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Freighter At Sea

Clip #: TFA-307B
Length: 16:17
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Education film about the SS Anchor Hitch, a US Merchant Marine freighter that transported passengers in addition to cargo, as it travels from San Francisco to South America.

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Top Liner

Clip #: TFA-68A
Length: 20:34
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A tour of the ocean liner R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth as it docks in Southhampton after a transatlantic voyage

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Getting There Is Half The Fun

Clip #: TFA-231A
Length: 33:24
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A Transatlantic cruise on a luxurious Cunard Line ocean liner.

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Big Trains Rolling

Clip #: TFA-262A
Length: 24:55
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Publicity film detailing how trains have kept the United States economy going by transporting passengers and freight.

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Sea Going Thrills

Clip #: TFA-148B
Length: 9:25
Year: 1938
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Tall ship three masted clipper ship schooner in full sail. 85 ft schooner Wanderbird leaves Gloucester in full sail. Woman steers steering wheel while small boy watches, deck hand sailor with pipe in mouth and cap cuts thick rope with knife, young bare chested man wearing baseball cap ties...

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Tuna: From Catch to Can

Clip #: MF-12B
Length: 25:25
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
All aspects of the Tuna industry circa 1950s

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In the Heart of the Arctic

Clip #: TFA-225A
Length: 50:55
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Documentary from the 1950's chronicling Russian exploration of the Arctic, from early attempts to the Drifting Stations.

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SS Normandie in New York

Clip #: AD-37
Length: 19:56
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
1930s travelogue of French Line cruise ships, in particular the SS Normandie as it arrives in New York from Le Havre (possibly on its record-breaking maiden voyage on May 29, 1935). Extensive footage of the Normandie arriving into the New York Harbor accompanied by an entourage of boats and...

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The Passenger Train

Clip #: TFA-76C
Length: 10:41
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A boy takes his first trip on a passenger train.

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Ship To Curacao

Clip #: AD-39B
Length: 10:24
Year: 1938
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
1930s travelogue of a luxury cruise ship which stops off in Curacao. Liner passengers playing recreational games on the sun deck, dining at buffets, and gazing out at ocean vistas.

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