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CALIFORNIA-1936: Workers labor in a dry, sun-baked desert landscape, laying and securing train rails. A large steam-powered drilling machine operates on the right, its long arm extending over the track as men in period work clothes use tools to adjust the rails. The scene captures the physical effort and industrial scale of early 20th-century railroad construction, filmed on 8mm home movie stock with visible grain and vintage film characteristics.
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