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Another collection of Lorentz/Crosby mystery shots from the National Archives. These are mostly of industrial switching operations.
In the late 1930's, director Pare Lorentz (The Plow that Broke the Plains, the River) and cameraman Floyd Crosby (the River, High Noon) hit the road to take documentary footage for a planned feature film. The film was never made, and the hours of footage they took ended up in the U. S. National Archives.
Unfortunately, there is no information in the Archives about where or when any of it was shot. All the descriptive information below is based on what's in the film itself.
0:13 Loaded hoppers inside a steel plant.
0:37 A Baltimore & Ohio steam locomotive backing up past a Bessemer converter.
0:48 Unknown location and railroad at another steel plant.
1:08 A venerable 0-6-0 belonging to Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. switches some gondolas. YS&T had plants in Ohio and Indiana.
1:33 Switching operations. Unknown location and railroad.
2:07 Yet more industrial switching. Is the cab lettered "O. C. R. R."?
2:37 Switcher awaiting orders. These shots were, I believe, taken outside the Amaizo plant in Hammond, Indiana.
2:57 Outside some large steel operation. A steam crane with an electromagnet collects scrap metal. The yard is mostly empty.
If you have additional info about any of these shots, leave a comment and I will update this description.
The original 35mm footage is silent. The National Archives has done an excellent job digitizing the original film. I've added some music, but feel free to mute it if it's not to your taste.
Another collection of Lorentz/Crosby mystery shots from the National Archives. These are mostly of industrial switching operations.
In the late 1930's, director Pare Lorentz (The Plow that Broke the Plains, the River) and cameraman Floyd Crosby (the River, High Noon) hit the road to take documentary footage for a planned feature film. The film was never made, and the hours of footage they took ended up in the U. S. National Archives.
Unfortunately, there is no information in the Archives about where or when any of it was shot. All the descriptive information below is based on what's in the film itself.
0:13 Loaded hoppers inside a steel plant.
0:37 A Baltimore & Ohio steam locomotive backing up past a Bessemer converter.
0:48 Unknown location and railroad at another steel plant.
1:08 A venerable 0-6-0 belonging to Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. switches some gondolas. YS&T had plants in Ohio and Indiana.
1:33 Switching operations. Unknown location and railroad.
2:07 Yet more industrial switching. Is the cab lettered "O. C. R. R."?
2:37 Switcher awaiting orders. These shots were, I believe, taken outside the Amaizo plant in Hammond, Indiana.
2:57 Outside some large steel operation. A steam crane with an electromagnet collects scrap metal. The yard is mostly empty.
If you have additional info about any of these shots, leave a comment and I will update this description.
The original 35mm footage is silent. The National Archives has done an excellent job digitizing the original film. I've added some music, but feel free to mute it if it's not to your taste.
