Railroad Passenger Transport Trains 1940s To 1950s Historical Vintage Films DVD

Description: Please read & note: This is a Rights holding DVD created & produced by me and is not factory made or sealed. I strive to produce the best DVD's possible from the sometimes VERY old Public Domain material. Films that are public domain are unpreserved and not professionally re-mastered. I re-master all of my films myself to the best possible quality achievable. My DVDs are not the quality of todays Modern DVDs or Bluray discs. If you are looking for this kind of quality then these discs are not for you. All pictures are actual screen captures from the DVDs. Please note this when purchasing, but also know that all of the films are very watchable. To keep my prices as low as possible all my DVDs are delivered in plain paper DVD sleeves and the DVDs title will be labeled on the back of the DVD envelope. This way you can write the contents of the DVD on the DVD yourself if you want to. (See picture). All of my DVD's come with a menu for easy film selection. 　 Total runtime of this DVD is 3 hours. 　 Item specifics are: Film 1: "The Big Train" (1950s) Color Runtime 26 Minutes Operations of the New York Central Railroad. Producer and director: Victor Solow. Introduced by NYCRR president Alfred E. Perlman. Essentially two films, the Big Train combines a rather stirring voyage a freight train makes from Point A to Point B, with a unbelievable whining complaint from the Railroad's head honcho. Alfred Perlman. The film starts out with Perlman introducing the film we're about to see. With jarring narration, the voyage of the train is told, filmed with great simplistic shots of the tracks going by, this part is actually quite exciting, with it's jarring music and melodrama. 　 Release Date: 1950 Entered the Public Domain: 1979 　 Film 2: "Big Trains Rolling" (1955) Color Runtime 23 Minutes Railroads and how they keep the U.S. economy rolling. This 50s film is basically about how great our country is and how great railroads are and how railroads make our country great. It follows two kids, Carol and Jimmy, as they take a train trip alone. The narrator tells us that normally kids like that would travel with their parents, but "just for fun" they’re going to show them traveling alone. That just begs to be muted, as does most of the film’s narration, which is very breezy and simplistic. There’s lots of color footage of trains and of scenic vistas of America during the 50s. All of this adds up to a typical industrial film experience, one with few surprises, but fun nonetheless. Release Date: 1955 Entered the Public Domain: 1984 　 Film 3: "A Great Railroad at Work" (1942) B&W Runtime 39 Minutes Everything there is to know about the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. A Great Movie of a Great Railroad This movie explains in great visual detail the operation of a modern railroad, the New York, New Haven and Hartford, near the apogee of the steam era. This RR ran most of the trains operated in southern New England, with tracks stretching from Boston to New York City, covering all of Connecticut, much of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and across the Hudson to Maybrook, NY as well. The movie shows a good collection of both steam (Hudson I-5s, I-3 Pacific, and Mountains) and diesel (Alco switchers, Alco DL-109) engines. The maintenance of steam locos is well presented, with steam engines in various states of repair shown. The movie shows the immediate pre-war period (1941), although there are also clear references to the nation at war. At one point (I'm not sure which "Part" it's located in), a woman books a trip at Grand Central Terminal on Saturday, December 6, 1941. This movie presents a wonderful overview of this railroad, capturing a long-gone period in an effective, if a bit stilted, style. 　 Release Date: 1942 Entered the Public Domain: 1971 Film 4: "Mainline U.S.A." (1957) Color Runtime 19 Minutes Importance of railroads in the U.S. economy, with many great running views of freight and passenger trains. Classic 1950's Railroad Film Most of this film is typical of AAR-produced films touting the importance of railroads in the US. economy. Yes, the narration is overheated and America seems just too powerful and good to be true. But rail fans will delight in many shots of classic first-generation diesels and streamliners. Most of the great shots are run-bye's, and they're only a few seconds long. Still, they're delightful - among the gems: -2 shots of NYC E-8's in Lightning Stripe livery on fast passenger trains. -3 shots of GN F's on the Empire Builder -Rio Grande F's in freight service. -2 shots of PRR Baldwin Sharknoses in freight services. -2 shots of Santa Fe FT's in freight service. -Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station -The ill-fated GM Aerotrain -Rock Island E's in freight and passenger service. -L&N E-unit (being cleaned) -UP E-unit (seen from pacing track car ahead) -SP "Black Widow " F-units -Geeps and Alcos in SF freight service -B&0 E-Units -RDCs -A military train with Patton tanks on flatcars. -Carfloat operations -Katy Alco PA's -SF "Warbonnet F's. -Erie FA's -NYC E-units in freight service I only saw one lonely steam locomotive in this film - it shows up in the sequence covering automated yard operations. But this is to be expected, given how AAR was trying to promote the industry's forward-looking image, plus the fact that US steam was a real rarity in 1957, when this film was made. Release Date: 1957 Entered the Public Domain: 1986 Film 5: "This Is My Railroad" (1940s) Color Runtime 29 Minutes Operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with many images of the territory that it serves. With excellent footage of snow management and removal operations in the Sierra Nevada mountains. This film is shot in the late 1940s or maybe early 1950s, just as railroads were transitioning to the diesel era and more modern rail controls. The audience for this film is hard to determine; possibly as an introduction film for new employees, maybe something to show to investors, maybe a little of both. But the film gives an excellent overview of the various jobs in the period railroad and some wonderful cinematography, serving almost as a travelogue for the Southwest and West. There is an interesting subtext of how we, as a country, are free to travel and exchange goods, a subtle reference to the building Cold War. There are also numerous assurances that despite the increase in technology used by the railroad, that the job is still labor intensive. Release Date: 1940 Entered the Public Domain: 1969 　 Film 6: "At This Moment" (1954) Color Runtime 26 Minutes Importance of railroads to 1950s America. Directed by Haford Kerbawy. Release Date: 1954 Entered the Public Domain: 1983 　 Film 7: "The Passenger Train" (1940) B&W Runtime 11 Minutes Describes a journey from a large city to the country on a streamline train. Shows duties of many of the people who work in the station and on the train. Release Date: 1940 Entered the Public Domain: 1969 　 Film 8: The Passenger Train (Second Edition) (1954) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Second Edition even better.... The second 1954 version of The Passenger Train. Release Date: 1954 Entered the Public Domain: 1983 I claim ownership and rights to this media. All the films on this DVD have been researched and are copyright free or the copyrights have expired due to non renewal.

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