End of the Line
This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history. In its heyday, the big smoke-belching steam engine seemed immortal. Now, powerful and efficient diesels are pushing the old coal-burning locomotives to the sidelines, and the lonely echo of their whistles may soon be a thing of the past.
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Candid Eye1958 14 filmsShot unscripted and unrehearsed, this NFB documentary series for television is a seminal offering in the history of doc filmmaking.
This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history. In its heyday, the big smoke-belching steam engine seemed immortal. Now, powerful and efficient diesels are pushing the old coal-burning locomotives to the sidelines, and the lonely echo of their whistles may soon be a thing of the past.
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directorTerence Macartney-Filgate
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producerRoman KroitorWolf Koenig
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executive producerTom Daly
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photographyGeorges DufauxTerence Macartney-Filgate
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soundFrank OrbanGeorge Croll
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editingBruce Parsons
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sound editingKathleen Shannon
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musicPete SeegerSonny Terry
End of the Line, Terence Macartney-Filgate, provided by the National Film Board of Canada