| 01:16:49 2.47 |
MILITARY SUPPLIES IN ROWS, JEEPS, MOTORCYCLES,
TANKS, |
| 01:17:00 13.47 |
NERVE CENTER OF THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM,
WASHINGTON, D. C.. RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION CORPS TRAFFIC CONTROL CONTROL CENTER. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE ROWS OF DESKS, EMPLOYEES WORKING, TYPING |
| 01:17:32 45.47 |
EMPLOYEES IN VARIOUS STATES ON TELEPHONES TO EACH
OTHER. COMMUNICATIONS. MEN TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE. |
| 01:18:05 78.47 |
CHIEF OF STAFF ARMY GROUND FORCES OFFICE, MILITARY
OFFICERS MEETING. COLONEL ON PORTABLE PHONE GIVING ORDERS |
| 01:18:24 97.47 |
CONVOY OF US ARMY TANKS ROLLING DOWN COUNTRY
ROAD. RAILROAD FLAT CARS, ARMED SOLDIER PATROLS THE AREA. HITCHING FLAT CARS. LOADING MILITARY TANKS ONTO FLAT CARS. MOVING MILITARY SUPPLIES VIA RAILROAD |
| 01:20:14 207.47 |
CU SOLDIER PLAYS HARMONICA "I'VE BEEN WORKING ON
THE RAILROAD" |
| 01:20:45 239.47 |
SOLDIERS MARCH, "HUP TWO THREE FOUR" MILITARY BAND
PLAYS AS SOLDIERS MARCH. CU CONDUCTOR |
| 01:21:08 261.47 |
CU TWO SOLDIERS SALUTE EACH OTHER
|
| 01:21:12 265.47 |
CU ENGINEER WAVES FROM CAR
|
| 01:21:15 268.47 |
CU SOLDIER SALUTES
|
| 01:21:17 270.47 |
FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING MILITARY SUPPLIES ON FLAT
CARS MOVES OUT |
| 01:21:29 282.47 |
SOLDIERS MARCH ONTO PASSENGER TRAIN, THROUGH
AISLES. MILITARY BAND PLAYS. SOLDIERS TAKE SEATS, OFFICER GIVES SOLDIERS INSTRUCTIONS AS THE BAND PLAYS AULD LANG SYNE. SOLDIERS JUMP OUT OF THEIR SEATS & LOOK OUT TRAIN WINDOWS |
| 01:22:45 359.47 |
SOLDIER ON KP DUTY IN TRAIN CAR PEELING POTATOES
|
| 01:22:57 371.47 |
SOLDIERS RELAXING ON TRAIN, PLAYING CARDS,
STOCKINGED FEET UP. PLAYING CRAPS ROLLING DICE |
| 01:23:04 377.47 |
OFFICER SERGEANT TAKES SOUP FROM LADLE ON TRAIN
KITCHEN. |
| 01:23:13 386.47 |
SOLDIERS EAT ON TRAIN FROM MESS KITS. CU SOLDIERS
EATING AND DRINKING. SOLDIER READING TARZAN COMIC SMOKING CIGARETTES, PIPE SMOKING |
| 01:23:36 409.47 |
OFFICER CALLS FOR SOLDIERS' ATTENTION, SOLDIERS
IN TRAIN SEATS TURN AROUND IN THEIR SEATS |
| 01:23:52 426.47 |
SOLDIERS IN UNDER SHIRTS EXERCISE, MASS EXERCISE
CALISTHENICS. LEAP FROG. SOLDIERS STRIP DOWN TO UNDERWEAR & JUMP UNDER WATER SPOUTING FROM TRAIN SOLDIERS TAKE OUTDOOR SHOWER |
| 01:24:30 463.47 |
SOLDIERS ON TRAIN PLAYING HARMONICAS WITH CLOTH
WRAPPED AROUND THEM "HAIL HAIL THE GANG'S ALL HERE" |
| 01:24:45 478.47 |
PORTER PULLS DOWN UPPER BIRTH ON TRAIN SLEEPING
CAR. SOLDIERS WATCH HIM MAKE UP BEDS |
| 01:25:07 500.47 |
SOLDIERS PREPARE FOR BED ON TRAIN BUNKS. THREE
SOLDIERS TOSS COIN FOR CHOICE OF BED. LOSER CLIMBS UP ON UPPER BIRTH |
| 01:25:39 532.47 |
CU SOLDIER ON BOARD TRAIN BRUSHES HIS TEETH
BRUSHING TEETH GROOMING SHAVING ON TRAIN |
| 01:25:53 546.47 |
SOLDIERS LOOK AT ROUGH MAP OF AMERICA POINTING
TO WHERE THEY THINK THEY ARE ON TRAIN ROUTE |
| 01:26:20 573.47 |
CU ELECTRIC TRAIN SIGNALS
|
| 01:26:27 580.47 |
SILHOUETTE OF TRAIN CROSSING OVER BRIDGE
|
| 01:26:44 597.47 |
BUSINESSMEN ON STATION PLATFORM WATCH TRAIN FLAT
CARS PASS CARRYING MILITARY SUPPLIES |
| 01:26:49 602.47 |
PASSENGERS IN BUST TRAIN TERMINAL LISTEN TO
TRAIN ARRIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT. TRAIN RUNNING LATE GREAT SHOTS OF TRAVELERS PASSENGERS SITTING ON THEIR SUITCASES IN TERMINAL, CIRCA 1940s. MAN SITS ON SUITCASE SMOKING A CIGARETTE LOOKS AT HIS WRIST WATCH, READING NEWSPAPER. WOMAN SITS ON SUITCASE SMOKING A CIGARETTE. |
| 01:27:05 618.47 |
COMMUTERS, PASSENGERS ON OVERCROWDED TRAIN,
STANDING IN AISLES. SAILER LAYING IN UPPER BIRTH. MAN CLIMBS UP TO UPPER BIRTH ON TRAIN, GRUMPY PIPE SMOKING BUSINESSMAN YELLS AT PORTER "WHAT, NO CLUB CAR?" PORTER SHAKES HIS HEAD |
| 01:27:13 626.47 |
FEMALE PASSENGER TRIES TO BUY TICKET ON TRAIN,
TICKET AGENT SHAKES HIS HEAD, TRAIN SOLD OUT, NO SEATS AVAILABLE. |
| 01:27:16 629.47 |
MAN LEANS OVER DESK, MAN BEHIND THE DESK LOOKS
AT PAPERS & SHAKES HIS HEAD. NO GOOD |
| 01:27:18 631.47 |
MAN ON CITY STREET HAILING A CAB
|
| 01:27:21 634.47 |
HORDE OF PEOPLE TRY TO GET ON BUS BOUND FOR
PARADISE GREEN. MORNING COMMUTE. |
| 01:27:24 637.47 |
TWO OLD LADIES IN SHOP TRY TO MAKE PURCHASE,
DELIVERY NOT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. LADIES SIT ON OTTOMAN |
| 01:27:28 641.47 |
BUSINESSMAN LOOKS AT FLAT TIRE ON HIS CAR, PICKS
UP TUFT OF DIRT AND THROWS IT DOWN. ANGRY MAN |
| 01:27:32 645.47 |
FEMALE DRIVER AT GAS STATION. GAS STATION
ATTENDANT POINTS TO SIGN "SORRY NO GAS" |
| 01:27:35 648.47 |
CU SIGN ON DORR "OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION
JOSEPH B. EASTMAN DIRECTOR". EASTMAN SPEAKS TO CAMERA. TRAIN SERVING THE WAR |
| 01:28:17 690.47 |
OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION, ROOM FULL OF
WORKERS, TELETYPE MACHINES, TICKER TAPE SPITS OUT OF MACHINES. CU STATUS REPORT. COMMUNICATIONS. |
| 01:28:46 719.47 |
MAP OF AMERICA WITH TRAIN ROUTES. WORKERS PLAN
TRAIN ROUTES |
| 01:29:01 734.47 |
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN YARD TOWER & GROUND
ROUTING TRAINS. |
| 01:29:17 750.47 |
EXPRESS TRAIN PASSING THROUGH LOCAL STATION. CU
ELECTRIC TRAIN SIGNALS. TRAINS REROUTED, STOPPING FOR MILITARY TRAIN TO PASS, WAR-TIME TRANSPORTATION |
| 01:29:36 769.47 |
CU TRACKS SWITCHING. TRAIN TRACKS.
|
| 01:29:38 771.47 |
FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING AMERICAN WAR GOODS GETS
PREFERENCE, RIGHT-OF-WAY PASSES. CU ENGINEER PULLING WHISTLE CORD. |
| 01:30:07 800.47 |
TRAIN CENTRAL POWER ROOM, COMMUNICATIONS. WALL
OF CONTROLS |
| 01:30:13 806.47 |
TROOP TRAIN, EXPRESS TRAIN CARRYING SOLDIERS
PASSES THROUGH LOCAL TRAIN STATION WITHOUT STOPPING. PASSENGERS, COMMUTERS STAND ON PLATFORM WATCH TRAIN PASS. POV ON TRAIN PASSING MANY PEOPLE ON PLATFORM |
| 01:30:25 818.47 |
TRUCK CARRYING PLANE PARTS PASSES. CU TRUCK DRIVER
|
| 01:30:31 825.47 |
SKIPPER ON DOCK LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH. FREIGHT
LOADED ONTO SHIP. |
| 01:30:47 841.47 |
NATIONAL MARITIME UNION OF AMERICA, CIO AMERICAN
COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION OFFICE DOOR. |
| 01:30:50 844.47 |
INSIDE, EMPLOYEE ON TELEPHONE. OLD MERCHANT MARINE
POSTERS ON WALL. WAR-TIME POSTERS. WORKER WRITES ON CHALK BOARD, BOSS WEARING SLEEVE GARTER GIVES INSTRUCTIONS. CALL UP AIR TRANSPORT FOR PRIORITY. |
| 01:31:09 862.47 |
MERCHANT SEAMAN BOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE
PLANE TAKES OFF |
| 01:31:29 882.47 |
FREIGHT TRAIN RACES THROUGH THE NIGHT. CU ENGINEER
FOLLOWED BY TROOP TRAIN SPEEDING THROUGH THE NIGHT TRUCK DRIVING THROUGH THE NIGHT |
| 01:32:15 928.47 |
NIGHT SENTRY PACING BACK AND FORTH ON DOCK
|
| 01:32:23 936.47 |
PASSENGER PLANE LANDING
|
| 01:32:27 940.47 |
SOLDIERS BOARDING SHIP, UP GANGWAY
|
| 01:32:33 946.47 |
TRUCK ARRIVES AT DOCK, TIRED DRIVES RUBS HIS EYES,
PASSENGER SLEEPING, DROVE ALL NIGHT TO MAKE CONNECTION |
| 01:32:45 959.47 |
TRAIN CARRYING SOLDIERS ARRIVES
|
| 01:33:11 984.47 |
JOSEPH EASTMAN SPEAKS TO CAMERA
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Year: 1940-1949
Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
Description: MILITARY RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THIS IS A COMPLETE DETAILED STORY OF THE RAIL MOVEMENT OF THE 201ST ARMORED DIVISION FROM X TO Y. ALL DETAILS OF THE TRANSFERS ARE CLEARLY SHOWN. WWII WORLD WAR TWO.
Keywords: transportation
