Mode-Art Can 2973 (silent)

Description:

Description: Comedic sketch approach to documenting railroad track and right-of-way work; workers shown enacting staged howlers and laughing. Documents assembly and disassembly of rail lines.

Mode-Art production no. 4599

Notes on can: "#4599 Geo Hill"

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: Labor; Transportation; Safety; Oddities

Tags: railroads; trains; comedy; assembly; railroad tracks; bloopers; Union Railroad; railroad spikes; Clapperboard Cuties; clapper loaders; slates; close-ups; handlebar mustaches; railroad workers; hard hats

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Mode-Art Pictures, George Hill Company

Credits: We wish to thank Union Railroad for their cooperation in making this film possible.
The "Two Guys" from Verona were impersonated
Foreman: Bill Seibart
Klutz: Bob Trow
Camera: Lindquist
Produced by George Hill Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Writer-Director: Robert Trow

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mode-Art Pictures

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

Production Date: 1974-08-13

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania

Genre/Form: outtakes and trims, industrial

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, original, reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Ektachrome Commercial

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus circle

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 400

Complete Record: Description: Comedic sketch approach to documenting railroad track and right-of-way work; workers shown enacting staged howlers and laughing. Documents assembly and disassembly of rail lines. Mode-Art production no. 4599 Notes on can: "#4599 Geo Hill" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Labor; Transportation; Safety; Oddities Tags: railroads; trains; comedy; assembly; railroad tracks; bloopers; Union Railroad; railroad spikes; Clapperboard Cuties; clapper loaders; slates; close-ups; handlebar mustaches; railroad workers; hard hats Film Sponsor: Creator: Mode-Art Pictures, George Hill Company Credits: We wish to thank Union Railroad for their cooperation in making this film possible. The "Two Guys" from Verona were impersonated Foreman: Bill Seibart Klutz: Bob Trow Camera: Lindquist Produced by George Hill Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. Writer-Director: Robert Trow Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Mode-Art Pictures Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1974-08-13 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Genre/Form: outtakes and trims, industrial Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive, original, reversal Color: color Color Process: Ektachrome Commercial Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: plus circle Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 400