Product Details

• Producers: MPO Productions, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Harman (Hugh) Productions, Bryan (Julien), Inc. Zenith Cinema Services
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers Inc.
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• ASIN: B000IZSGPI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,023 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This collection follows the growth in thought and development of American public transportation development. These films are some of the first ever to deal with problems of traffic congestion and intercontinental travel Many of the film focus on the transportation problems of New York City. Table Of Contents: (1) Along The Way: The Development Of BART (1968) - Construction and development concerns of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System from 1967-68 - 13 Minutes (2) Wheels of Progress (1927) - Silent film that follows the early evolution of automobile and light rail transportation in America - 14 Minutes (3) Transportation (1946) - Vocational film showing the daily work of bus drivers, taxi drivers, and truck drivers - 10 Minutes (4) Roads South (1943) - Explores all that can be learned from South America because as the film itself explains, "Latin America is a living history of transportation where old and new exist side by side." - 18 Minutes (5) March of Progress (1945) - San Francisco rail system previous to BART, when they were developing the Key System Transbay System, which lasted under 20 years - 20 Minutes (6) Arteries of New York (1941) - The in depth look at the many transportation options of New York City, such as light rail, taxi, subways, bus, and walking. Also discusses the growing phenomenon of rush hour traffic - 9 Minutes (7) Big Train (1950) - Propaganda and politics dominate this fascinating film that takes us on a freight train voyage and explains the benefits of railroad transportation - 26 Minutes