- Title: V-5668
- Summary: THE GOLDEN STATE: CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROADS. THE GOLDEN STATE TRAIN.
- Description:00:01:00 - CU POINTER ON MAP SHOWING TRAIN ROUTE THROUGH ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA TO LOS ANGELES 00:01:25 - PASSENGERS IN LASALLE STREET STATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PASSENGERS CHECKING IN BEFORE BOARDING. CIRCA 1952. 00:01:47 - PASSENGERS BOARDING TRAIN, OBSERVATION CAR. CONDUCTOR WAVES TO ENGINEER 00:02:09 - TRAIN LEAVING LASALLE STREET STATION, CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND TRAIN. DIESEL TRAIN 00:03:44 - INTERIOR DINING CAR, WAITER HANDS OUT MENUS, 00:04:03 - EXT/NIGHT: TRAIN LIGHT APPROACHES & PASSES 00:04:09 - INTERIOR COMFORTABLE TRAIN CARS, PASSENGERS PLAYING CARDS IN OBSERVATION CAR. HAVE COCKTAILS IN THE COFFEE SHOP LOUNGE. BUSINESSMAN WORKING. 00:04:27 - IN KANSAS CITY, PASSENGERS BOARD. PULLMAN & COACH ADDED. 00:04:41 - CU ENGINEERS DRIVING TRAIN, FROM FRONT, NIGHT 00:04:50 - WOMAN BRUSHES HER HAIR IN SLEEPER CAR ON BOARD TRAIN. GETTING READY FOR BED. WOMAN READING IN BED, SLEEPER CAR. MAN GETS INTO HIS BED, PEOPLE SLEEPING ON BOARD TRAIN 00:05:04 - BOY FIXES CHAIR CAR DAY/NIGHT COACH FOR HIS MOTHER TO PUT HER FEET UP ON LEG RESTS 00:05:10 - POV ON TRAIN PASSING THROUGH POTATO FIELDS, KANSAS KAW RIVER 00:05:24 - LS TRAIN CROSSING THE CIMARRON RIVER ON A STEEL DECK TRUSS BRIDGE HIGH OVER RIVER BED. "THE SAMSON OF THE CIMARRON" 00:05:40 - ENGINEER POV ARRIVING IN TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO, 1952 00:05:51 - POINTER ON MAP SHOWING TRAIN ROUTE THROUGH OKLAHOMA & NEW MEXICO 00:06:01 - INTERIOR TRAIN COFFEE SHOP LOUNGE, PASSENGERS HAVING REFRESHMENTS 00:06:20 - POV OUT TRAIN WINDOW, VAST WESTERN LANDSCAPES. 00:06:26 - TRAIN ARRIVING IN EL PASO, TEXAS, 1952 00:07:00 - MECHANICS SERVICE THE LOCOMOTIVE IN EL PASO, MAN WASHING ENGINEER'S WINDOW 00:07:30 - TRAIN TRAVELS FROM TEXAS INTO NEW MEXICO. VAST WESTERN LANDSCAPE 00:08:33 - TRAIN APPROACHING RAILROAD CROSSING, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 00:08:36 - CHILDREN AT HOME SWIM IN SWIMMING POOL, PALM SPRINGS 00:08:40 - ORANGE GROVE, CU ORANGES, PALM TREES 00:08:45 - WAITER PORTER HANDS PASSENGERS DINERS MENUS DINER CAR 00:09:11 - LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL STATION 00:09:22 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1952. PALM TREES 1950s CARS, WIDE BOULEVARD. LUXURY HOTEL. BEACH LS HOLLYWOOD 00:09:37 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5668