A miniature streamliner comes into view along the park track, circa 1955.
1955 · United States
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The engine blurs as it moves past the white sign board on posts, 1955
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- 1955
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- United States
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- Still 2 · 1.57s into the source clip
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Motion-blurred miniature streamlined engine and white-shirted engineer passing a sign board in a US park, circa 1955.
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Source footage and archive context
United States-1955: Miniature Streamliner Train With White-Capped Engineer Approaching
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1955 United States.
Date documentation · estimated
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Period detail
The diesel-style streamlined nose of the miniature locomotive and the colour cast of the 8mm stock may point to the mid-1950s.
Film character
Small-gauge colour with a magenta-violet shift, visible grain, soft focus and hard sunlit shadows gives the clip a warm period texture.
Historical context
Ride-on miniature railways modelled on streamlined diesels were common at American parks in the postwar years, as this example shows.
Research note
The film's copyright is separate from likeness: the engineer and small riders, possibly including children, are unidentified, and the ride may belong to a private operator.
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