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John Nash Ott Collection
Story of Wheat
An episode of John Nash Ott's weekly television program
How Does Your Garden Grow?
, focusing on the history of wheat production and its mark...
Robert and Theresa Davis Collection
Kansas City Newsreel
Independently-produced newsreel featuring brief human interest stories. Subjects include: cleaning Pullman cars at the Kansas City Terminal Yards; ...
Jack Behrend Collection
Odyssey
Film promoting Griffin Wheel Company telling the history of Griffin Wheels in the train industry. The film shows the cycle of wheels in action tran...
Jack Behrend Collection
Champion Papers Incorporated “Imagination 10”
Promotional film for a series of books published by Paper Division of Champion Papers Inc., describing how images in film are graphically translate...
Jack Behrend Collection
Colfax
Test film for legal use for Griffin Wheel Company. Showed that Southern Pacific RR ran trains down the mountain without inspecting it.
Jack Behrend Collection
Matinee
A band of mysterious performers show up in small-town Illinois for a magic show with a horrific twist.
Made for a class project at Colu...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Chicago Railroad Fair & Pageant
This educational film tells the history of carriage and locomotive transportation in the United States. The entire film is set outdoors near Chicag...
Ron Doerring Collection
Durango/Silverton & Train; Panning for Gold
An unedited travelogue documenting a trip to Colorado. The film includes scenes of a train ride, a visit to an old west town catered towards touris...
Jack Baker Collection
1942 circa: Downtown Chicago - Factory - Train - Construction
Home movie that begins with scenes of downtown Chicago and a suburban American Can Company factory. The film also includes footage of cars driving ...
Warren Thompson Collection
Working on the Railroad
A short film on the model trains, intricate scenery and skilled hobbyists of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. The mission of the San Diego...
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1936: Scenes on the Western Pacific
B&W home movie of landscape scenes shot aboard a train.
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1932: Veterans Day - Burns
B&W home movie of men and women posing near a California railroad station.
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1932: Veterans Banquet
B&W home movie of well dressed men posing at a railroad station and dark interior setting, followed by a short sequence of men and women exiting an...
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1931 (circa): Portland, Chinatown & San Francisco
Footage depicts a railroad trip from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco, California. Includes scenes of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the early 1930s.
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1931: San Francisco Bay - Muir Woods - Western Pacific - Royal Gorge
B&W home movie of a west coast vacation. Includes footage of Muir Woods National Monument, scenes of San Francisco bay shot from boat and plane rid...
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1932: SP Train out of Los Angeles Olympics
B&W home movie of a trip to Los Angeles, California for the 1932 Olympics. Includes railroad footage of the Sierra Nevada, an Olympic procession, a...
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