- Title: VM-63B
- Summary: ON THE TRACK: SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES & EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF RAILROADS AS THE NATION PREPARES TO FACE A WORLD CRISIS.
- Description:01:06:23 - LOW ANGLE, STATUE OF LIBERTY 01:06:27 - SCENIC NATURE SHOTS, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS, MOUNT RUSHMORE. 01:06:41 - EXTERIOR CAPITOL DOME, WASHINGTON, DC. 01:06:46 - CU CORN FIELD, FARM BUILDING IN B/G. 01:06:52 - LS WATERFALL, BOAT IN B/G. 01:06:56 - LS MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY FROM HARBOR 01:07:01 - CITY APARTMENT BUILDINGS, LAUNDRY LINES HANG BETWEEN BUILDINGS. 01:07:08 - EXTERIOR URBAN NIGHT SCENE, NEON SIGNS, ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS. 01:07:11 - FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING OVER STEEL BRIDGE 01:07:17 - WHEAT THRESHING MACHINE PLOWING FIELDS 01:07:21 - HUGE CRANE DIGGING ORE, RAW MATERIALS 01:07:24 - STEEL MANUFACTURING PLANT 01:07:28 - LS TRAIN ACROSS ROLLING HILLS 01:07:38 - INTERIOR AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING PLANT 01:07:48 - MONTAGE EARLY RAILROAD TRAINS 01:08:05 - SCENIC NATURE SEQUENCE: PAN VAST OPEN PRAIRIE LANDS, WATERFALL 01:08:26 - RE-CREATION OF PIONEER FAMILY TRAVELING ACROSS PLAINS IN COVERED WAGON, CONESTOGA. EARLY MODES OF TRANSPORTATION 01:08:42 - CU WHEAT FIELDS 01:08:49 - CU HOT MOLTEN STEEL, INDUSTRY 01:08:54 - FARMER MOVES RAW MATERIALS IN HORSE-PULLED COVERED WAGON 01:09:00 - INDIAN ON HORSEBACK ON HILL, LOOKS OUT. CU NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN 01:09:07 - MEN TRAVEL ACROSS THE PLAINS IN COVERED WAGON 01:09:13 - EARLY TRAINS 01:09:32 - MODERN TRAINS, CIRCA 1950 01:09:43 - FARMER PLOWING HIS FIELDS, THRESHING MACHINE 01:09:48 - LS PAN CITY NEW YORK? 01:09:56 - ECU FLANGED TRAIN WHEEL ON STEEL RAIL 01:10:12 - 5 TRAINS ABREAST MOVE TOGETHER 01:10:19 - WORKER LOADS SACKS ONTO FREIGHT TRAIN CAR SOUTHERN PACIFIC 01:10:24 - FREIGHT TRAIN BESIDE FREIGHT SHIP. FREIGHT LOADED FROM TRAIN TO SHIP 01:10:34 - RAILROAD CREW LAYING RAILS 01:10:41 - INDUSTRY SEQUENCE: MINING, MANUFACTURING 01:10:47 - FREIGHT TRAIN ON COASTAL TRACKS 01:10:53 - CU PLATES OF DINNER FOOD. MAN GRABS HIS NAPKIN, PUTS ON HIS LAP 01:10:56 - WOMAN MODELS HER NEW FUR COAT AT HOME, TWIRLS AROUND. ANOTHER FUR COAT DRAPED ON CHAIR 01:10:59 - TWO WORKERS RIDE ON TOP OF COAL CARS 01:11:00 - CU LATE 1940s CARS & TRUCKS ON ROAD 01:11:08 - WHEAT THRESHER PLOWS FIELDS AGRICULTURE 01:11:13 - FAMILY HAS DINNER TOGETHER, CIRCA 1950 01:11:15 - ECU EMPTYING OUT A CRATE OF ORANGES, FRUIT POURING OUT OF CRATE 01:11:25 - COAL RAIL CARS, COAL MINING 01:11:37 - TILT DOWN MONTANA COPPER MINES 01:11:41 - HIGH PAN ALABAMA IRON MINES 01:11:46 - CU TREE FALLING, LUMBER INDUSTRY 01:11:50 - CATTLE HERD ON THE MOVE 01:11:54 - FARMER BENDS OVER, CHECKS HIS COTTON CROPS 01:11:56 - OIL TANKER TRAIN CARS ROUND BEND 01:11:59 - RAILROAD FLAT CARS MOVING TRACTORS 01:12:05 - FREIGHT TRAIN PASSES VIEWER, SNOW ON GROUND 01:12:17 - NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA 1950. 01:12:23 - URBAN RAILROAD TERMINAL EITHER PENN STATION OR GRAND CENTRAL. PASSENGERS BOARDING TRAIN. BIG CLOCK. CU CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER 01:12:40 - MODERN STREAMLINE PASSENGER TRAIN CIRCA 1950 01:12:55 - FEMALE PASSENGER ADJUSTS FOOT REST, PUTS HER FEET UP. PUTS THE SEAT BACK. RELAXING 01:13:00 - WOMAN ON BOARD TRAIN READS FASHION MAGAZINE CALIFORNIAN MAGAZINE 01:13:07 - STREAMLINE TRAIN ALONG COAST. PASSENGERS IN OBSERVATION CAR ENJOY THE VIEW 01:13:47 - MALE PASSENGER ON BOARD TRAIN TYPING 01:13:52 - HORSEBACK RIDERS ON TRAIL RIDE, LAKE IN B/G 01:13:57 - PAN CONEY ISLAND BEACH FILLED WITH PEOPLE, AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES IN B/G 01:14:02 - SAILBOAT WITH RED SAILS SAILS BY 01:14:07 - GROUP OF SKIERS SKI DOWN MOUNTAIN TOGETHER. TWO SKIERS FALL 01:14:12 - COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS ON TRAIL RIDE THROUGH THE DESERT. CACTI, CACTUS DOT THE LANDSCAPE. SPOTTED HORSES, APPALOOSA. 01:14:18 - FISHERMAN IN RIVER RAPIDS. CU FISHERMAN HOLDS UP HIS CATCH, BIG FISH 01:14:26 - TRAIN SEQUENCE FREIGHT TRAINS 01:14:53 - RAILROAD PARTS YARD, WORKERS ROLL TRAIN WHEELS LOADING CROSS TIES ONTO FLAT BED CAR 01:15:12 - CU RED HOT MOLTEN STEEL RAIL 01:15:15 - FREIGHT CARS, COAL CARS. CU OIL DERRICK, MACHINERY MOVING, LUMBER BOARDS. IRON, STEEL PLANT 01:15:40 - FARM HANDS PICKING CROPS, PUT ONTO CONVEYOR 01:15:45 - PASSENGERS EATING ON RAILROAD DINING CAR, CIRCA 1950 01:15:51 - BARGE CARRYING FREIGHT CARS IN NEW YORK HARBOR CITY SKYLINE IN B/G 01:16:01 - TRAIN COMING AND GOING AT RAILROAD CROSSING 01:16:08 - SAILORS MARCHING, CIRCA 1950 SAILORS MARCH TOWARD VIEWER 01:16:19 - MILITARY TANK UNLOADED FROM RAILROAD FLAT CAR 01:16:27 - STEEL, IRON MANUFACTURING PLANT, WORKER FORGING STEEL 01:16:36 - FREIGHT TRAIN EXITS TUNNEL. LOW ANGLE FREIGHT TRAIN CROSSING STEEL BRIDGE 01:16:51 - SOLDIERS USING FLAME THROWER IN FIELDS 01:17:06 - SOLDIERS BOARDING TRAIN FROM FIELDS 01:17:13 - TRAIN CARRYING AMERICAN SOLDIERS, SOLDIERS LEAN OUT TRAIN 01:17:31 - RAILROAD FLAT CARS MOVING MILITARY TANKS, LOADING TANKS, MILITARY SUPPLIES ONTO FREIGHTER 01:17:59 - RAILROAD USED IN MOVING RAW MATERIALS, TRANSPORTING COAL, ORE, IRON, LUMBER 01:18:51 - TRAFFIC POLICEMAN WATCHES TRAFFIC AS PEDESTRIANS CROSS THE STREET. LATE 1950s CARS, YELLOW CAB 01:19:16 - YARD SWITCHBOARD TERMINAL OPERATOR 01:19:18 - TRAIN ENGINE TURNED AROUND ON TURNTABLE 01:19:24 - TRAIN CARS BEING WASHED IN YARD 01:19:27 - TRAIN MONTAGE, FREIGHT TRAINS AND PASSENGER TRAINS CIRCA 1950 01:19:40 - RAILROAD CREW WORKING ON RAILROAD LINES 01:20:02 - SAILORS WATCH SOLDIER, GUN DEMONSTRATION, SOLIDER USES ONE HAND TO SHOOT GUN. MAYBE HANDICAPPED FROM WAR 01:20:05 - FIRE FIGHTERS CHECK FIRE TRUCKS IN FRONT OF URBAN FIRE STATION 01:20:09 - BLACK ROAD CREW BUILDING HIGHWAY 01:20:12 - LOCKS OPEN TO ALLOW SHIP PASSAGE 01:20:15 - LS PLANE TAKING OFF FROM AIRPORT 01:20:19 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL BUILDING 01:20:24 - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS PLAY BASEBALL 01:20:28 - GIRLS DANCE AROUND MAYPOLE. SADDLE SHOES. 1950s FASHIONS 01:20:33 - HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME. 1950s SPECTATORS. 01:20:42 - TRAIN LEAVING CITY 1950 01:20:51 - TRAIN SEQUENCE 01:21:19 - CU TRAIN COMING THROUGH WASHER, MS ENGINEER CLIMBS ABOARD, WAVES 01:21:25 - 1950s TRAIN SEQUENCE. 01:21:46 - CU TRAIN WHEELS ON RAILS 01:22:03 - POV ON BOARD TRAIN OBSERVATION CAR, TRAIN ROUNDS BEND 01:22:28 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-63B