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00:18:55 0.67
EARLY 1950s COUPLE IN CONVERTIBLE SINGING
CLEAN CUT ALL AMERICAN NEWLYWEDS. WIFE ROUNDS
HER MOUTH IN "OH LOOK" GESTURE, POINTS AT TRAIN
ON TRACKS PARALLEL WITH ROAD. TRAIN MOVING FASTER
THAN CAR. THE BLUEBIRD.
00:20:08 73.67
"GENIE" SUPERIMPOSED OVER TRAIN SAYS "NOW IF YOU
HEARD A PRETTY GIRL MAKE A WISH, WOULDN'T YOU DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT?"
00:20:15 80.67
NEWLYWEDS APPEAR ON TRAIN, MAN LOOKS DOWN AT SUIT
HE'S NOW WEARING. CUTS TO EMPTY CONVERTIBLE WHERE
THEY WERE A MOMENT AGO. "GENIE" WALKS BY THEM
00:20:43 109.67
POV ON TRAIN OBSERVATION CAR
00:20:50 116.67
PORTER WALKS THROUGH LUXURY TRAIN CAR
00:21:03 128.67
PASSENGERS EATING ON DINING CAR
00:21:12 137.67
PAINTINGS ON TRAIN WALL DEPICTING HISTORICAL
EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
00:21:21 146.67
AFFLUENT WOMAN WEARING FUR STOLE WALKS INTO
PARLOR CAR CIRCA 1953
00:21:26 151.67
BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE BLUE BIRD ROOM.
BUSINESS MEETING ON BOARD TRAIN
00:21:35 161.67
WAITER SERVES PASSENGERS COCKTAILS REFRESHMENTS
IN TRAIN COCKTAIL LOUNGE. IMPRESSED COUPLE
SUPERIMPOSED OVER SCENE
00:21:44 170.67
WAITERS SERVING PASSENGERS IN DINING CAR
00:21:52 178.67
AUTOMATIC TRAIN DOORS OPEN FOR LITTLE BOY, TURNS
AROUND IN AMAZEMENT. WOMAN'S SMILING FACE
SUPERIMPOSED.
00:21:59 185.67
FEMALE PASSENGER GETS UP FROM SEAT, CLIMBS UP
TO OBSERVATION CAR
00:22:16 201.67
PASSENGERS IN COFFEE SHOP ON BOARD TRAIN
00:22:22 207.67
WAITER SERVES PASSENGERS IN THE CLUB CAR. WOMAN'S
FACE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SAYING "MY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
TRAIN, WHO THOUGHT OF ALL THIS ?"
00:22:30 215.67
SCHEMATICS OF TRAIN CAR WITH ENGINEER POV ON
TRAIN TRACKS SUPERIMPOSED
00:22:48 234.67
POV ON TRAIN THROUGH COUNTRY.
00:23:01 246.67
CU PILE OF SOUNDPROOFING MATERIALS, ROLLER BEARING
WHEELS SPRINGING SYSTEM, MECHANIC WORKING ON AIR
CONDITIONING UNIT, TRAIN IMPROVEMENTS. ENGINEER
POV ON TRACKS SUPERIMPOSED OVER
00:23:17 262.67
ENGINEER POV THROUGH COUNTRY. CU JOLLY ENGINEER
00:23:28 273.67
CU TRAIN INSTRUMENTS, GAUGES. SPEEDOMETER AT
75MPH. DIESEL ENGINE WITH ELECTRIC MOTER
00:23:54 300.67
CU JOLLY ENGINEER PULLING WHISTLE CORD. HORN
BLOWS. QUINTESSENTIAL 1950s TRAIN ENGINEER.
BLOWS WHISTLE TWICE SAYS "ONE FOR THE COUNTRY,
ONE FOR THE TOWN"
00:24:09 314.67
ENGINEER POV THROUGH COUNTRY, PULLING INTO SMALL
TOWN TRAIN.
00:24:26 331.67
PASSENGERS WAIT ON PLATFORM AS WABASH TRAIN PULLS
INTO STATION.
00:24:42 347.67
RE-CREATION OF EARLY TRAIN "ROGERS" CEREMONY
FOR FIRST RAIL TRIP EVER MADE IN THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. PEOPLE DRESSED IN PERIOD COSTUMES TAKE
RIDE ON THE ROGERS
00:26:38 463.67
ILLUSTRATED MAP OF THE ROGERS' ROUTE. MEREDOSIA.
SPREADS OUT TO SHOW RAILROAD ROUTE GROWTH, RED
HEART SUPERIMPOSED OVER MAP
00:27:08 493.67
WATERFALLS, NIAGARA FALLS ?
00:27:14 499.67
LS FREIGHT TRAIN CROSSING STEEL BRIDGE OVER RIVER
00:27:22 507.67
WABASH BOAT FERRYING TRAIN ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN
FREIGHT TRAIN BACKING OFF BOAT
00:27:34 519.67
LS BARGE FREIGHT TRAIN ACROSS DETROIT RIVER
00:27:50 535.67
COUPLE DRESSED IN PERIOD CLOTHING DEPICTING EARLY
RAILROAD TIMES SUPERIMPOSED OVER PASSENGER
TRAIN. MAN MAKES PROJECTIONS
00:28:13 558.67
PASSENGERS ON TRAINS IN PRIVATE CARS, MAN CLOSES
DOOR. MOTHER PUTS CHILDREN TO BED IN SLEEPER CAR
PATS GIRL ON THE REAR END AS SHE CLIMBS TO UPPER
BIRTH. MOTHERLY TOUCH
00:28:40 585.67
TRAIN STATION SEQUENCE. LARGE TERMINAL IN KANSAS
CITY, SMALLER TERMINAL IN SUBURBAN ST. LOUIS.
LARGE TERMINAL IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS. CENTRAL
UNION TERMINAL, TOLEDO, OHIO. DETROIT TRAIN
STATION. TILT DOWN CHICAGO TRAIN STATION. OMAHA
TRAIN STATION.
00:29:20 625.67
FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING, WORKER DRIVING LOADED CART
SUPERIMPOSED OVER TRAIN
00:29:44 649.67
ENGINEER POV SLOWLY CROSSING STEEL BRIDGE. TALKING
MAN'S HEAD SUPERIMPOSED.
00:29:51 656.67
CREW RE-ICING TRAIN REFRIGERATOR CAR, SLIDING
CHUNKS OF ICE INTO HOLD, BREAKING ICE UP WITH
SPEAR-LIKE ICE PICK
00:30:05 670.67
LS PAN HUGE GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY. CU MACHINE
UNLOADING GRAIN FROM FREIGHT CAR
00:30:33 699.67
BARGES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ST. LOUIS IN B/G.
00:30:37 703.67
BARGES ON RIVER WITH DETROIT IN BKGD
00:30:41 707.67
DETROIT UNION PRODUCE TERMINAL. VARIOUS MERCHANT
STALLS. CRATES OF PRODUCE IN WAREHOUSE. WORKER
STACKING ONION SACKS. SUNKIST ORANGES . CUSTOMER
SELECTS BUNCH OF GRAPES.
00:31:10 735.67
CHUNKS OF ICE MOVE DOWN CONVEYOR ON PLATFORM
00:31:16 741.67
LS PAN RAILROAD TERMINAL WITH WORKERS PERFORMING
TASKS SUPERIMPOSED OVER
00:31:31 757.67
MECHANICS WORKING IN RAILROAD SHOP. IMAGES
SUPERIMPOSED OVER
00:32:59 845.67
RE-CREATION OF EARLY RAILROAD, PERIOD CLOTHING.
00:33:21 866.67
RAILROAD SWITCH TOWER. CU OPERATOR PULLS SIGNAL
LEVER. DISPATCHER SIGNALING TRAIN, SETS SWITCH.
CUTS TO FREIGHT TRAINS. TRAIN PASSING ANOTHER.
00:34:30 935.67
RAILROAD COMMUNICATION. SPECIAL LONG DISTANCE
SYSTEMS, LONG SHEET OF PAPER KEEPING TRACK OF
TRAINS. CU HAND TYPING ON TICKER TAPE MACHINE.
00:34:58 964.67
RE-CREATION OF EARLY RAILROAD. PASSENGERS IN
PERIOD COSTUME. TRAIN STOPS, MAN HELPS WOMAN
DOWN OFF TRAIN
00:35:39 1004.67
ON BOARD TRAIN, WOMAN COMBS HER HAIR & HUMS.
PUTS COMB IN 1950s PURSE. MEETS UP WITH HER
HUSBAND WHO SAYS "SAY, I"M HUNGARY". ANNOUNCEMENT
MADE ON INTERCOM "LUNCHEON IS BEING SERVED IN
THE DINING CAR FORWARD".
00:36:04 1029.67
WAITER HANDS MENUS TO COUPLE IN DINING CAR. MAN
LOOKS AT WAITER AS IF HE RECOGNIZES HIM. AS WAITER
RECOMMENDS MENU ITEMS, THEY APPEAR ON THE TABLE;
SHOULDER OF LAMB DINNER PLATE. WOMAN FORMS HER
MOUTH IN AN "O" SHAPE, SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED.
CLAPS HER HANDS "OH ISN'T THIS EXCITING".
00:36:28 1053.67
MAN LOOKS AT WAITER, FURROWED BROW, STILL TRYING
TO PLACE THE WAITER'S FACE SAYS "SAY, HAVEN'T I
SEEN YOU SOMEPLACE BEFORE?"
00:36:45 1070.67
WAITER SUGGESTS MENU ITEMS, THEY MAGICALLY APPEAR
ON THE TABLE. CHICKEN CROQUETTES. SALAD BOWL,
STEAK HAM. CHICKEN SANDWICH, BROILED WHITEFISH.
STEAK. POPULAR 1950s DINNER FOOD.
00:37:38 1123.67
BLACK CHEFS PREPARE DINNERS ON BOARD TRAIN.
00:38:14 1159.67
COMMISSARY SUPERINTENDENT IN OFFICE LOOKING OVER
PAPERS, BUYING VEGETABLES, MEAT, FOOD FOR TRAIN
DINING CAR. ENGINEER POV ON TRACKS SUPERIMPOSED
OVER.
00:38:41 1186.67
COUPLE HAVING DINNER ON TRAIN TALK TO WAITER WHILE
EATING
00:38:53 1198.67
WORKER IN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT CHECKS OVER LONG
SHOPPING LIST. BOOK KEEPER IN BILLING DEPARTMENT
PAYING BILLS USING AUTOMATED MACHINE.
00:39:08 1213.67
RAILROAD YARD FILLED WITH PARTS
00:39:19 1224.67
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS.
IN BILLING DEPARTMENT USING AUTOMATED BILLING
MACHINE, 1953. ARCHITECT DRAWING PLANS. TRAINS
SUPERIMPOSED OVER ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
00:39:45 1250.67
ENGINEER POV CROSSING LONG FLAT BRIDGE
00:39:51 1256.67
ECU DRIVING RAILROAD SPIKES
00:39:56 1261.67
PAN HUGE RAIL YARD, DECATOR, GEORGIA. CONTROL
TOWER. OPERATOR. SIGNALS. UN-COUPLING TRAIN CARS
00:41:03 1328.67
PAN FORD AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY PLANT
00:41:22 1347.67
TRAIN APPROACHES VIEWER, CU WABASH LOGO
00:41:30 1356.67
MONTAGE AMERICAN PLANTS; JOHN DEERE, ALUMINUM
CO. OF AMERICA, PHELPS DODGE COPPER, A.E. STALEY
00:41:44 1370.67
MAIN STREET, SMALL TOWN USA, CIRCA 1953.
00:41:51 1377.67
OUTDOOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET
00:41:53 1379.67
INTERIOR APPLIANCE STORE, OVENS, REFRIGERATOR
00:41:58 1384.67
SHOPPERS WALK THROUGH HUGE PARKING LOT TO THEIR
CARS. SHOPPING CENTER. CARS CIRCA 1953
00:42:07 1392.67
UNUSED RAILROAD TRACKS WITH WEED GROWING OVER
THEM. DERELICT TRACKS. EMPTY PARKING LOT. UNUSED
TRAIN STATION, TRACKS COVERED WITH WEEDS.
00:42:21 1406.67
DINER THANKS WAITER, HE THANKS THEM, HUSBAND
SMOKES CIGAR AFTER DINNER, SATISFACTORY LOOK ON
COUPLE'S FACE
00:42:34 1420.67
SAME COUPLE BACK IN CONVERTIBLE, HUSBAND DRIVING,
SMOKING CIGAR. WATCH TRAIN PULL AWAY AHEAD OF THEM
00:42:39 1425.67
POV ON TRAIN TRACKS WATCHING TRAIN PULLING AWAY
00:42:44 1430.67
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Year: 1953  Color: Color
Genre: RAILROADS & TRAINS

Description: WITH BARRY HOPKINS, CHARLES FLYNN, MINA KOLP & THE PERSONNEL OF THE WABASH RAILROAD

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