The locomotive seen approaching head-on at the very end is a Southern Pacific GS-2 or GS-3 (it's not a GS-6, it has the side skirts). The number is barely legible, but it appears to begin and end with "4", which would either make it GS-2 4414 or GS-3 4424. Judging by the shape of the fairing just over the smoke box door, I think it's a GS-2.
One hell of a troop movement. They went from what looks like Camp Benning, to Milwaukie, to the Hudson River Valley (East Side), to the Tehachapi Pass, back to the Hudson River Valley (West Side).
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
A few things: One of the tanks says "Port Arthur" which is in Texas. So, it is likely the troops were going out of Texas. So much for security. According to the Caro biography of LBJ, Root and Brown got the contract to ship out of the Galveston area, Port Arthur included. Root and Brown had no experience with shipping, but they were a big donor. The tanks were obsolete, but make a nice appearance. We see a soldier peeling potatoes. Today, the skins are regarded as very healthy, full of potassium. Finally, under Albert Speer, the Germans were quite able to move divisions around Europe by train and their war production increased significantly in 1942, rivaling that of the US. Of course, the Germans used slave labor. We Americans like to think we are the biggest and the best. But facts do matter.
Mark H wrote: ".... The tanks were obsolete ...." The tanks were obsolescent, but not obsolete. They were Struart M-3s. They were used both by the US and by allies in WWII. As upgraded version was designated M-5 . These tanks saw service in N Africa and in the "island hopping" campaigns of the Pacific. Another tank with the M3 designation was called the "Lee" or the "Grant," depending on which turret design was at the top. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander.
Two replies really. 1st to the remark about the ability of Root and Brown to ship large quantities of troops and equipment. Well, they ended up getting it right, thanks to the addition of Mr. Kellog, and letting Mr. Brown take the lead followed by Mr. Root as evidenced by how well the company (KBR) provided logistics services in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and of course esp. in Iraq, and only God knows where else. 2.) I know the decription given say the film was done in 1943, but to almost all that tracked and rolling stock sees like it was more from '39, '40, '41 and early 42. The uniforms just do not seem correct 1943 as also evidenced by the soldier sitting in the jeep wearing a WW1 era steel helmet. By '43 the M-1 helmets were already in general issue army-wide. It almost seems that this film was done for the big pre-war mobilization maneuvers / exercises held in 1940 & 1941!,..which showed how badly the U.S. military was prepared going into WWII.
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The locomotive seen approaching head-on at the very end is a Southern Pacific GS-2 or GS-3 (it's not a GS-6, it has the side skirts). The number is barely legible, but it appears to begin and end with "4", which would either make it GS-2 4414 or GS-3 4424. Judging by the shape of the fairing just over the smoke box door, I think it's a GS-2.
One hell of a troop movement. They went from what looks like Camp Benning, to Milwaukie, to the Hudson River Valley (East Side), to the Tehachapi Pass, back to the Hudson River Valley (West Side).
A simple film but well worth restoring and preservation.Thank you periscope films!.
My uncle use to tell me how he use to see a lot of troop trains moving through down town's grand central station in Los Angeles every day and night.
The timecode on the bottom of the frame is awfully distracting. Is there any way to remove it?
Zoom in in a video editor I guess
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
I enjoy your films thanks.
Geography… 80 years of progress later, people still can’t tell Iowa from Ohio…
It is worth pointing out that around position 7:28, two soldiers can be seen to be reading a #Tarzan-magazine over lunch.
PRIDE OF LOCOMOTION AND BEAST MADE OF STEEL!
A few things: One of the tanks says "Port Arthur" which is in Texas. So, it is likely the troops were going out of Texas. So much for security. According to the Caro biography of LBJ, Root and Brown got the contract to ship out of the Galveston area, Port Arthur included. Root and Brown had no experience with shipping, but they were a big donor. The tanks were obsolete, but make a nice appearance. We see a soldier peeling potatoes. Today, the skins are regarded as very healthy, full of potassium. Finally, under Albert Speer, the Germans were quite able to move divisions around Europe by train and their war production increased significantly in 1942, rivaling that of the US. Of course, the Germans used slave labor. We Americans like to think we are the biggest and the best. But facts do matter.
Mark H wrote: ".... The tanks were obsolete ...." The tanks were obsolescent, but not obsolete. They were Struart M-3s. They were used both by the US and by allies in WWII. As upgraded version was designated M-5 . These tanks saw service in N Africa and in the "island hopping" campaigns of the Pacific. Another tank with the M3 designation was called the "Lee" or the "Grant," depending on which turret design was at the top. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander.
Two replies really. 1st to the remark about the ability of Root and Brown to ship large quantities of troops and equipment. Well, they ended up getting it right, thanks to the addition of Mr. Kellog, and letting Mr. Brown take the lead followed by Mr. Root as evidenced by how well the company (KBR) provided logistics services in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and of course esp. in Iraq, and only God knows where else.
2.) I know the decription given say the film was done in 1943, but to almost all that tracked and rolling stock sees like it was more from '39, '40, '41 and early 42. The uniforms just do not seem correct 1943 as also evidenced by the soldier sitting in the jeep wearing a WW1 era steel helmet. By '43 the M-1 helmets were already in general issue army-wide. It almost seems that this film was done for the big pre-war mobilization maneuvers / exercises held in 1940 & 1941!,..which showed how badly the U.S. military was prepared going into WWII.
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