[video=youtube;D6EG3QgInc8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6EG3QgInc8[/video]I ran across this employee motivation film from 1952. It's a little dry, but has lots of good sequences and images from 60 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6EG3QgInc8 Also, there are other videos on the sidebar of this video. For instance, this one about NYC steam from 1938. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBFdpBol3l4&feature=relmfu
Fascinating listening to the narration of these films. While pumped up in the best interests of their company, there's still a lot more class than what would come later...
I have got to play them, but today is the wife's birthday, so priorities, you know. Thanks for putting the links in, Hank. As MacArthur said, "I shall return." :tb-biggrin:
I thought I had copies of all NYC videos, but the Inside the Oval was new to me. In many ways it was very sad, seeing the once great New York Central hauling "Made in the USA" stuff for all of the other great industries, coal, steel, and all the other heavy and light manufacturing entities that made this country great. Seeing the buildings in Detroit and Buffalo gleaming--look at them now. The vandalism in Detroit is unbelievable. Central's gone, most of our manufacturing is gone, very sad. On the other hand, the short clip about the straightening of the dangerous curve in my home town was quite a surprise. :tb-biggrin:
I do have a copy of "The Steam Locomotive," but viewed it again and there were a lot of details I had not noticed before. One of the closeups of a slow moving Hudson's running gear revealed that the middle, and main, driver set was a Scullin Disk, where the 1 and 3 drivers were Boxpok. Central mixed them up a lot. I had forgotten what a great video this is, a veritable tutorial on how a steam locomotive works, in great detail. Hank, Charlie is going to teach us how to imbed these videos right in the post. Once I learn how, would you mind if I imbed these? They are both historical and informative. :tb-biggrin: [video=youtube;ZBFdpBol3l4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBFdpBol3l4&feature=relmfu[/video]
Its always bittersweet watching these old promotional films by fallen flag railroads, particularly NYC (and Penn Central) films. It seems all too easy to track the deterioration of the Central by the content and tone of its films, from proud and optimistic to somber and desperate. Fantastic footage though. And a greater reminder of what once was.
