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Clip #: TFA-303A
Length: 19:16
Year: 1929
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1920s
Description:
48 hour transcontinental trip from New York to Los Angeles by rail and air travel. Charles Lindbergh follows the travelers in his own plane on an inspection trip. At the end of their trip, the passengers are greeted in Los Angeles by TAT President Jack Maddux and Amelia Earhart.
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Clip #: TFA-178C
Length: 23:03
Year: 1963
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
A Pan Am New Horizons film about the history of Pan American Airways
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Clip #: TFA-41A
Length: 21:40
Year: 1933
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Early American Airways promotional demo film (1920’s) with audio and twin engine Curtiss Condor airplanes showing plane interiors and passengers, airport facilities, pilots and cockpit, map with destinations at that time, chart showing passenger growth from 1928 to 1933, plane flying and HAs...
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Clip #: TFA-372G
Length: 08:58
Year: 1941
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A brief history of aviation, from the Wright Brother’s first flight at Kitty Hawk, aircraft uses for defense and a United Airlines Mainliner transcontinental flight.
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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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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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Clip #: TFA-173C
Length: 7:24
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
An Office of War Information film about travel during wartime
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Clip #: MF-1F
Length: 10:34
Year: 1951
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A film about the creation of the transcontinental microwave radio relay system, which allows long distance telephone calls and television shows to be broadcast across the country.
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Clip #: MF-4E
Length: 8:57
Year: 1934
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A film about the contributions of Pennzoil motor oil to the development of modern transportation
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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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