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Completion of Northwestern Pacific Railroad (Outtakes and Elements)

Ephemeral film · 19 min

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A collection of California and railroad-centric film footage. This roll consists of materials made by Bert Gould when he copied the original nitrate film to 16mm safety stock, intercut with more recent color footage of redwood forests. This film contains outtakes from a film described by Bert Gould as follows: "Golden Spike ceremony and celebration for the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Rail Road, October 23-25, 1914. Film begins a short way north of its starting point in Willits (Northern California) and continues over trestles and through tunnels until it reaches the point of celebration at Cain Rock. (The celebration includes San Francisco Mayor James Rolph and the Eureka Mayor and other officials. The next day festivities in Arcata,C alifornia and Eureka, California are reported.") Can notes: "NWPRR Film Sections Outs/Ekta" [Northwestern Pacific Railroad) Leader notes (from head to tail): Roll 1: "Orig Camera Good Takes (pulled for film)" (square triangle triangle) Roll 2: "NWPRR unused" Roll 3: "RDW Footage" (square plus) Roll 4: "Dark Print - RDWD EMP Special" / "Eureka" (square triangle triangle) Roll 5: 2A"(square plus) Roll 6: "2" (square plus) Roll 7: Roll 8: "1" (square plus) Roll 9: "NG - Rdwd Emp Spec" (square triangle triangle)

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Running time
19 minutes
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Prelinger Archives

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