STK-ID 41260

Safety campaign: LAS of man at engineer's window wearing a boater. TRAVELLING SHOT from adjoining track of steam locomotive and train speeding along. Cut to wreck of automobile hit by train, police present, dead passenger. Shot of car crossing railway crossing seconds before train moves by, other car stops and waits. Shot of two cars speeding on highway. LAS of train whizzing by. Cut to engineer at throttle. Cuts back and forth from cars to engineer, to speeding train, to wigwag signal at crossing and to car beating train at crossing while second car stops. Shot of train speeding over the camera.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Fox News
Year
1920
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm
Shooting format
35mm dupe neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3