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On The Track Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221580-03

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 06:24:03

TC Ends: 06:31:16

Duration: 00:07:13

On The Track Pt. 2 of 2 Montage: railroad related manufacturing & equipment scenes inc. coal in coal cars, oil well pumping. Lumber, iron & steel. Train over bridge toward camera. 06:24:47 Migrant farm laborers harvest lettuce. 06:24:52 Montage: Passengers in dining car, freight train runby, railroad cars on ferry across Hudson River w/ NYC skyline behind. Passenger & freight trains pass signal lights in opposite directions. Military parades; tank moves off railroad flat-car, drop hammer pounding steel. Electric freight train out of mountain tunnel; freight pass across bridge. 06:25:53 Explosion & troops on military exercise advance up hillside, use flame throwers. WWII troops board transport train, lean out windows of train passing; freight cars of military equipment train past camera. Tanks & supplies unloaded at dock. Runby of train; yard w/ ore cars; logs up conveyor in sawmill. 06:27:16 Chicago & North Western diesel locomotive leaves station. Streamliner runbys; Policeman directing traffic w/ pedestrians crossing street. Runby. 06:28:03 Montage: trains washed, aerial of railyard & passenger trains into station. Yard control tower & man at switch panel. Streamliner on turning roundhouse turntable. Passenger car thru car washer. Freight runby; freight train along river in wide mountain canyon. Workers maintaining railway track. 06:28:41 Montage over VO describing benefits of railroad taxes supporting military, fire departments w/ engine outside station. Black workers build highway. Locks on canal. Airport shot. Children out of school & playing on school ground, maypole, American football games. 06:29:35 Diesel streamliner locomotive out of Seattle railyard. Runbys. Steam train speeds towards camera; glass & metal suburban office building; manufacturing interior. Vars locomotives w/ different state/rail company & runbys passenger & freight. 06:30:52 PoV passengers in domeliner as train moves thru mountains. Runby. The End. Note: Brief shots but interesting & very good color. Railroad Industry; Transportation; Americana; 1940s; 1950s; Post-WW2; Korean War Homefront; Color; Daily Life; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.

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