Crazy Judah:The Transcontinental Railroad

Duration: 22

Genre: Adaptation | Drama | Historical

Year Published: 1954

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts Theodore Judah's efforts in the mid-19th century to realize his dream of unifying the United States with a transcontinental railroad system. Explains that Judah eventually won the support of Governor Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, C. S. Huntington, and Mark Hopkins and together they orgainzed the Central Pacific Railroad Company. Points out that during the Civil War the Union Government granted concessions to the company and underwrote mnany of its bonds. Notes that Judah died from malaria shortly before the "Driving of the Golden Spike" at Promontory Point, Utah, which linked the rails between East and West., Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of 'The Cavalcade of America' television series episode, "Crazy Judah", which aired April 13th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Depicts Theodore Judah's efforts in the mid-19th century to realize his dream of unifying the United States with a transcontinental railroad system. Judah eventually won the support of California Governor Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, and Mark Hopkins and together they organized the Central Pacific Railroad Company. During the Civil War the Union Government granted concessions to the company and underwrote many of its bonds. Judah died from malaria shortly before the "Driving of the Golden Spike" at Promontory Point, Utah, which linked the rails between East and West.

Complete Record: Depicts Theodore Judah's efforts in the mid-19th century to realize his dream of unifying the United States with a transcontinental railroad system. Explains that Judah eventually won the support of Governor Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, C. S. Huntington, and Mark Hopkins and together they orgainzed the Central Pacific Railroad Company. Points out that during the Civil War the Union Government granted concessions to the company and underwrote mnany of its bonds. Notes that Judah died from malaria shortly before the "Driving of the Golden Spike" at Promontory Point, Utah, which linked the rails between East and West., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.