Mainline USA - Produced and directed by Carl Dudley
Statue of Liberty against blue sky. Scenic / stock shots USA including mountains, coastline, Mount Rushmore - Capitol - Church like building - waterfall - ferry on river - city street scenes. Diesel train towards and past camera sign on front Monon. Short shots work related - combine harvester - digger - smoking chimneys of factory - train through countryside.
01:02:52 Production shots - Interior steel mill - car assembly line.
01:03:15 Storybook, page turns. Following to represent the historical development of transportation Scenic shots fields, waterfall - tracking shot through farm land. Pony express rider - stagecoach - horse drawn wagon - cornfield - horse drawn wagon loaded with barrels. Map of USA
01:04:22 Old Steam train belching out black smoke towards camera - side shot same. More modern steam train past camera at speed. Various shots other trains.
01:05:40 Steam goods train passes in front of large building - short sequence of shots - mining - family at dinner - trying on jacket in shop - putting coal on domestic fire - car pulling into driveway
01:06:13 Wheat field - grocery shelf - consumables - family at dinner. Pennsylvania coal mine - coal transported by train. Copper mine - Iron mine - tree felled for lumber - cattle in water hole - oil transported by train - tractors on train - steam trains on track by lake.
01:07:18 Section dealing with the railroad transportation of people rather than goods. New York ? Interior railway station - hands packing suitcase for holiday - tickets - steam train. Various shots different passenger trains, interior carriages - dining cars, lounge and club cars - sleeping cars. Man typing on train. Tracking shot from train through countryside. Short sequence vacations - men riding horses - fishing in lake - crowded beach - horse riding - in motor boat - on toboggan - yacht sailing. Waterfall
01:09:22 Section on the rail industry’s importance to the National economy as a buyer of goods. Top tracking shot over railway yard - moving train wheels by magnetic crane. Various shots different trains. Loading food onto train - interior dining car. Lumber transported by train. Back view man carrying money bag entering Bank of America
01:10:53 Railroad workers leaving yard. Worker arrives home, greeted by family. Various short shots different sorts of railroad workers including office workers - train drivers - track laying. Various shots train.
01:11:22 Pan up Empire State Building - financial district
01:11:36 Locomotives in yard - railway station exterior - cleaning locos. - goods wagons - track laying - railroad snow plough. Train towards camera. US troops boarding train ( short ) - Streets and highways, rivers and airports. Exterior school - athletics meeting - American football match - all helped “ by railroad taxes “
01.13.08 Diesel and steam trains along. Various improvements in railways.
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Mainline USA - Produced and directed by Carl Dudley Statue of Liberty against blue sky. Scenic / stock shots USA including mountains, coastline, Mount Rushmore - Capitol - Church like building - waterfall - ferry on river - city street scenes. Diesel train towards and past camera sign on front Monon. Short shots work related - combine harvester - digger - smoking chimneys of factory - train through countryside. 01:02:52 Production shots - Interior steel mill - car assembly line. 01:03:15 Storybook, page turns. Following to represent the historical development of transportation Scenic shots fields, waterfall - tracking shot through farm land. Pony express rider - stagecoach - horse drawn wagon - cornfield - horse drawn wagon loaded with barrels. Map of USA 01:04:22 Old Steam train belching out black smoke towards camera - side shot same. More modern steam train past camera at speed. Various shots other trains. 01:05:40 Steam goods train passes in front of large building - short sequence of shots - mining - family at dinner - trying on jacket in shop - putting coal on domestic fire - car pulling into driveway 01:06:13 Wheat field - grocery shelf - consumables - family at dinner. Pennsylvania coal mine - coal transported by train. Copper mine - Iron mine - tree felled for lumber - cattle in water hole - oil transported by train - tractors on train - steam trains on track by lake. 01:07:18 Section dealing with the railroad transportation of people rather than goods. New York ? Interior railway station - hands packing suitcase for holiday - tickets - steam train. Various shots different passenger trains, interior carriages - dining cars, lounge and club cars - sleeping cars. Man typing on train. Tracking shot from train through countryside. Short sequence vacations - men riding horses - fishing in lake - crowded beach - horse riding - in motor boat - on toboggan - yacht sailing. Waterfall 01:09:22 Section on the rail industry’s importance to the National economy as a buyer of goods. Top tracking shot over railway yard - moving train wheels by magnetic crane. Various shots different trains. Loading food onto train - interior dining car. Lumber transported by train. Back view man carrying money bag entering Bank of America 01:10:53 Railroad workers leaving yard. Worker arrives home, greeted by family. Various short shots different sorts of railroad workers including office workers - train drivers - track laying. Various shots train. 01:11:22 Pan up Empire State Building - financial district 01:11:36 Locomotives in yard - railway station exterior - cleaning locos. - goods wagons - track laying - railroad snow plough. Train towards camera. US troops boarding train ( short ) - Streets and highways, rivers and airports. Exterior school - athletics meeting - American football match - all helped “ by railroad taxes “ 01.13.08 Diesel and steam trains along. Various improvements in railways.