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This is treated as a separate category from Films and
Documentaries because of the varying production quality and the fact
that they tend to just be videos of train runbys rather than the
traditional notion of "documentary". Thanks to Brian K. Munroe for
reviews of many of these videos.
H&M Productions
H&M Productions
193-07 45th Avenue, Flushing NY 11358
Send a #10 SASE for a listing of NYC videos.
L-2: Manhattan's 6th & 9th Ave "els" 1920s-40s and old Brooklyn "els" 1930s-50s. Excellent 1920s footage that you'll rarely find on videos. Video includes 110th St high curve with views from up top and from the ground. Also includes some newsreel footage of the 9th Ave El being dismantled, Brooklyn Bridge footage, and plenty of views of the Sands St. Train shed.
L-4: 2nd Ave El 1942, Dyre Av Shuttle 1940s-50s, Polo Grounds Shuttle 1950s, Q-cars on 3rd Ave el.
| | New York City Subway
JERRY'S SLIDES
182 W. Sylvania Ave, Neptune City NJ 07753
Two volumes: Vol 1. BMT Lines, New Lots Ave., more (70 min); Vol 2. IRT, IND (90 min). Videos cover the elevateds and open-grade lines of the 50s to early 70s. The sound track is made up of early rock music from the 50s & 60s which is appropriate to time of most of the videos. Some of the best video footage and at $20 each they are a bargain.
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Sunday River Productions
PO Box 565, Concord, MA 01742
Mid 1950s coverage of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens elevateds as well as some coverage of the SIRT, H&M Tubes, and Newark City subway. This video is a bit unusual in that it includes quite a few winter scenes. You name it, it's on here - gate cars, Myrtle Avenue, Polo Grounds, crossing gates, snow, SIRT.
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Interurban Videos/Pentrex
Glendale, California
Just under 20 minutes, mostly black and white. Covers the Third Avenue Elevated and IRT subways and elevateds in the 1940s.
| | New York's Last Trolleys
Sunday River Productions
PO Box 565, Concord, MA 01742
45 minutes, all color. It covers line #35 (Church Avenue), #68 (Coney Avenue), and #50 (MacDonald Avenue). Much PCC action, including footage of #1001 being transported to Branford. It also covers the Queensborough Bridge Railway, including the underground terminal.
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