Right Of Way

Right Of Way Office of War Information Int. Pennsylvania Station, New York City. People standing, sitting on luggage, train delayed. People standing in moving train; man getting into upper berth; man asking porter about Club Car. Ticket agent & woman. Taxi. Crowded bus stop, flat tire, sign: No Gas at service station 16:01:37 Office of Defense Transportation, Joseph B. Eastman speaks to camera (SOF) re not going to get better till war is over as moving goods & military. 16:02:20 Office w/ machines typing out traffic movement, teletype machines, punch cards, CU pages. Map of US & men in front talking about congestion & need to re-route trains. Dispatcher w/ speaker phone. Control tower & trains past, runby of streamliner, switching signals, POV. steam engine. Tracks moving at switches. POV in engine w/ engineer pulling steam whistle, looking out window. 16:04:09 Central power room w/ routes on board. Troop train into station, passengers watch it go thru. Freight truck along highway. Ship & captain looks at watch, on phone asking for men. Three merchant marines board plane to get to ship in time. DC-3 taking off. Night & freight runby; engineer. Trucker at night. Freight runby at night. 16:06:16 Soldier patrolling dock. Crewmen boarding ship; freight truck arrives, train onto dock stops. Everyone tired. Soldiers off train. 16:07:15 Joseph Eastman again talking to camera. “Don’t travel unless you have to...pool w/ your neighbors...the inconveniences... America’s delivering the goods.” WWII Homefront; Propaganda; Travel; 1940s; Shipping;