movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Big Train Rolling
- Year
- 1955
- Abstract
- Railroads and how they keep the U.S. economy rolling.
- Notes
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Produced: Dudley Pictures Corporation
Sponsor: Association of American Railroads
Run Time: 23:54
Audio/Visual: Sd, C - Keyword
- Transportation: Railroad
- Theme
- Trains For Tots This is a great country, it's a big country! It's a land of oppurtunity! So begins Big Trains Rolling, a film that begins with such bursting patriotic pride that I might just cry. (I'm Canadian). Anyways, the film then breaks away from the gung ho america kick and concentrates on trains. This is obviously geared to the younger set as the narrator seems to dumb down the conversation quite a bit. The film talks about cargo trains, and also follows two communting kids. "Normally Mother would go, but for this trip, let's just say the kids went by themselves!" um ok. So the two kids are off in a taxi, buying their own fare and getting into a sleeping car. Rather odd that the film wouldn't have some parental figure with them, as this would be a good representation of most kid's travel. Great looking train action shots, wonderful trains of yesteryear and a great overall look gets the film high marks, but unfortunately the film returns to it's pro-america rah-rah's at the end of the film, which is really not needed and somewhat spoils the whole effect of the film on me.
- Location
- A/V room, 2/F