| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 12 hr., 36 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, all regions, full screen format, Dolby digital stereo. |
| Language |
English dialogue. |
| Note |
Exclusive featurette: "America's railroad : the glory years". |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Summary |
Thirty-six rail industry, War Dept., and film industry-produced short films chronicle the development of the railroad industry in the U.S. from the first transcontinental line to modern diesel engines. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Wheels of progress -- A great railroad at work -- Desert empire -- The big train -- New horizons -- Troop train -- The passenger train -- This is my railroad -- At this moment -- Big trains rolling -- Mainline USA -- Beef rings the bell -- Safe roads -- 3rd Ave El -- Operation fast freight -- The modern coal burning steam locomotive -- Flight of the century. |
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disc 2. The steam locomotive -- Railroads and westward expansion: 1845-1865 -- The nickel plate story -- End of an era -- The California Zephyr -- Return of the General -- The freight train -- Railroad man -- The railroad story -- Son of the pioneer -- Rolling the freight -- Snow on the run -- The power behind the nation -- Clear track ahead! -- A railroad at work -- Last of the giants -- Progress on the rails -- Wheels of steel -- Opening a new frontier. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Railroads -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Short films.
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| Added Title |
Tracks across America |
| Standard No. |
683904509604 |
| Music No. |
MV50960 Mill Creek Entertainment |
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