Archive Watch

” Rapid Transit ” (1964)

1964 · Short film · 12 min

Watch now On the Internet Archive

Synopsis

This film, presented by General Electric, is produced by AvCom in 1964 and promotes the benefits of rapid transit in various metropolitan cities including Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston while promoting the upcoming development of San Francisco’s new rapid transit project now known as BART. Trains driving on various railroads (00:08). “Rapid Transit” title banner (00:44). “The Vital Link In a Balanced Transportation System” written on screen (00:53). A game of American football (01:11). Two train carriages passing on parallel tracks (01:24). Track running (01:32). A horse race (01:37). A Jaguar D-type and a Maserati 300s racing (01:41). A turtle walking on grass (01:43). A highway with slow-moving traffic (01:50). People strolling through crowded city-streets (02:00). Tall buildings and the construction of more still (02:14). Workers in the city walking (02:26). A train driving (02:33). A full parking lot at a bus terminal (02:39). Many people walking from the ‘West Park’ train station in Cleveland, Ohio (02:58). Children entering the train station (03:02). Passengers exiting the train (03:07) and boarding the train (03:09). The train driving (03:10). People exiting from an underground station (03:23). Scaffolding attached to a building for renovation (03:35). A skyscraper (03:39). A train driving through a suburb (03:42). Suburban detached houses (03:48). Rail tracks going below the city’s surface (04:00). People walking through a mall (04:05). An apartment…

Uploader's description on archive.org

Details

Running time
12 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

More like this