Luxurious facilities provided to railroad train passengers during journey in the United States. Train moves over the Rockville Bridge across the Susquehanna River above Harrisburg and Enola, Pennsylvania. Mountains in the background. Passengers relax on the reclining chairs during the journey. African American attendant or porter helps a woman to place her luggage. Child opens a push door. Women go to the washroom and apply makeup. Man uses the public telephone service. Woman and girl sleep in a master bedroom. Men work on the electrification speed operations at the power directed room.
Maintenance of the railroad in the United States. Workers wash,clean and inspect the engines. Shower and scrubber washes the locomotive. Workers undergo a regular check up of the electric engines. Diesel and steam locomotive parked on track. Locomotive moves on tracks.
Railroad research and railroad network in the United States. Worker works on springs for smoother rides. He studies and tests metals and parts. Rubber gloves are immersed and water and checked. Worker undergo a goggle test. Engineer checks metals for defects using electric current. Engineers study the internal structure of the metal casting and find defects at the X-ray laboratory. Locomotive moves on track. Animated map depicts: the network of railroads spread over various countries in America.
Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A horse race in the United States in the year 1902. The horse race begins. Buildings in the background. A large crowd of spectators seated in the stands. They cheer for the riders.
Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A unique race in the United States in the year 1902. A race between an elephant, a bicycle, a camel, a horse and an automobile. Buildings in the background.
Image of letter from Thomas A. Edison to the Librarian of Congress, stamped January 9, 1894, requesting a copyright for his film titled 'The Sneeze' , which depicts a man named Fred Ott sneezing in the United States. View of a still image containing 45 individual frames of the film 'The Sneeze' along with explanation of their creation and preservation at the Library of Congress. Thomas A. Edison and associates seated at a table containing photographic equipment. The film 'Fred Ott's Sneeze' (proper title, filmed January, 1894) is shown at the end of the clip.
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