Pacific 231.

Duration: 325

Genre: Short Music

Creator: Festival Affiliated Film Producers Inc | Young America Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate A: 400' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 325 , The French film critic made this film poem using the music Arthur Honegger had written for Abel Gance's La Roue to honor the largest French steam locomotive, the Pacific. The montage of speeding wheels, pistons and gears; the parallel lines of rails and wires; a stoker furiously shovelling coal together with the score visually and musically describe the exhilaration of the train's motion. , Visualizes the train trip represented by Arthur Honegger's symphonic poem Pacific 231. Uses unusual camera angles and editing to interpret the emotional experience of riding on a fast locomotive. Presents the images with music as the only commentary.

Complete Record: The French film critic made this film poem using the music Arthur Honegger had written for Abel Gance's La Roue to honor the largest French steam locomotive, the Pacific. The montage of speeding wheels, pistons and gears; the parallel lines of rails and wires; a stoker furiously shovelling coal together with the score visually and musically describe the exhilaration of the train's motion. , Visualizes the train trip represented by Arthur Honegger's symphonic poem Pacific 231. Uses unusual camera angles and editing to interpret the emotional experience of riding on a fast locomotive. Presents the images with music as the only commentary., , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.