| COLOMBIAN RAILROAD The linking of the Atlantic coast with Pacific coast by rail. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8635 | |
| Catalog #: | 300669 | |
| Clip Number: | 300669-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3021 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:59 - 01:23:05 | |
| Location: | Columbia | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Railroad ENGINEERING: Railroad LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Misc | |
| Description: | COLOMBIA RAILROAD - LINKING OF NATION'S ATLANTIC COAST WITH PACIFIC PORTS BY RAIL Columbia C/U map of the American Continent, zoom in to C/U of Colombia. L/S of paddle steamer river boat. Shots of men unloading railway lines from barge and loading onto truck. C/U pencil point tracing their route of the new railway on a map. Various shots men hacking their way through jungle. C/U man in tropical attire using a theodolite. C/U bulldozer pulling heavy earth moving machine. Aerial shots of the railroad before completion. Various shots of workmen laying sleepers and rails. M/S train passing camera. | |


