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1952 - Railroad Film: Super Chief, The

Reel Number: 221467-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1952

Country: USA

Location: Albuquerque,California,Chicago,Illinois,Los Angeles,New Mexico

TC Begins: 13:07:06

TC Ends: 13:15:38

Duration: 00:08:32

1952 - Railroad Film: Super Chief, The Washing machine w/ streamline locomotive out toward camera. Map of route Chicago to Los Angeles. View in window of man in roomette & Black porter hanging up his coat. Passenger smoking. Man shows washroom & toilet; gets into bed & pulls up blankets. Woman in bedroom; couple in bedroom in three-person drawing room. Runby. 13:09:22 Passengers seated along sides in observation lounge. Smoking, talking. Railroad yard & Super Chief passing w/ Pleasure Dome car. Passengers playing cards, writing in upper lounge. Bartender in lower lounge, people being served. Man smoking cigar. Barber cutting man’s hair. Runby. 13:11:01 View from domeliner, passenger in sun glasses looking, talking. Runby. Man typing in private room; woman in compartment w/ upper & lower beds. Shots of mountain peak & people with magazines looking out. Porter brings pillow. 13:12:47 Pulling into Albuquerque. Indians w/ souvenirs for sale. CU. Announcer calling passengers who boards train; conductor signals & pulling out for California. Chefs in kitchen cutting & cooking steaks. full diner car w/ large plates of food to family’s table. Turquoise Room & maitre de. Woman looks out at citrus grove. Train arriving into station and passengers being greeted. Train past low camera. Transportation - Railroads; Tourism; Traveling; Travelers; Railway; Streamliner; Streamlined; 1950s;

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