Along the Way (1968)
1968 · Ephemeral film · 12 min · dir. Carol Levene
- Documentary
- Short
Synopsis
This short film documents the construction of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Fansico during the late 1960's. The film also explains the advantages of the new transit system and presents small scale models of what it will look like when completed.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Carol Levene
- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
- Carol Levene Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Spuzz · 2003-07-30
Now, if you can get the very B.J. Thomasish theme song out of your head boys and girls, this film about the progress the builders were having building the BART system in SF is very well thought out. Quite a lot of construction scenes and explanations on how it's done. Quite interesting.
★★★ · All along the watchtower · Steve Nordby · 2004-08-29
The folksy opening and closing "Building a Dream for Tomorrow" song tries to give a 1930's (when the government actually employed people to build big things people needed) Woody Guthrie feel to this film, which is ultimately trying to placate frustrated car commuters. BART was the first "modern" attempt at subways in the US. Not a word about crossing the San Andreas fault underground and underwater! Nice shots of the 1960's Bay Area, the tunneling project, and the artist rendition of BART stations.
★★ · Along the Way · Christine Hennig · 2003-07-04
This 60s film gives a glowing report on the progress of building the BART (Bay Area Rapid Trasit) subway and interurban train system in the San Francisco bay area. Endless footage of construction is shown while the narrator tells us how wonderful it and good for the city it will all be. Whether or not it fulfilled this rosy promise is not for me to say, since I've never been to San Francisco. I guess this film has some historical value, though. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: **.