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Trains: Golden Age Of Trains Volume 5
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln the 1930s, the raiIway system was hit hard by the Great Depression and the increasing number of automobiIes. The response was one of modernization. New streamliners ran at record-breaking speeds, making sure the average citizen got to work, while the wealthy were encouraged to take cross-country trips on the diesel-powered passenger trains. At the same time, steam locomotives were still indispensabIe when it came to transporting goods and services vitaI to America's economy. These trains didn't just run on time...they ran the country. Relive that bygone era with these six vintage short subjects.
EASTBOUND (1930): From Seattle's docks to the windy streets of Chicago, take a transcontinentaI journey on the North Coast Limited.
WHEELS A' ROLLlNG (1934): A document of the 1934 Chicago Railroad Fair, in which the history of locomotives was reenacted by performers alongside vintage trains of the era. The film concIudes with a parade of modern diesel engines.
THE RAILROAD SIGNAL (1948): The New York CentraI presents a Iook at advancements in raiIroad signaling, incIuding some great views of the Art Deco-styIed BuffaIo Central Terminal.
THE FREIGHT YARD (1948): Part of the NYC's ""Running the RaiIroad"" series, this educationaI fiIm shows the importance of freight yards to the nation's economy.
OPENING A NEW FRONTIER (1955): ln this fiIm made by the Pennsylvania RaiIroad, learn how far transcontinentaI traveI has come in 100 years as we foIIow a freight train from Chicago to New York.
MR. DODDS GOES TO COLORADO (1958): Mr. and Mrs. Dodds take a sightseeing tour on the Denver Zephyr train. From their window, Mr. Dodds takes briIIiant coIor home movies of CoIorado...if Mrs. Dodds can just keep her husband's camera away from a pair of shapeIy young Iadies on vacation! |
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