STK-ID 31949

Railroad Town: shot of diesel passenger train pulling into small railway station, of passengers stepping down past a porter. Closer of locomotive and train passing by camera. TILT DOWN to wheels blurring by. Cut to similar of freight cars passing by camera. LAS of steam locomotive, freight cars speeding by. TRAVELLING SHOT of railway track seen from front of train, from the back. Shot of diesel train being flagged down by railway repair man, passing slowly by camera. TRAVELLING SHOTS of Prairies from speeding train, of track from engineer's position, of elevators. Jittery shot of speed gauge at 60 mph, at 20 mph.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Tenth Frontier / Railroad Town / Prairie Silks
Location
Manitoba
Year
1955
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm
Shooting format
16mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3