- Title: V-5670
- Summary: TRANS-CANADA EXPRESS: CANADIAN TRAIN LINE
- Description:00:42:08 - STEAM TRAIN CROSSING CANADIAN MOUNTAINS SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS. PASSING FARMS. PASSING WORKERS ON FLAT CARTS, CHILDREN ON PLATFORM WATCH TRAIN GO BY. WORKERS ON SIDE OF THE TRACKS. INDUSTRIAL PLANT, 00:42:54 - LS CANADIAN CITY 00:43:05 - LS PAN FLAT FIELDS, FARMLAND TO INDUSTRIAL PLANT. SASKATCHEWAN MAIN STREET. DIRT ROAD. TRAIN STATION. TRIO OF MEN SIT ON FENCE AND CHAT. BOYS RUN TO WATCH TRAIN ARRIVING AT THE STATION LITTLE GIRL RIDES HER BICYCLE TO TRAIN STATION 00:44:02 - PASSENGERS, GOODS UNLOADED AT STATION. MAIL. PASSENGERS GETTING ON BOARD TRAIN 00:44:20 - CU CONDUCTOR LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH SHOUTS "ALL ABOARD" 00:44:23 - CU PRE-TEEN LITTLE BOY SHIELDS HIS EYE FROM THE SUN 00:44:25 - TWO BOYS WATCH TRAIN PULLS OUT OF STATION 00:44:41 - MEN PLAYING WITH ELECTRIC TRAIN SET, CIRCA 1940s 00:44:55 - MOTHER & SON LAUGHING AS THEY WATCH FILM AT MOVIE THEATER. SILENT COMEDY SHOWN 00:45:49 - LS TRAIN YARD, ENGINES SMOKING, READY TO LEAVE TURNTABLE SWINGS ENGINE AROUND. ENGINEERS SIGNING IN, BOARD THEIR TRAINS, WORKERS LOADING FREIGHT CARS, MAINTENANCE CREWS READY TRAINS. 00:47:37 - TRAIN CREW IN YARD OFFICE GETTING THEIR ORDERS FOR THEIR RUNS, OTHERS CHECKING IN. CU ENGINEER CIRCA 1940s 00:47:50 - CREW IN BUNKHOUSE PLAYS CARDS SMOKE CIGARETTES, READ NEWSPAPERS, RELAX BETWEEN RUNS. CU NAMES OF RAILWAY WORKERS. 00:48:08 - FEMALE MECHANICS WORKING ON TRAINS. WOMEN PERFORM TRADITIONALLY MALE JOBS 00:48:16 - RAILWAY WORKER HOPS ONTO TOP OF TRAIN, WALKS ON TOP OF TRAIN. WORKER RIDING ON FRONT OF TRAIN. WORKERS HOPPING ON & OFF TRAINS 00:48:41 - WORKER SWITCHING RAIL LINES PULLING LARGE LEVERS 00:48:50 - STEAM TRAIN RACES THROUGH THE NIGHT AND DAY 00:49:46 - CU GROUP OF MEN LOOKING OUT TRAIN WINDOW 00:49:54 - POV PASSING CONVOY OF BATTLESHIPS IN THE SEA ECU CANADIAN SOLDIERS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-5670