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Clip #: MF-21P
Length: 2:11
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The Unicel freight car, a combination freight and refrigerator car, which is made from plywood and is much better insulated and cheaper to build than the traditional steel freight car.
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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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Clip #: TFA-331A
Length: 3:54
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
High speed freight trains containing Pacific Fruit Express railroad refrigerator cars transport fruit safely to New York City.
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Clip #: TFA-207A
Length: 8:21
Year: 1947
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
An educational film about Chicago in the late 1940s
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Clip #: TFA-201B
Length: 10:22
Year: 1951
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A visit to historical sites related to Abraham Lincoln
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Clip #: TFA-190C
Length: 09:22
Year: 1947
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A tour of the state of Illinois in 1947, from the Carl Dudley "This Is Our Land" series.
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Clip #: TFA-29O
Length: 3:30
Year: 1933
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A tour of the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair exposition in Chicago at night by Burton Holmes
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Clip #: TFA-29M
Length: 3:30
Year: 1933
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A tour of the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair exposition in Chicago by Burton Holmes
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Clip #: TFA-243G
Length: 7:37
Year: 1933
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Sights of the 1933-4 Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) in Chicago, Illinois.
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Clip #: TFA-121K
Length: 8:11
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Trains and steam locomotives on the Pennsylvania Railroad
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