Synopsis
Short film about Indiana and its railroads made for the Monon Railroad.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Released
- 1950-08-12
- Running time
- 28 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Good Historical Interest · ATSF1920 · 2007-05-14
This was apparently a Monon Railroad promotional film, made ca. 1948 - 1950, to tout the charms of the railroad and the country through which it ran. This film may have been produced for, or in conjunction with, the great Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948-1949. For the citizens of Indiana, the Monon was an essential part of Indiana itself, an ingredient of what Michael Schaara calls "the mystic dirt of home", and regarded with an affection that bordered on reverence. This unabashed boosterism sounds jarring to our cynical ears today, but was politely received 60 years ago. From a technical…