31 December 1950 Factual 19 mins
Rock Island Railroad documentary on the role the railroad plays in making everyday life possible
Watch the official Wheels of Progress 1950 trailer in HD below or find more Wheels of Progress videos on Vidimovie.
United States 31 December 1950
If you liked the Wheels of Progress trailer, you may like these ones:
28 June 2017
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
30 June 1896
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train.
03 May 2018
On a train crossing Tanzania, a rolling microcosm of East African society, we follow three main characters, reflecting on the strength to survive.
09 June 2017
Alice Diop's enchanting short film, a work of transcendent transformation, shows how the rough lines of Drancy station are immortalized in watercolor by the French artist Benoît Peyrucq.
23 September 1927
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time.
09 June 2004
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy.
12 April 2014
In 1963 in the countryside in England, fifteen men pulled off 'The Great Train Robbery' netting today's equivalent of $85million.
30 September 2011
A history of the nation's first transcontinental railway accompanies a steam-train ride through the Canadian Rockies.
13 May 1938
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.
06 June 2009
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Wheels of Progress:
A promotional film for the Rock Island Lines Written and directed by John A. McGee. This film is public domain in the United States.
Promotional film from the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) commonly referred to as the Rock Island Line. Depicts the modernization of the ...
1950's historical promotional documentary made by (Pacific Intermountain Express) a defunct trucking company now PIE was once a significant motor ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1950:
21 July 1950
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona.
09 October 1950
In Milan, the beggar Carlone has formed a brotherhood. Carlone's sister Anna, is a poor blind girl. One day Carlone saves a mutilated, who tried to end his days.
19 February 1950
The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) to prevent the opening up of the rang to homesteaders.
25 December 1950
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson.
01 December 1950
The Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon) is played by Charles Starrett, who this time around is on the trail of a gang of cold-blooded killers.
10 August 1950
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
15 November 1950
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis.
07 June 1950
It was 1943. Burma was under Japanese control. In Pegu, a small place near Burma lived two Indian families.
23 February 1950
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
26 May 1950
Envoi de Fleurs is based on incidents in the life of French composer Paul Delmet. Played by popular French singing star Tino Rossi, Delmet is depicted as a man all too willing to give up personal happiness in favor of blind ambition.
30 November 1950
Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he desperately enlist in the foreign legion.
26 August 1950
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Have you watched Wheels of Progress yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1950 Rock Island Lines, Zenith Cinema Service.
