1953 - Transportation, Railroads: Golden State, The

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1953 - Transportation, Railroads: Golden State, The Map of route traced by pencil across map showing Rock Island & Southern Pacific Railroad routes from Chicago to Los Angles. 02:01:26 People at LaSalle Street Station checking in at ticket counter & moving to train, past streamline passenger cars, helped aboard & conductor signaling. Diesel electric locomotive pulling cars out; runbys. Passing cattle in fields. 02:03:03 Leaving yard & crossing Mississippi River Bridge to Davenport, Iowa. 02:03:39 Dining car interior w/ waiter & maitre de seating people. 02:03:57 Montage: Night arrival, Kansas City. Interior playing cards & in coffee shop lounge. People boarding. 02:04:29 Night, train engine approaching; MS of engineer & fireman in cab from in front of engine cab at night. 02:04:43 Woman in front of mirror combing hair, making up beds in roomette & other compartments; chair cars or day-night coach w/ reclining seats shown. 02:05:03 POV from train passing Kansas sagebrush (?) countryside. Bridge across Cimarron River on steel truss bridge. POV from engine & into rural town railroad station at Tucumcari, New Mexico. 02:05:43 Map w/ route from Kansas to California. People talking in bar car / lounge at table. POV western landscape; El Paso arrival. Station platform. Servicing locomotive 02:07:15 LS train across desert w/ mountains in distance leaving El Paso. Views of train up grade; freight train seen on parallel tracks. 02:08:17 Train arriving in southern California. Swimming pool at desert resort w/ tourist family in water. Orange groves. 02:08:28 Dining car interior w/ menus handed to two women. 02:08:39 LS across Los Angles railyard w/ trains moving & streamliner entering. LS of passenger terminal. View of wide palm tree lined avenue; large resort hotel, beachside highway, view across Hollywood from hills. 02:09:18 The End. 1950s; 1940s; Travel; Promotional Film; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk