Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-299

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00:00:23 0	ANIMATED MAP WITH IMAGES SUPERIMPOSED OVER HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS OF BUILDING OF AMERIC. CATTLE DRIVES
00:00:43 19.17	MOUNTAIN WITH TOWERING WATERFALL
00:00:45 21.17	DESERT
00:00:47 23.17	AMERICAN INDIANS DANCING, PAINTED & WEARING FEATHERED HEADDRESSES
00:00:50 26.17	LONE COWBOY RACING HIS HORSE THROUGH GRASSY PLAINS
00:01:01 37.17	COVERED WAGON GOING ACROSS PLAINS
00:01:04 40.17	RAILROAD STEAM TRAIN MAKING IT'S WAY THROUGH WILDERNESS
00:01:29 65.17	TRIO OF STEAM TRAINS COMING TOWARD VIEWER
00:01:32 68.17	FOUR "MODERN" TRAINS COMING TOWARD VIEWER
00:01:39 75.17	CU MAN PUTTING BOOK "WINNING THE WEST" BACK ON BOOK SHELF
00:01:50 86.17	TRAIN RIDING OVER VIEWER
00:01:56 92.17	SCIENTIST MIXING CHEMICALS, LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE
00:02:04 100.17	ENGINEERS DRAFTSMEN WORKING ON PLANE
00:02:05 101.17	CU LAND SURVEYOR LOOKING THROUGH EQUIPMENT
00:02:07 103.17	STEAM FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING
00:02:14 110.17	FAST SPEED "MODERN" TRAIN FLIES PAST
00:02:19 115.17	SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR TRAIN PASSING
00:02:29 125.17	CU DOOR SIGN "SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR DEPARTMENT"
00:02:36 132.17	INTERIOR SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR DEPARTMENT: OFFICE TYPISTS, OFFICE WORKERS, BUSINESSMEN LOOKING AT BLUEPRINTS
00:02:50 146.17	MONTAGE SANTA FE FARM WORKERS PICKING CROPS, PRODUCE. WAREHOUSE FILLED WITH CARTONS OF FRESH PRODUCE
00:03:09 165.17	TESTING DEPARTMENT: TESTING GROWING & HANDLING CONDITIONS. CU GRINDING CHOPPING CARROTS
00:03:18 174.17	WORKERS SORTING POTATOES ON CONVEYOR BELT
00:03:21 177.17	WORKERS SORTING ORANGES ON CONVEYOR BELT. ORANGES BOXED IN CRATES TO BE SENT
00:03:26 182.17	FREIGHT TRAINS MOVING PRODUCE TO MARKETS
00:03:31 187.17	WORKERS STRIPPING OLD REFRIGERATOR CAR. KNOCKING IT DOWN & BUILDING NEW CAR OVER UNDERFRAME. HOISTING NEW FRAME UP
00:03:54 210.17	WORKERS CONSTRUCTING & TESTING NEW RAILROAD CARS
00:04:07 223.17	CU PAN NEW STEEL-SHEATHED REFRIGERATOR CARS, SANTA FE RAILROAD CARS. WORKER OPENS LATCH ON CAR. INSPECTORS GOING IN CAR. COLLAPSIBLE BULKHEADS, CIRCULATING FANS.
00:05:00 276.17	ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OVER FANS SHOW HOW THEY WORK
00:05:15 291.17	WORKERS LOADING MASSIVE BLOCKS OF ICE ONTO CARS
00:05:26 302.17	WORKER ADJUSTING KNOBS ON COMPRESSOR
00:05:34 310.17	WORKER FILLING ICE IN REFRIGERATOR CARS
00:05:44 320.17	TRAIN COMING INTO SAN BERNADINO PRE-COOLING PLANT. WORKERS BLOWING COLD AIR INTO CARS
00:06:06 342.17	POV ON TRAIN PASSING THROUGH SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS
00:06:12 348.17	REFRIGERATION WORKERS REFILLING ICE ON TRAINS, INSPECTING CARS
00:06:27 363.17	MONTAGE 1940s BUSINESSMAN ON TELEPHONE. MAN DIALING TELEPHONE WITH PEN.
00:06:39 375.17	BUSINESSMAN HANGS UP TELEPHONE. GOES TO MAP OF US, MAPS RAILROAD CARS POSITIONS
00:06:49 385.17	INDUSTRIAL BUILDING PARKING LOT FILLED WITH 1940s CARS & TRUCKS
00:06:50 386.17	REFRIGERATOR DEPARTMENT WORKERS MOVING CRATES FROM LOADING DOCK
00:06:53 389.17	CU PRODUCE PUSH CARTS, OUTDOOR VEGETABLE STANDS. STREET VENDORS
00:06:58 394.17	SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR RAILROAD TRAIN MOVING THROUGH MOUNTAINS
00:07:08 404.17	COWBOYS WITH CATTLE LIVESTOCK AT WATERING HOLE
00:07:15 411.17	LIVESTOCK BEING CORRALLED INTO LIVESTOCK RAILROAD CARS
00:07:27 423.17	AT LIVESTOCK REST STOP ON ROUTE, LIVESTOCK ARE FED, RESTED, EXERCISED. CATTLE DRINKING FROM TROUGH
00:07:49 445.17	SHEEP AT LIVESTOCK REST STOP. SHEEP COMING OFF DOUBLE DECKER CARS. CU HORDES OF SHEEP
00:08:16 472.17	FARMERS USING THRESHING MACHINE TO CUT DOWN GRAIN. HARVESTING GRAIN
00:08:20 476.17	SPECIAL ALL-WEATHER PROTECTED BOXCARS MOVING GRAIN
00:08:29 485.17	GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY. SILO GRAIN STORAGE ELEVATOR
00:08:36 492.17	INTERIOR GRAIN STORAGE BUILDING. MIGHTY CAR TIPPERS UNLOADING GRAIN
00:08:45 501.17	EXTERIOR MONTAGE STORAGE ELEVATORS
00:08:56 512.17	CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL: WORKER SHIFTING SWITCHES BY HAND, THEN GIVES HAND SIGNAL.
00:09:09 525.17	MAN CARRYING ORDER ON WIRE LONG ENOUGH FOR CONDUCTOR TO REACH FROM TRAIN. TAKES NOTE, GIVES WIRE BACK TO WORKER
00:09:14 530.17	POV LOOKING OVER SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR AT CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL PANEL: SWITCHING KNOBS, LIGHTS, LEVERS
00:09:27 543.17	LOW ANGLE RAILROAD CROSSING LIGHTS
00:09:28 544.17	CU TRAIN TRACK SWITCHES ON RAILS
00:09:30 546.17	HS RAILROAD TRAIN SNAKING ACROSS LANDSCAPE
00:09:33 549.17	CU CENTRALIZED CONTROL PANEL COLORED LIGHTS
00:09:40 556.17	CU OPERATOR'S HAND FLIPPING SWITCHES
00:09:44 560.17	RAILROAD TRAIN SWITCHING TRACKS, PASSING ANOTHER TRAIN
00:10:11 587.17	RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATOR SURROUNDE BY WALL OF PANELS, CONTROLS
00:10:15 591.17	CU TRAIN ENGINEER PULLS BRAKE LEVER
00:10:17 593.17	RAILROAD WORKERS ON TRACKS. FRGD WORKER ON PORTABLE TELEPHONE. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
00:10:22 598.17	CU CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATOR ON TELEPHONE. SWITCHES RAILS, TRACKS. ISSUING TRAIN ORDERS
00:10:26 602.17	CU RAILROAD TRACKS MOVING, BEING SWITCHED
00:10:29 605.17	POV FROM FRONT OF TRAIN RIDING DOWN TRAIN TRACKS
00:10:33 609.17	FREIGHT TRAIN SNAKEING DOWN RAILROAD TRACKS
00:10:46 622.17	POV RIDING ON TRAIN ALONG THE COAST. COASTAL VIEWS
00:10:50 626.17	CU MAN USING MORSE CODE MACHINE, TELEGRAPH. FINGER PUSHING LEVER UP & DOWN.
00:10:52 628.17	CU MAN TYPING WITH TYPEWRITER, HITS RETURN BAR
00:10:55 631.17	ROOM FULL OF WOMEN USING TELETYPE MACHINES. CU PEOPLE TYPING. CU MACHINES
00:11:19 655.17	CU TELETYPE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR TYPING. PLUGS INTO LINE ON SWITCHBOARD
00:11:35 671.17	ANIMATED MAP SHOWING ROUTES OF WIRE SERVICE
00:11:50 686.17	WORKER RECORDING CAR MOVEMENTS WHILE ON TRAIN
00:11:51 687.17	WORKER DOING SAME IN TERMINAL. HANDS TO TELETYPIST. CU WORDS BEING FORMED ON PAPER
00:12:14 710.17	DESTINATION YARDMASTER CONFERRING WITH CO-WORKERS. LOOKING OVER PAPERWORK
00:12:23 719.17	WORKER GETS ON FRONT OF TRAIN & HELPS STEER INTO YARD
00:12:42 738.17	CENTRALIZED BUREAU. OFFICIAL READING WHEEL REPORTS
00:12:50 746.17	BUSINESSMAN AT DESK. SECRETARY BRINGS HIM NOTE, OPENS & READS. BUSINESSMAN READING NOTE.
00:12:55 751.17	GETS UP & PLACES THUMB TACK IN LOCATION ON MAP OF AMERICA ON WALL
00:13:02 758.17	WORKER TESTING VARIOUS PHASES OF RAILROAD SAFETY: CU GAUGE WITH ARM MOVING. CU MACHINE MAKING LINES ON PAPER, CU MILES PER HOUR GAUGE WITH ARM AT 58 MPH
00:13:18 774.17	LOW ANGLE TRAIN ENGINEER TALKING INTO RADIO
00:13:24 780.17	CU GAUGE MACHINE DRAWING LINES OUT ON PAPER
00:13:28 784.17	RAIL DETECTOR CAR RIDING ON RAILS
00:13:36 792.17	TESTER OPERATING ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED MECHANISMS. CU MACHINE DRAWING LINES ON PAPER
00:13:43 799.17	CU RAILROAD WHEELS RIDING ON TRACKS
00:13:52 808.17	CREW OF EXPERTS CHECKING RAILROAD TRACK FLAWS BY USING HAND-HELD DEVICE. MARKING FAULTY RAIL WITH CHALK
00:14:09 825.17	MASSIVE BALLAST CLEANING MACHINE. FILLING IN RAILROAD BED WITH CLEANED BALLAST: GRAVEL, BROKEN STONE
00:14:32 848.17	WORKERS STABILIZING ROAD BEDS ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS. HOLLOW GROUTING ROD DRIVEN INTO PLACE WITH HOSE CONNECTED. FORCING GROUT INTO GROUND, FORCING SEEPAGE OUT
00:15:00 876.17	WORKER LEANING ON RAILROAD TRACKS CHECKIN ROAD BED LEVEL
00:15:14 890.17	YARD MASTER ON RADIO. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATING. CHANGES TO SWITCHING CREW. INTERCUTS BETWEEN THE TWO ON TELEPHONES. MAN ON TRAIN HANGING UP TELEPHONE. MAN HANGING OUT OF TRAIN ON TELEPHONE
00:15:43 919.17	POV ENGINEER IN FRONT OF TRAIN GOING DOWN TRACKS
00:15:46 922.17	CU ENGINEER ON TELEPHONE
00:15:56 932.17	POV ON TOP OF TRAIN ROUNDING BEND WITH BIG MOUNTAIN IN BKGD
00:16:00 936.17	CU TONGS PICKING UP HOT BLOCKS WITH NUMBERS WRITTEN ON THEM
00:16:07 943.17	MONTAGE SCIENTISTS, METALURGISTS CONDUCTIN STUDIES IN TOPEKA. TESTING MATERIALS USED IN RAILROADS
00:16:34 970.17	MONTAGE TESTS BEING CONDUCTED ON RESISTANCE OF MATERIALS. CU METAL RODS, METAL SNAPPING
00:16:48 984.17	HS FREIGHT TRAINS COMING INTO MASSIVE YARD
00:17:13 1009.17	SCENES OF OLD BRIDGE & NEW BRIDGE. TOPOK BRIDGE SPANNING ACROSS COLORADO RIVER. CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE FOR RAILROAD TRAINS. MEN WORKING OVER WATER
00:17:26 1022.17	RAILROAD TRAIN COMING OVER BRIDGE ACROSS COLORADO RIVER
00:17:37 1033.17	FOUR "MODERN" TRAINS LEAVING STATION AT SAME TIME. DIESEL-POWERED TRAINS
00:17:50 1046.17	YARD CREW CLEANING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN CARS
00:17:54 1050.17	STEAM TRAIN SLOWING TO A STOP IN YARD
00:18:00 1056.17	TRAIN CARRYING LONG CYLINDRICAL OBJECT ON FLAT BED TRAIN CAR
00:18:01 1057.17	CREW UNLOADING AUTOMOBILES FROM TRAIN
00:18:25 1081.17	REFRIGERATOR CAR FILLED WITH SIDES OF BEEF. MEAT BEING TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN. MAN WITH SIDE OF BEEF OVER HIS SHOULDER
00:18:43 1099.17	CU INSTRUCTION PAMPHLETS FOR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
00:18:51 1107.17	TRUCKS BACKING UP TO LOADING DOCKS
00:19:01 1117.17	BUS LEAVING TERMINAL. PASSENGERS ON BUS
00:19:08 1124.17	SANTA FE SKYWAY FLEET AIRPLANE STARTING. PILOT SALUTING FROM COCKPIT. PLANE TAXIING & TAKING OFF
00:19:49 1165.17	CONSTRUCTION SITE: CREW BUILDING TRAIN PLATFORMS & RAILROAD TRACKS
00:20:12 1188.17	CAR DRIVING INTO SANTA FE AUTO DOCK
00:20:20 1196.17	RAILROAD CREWS IMPROVING ROAD BEDS ON SANTA FE LINE
00:20:30 1206.17	POV ENGINEERS SEAT OF ANOTHER TRAIN APPROACHING
00:20:38 1214.17	SANTA FE STEAM TRAIN GOING THROUGH MOUNTAINS
00:20:46 1222.17	MONTAGE SANTA FE TRAINS OVER THE YEARS
00:21:11 1247.17	ANIMATED MAP WITH SANTA FE TRAIN ROUTE
00:21:18 1254.17	CATTLE RANCHER ON HORSE WATCHING OVER CATTLE
00:21:22 1258.17	COWBOYS RIDING TOWARD VIEWER
00:21:25 1261.17	MONTAGE WORK CREWS LOADING & TRANSPORTING INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS. FREIGHT TRAINS TRANSPORTING RAW MATERIALS ACROSS AMERICA
00:22:16 1312.17	FOUR TRAINS MOVING DOWN TRAIN TRACKS TOWARD VIEWER
00:22:27 1323.17	FOUR TRAINS COMING RIGHT TOWARD & OVER VIEWER
00:22:33 1329.17	TRIO OF STEAM TRAINS MOVING TOGETHER DOWN TRACKS