- Title: V-5627
- Summary: BIG TRAINS ROLLING: CONSIDERS THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILROAD & ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY. EARLY RAILROADS ARE SHOWN & A CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP ON A STREAMLINER IS PORTRAYED.
- Description:00:39:54 - SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY SHOTS, LAKE, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS IN B/G. ROCKY SHORELINE 00:40:07 - FARMER USING WHEAT THRESHER IN FIELDS, HARVESTING 00:40:13 - EXTERIOR WASHINGTON CAPITOL DOME 00:40:17 - COLOR-CODED MAP OF AMERICA 00:40:27 - NATURE SCENICS, ROLLING PRAIRIES, VAST FOREST, WATERFALL, WHEAT FIELDS. RIVER, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS. 00:40:40 - HS QUAINT SMALL VILLAGE 00:40:42 - LS MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY FROM HARBOR 00:40:50 - TRAIN SEQUENCE, TRAIN ROLLS BY, COASTAL ROUTE, PASSENGER, FREIGHT TRAINS, 1958 00:41:24 - INTERIOR OBSERVATION CAR ON BOARD TRAIN 00:41:31 - POV IN TRAIN THROUGH FOREST, MOUNTAINS IN B/G. 00:41:38 - CU IRON ORE FILLED TRAIN CARS. WORKERS LOADING FREIGHT CAR WITH HEAVY PIECE OF MACHINERY 00:41:58 - REFRIGERATOR FREIGHT TRAIN ROLLING THROUGH SNOW COVERED LANDSCAPE 00:42:03 - CU FRESH FRUIT, PRODUCE AT OUTDOOR MARKET 00:42:09 - IN FREIGHT TRAIN RAILROAD YARD, WORKERS, CU WHEELS ON RAIL 00:42:28 - INTERIOR LARGE RAILROAD TERMINAL 00:42:30 - CU TRAIN TRACKS FROM ENGINEER POV 00:42:37 - CU TRAIN PASSING CAMERA, CAMERA BESIDE TRAIN TRACKS 00:42:42 - TRAIN THROUGH MOUNTAINS. 00:43:04 - RE-CREATION OF 18TH CENTURY TRAVEL. HORSES AND COVERED WAGON, CONESTOGA 00:43:18 - MONTAGE EARLY STEAM TRAINS. PASSES HUGE TENT STRUCTURE. PASSING THROUGH TOWN. WESTERN MARYLAND RR. 00:43:53 - EARLY STEAM DRIVEN RAILROAD TRAIN CROSSING CORN BELT, CUT CORN FIELDS 00:44:02 - MOUNTAIN FARM, SHEEP GRAZING, FARM BUILDINGS. 00:44:06 - ORE MINE. FILLING RAILROAD CARS WITH RAW MATERIALS. 00:44:13 - LS URBAN RAILROAD STATION. TILT UP NEW YORK CITYSCAPE. SKYLINE CIRCA 1958 00:44:22 - TRAIN SEQUENCE. TRAIN CLEARING SNOW FROM TRACKS. 00:44:40 - LS TRAINS PASSING EACH OTHER ON BRIDGE OVER RIVER 00:45:09 - EXTERIOR UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS HOME 00:45:16 - LITTLE GIRL PACKING HER SUITCASE, BROTHER HELPS HER SHUT OVER-STUFFED SUITCASE. PRE-TEEN WEARS BOW TIE. 00:45:36 - MOTHER WAVES GOODBYE TO HER CHILDREN, GOING AWAY ON VACATION. TAXI BACKS OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CHILDREN WAVE OUT WINDOWS. 00:45:59 - MONTAGE RAILROAD STATIONS, 1958. 00:46:12 - RAILWAY EXPRESS YARD AT DEPOT, WAGONS OF FREIGHT, CARGO LINED UP. LOADING FREIGHT ONTO TRAINS 00:46:36 - TRAIN CAR WASHED IN YARD 00:46:49 - TRAIN CHEFS LOADING FOOD, PROVISIONS ONTO DINING CAR. CHICKENS 00:47:05 - LOCOMOTIVE AT ENGINE HOUSE, LOCOMOTIVE TURNED AROUND ON TURNTABLE. 00:47:47 - YELLOW CAB PULLS UP TO TRAIN STATION, BROTHER AND SISTER TRAVELING TOGETHER. BOY PAYS CAB DRIVER, RED CAP CARRIES LUGGAGE. 00:48:12 - CHILDREN BUYING TRAIN TICKETS FROM TICKET CLERK. CU STAMPING TRAIN TICKETS. 00:49:03 - TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. CREW LOADS TRUNK, LUGGAGE INTO BAGGAGE CAR. US MAIL LOADED ONTO MAIL CAR. MECHANICAL WASHER CLEANS WINDOWS. PASSENGERS BOARD TRAIN. HUSBAND KISSES WIFE GOODBYE. 00:49:40 - BROTHER AND SISTER BOARD TRAIN, PORTER SHOWS THEM TO THEIR SEATS. CHILDREN TRAVELING ALONE. BOY TESTS SEAT, BOUNCES UP & DOWN 00:50:02 - CONDUCTOR SIGNALS ENGINEER, TRAIN READY TO GO. CU ENGINEER. 00:50:11 - TRAIN LEAVES STATION. GATHERS MOMENTUM. IN OPEN COUNTRY. 00:50:38 - CHILDREN ENTER OBSERVATION CAR, WATCH SCENERY RUSH BY. CHILDREN POINT OUT WINDOW. POV LOOKING OUT TRAIN WINDOW. 00:51:10 - CONDUCTOR COLLECTS TICKETS FROM PASSENGERS. 00:51:21 - RAILROAD POSTAL CAR, WORKERS SORTING U.S. MAIL RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS. 00:51:53 - WAITERS SERVING PASSENGERS ON RAILROAD DINING CAR. CIRCA 1958. STEWARD SHOWING TWO CHILDREN TO THEIR TABLE, GIVES THEM MENUS. CHILDREN ORDER DINNER. 00:52:33 - CHEFS IN BUSY DINING CAR KITCHEN. PREPARING FOOD 00:52:51 - CHILDREN EATING ICE CREAM ON TRAIN IN DINING CAR. WAITER BRINGS THEM THE CHECK. BOY PAYS FOR DINNER 00:53:19 - WAITER SERVING COCKTAILS DRINKS IN LOUNGE CAR 00:53:26 - PASSENGERS LOOK OUT WINDOWS OF OBSERVATION CAR ENJOY THE PASSING SCENERY 00:53:29 - WOMAN SLEEPING ON TRAIN, MAN GETS INTO BED IN ROOMETTE ON TRAIN. WOMAN PULLS DOWN COVERS ON HER BUNK. 00:53:46 - COUPLE READING ON TRAIN IN DRAWING ROOM 00:53:52 - WOMAN IN BED ON TRAIN READING 00:53:59 - PORTER HELPS GIRL CLIMB IN UPPER BUNK ON TRAIN. BROTHER TAKES LOWER BUNK. GIRL LEANS OVER TALKING TO BROTHER WHO LOOKS UP LAUGHING. GIRL TURNS OFF LIGHT, SLEEPING ON TRAIN 00:54:33 - ECU TRAIN WHEEL ON TRACK 00:54:50 - CU PASSENGER TRAIN ROUNDING BEND, PASSING VIEWER 00:55:02 - FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING VIEWER 00:55:12 - FAMILY HAVING SUNDAY DINNER FATHER CARVES THE MEAT 00:55:15 - MOTHER TURNING DAUGHTER IN NEW COAT IN FRONT OF MIRROR. TRYING ON NEW COAT 00:55:18 - DAUGHTER SITS BESIDE THE FIRE AS FATHER ADDS COAL 00:55:22 - FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING 00:55:30 - FARMER HARVESTING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINE, CU THRESHER 00:55:40 - FREIGHT TRAIN ENTERING GRAIN STORAGE AREA. HUGE STORAGE ELEVATORS. 00:55:44 - LS EXTERIOR GRAIN MILL 00:55:49 - WORKERS LOADING GRAIN SACKS 00:55:55 - ECU HAND SELECTING LOAF OF WHEAT BREAD FROM SUPERMARKET SHELF 00:56:05 - CATTLE RANCHER ROUNDING UP CATTLE, LOADING CATTLE ONTO RAILROAD CARS 00:56:24 - CU CUTS OF MEAT. HAND SELECTS PIECE OF MEAT, BUTCHER GRABS PIECE OF MEAT 00:56:28 - CU CARVING PIECE OF MEAT, ROAST 00:56:36 - FARM CREW PICKING FRUIT FROM TREES, ORANGES OR GRAPEFRUITS, MAYBE MELONS. PACKING IN CRATES 00:56:44 - CREW LOADING ICE INTO REFRIGERATOR CARS 00:56:57 - RAW MATERIALS IRON ORE LOADED IN TRAIN CARS EXTERIOR BLAST FURNACE, PLANT 00:57:20 - WORKERS ROLL PAIR OF TRAIN WHEELS INTO YARD FULL OF WHEELS. 00:57:27 - ENGINEER POV CROSSING BRIDGE 00:57:33 - RAILROAD COAL CARS MOVING DOWN TRACKS, UNLOADING COAL ONTO CONVEYOR 00:57:59 - LOW ANGLE STEAM TRAIN CROSSING BRIDGE 00:58:11 - RAILROAD FLAT CARS CARRYING CUT LUMBER TO MILLS 00:58:21 - CONSTRUCTION CREW RAISING WOODEN FRAME ONTO HOUSE 00:58:28 - COTTON CROPS HARVESTED USING MACHINERY 00:58:35 - WEAVER USING LOOM MAKING FABRIC CU LOOM 00:58:42 - TANKER CARS CARRY OIL, FUEL. 00:58:56 - FREIGHT CARS DELIVER TO SHIPS, LOADING CARGO ONTO SHIPS, GULF SHIPPER. 00:59:22 - BUSY TRAIN YARD, FREIGHT TRAINS LEAVING 00:59:36 - TRAIN RACES BY AT NIGHT 00:59:40 - FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING VIEWER, 1958 00:59:52 - EXTERIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 1958. STUDENTS IN GYM UNIFORMS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL ON SCHOOL COURT. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WALK ON CAMPUS. 01:00:10 - HS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME, FANS CHEERING 01:00:23 - TRAIN ARRIVES AT STATION, PASSENGERS GET OFF TRAIN, CHILDREN GREETED BY AUNT AND UNCLE, FAMILY REUNION 01:00:45 - LOW ANGLE, ENGINEER POKES HEAD OUT WINDOW, 01:00:50 - FAMILY WALKS ON PLATFORM AS TRAIN LEAVES STATION 01:01:21 - WS FROM ROOFTOP, NEW YORK CITY. 01:01:29 - HORSEBACK RIDING ON MOUNTAIN TRAIL. 01:01:36 - WOMEN SUN BATHING ON ROCKY SHORE. BATHING SUITS 1958 01:01:42 - FISHING IN RAPIDS. STREAM. 01:01:47 - LS WATERFALLS 01:01:56 - SKIER COMING DOWN MOUNTAIN 01:02:04 - GROUP OF SAILBOATS SAILING 01:02:24 - WAITER SERVING PASSENGERS DINNER IN DINING CAR. ON BOARD TRAIN 01:02:25 - TRAINS PASSING, LEFT TO RIGHT, RIGHT TO LEFT 01:02:43 - POV PASSING CAPITOL DOME, WASHINGTON 01:02:56 - HOUSE OF WORSHIP MONTAGE, VARIOUS CHURCH EXTERIORS 01:03:17 - CU JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS RUNNING OUT OF SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY 01:03:23 - COLLEGE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 01:03:33 - MOUNT RUSHMORE. PRESIDENTS. STATUES. MONUMENTS. STATUE OF LIBERTY. 01:03:58 - COLLEGE STUDENTS OUTSIDE ON SUNNY DAY, CIRCA 1958 01:04:14 - LS TRAIN CROSSING LONG BRIDGE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5627