Film and Video

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A curated selection of moving picture content from Hagley's Audiovisual Collections

    For additional selections of online film and video content, select from the following collections:
    Avon Products
    Chamber of Commerce of the United States
    Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection
    DuPont Company
    Hanford Engineering Works
    History of Kevlar oral history interviews
    MCI Communications Corporation
    National Automobile Dealers Association
    Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division
    Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection
    Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company films
    Image: Cans of movie film ready for shipment. DuPont Company. Click to view

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The Swift Completion
Version Number 1, prints 2A and 3A. Shows how railroads handle the United States mail service, including new Flexi-Van service on the New York Central Railroad, where truck bodies are loaded directly on to flat cars.
225,000 Mile Proving Ground
Actor Hugh Beaumont portrays a newspaper writer who narrates a story of research and new developments in American railroads.
Call Us Penn Central
Report on Penn Central after its creation by the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad. Includes railroad and non-railroad activities, such as real estate projects, amusement parks, Boca Raton Hotel, and Buckeye Pipeline Company.
Opening A New Frontier
In association with Film Counselors, Inc. Presentation on Pennsylvania Railroad's TrucTrain, latest technique in piggybacking trucks on railroad flatcars. Follows one trip from Chicago to Jersey City. Also includes scenes of early western pioneers and automobile and truck traffic.
The Right To Compete
Film advocating revision of federal transportation policy to lessen regulations on railroads and encourage competition among common carriers. Uses some animation as well as actors portraying a "typical" American family, including some view in a kitchen and watching television.
Robert
Amtrak safety film for children. Presents a story which shows the dangers of trespassing on railroad property.
Song of the Iron Road
Discusses the importance of railroads to New Jersey and presents the view that there are excessive taxes imposed on them.
What It Takes
Overview of Conrail operations.
At This Moment
Presented by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Public service announcement about the importance of railroads to America discussed by actors portraying railroad employees relaxing in a neighborhood restaurant. Film emphasizes the need to keep business in private hands.
Big Trains Rolling
Presented by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Discussion of role of railroads in American society aimed at juvenile audience. Features a train trip by two children.