1957 EDU. FILM “TRANSPORTATION IN THE MODERN WORLD” (B&W Vers.) HIGHWAYS RAILROAD PH31300

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This film presents the methods of modern transportation in comparison to methods of the past. It depicts the importance of various types of transportation for industry, travel and the growth of cities. It is a Coronet Film (:07) and opens with shots of a passenger plane (:30), a shipping harbor (:37), a railway and a modern highway with end of the 1950’s model automobiles (:53). Past methods of transportation were hindered by great distances or weather and people often had to rely on their own man power or that of animals (1:35) to get themselves and goods anywhere. A steel mill is shown which depends greatly on modern methods of transportation (2:03). Railroad cars full of coke (2:10) for the mill are shown as well as a nearby ship full of iron ore (2:14) as both are vital to the mill’s operation. These raw materials are often derived from locations far away (2:36)