. 03:41:32 - CU CONTROL PANEL. TRAIN PASSES ON MAIN TRACK. 03:42:01 - MEN IN DINER. 03:42:16 - MAN CLIMBS ON TRAIN. PICKS UP PHONE, GIVES THE O.K. TO CONDUCTOR. 03:42:25 - CU SPEAKER GIVING DIRECTIONS. 03:42:30 - CONDUCTOR ON PHONE. 03:42:36 - CU TRAFFIC CONTROLLER IN FRONT OF CONTROLS. HEAD PHONES ON. 03:42:40 - ORIGINAL MAN ON PHONE TALKS. 03:42:49 - MEN IN DINER. 03:43:03 - AERIAL OF TRAINS COMING INTO YARD. MAN IN BOOTH IN TOWER. OPERATOR. PUSHING VARIOUS BUTTONS. 03:43:12 - TRAINS ROLLING INTO YARD. 03:43:21 - MEN IN DINER. MAN AT COUNTER LISTENS IN. 03:43:33 - MEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS. 03:43:53 - TRAIN ON FINISHED TRACK. 03:44:03 - COUPLE ON BOARD TRAIN. PORTER BRINGS IN LUGGAGE. THEY SIT. 03:44:09 - PEOPLE FINDING SEATS ON TRAIN. LOTS OF PEOPLE SITTING ON TRAIN. MAN DOFFS HAT, SITS DOWN. 03:44:17 - MOTHER ENTERTAINS YOUNG SON. 03:44:20 - MOTHER PUTTING YOUNG GIRL IN BED. TUCKS IN. FLUFFS PILLOWS. 03:44:24 - DINING CAR ON TRAIN. PEOPLE EATING. LOTS OF SERVERS. 03:44:29 - PEOPLE SIT IN BACK OF TRAIN. OPEN. ALL WINDOWS. COOL. SCENIC VIEW. 03:44:34 - VIEW OF TRAIN MOVING DOWN TRACKS. 03:44:45 - MEN STILL SITTING IN DINER. TALKING. LONG STORY. DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES CONTINUE. 03:45:15 - DAPPER MAN FIXES COLLAR, GETS UP, PAYS WAITRESS. 03:45:56 - WAITRESS AT JUKEBOX. LAZILY DUSTING TABLE. DOES A LITTLE DANCE. SPINS AROUND. COOK LOOKS AT HER LIKE SHE'S LOONEY. SHE SKIPS OVER TO SHADES & DRAWS THEM. SWATS AT DUST BALL. DANCES BACK TO COOK. 03:46:15 - COOK POINTS PENCIL AS HE TALKS. 03:46:33 - COOK TURNS ON TV SET. EVERYONE WATCHES TV. WAITRESS AT COUNTER WIPES UP. 03:46:42 - CU MAN ON TV. IT'S THE DAPPER MAN WHO WAS IN THE DINER. 1950s WESTINGHOUSE TV SET. 03:47:17 - PEOPLE LOOKING UP AT TV SET. RECOGNIZE MAN. LAUGHING. SMOKING. 03:47:38 - TRAIN PASSES UNDER ROAD. CARS PASS ON ROAD. 03:47:46 - CU ENGINEER AT WORK. 03:47:51 - TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. CU SIDE OF TRAIN PASSING 03:48:00 - PEOPLE WAITING FOR TRAIN TO STOP. ON PLATFORM. 03:48:01 - POV ENGINEER DRIVING INTO STATION. 03:48:06 - WOMAN GOING TO SEAT IN MODERN LOOKING TRAIN. CURVED WINDOWS. OPEN. AIRY. 03:48:12 - PEOPLE IN SEATS ON TRAIN WITH LOTS OF WINDOWS FOR VIEWING SIGHTS. 03:48:18 - MONTAGE OF TRAINS IN MOVEMENT. 03:48:50 - WAITRESS RECEIVES PACKAGE. OPENS IT. COOK COMES OVER. FLOWERS. READS CARD. FROM DAPPER MAN. 03:49:11 - CU SMILING WAITRESS & COOK LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER. PULLS OUT ROSES, SMELLS THEM. COOK & PATRON LOOK AT EACH OTHER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: SC-92