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Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage footage captures workers operating a small rail vehicle in a vast, flat California landscape. Men in wide-brimmed hats and overalls ride and operate a rudimentary rail cart, transporting cargo along a narrow track. The grainy black-and-white image, framed by the film's edge, shows utility poles lining the route under a bright sky. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse of early 20th-century rural transportation and labor.
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