![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Stratosphere Balloon Falls, 1933/08/07
"Chicago, IL: Remarkable scenes on Soldier Field as Lieutenant T. G. W. Settle, USN, starts his projected flight into the upper regions of the atmosphere and hectic scenes in a nearby railroad yard following the big gas bag's crash due to a leaky valve." (some parts silent of this partial newsreel without narration)
Downloads: 987
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| At This Moment (Part I) - Handy (Jam) Organization
Importance of railroads to 1950s America. Directed by Haford Kerbawy.
Keywords: Transportation: Railroad
Downloads: 5,006
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |
| [Amateur film: Golden Gate Bridge] - Unknown
Views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Yosemite National Park and Golden Gate International Exposition.
Keywords: California: History and culture; World's Fairs; San Francisco Bay Area
Downloads: 3,207
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| Hoosier Line
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Average rating:  (4 reviews) |
| [Mount Tamalpais Gravity Railroad] - Unknown
Railroad transporting tourists to top of Marin County's highest peak.
Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area: Marin County; Transportation: Railroad
Downloads: 3,622
Average rating: (4 reviews) |
| Days of Our Years - Dudley Pictures Corporation
Disturbing and sometimes maudlin trilogy of accidents and their effects on railroad workers and their families, shot with virtuosity in working-class Los Angeles.
Keywords: Safety: Occupational; Transportation: Railroad; Occupations: Transportation
Downloads: 13,035
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| The General - Buster Keaton, Joseph M. Schenck
Union solders have stolen The General, a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray, who was unable to enlist in the Confederate army because he is needed as an engineer. The Union plans to use the train to supply its soldiers in a sneak attack against the Confederates. But now it's up to Gray and his love, Annabelle Lee, to reclaim The General, recross enemy lines, and warn the Confederates. The General based on a real incident during the American Civil War when a posse of northern soldiers hijac...
Keywords: Silent; Comedy; Romance; War; Buster Keaton
Downloads: 36,587
Average rating: (14 reviews) |
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