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The Railroad Trainman
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1923/1924Item number (ISN):18290Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:MACDONALD, A.J.Accession:1978-0294Media:FilmPart:4 of 4Production date:1923/1924Production company:Tri State Motion Picture Co.Production credit:art titles, Jack Dunning; photography, Jack Flanagan; animation, Bert GreenCountry of production:usSponsor:Brotherhood of Railway TrainmenDescription:The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was one of the first unions formed in the USA. The film traces the history of the railroad with titles and old engines and cars from the unions inception to the contemporary automated techniques. Footage of wrecks between trains and autos, as well as good material of trains moving in stations and across the USA and Canada. Provides statistical information. The film traces the deeds and accomplishments of the Brotherhood who run hospitals for tubercular patients, war veterans, and people injured by trains, as well as museums and parks. In 1923 Lt. Gov. George R. Lunn of New York dedicates a caboose in Oneonta, NY with Brotherhood President W.G. Lee presiding. Good shots of Charles G. Woodworth, first Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in 1883. Sequence of little black boy being run over by a train from an OUR GANG comedy and a shot of two trains hitting head on. <40mn>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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