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Nias and Sumatra

Clip #: TFA-430C
Length: 10:23
Year: 1936
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A film about Nias and Sumatra from the Screen Traveler series.

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Thundering Rails

Clip #: TFA-128B
Length: 16:59
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Produced by The Association of American Railroads, showcasing both steam and diesel passenger trains. Narrated by Ed Herlihy of newsreel fame. There are some very interesting locomotives: Alco PAs from the Pennsylvania Railroad Southern &...

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Let's Ride The Zephyr

Clip #: TFA-132C
Length: 3:55
Year: 1934
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A ride on the new Zephyr streamlined train in 1934.

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The Green Islands

Clip #: TFA-222A
Length: 28:09
Year: 1962
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
An American businessman visits the islands of Indonesia and explores the various industries and agricultural sectors.

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A Trip Down Mount Tamalpais

Clip #: TFA-304B-2
Length: 8:48
Year: 1906
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1900s
Description:
Passengers travel in open air train cars on the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, known as the “Crookedest Railroad in the World.”

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Ship To Panama

Clip #: AD-39A
Length: 10:51
Year: 1938
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
1930s travelogue of a luxury cruise ship which stops off in Panama. Tourists sightseeing at the Gatun locks and on a guided boat down the Panama Canal. Footage in the old town of Panama City.

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Clear Iron

Clip #: TFA-206B
Length: 10:15
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
An industrial film about a self propelled train car

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The Battak of Sumatra

Clip #: TFA-275A
Length: 13:36
Year: 1929
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A Pathé Science Series documentary by Harvard University Dept. of Anthropology from the Peoples and Cultures of the World Series about the Batak peoples of Sumatra.

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Mount Tamalpais R.R.

Clip #: TFA-304B-1
Length: 1:26
Year: 1898
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1890s
Description:
Passengers travel in open air train cars on the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, known as the “Crookedest Railroad in the World.”

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Radiophone Keeps 'Em Rolling!

Clip #: MF-21K
Length: 2:10
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Erie Railroad freight train workers utilize radiophones to communicate efficiently in transit.

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