1992-1993TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, GENERAL
An informational film about a German made new high speed train concept and its advantages versus other modern high speed railroad trains - "the Transrapid Magnetic Levitation System" from Germany. 1992
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| 01:00:02 2.54 |
Reel opens. A modern, bullet type passenger trains speeding along what appears to be a monorail.
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| 01:00:09 9.29 |
POV inside the train's engine car, several engineers at the controls. Hand points to a graph on a computer monitor inside. The engineer wearing a mouthpiece behind the controls.
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| 01:00:19 19.77 |
CU computer terminal in the train with monitor. CU's on the faces of the engineers.
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| 01:00:25 25.65 |
Monorail style train track with high tech one car train speeding along heads toward camera
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| 01:00:30 30.94 |
CU on built in computer screen and engineers riding in the train - German language is heard.
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| 01:00:42 42.26 |
Informational slate - "At 11:32 on 10th June 1993 Transrapid set a new world record of 280 mph." overlays the train on a monorail speeding by.
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| 01:00:49 49.58 |
Film opener. Transrapid Technology and System
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| 01:01:11 71.73 |
MS of the Transrapid train high speed train moving on one rail - with unseen narration. Interior shots of the train, passengers in their seat.
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| 01:01:22 82.31 |
POV from window of the train. Narrator explains how the magnetic levitation train moves contact free. No wheels, axels, transmissions, overhead power lines .
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| 01:01:30 90.63 |
CU from the speeding train of the train's single wheel moving on the special levitation system.
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| 01:01:44 104.18 |
Var shots of the train (from inside probably a showroom) - the electronics and support and guidance magnets are highlighted.
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| 01:02:02 122.57 |
CU of the train in the factory, "Europa" writting on it. An engineer is seen working on the electronic control system of the engine. CU of his hand as he pulls out what looks like a large battery or small electronic system.
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| 01:02:16 136.04 |
CUs on the internal parts of the engine. Var shots of the train in the factory as it heads out down the magnetic rail system.
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| 01:02:33 153.5 |
POV inside the train. Shots of the amazing transrapid magnetic levitation system as the train moves rapidly doiwn the monorail
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| 01:02:47 167.95 |
Animated color technological renderings of the levitation system, the rotating motor like system and magnetic field.
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| 01:03:25 205.25 |
WSs and animations of the high speed train traveling down the levitated rail system through mountains as unseen narrator explains how it is powered.
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| 01:03:56 235.99 |
Shots inside the terminal where the technicians at computers control the train. Several computer monitors and terminals are seen in a room with large windows
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| 01:04:08 248.86 |
Unseen narrator explains the animated colored bar graphs which demonstrate the energy used in the operation of the train - alot less than a car or airplane
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| 01:04:32 272.75 |
The Transrapid Magnetc Levitation train speeds through a wooded area. Passengers seen inside the train as the sun sets over the levitated track
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| 01:04:44 284.33 |
CU and other shots of the magnetic guideway comprised of steel or concrete beams.
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| 01:04:56 296.37 |
The train as it passes through various types of terrain, wooded areas and farmland. Passengers are seen seated inside the train at a table. Man looking out window as woman passenger reads.
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| 01:05:43 343.64 |
Colorful presentation slides of the train and the ground and surface area requirements
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| 01:06:05 365.08 |
Detailed depictions of how the train changes lanes using a bendable steel switch.h
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| 01:06:47 407.88 |
Rendering of the train going through mountainous terrain, over highways, and through cities - as the unseen narrator explains the transrapid system is more adaptable to the landscape.
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| 01:07:31 451.64 |
Passengers boarding the transrapid train and the door sliding shut. Narrator explains how contact free technology makes the transrapid so fast.
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| 01:07:44 464.79 |
WS as the Transrapid moves at a 185 - 310 miles per hour across the levitation system. Unseen narrator talks about how these speeds were only available via airplane.
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| 01:07:50 470.49 |
CU on monitor with '500 km/h' in red. Rendering of two Transrapids with animated clocks next to each one and a green and red arrow - Narrator explains to accelerate from 0 to 185 mph it requires less than two minutes at a distance of 3 miles.
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| 01:08:41 521.41 |
WS animation of the magnetic levitated transrapid traveling through countryside. Narrator explains how quiet the train is. - no noise!
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| 01:09:10 550.29 |
A white van with a large pole on top for measuring sound parked next to the levitation system. CU on man from behind typing on a small computer keyboard. Computer terminal with shots of a train going by and the transrapid, sound is measured .
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| 01:09:59 599.35 |
A Bar Graph displays the DBA (sound) of the transrapid vs locomotive and a modern s-bon.
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| 01:10:15 615.8 |
WS man standing with sound measuring pole and white van parked nearby as transraped speeds by. Computer monitor with film of the transrapid and a French made high speed train and their sound mneasurements. Results shown on a bar graph with narration unseen.
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| 01:11:16 676.7 |
MS of a sound measuring equipment
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| 01:11:19 679.28 |
CU the Transrapid Magnetic Levitation system (train whizzing past camera)
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| 01:11:27 687.37 |
Railroad train whizzes by with a noise measuring machines in the fgd. CU of the trains wheels along the railroad tracks.
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| 01:11:41 701.81 |
Machinery doing maintenance on railroad tracks. Narrator explains the operating costs of the magnetic levitation train are considerably lower than those of a modern high speed railroad.
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| 01:12:01 721.56 |
The Transrapid close up in a warehouse as workers are seen working.
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| 01:12:26 746.67 |
Various renderings of the Transrapid speeding through mountains, engineering at the computer controls, cargo boxes inside the train.
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| 01:12:53 773.02 |
CU young woman adjusting her head set and looks down at a movie on a tiny monitor, various passengers riding in the cabin of the train. Narrator talks unseen about the safety of the Transrapid.
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| 01:13:24 804.83 |
Ws of the levitated system with a car driving underneath emphasizing how nothing can cross the train's path.
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| 01:13:32 812.07 |
Aerial of Transrapid Test Facility in Emsland, Germany.
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| 01:13:36 816.07 |
Technicians at the test facility, working at computers wearing headsets. Computer monitor with graphics.
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| 01:13:58 838.8 |
Transrapid train speeds by camera. Passengers inside riding the train.
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| 01:14:54 894.93 |
End Reel
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