Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Montage of transportation and industry in the 1930s
Large room in factory / water flows through dam / electric lines and transformer / train approaches / steam shovel drops load of dirt / Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 train approaches, passes / airplane flies in sky, with landing gear...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Streamlined M-10000 train races an airplane in 1934
Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 streamlined train moves across landscape / plane approaches just above train track, with the M-10000 approaching below and catching up to plane / Note: exact month/day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Fires rage at Standard Oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana
Title "Oil Fire - Huge Refinery Burns in Indiana" superimposed over flames and smoke / street, cars and buildings, clouds of dark smoke in bg / row of oil drums along street, flames behind; pan up as smoke rises, telephone pole in fg /...
PBS
Pbs: End of Track: Fort Laramie Treaty
The U.S. Government wanted Native American tribes to agree to let the Union Pacific railroad be built across their land. This resulted in the Fort Laramie Treaty. Included is a link to the full documentary and discussion questions to be...