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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Big Train, The (Part II)
- Year
- 1950
- Abstract
- Operations of the New York Central Railroad. Producer and director: Victor Solow. Introduced by NYCRR president Alfred E. Perlman.
- Notes
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Produced: MPO Productions
Run Time: 13:16
Audio/Visual: Sd, C - Keyword
- Transportation: Railroad;Occupations: Railroad;New York State;Occupations: Railroad;New York State
- Theme
- Like a little whine with your Railroads? Essentially two films, the Big Train combines a rather stirring voyage a freight train makes from Point A to Point B, with a unbelievable whining complaint from the Railroad's head honcho. Alfred Perlman. The film starts out with Perlman introducing the film we're about to see. With jarring narration (A Rod Serling wannabe?) the voyage of the train is told, filmed with great simplistic shots of the tracks going by, this part is actually quite exciting, with it's jarring music and melodrama. The real fun starts when Perlman, realizing that this film is not all about him, comes back on about 5 minutes left into the picture and just starts RANTING about how the government doesnt give the Railroads a break. It's quite funny to see this hissy fit. The only time Perlman lets up is to CLEAN HIS PIPE. LOL. That's great.
- Location
- A/V room, 2/F