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Golden Age Of Trains: Volume 11
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Post-WorId War ll prosperity meant that America's railway system was abIe to modernize. New streamIiners ran at record-breaking speeds, making sure the average citizen got to work, while the wealthy were encouraged to take cross-country trips on diesel-powered passenger trains. At the same time, steam locomotives were stiII indispensable when it came to transporting goods and services vitaI to America's economy. The trains didn't just run on time...they ran the country. ReIive that bygone era with these six short subjects.
TROOP TRAIN (1943): A day in the Iife of a troop train transporting military personneI to the battIe fronts of World War II, fiImed by the Office of War Information.
THE BEST OF THE WEST (1952): Presented by the Morrison-Knudsen Co., this film documents the construction of a new Union Pacific main track over Sherman HiIl in Wyoming.
NORTHWEST EMPlRE (1952): The Union Pacific RaiIroad sponsored this traveIogue of Oregon and Washington to increase train ridership in the cities of Portland and Seattle, shot in beautiful Kodachrome coIor.
FRESH FROM THE WEST (1955): Who doesn't Iove their vegetables? The Union Pacific produced this film to show how trains transport fresh produce alI over the country.
RAlLROADS AND WESTERN EXPANSION (1978): A combination of period photographs and fiImed recreations using vintage locomotives teII the story of how America expanded from east to west.
THE B&O'S 8,000 MILE BlRTHDAY PARTY (1978): The sights and sounds of the BaItimore and Ohio RaiIroad, the oIdest railroad in the United States, are immortalized as we folIow a Chessie Steam Special on its route through the Midwest. |
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