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The Evolution of Public Transportation
Historic Film Collection on DVD
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Public transportation
and the development of the arteries of travel is probably something
that you never think about - except when you get stuck in a traffic
jam, especially one caused by one of those construction projects
that just never seems to finish. You also probably never give any
though to the ease with which we can travel from city to city or
state to state.
But it wasn't always
this way. The evolution of transportation was a long and bumpy road
- filled with false starts and the need to really convince people
of the need of building our super-connected modern society with
its super highways and other nationwide traffic networks. The eight
films in this collection follow the evolution of the modern traffic
system and interestingly highlight many of the congestion related
problems we all experience in our daily lives.
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Here are the contents
of each of the films in the public transportation and mass transit
history film collection:
Arteries of New York City (1941)
  
This film explains the traffic planning for all the roads
leading into and out of New York City and shows the efforts
that are being taken to plan for future transportation and
infrastructure needs so the city could keep growing and being
a vibrant center of life and business. It also presents one
of the earliest discussions of the new phenomenon of rush
hour traffic.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Run time: 9:26
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Conquering Roads (1937)
  
This film talks about the need for developing a highway system
to support the travel needs of the the country as the number
of people who owned cars and needed to get from city to city
grew.
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run Time: 8:48
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The March of Progress (1945)
  
This film takes a look at the trolley system operating in
San Francisco's East Bay and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge. It discusses how efficient a trolley system is for
moving people and how trolley systems like this one are the
wave of the future for innercity transportation.
Producer: Harman (Hugh) Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 19:42
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Roads South (1943)
  
This film looks at Latin America and explains the various
modes of transportation available there and why the airplane
has been a primary transportation system throughout the countries
of Latin America due to its rugged terrain and other problems
that exist that prevent the creation of huge road systems
that many other countries were developing that that time.
Producer: Bryan (Julien)
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 17:16
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Transportation: Bus, Truck, and Taxi (1946)
  
This film explores the careers of people who move other people
and goods from place to place. It talks about what it takes
to become a member of one of these professions and what one
can expect when doing these particular jobs.
Producer: Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W
Run time: 10:16
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Wheels of Progress (1927)
  
This late 20s film looks at the history of U.S. transportation
and discusses why there is a strong need for more and better
roads to keep our country growing.
Producer: U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture,
Educational Film Service
Audio/Visual: Silent, B&W
Run time: 13:41
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