- Title: V-5646
- Summary: ONCE UPON THE WABASH: WITH BARRY HOPKINS, CHARLES FLYNN, MINA KOLP & THE PERSONNEL OF THE WABASH RAILROAD
- Description:00:18:55 - EARLY 1950s COUPLE IN CONVERTIBLE SINGING CLEAN CUT ALL AMERICAN NEWLYWEDS. WIFE ROUNDS HER MOUTH IN "OH LOOK" GESTURE, POINTS AT TRAIN ON TRACKS PARALLEL WITH ROAD. TRAIN MOVING FASTER THAN CAR. THE BLUEBIRD. 00:20:08 - "GENIE" SUPERIMPOSED OVER TRAIN SAYS "NOW IF YOU HEARD A PRETTY GIRL MAKE A WISH, WOULDN'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?" 00:20:15 - NEWLYWEDS APPEAR ON TRAIN, MAN LOOKS DOWN AT SUIT HE'S NOW WEARING. CUTS TO EMPTY CONVERTIBLE WHERE THEY WERE A MOMENT AGO. "GENIE" WALKS BY THEM 00:20:44 - POV ON TRAIN OBSERVATION CAR 00:20:51 - PORTER WALKS THROUGH LUXURY TRAIN CAR 00:21:03 - PASSENGERS EATING ON DINING CAR 00:21:12 - PAINTINGS ON TRAIN WALL DEPICTING HISTORICAL EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 00:21:21 - AFFLUENT WOMAN WEARING FUR STOLE WALKS INTO PARLOR CAR CIRCA 1953 00:21:26 - BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE BLUE BIRD ROOM. BUSINESS MEETING ON BOARD TRAIN 00:21:36 - WAITER SERVES PASSENGERS COCKTAILS REFRESHMENTS IN TRAIN COCKTAIL LOUNGE. IMPRESSED COUPLE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SCENE 00:21:45 - WAITERS SERVING PASSENGERS IN DINING CAR 00:21:53 - AUTOMATIC TRAIN DOORS OPEN FOR LITTLE BOY, TURNS AROUND IN AMAZEMENT. WOMAN'S SMILING FACE SUPERIMPOSED. 00:22:00 - FEMALE PASSENGER GETS UP FROM SEAT, CLIMBS UP TO OBSERVATION CAR 00:22:16 - PASSENGERS IN COFFEE SHOP ON BOARD TRAIN 00:22:22 - WAITER SERVES PASSENGERS IN THE CLUB CAR. WOMAN'S FACE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SAYING "MY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRAIN, WHO THOUGHT OF ALL THIS ?" 00:22:30 - SCHEMATICS OF TRAIN CAR WITH ENGINEER POV ON TRAIN TRACKS SUPERIMPOSED 00:22:49 - POV ON TRAIN THROUGH COUNTRY. 00:23:01 - CU PILE OF SOUNDPROOFING MATERIALS, ROLLER BEARING WHEELS SPRINGING SYSTEM, MECHANIC WORKING ON AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, TRAIN IMPROVEMENTS. ENGINEER POV ON TRACKS SUPERIMPOSED OVER 00:23:17 - ENGINEER POV THROUGH COUNTRY. CU JOLLY ENGINEER 00:23:28 - CU TRAIN INSTRUMENTS, GAUGES. SPEEDOMETER AT 75MPH. DIESEL ENGINE WITH ELECTRIC MOTER 00:23:55 - CU JOLLY ENGINEER PULLING WHISTLE CORD. HORN BLOWS. QUINTESSENTIAL 1950s TRAIN ENGINEER. BLOWS WHISTLE TWICE SAYS "ONE FOR THE COUNTRY, ONE FOR THE TOWN" 00:24:09 - ENGINEER POV THROUGH COUNTRY, PULLING INTO SMALL TOWN TRAIN. 00:24:26 - PASSENGERS WAIT ON PLATFORM AS WABASH TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. 00:24:42 - RE-CREATION OF EARLY TRAIN "ROGERS" CEREMONY FOR FIRST RAIL TRIP EVER MADE IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. PEOPLE DRESSED IN PERIOD COSTUMES TAKE RIDE ON THE ROGERS 00:26:38 - ILLUSTRATED MAP OF THE ROGERS' ROUTE. MEREDOSIA. SPREADS OUT TO SHOW RAILROAD ROUTE GROWTH, RED HEART SUPERIMPOSED OVER MAP 00:27:08 - WATERFALLS, NIAGARA FALLS ? 00:27:14 - LS FREIGHT TRAIN CROSSING STEEL BRIDGE OVER RIVER 00:27:22 - WABASH BOAT FERRYING TRAIN ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN FREIGHT TRAIN BACKING OFF BOAT 00:27:34 - LS BARGE FREIGHT TRAIN ACROSS DETROIT RIVER 00:27:50 - COUPLE DRESSED IN PERIOD CLOTHING DEPICTING EARLY RAILROAD TIMES SUPERIMPOSED OVER PASSENGER TRAIN. MAN MAKES PROJECTIONS 00:28:13 - PASSENGERS ON TRAINS IN PRIVATE CARS, MAN CLOSES DOOR. MOTHER PUTS CHILDREN TO BED IN SLEEPER CAR PATS GIRL ON THE REAR END AS SHE CLIMBS TO UPPER BIRTH. MOTHERLY TOUCH 00:28:40 - TRAIN STATION SEQUENCE. LARGE TERMINAL IN KANSAS CITY, SMALLER TERMINAL IN SUBURBAN ST. LOUIS. LARGE TERMINAL IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS. CENTRAL UNION TERMINAL, TOLEDO, OHIO. DETROIT TRAIN STATION. TILT DOWN CHICAGO TRAIN STATION. OMAHA TRAIN STATION. 00:29:20 - FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING, WORKER DRIVING LOADED CART SUPERIMPOSED OVER TRAIN 00:29:44 - ENGINEER POV SLOWLY CROSSING STEEL BRIDGE. TALKING MAN'S HEAD SUPERIMPOSED. 00:29:51 - CREW RE-ICING TRAIN REFRIGERATOR CAR, SLIDING CHUNKS OF ICE INTO HOLD, BREAKING ICE UP WITH SPEAR-LIKE ICE PICK 00:30:05 - LS PAN HUGE GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY. CU MACHINE UNLOADING GRAIN FROM FREIGHT CAR 00:30:34 - BARGES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ST. LOUIS IN B/G. 00:30:38 - BARGES ON RIVER WITH DETROIT IN BKGD 00:30:42 - DETROIT UNION PRODUCE TERMINAL. VARIOUS MERCHANT STALLS. CRATES OF PRODUCE IN WAREHOUSE. WORKER STACKING ONION SACKS. SUNKIST ORANGES . CUSTOMER SELECTS BUNCH OF GRAPES. 00:31:10 - CHUNKS OF ICE MOVE DOWN CONVEYOR ON PLATFORM 00:31:16 - LS PAN RAILROAD TERMINAL WITH WORKERS PERFORMING TASKS SUPERIMPOSED OVER 00:31:32 - MECHANICS WORKING IN RAILROAD SHOP. IMAGES SUPERIMPOSED OVER 00:33:00 - RE-CREATION OF EARLY RAILROAD, PERIOD CLOTHING. 00:33:21 - RAILROAD SWITCH TOWER. CU OPERATOR PULLS SIGNAL LEVER. DISPATCHER SIGNALING TRAIN, SETS SWITCH. CUTS TO FREIGHT TRAINS. TRAIN PASSING ANOTHER. 00:34:30 - RAILROAD COMMUNICATION. SPECIAL LONG DISTANCE SYSTEMS, LONG SHEET OF PAPER KEEPING TRACK OF TRAINS. CU HAND TYPING ON TICKER TAPE MACHINE. 00:34:59 - RE-CREATION OF EARLY RAILROAD. PASSENGERS IN PERIOD COSTUME. TRAIN STOPS, MAN HELPS WOMAN DOWN OFF TRAIN 00:35:39 - ON BOARD TRAIN, WOMAN COMBS HER HAIR & HUMS. PUTS COMB IN 1950s PURSE. MEETS UP WITH HER HUSBAND WHO SAYS "SAY, I"M HUNGARY". ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ON INTERCOM "LUNCHEON IS BEING SERVED IN THE DINING CAR FORWARD". 00:36:04 - WAITER HANDS MENUS TO COUPLE IN DINING CAR. MAN LOOKS AT WAITER AS IF HE RECOGNIZES HIM. AS WAITER RECOMMENDS MENU ITEMS, THEY APPEAR ON THE TABLE; SHOULDER OF LAMB DINNER PLATE. WOMAN FORMS HER MOUTH IN AN "O" SHAPE, SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED. CLAPS HER HANDS "OH ISN'T THIS EXCITING". 00:36:28 - MAN LOOKS AT WAITER, FURROWED BROW, STILL TRYING TO PLACE THE WAITER'S FACE SAYS "SAY, HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU SOMEPLACE BEFORE?" 00:36:45 - WAITER SUGGESTS MENU ITEMS, THEY MAGICALLY APPEAR ON THE TABLE. CHICKEN CROQUETTES. SALAD BOWL, STEAK HAM. CHICKEN SANDWICH, BROILED WHITEFISH. STEAK. POPULAR 1950s DINNER FOOD. 00:37:38 - BLACK CHEFS PREPARE DINNERS ON BOARD TRAIN. 00:38:14 - COMMISSARY SUPERINTENDENT IN OFFICE LOOKING OVER PAPERS, BUYING VEGETABLES, MEAT, FOOD FOR TRAIN DINING CAR. ENGINEER POV ON TRACKS SUPERIMPOSED OVER. 00:38:41 - COUPLE HAVING DINNER ON TRAIN TALK TO WAITER WHILE EATING 00:38:53 - WORKER IN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT CHECKS OVER LONG SHOPPING LIST. BOOK KEEPER IN BILLING DEPARTMENT PAYING BILLS USING AUTOMATED MACHINE. 00:39:08 - RAILROAD YARD FILLED WITH PARTS 00:39:19 - RAILROAD EMPLOYEES PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS. IN BILLING DEPARTMENT USING AUTOMATED BILLING MACHINE, 1953. ARCHITECT DRAWING PLANS. TRAINS SUPERIMPOSED OVER ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. 00:39:45 - ENGINEER POV CROSSING LONG FLAT BRIDGE 00:39:51 - ECU DRIVING RAILROAD SPIKES 00:39:56 - PAN HUGE RAIL YARD, DECATOR, GEORGIA. CONTROL TOWER. OPERATOR. SIGNALS. UN-COUPLING TRAIN CARS 00:41:03 - PAN FORD AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY PLANT 00:41:22 - TRAIN APPROACHES VIEWER, CU WABASH LOGO 00:41:31 - MONTAGE AMERICAN PLANTS; JOHN DEERE, ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA, PHELPS DODGE COPPER, A.E. STALEY 00:41:45 - MAIN STREET, SMALL TOWN USA, CIRCA 1953. 00:41:52 - OUTDOOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET 00:41:54 - INTERIOR APPLIANCE STORE, OVENS, REFRIGERATOR 00:41:59 - SHOPPERS WALK THROUGH HUGE PARKING LOT TO THEIR CARS. SHOPPING CENTER. CARS CIRCA 1953 00:42:07 - UNUSED RAILROAD TRACKS WITH WEED GROWING OVER THEM. DERELICT TRACKS. EMPTY PARKING LOT. UNUSED TRAIN STATION, TRACKS COVERED WITH WEEDS. 00:42:21 - DINER THANKS WAITER, HE THANKS THEM, HUSBAND SMOKES CIGAR AFTER DINNER, SATISFACTORY LOOK ON COUPLE'S FACE 00:42:35 - SAME COUPLE BACK IN CONVERTIBLE, HUSBAND DRIVING, SMOKING CIGAR. WATCH TRAIN PULL AWAY AHEAD OF THEM 00:42:40 - POV ON TRAIN TRACKS WATCHING TRAIN PULLING AWAY 00:42:45 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5646