Bridgeman Arts
Mining In Canada 1920s
Mining mineral silk, product of asbestos. Drilling rocks for blasting. Goods trains & crane. Bridge over waters in quarry. Workers pack fibres for world export.
Bridgeman Arts
VICTORIA, CANADA, JULY 1977
A view of the city and the harbor as a boat departs from the marina. A British symbol makes its appearance, the distinctive red double decker bus. Toy train models. Shots of buildings and the lens focus on tourists moving in every...
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Venice And Versuvius 1930s
Man feds pigeons in square. Shots of buildings and rivers. Tour of ruins. Rowing to ship anchored offshore. Vesuvius erupting though man & locals watch close by. Shots of smoking volcano. Train down volcano.
Bridgeman Arts
Train Trip Model Village, 1950s
Passengers ride a miniature railway. A train takes a family on a trip to a seaside resort in Cheshire. They attend a model village then cross Acton Bridge for their journey home. A steam train takes them home.
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Train High Speed 1930s
Shots of a steam train (6200) taken from another moving train. We see it leave a platform and build up speed. Close ups of the wheels thundering down the track and long shots of the locomotive passing signal boxes at great speed. It...
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Tourist Train Ride, 1960s
Various shots of a narrow gauge railway with engine pulling carriage with tourists around countryside. Shots of an old car also touring the countryside with tourists in rear.
Bridgeman Arts
THE METRO OF PARIS, APRIL 1977
We are at a metro station in Paris, France. Passengers on the platform waiting for the train. The filmmaker gets on the train. Arrival at "Arts et Métiers" station. A lighted direction sign for the train’s connection with the one leading...
Bridgeman Arts
Steam Engines
Various shots of a collection of steam engines at a steam show. The engine owners take pride in showing the operating steam engines to the crowds.
Hearst Metrotone News
Homeless German refugees live on the streets of Germany and crowd onto a passenger train which will take them out of Germany.
Homeless German refugees live on the streets of Germany and crowd onto a passenger train which will take them out of Germany.
Hearst Metrotone News
Elvis Presley fields questions at a press conference before heading off to war with lots of cameramen and photographers covering the event.
Elvis Presley fields questions at a press conference before heading off to war with lots of cameramen and photographers covering the event.
Bloomberg
The Fall and Rise of Train Travel in America
Feb.04 -- The long, disheartening decline of passenger rail in the U.S. may be turning around, thanks in part to the ambitious efforts of a new high-speed train service in Florida connecting Miami to Orlando.