Railroad Movies

Matti and Liisa are two farmers who become curious to see the first railroads in Lapinlahti, Finland.

While Spec's father is ill, he takes over as conductor on the miniature railroad.

This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of...

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations,...

A tale of cheating in both love and business.

Discover the "character" of one of Missouri's oldest tie and lumber operations through this archival black-and-white film that documents one of the...

Second part of a two-part documentary about the now largely defunct network of local railways in the areas around Erlangen and Forchheim, Germany.

In the summer of 2004, on a car journey in Eastern Europe, Pavla Fleischer met and fell in love with Eugene Hutz, lead singer of New York's Gypsy...

The story about colonization of poor Dalmatian peasants to the fertile Pannonian plain shortly after WWII.

The sory of the railroad's roll in getting beef to your local market

In the cabin the conductor activates the gear lever; his motion breaks the inertia. Behind is the station, then images of the machinery, the...

The story of the railroad man in his role in keeping the trains moving on the rails.

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

The Unreserved is an inquiry into the lives of passengers who use the Unreserved Compartment, the cheapest way to travel across India on the Indian...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.

Short documentary about the new ICE. On March 19, 1985, the ICE was officially handed over to the Bundesbahn at Krupp in Essen during a rollout...

First part of a two-part documentary about the now largely defunct network of local railways in the areas around Erlangen and Forchheim, Germany.