Whistle in the Night (1947)

Whistle in The Night This is America series. Produced by Frederic Ullman Jr.; Dir. & Photo. Larry O’Reilly 18:33:05 Night, train leaving city w/ lights behind. Montage: Int. engineer pulling whistle cord. POV from front towards lighted sky. Fireman stoking firebox, shoveling coal, engineer blowing whistle, young boy wakes, passing steam locomotive, man on train reading newspaper, boy in sleeping car, woman combing hair, black steward collects shoes, woman in bed, polishing shoes. POV past steam engine, countryside. 18:34:17 Black cooks in dining car kitchen; fountain car; restaurant car filled & serving passengers, family. 18:34:38 Montage: POV past driver, rails. Man checking baggage compartment. Spaniel dog in baggage car. Sorting letters in mail car. View from engine; into station. 18:35:24 Int. Pennsylvania Station. Mail bags unloaded, sacks onto conveyor belt; off in post office. 18:36:03 Terminal counter, crowds; switchboard operators; women & reservations books into pigeonholes. 18:36:32 Montage: Warehouse & moving freight, cars being loaded. Ice loaded into refrigerator cars. Yard, freight cars inspected over pit, uncoupled & sorted into trains: tanker cars, boxcars in yard. 18:38:12 Engine on turntable at roundhouse. Car seals checked, journal boxes oiled, brakeman, signalman & steam engine 235 pulls freight train out as conductor watches, boards caboose. 18:39:51 Conductor w/ waybills & paperwork. Train overtaken by diesel express. POV & runbys. 18:40:52 High angle of railyard by docks of port; grain elevator & dumping cars, ship loading. Pov & alongside engine, dissolve to... 18:41:26 Wheels in Testing Department, CU wheels turning at high speed while stationary, gauges etc. Large shop converting & building new engines after WWII. Welding; car building, repair. 18:43:00 Yards & traffic control tower w/ switches, chart. Diesel trains. Driver on phone to tower; signals. 18:44:11 Men replacing & repairing tracks; ballast cleaned & replaced. Diesel trains, runbys; interior of passenger cars. Tracking shots thru countryside. The End. Transportation; Sleeper trains; Mail trains; 1940s; 1947; Promotional Films; NOTE VERY GOOD coverage in segments, but individual shots are short.