Completion of Northwestern Pacific Railroad (Outtakes and Elements) (silent)

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Description: 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: [none]
Roll 8: "1" (square plus)
Roll 9: "NG - Rdwd Emp Spec" (square triangle triangle)

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Subjects: Transportation; Nature; Extractive industries

Tags: maps; railroads; trains; bridges; redwoods; ferns; engineers; Redwood Empire Special; map of Northern California; felt flags; crowd on a train platform looking at camera; panning shots in redwood forest; redwood forests; "Sunny Jim" Rolph; James Rolph; intertitles; logging industry; trees

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Bert Gould Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1914; circa 1970s

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Eureka, California; Northern California

Genre/Form: outtakes and trims

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, reduction print

Color: b&w, color

Color Process: Kodak PXR, Ektachrome EFB

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square triangle triangle, square plus

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 688

Complete Record: Description: 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: [none] Roll 8: "1" (square plus) Roll 9: "NG - Rdwd Emp Spec" (square triangle triangle) Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Transportation; Nature; Extractive industries Tags: maps; railroads; trains; bridges; redwoods; ferns; engineers; Redwood Empire Special; map of Northern California; felt flags; crowd on a train platform looking at camera; panning shots in redwood forest; redwood forests; "Sunny Jim" Rolph; James Rolph; intertitles; logging industry; trees Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Bert Gould Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1914; circa 1970s Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; Eureka, California; Northern California Genre/Form: outtakes and trims Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, reduction print Color: b&w, color Color Process: Kodak PXR, Ektachrome EFB Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: square triangle triangle, square plus Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 688