News Footage: Amtrak Trains (Reel 1)

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: 1. exterior Amtrak train at station, passengers, train departing, interior train, passenger knitting, children goofing around, kids' baseball team, brakeman looking out at rural scenery, shot of camper van from moving train, pulling into station, people getting on and off, loading cargo, two college aged girls sitting together, pulling into station, man reading, passing through urban landscape, teenagers board, another station, more passengers, sign for Coast Starlight route, railroad crossing 2. (1978) shot from moving train, trains pulling to stations, POV train leaving station, interior shot taking tickets, ext. maintenance worker waves his hard hat, ext. Oakland train station, departures and arrivals board, interior Oakland station, two men getting a shoeshine on a shoeshine stand, CU shoe shiner, shoes being shined, older black couple buying train tickets at booth 3. interior passenger car, interior dining car, ext train. 4. Amtrak Superliner: ext superliner at station, empty int, seats, nicely dressed reporter tries out the seat, meets the chef, kitchen, shots of bathroom (with a passenger seat inside!), ext shot of baggage car, business man walking by Amtrak logo