Railroad Movies

  • 1940
    Cavalcade of San Francisco

    Cavalcade of San Francisco

    Cavalcade of San Francisco

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    This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

    Cavalcade of San Francisco
  • 1958
    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

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    After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to...

    Under Night Streets
  • 2007
    The Pied Piper of Hützovina

    The Pied Piper of Hützovina

    The Pied Piper of Hützovina

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    In the summer of 2004, on a car journey in Eastern Europe, Pavla Fleischer met and fell in love with Eugene Hutz, lead singer of New York's Gypsy...

    The Pied Piper of Hützovina
  • 2018
    OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN

    OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN

    OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN

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    For the past ten years, Jürgen Henn has filmed over-height trucks crashing into the 11foot8 train bridge affectionately nicknamed the "Can...

    OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN
  • 1914
    Four Minutes Late

    Four Minutes Late

    Four Minutes Late

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    Billy Garfield is a bright, young railroad engineer. He runs passenger train No. 6, and next to his locomotive, he loves Marie Shaw. They are engaged...

    Four Minutes Late
  • 1993
    Learning to Steam

    Learning to Steam

    Learning to Steam

    01993HD

    Arfon spent a week on the Great Central Railway finding out everything a trainee footplate member needs to know. Starting at the bottom, just as a...

    Learning to Steam
  • 1976
    Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

    Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

    Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams

    01976HD

    The film explores how the three British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island became provinces of Canada and charts the...

    Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams
  • 1926
    Crossed Signals

    Crossed Signals

    Crossed Signals

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    A federal agent is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring, which is apparently headquartered in the local railway station. The...

    Crossed Signals
  • 1988
    The House by the Railway Tracks

    The House by the Railway Tracks

    The House by the Railway Tracks

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    A Serbian family leaves the troubled Kosovo region after Albanians rape the daughter in front of her mother. When they leave their home after the...

    The House by the Railway Tracks
  • 1913
    The False Order

    The False Order

    The False Order

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    The sensational crux of jealous revenge in "The False Order" is a head-on collision of two enormous locomotives. A realistic effect that heavily...

    The False Order
  • 1948
    Desert Empire

    Desert Empire

    Desert Empire

    01948HD

    A travelogue, this film provides a guided tour of pre-World War II Utah and of course does not pretend to cinematic greatness. Recommended viewing...

    Desert Empire
  • 1973
    Rautatie

    Rautatie

    Rautatie

    7.21973HD

    Matti and Liisa are two farmers who become curious to see the first railroads in Lapinlahti, Finland.

    Rautatie
  • 2017
    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

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    Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no...

    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation
  • 1957
    Mainline U.S.A.

    Mainline U.S.A.

    Mainline U.S.A.

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    A documentary on the railroads of America produced by the Association of American Railroads

    Mainline U.S.A.
  • 1937
    The Rangers Step In

    The Rangers Step In

    The Rangers Step In

    01937HD

    Tom Martin wants to buy the Jed Warren ranch as he knows the railroad wants it for the right-of-way, but Jed refuses to sell...

    The Rangers Step In
  • 1912
    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

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    A mother is waiting or her son, a railroad engineer, to return home. The night becomes stormy and she discovers that a broken railroad trestle lies...

    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt
  • 1983
    One-Way Ticket

    One-Way Ticket

    One-Way Ticket

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    Documentary about how the arrival of the railway industry impacted Puerto Rican culture economically, socially, and humanistically during the first...

    One-Way Ticket
  • 2014
    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

    8.52014HD

    In the 1870s Victorian politicians debated the virtues of constructing a 20km-long railway through Melbourne's east, simply to circumvent a...

    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway
  • 1959
    Three Quarters of the Sun

    Three Quarters of the Sun

    Three Quarters of the Sun

    01959HD

    A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.

    Three Quarters of the Sun
  • 1915
    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    01915HD

    Helen is operator at Bells. Jerry McGuire, engineer on the local freight, and Tom Thornton, his fireman, are both rivals for the hand of the girl....

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire