Factual Movie Trailers

Chicago Steam Celebration Trailer (1993)

29 January 1993

Big steam power, vintage diesels, classic interurbans, and Chicago's finest commuter railroads ... featuring the 1993 National Railway Historical Society's 1993 convention in the Windy City.

Chicago Traction Combo Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Documents electric railroad operations in the Chicagoland area from 1900 to 1990.

Lady. Painter Dzemma Skulme Trailer (2015)

18 September 2015

A documentary about Latvian artist Džemma Skulme.

Empire Builders to Milwaukee Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Empire Builders to Milwaukee takes you back to the six months preceding and following the start of Amtrak service in Milwaukee.

Extreme Steam Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

This is steam railroading at its best! A new generation of rail fan photographers, equipped with digital video cameras, has captured nine different steam engines in all their splendor, thundering down the tracks on railroads across the United States and Canada.

The Alaska Railroad Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Travel the last frontier aboard the passenger train between Anchorage and Fairbanks. Then drive your auto aboard the Whittier Shuttle for a car/train ride like nowhere else.

Grand Canyon Railway Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

The Grand Canyon Railway is a tourist railroad in northern Arizona. This film follows the daily Williams Flyer excursion to the canyon.

Hot Rails Through The Twin Cities Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Railroad action from throughout Minneapolis/St. Paul. Includes eight railroads and Amtrak passenger trains.

4x4 For Freedom Trailer (2015)

29 April 2015

What kind of masters have we been in our independent country? A quarter of a century ago these four men were among those who voted for a free Latvia.

Fontane di Roma Trailer (2020)

15 January 2020

Illinois Terminal Railroad Company Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Originally known as the Illinois Traction System, the Illinois Terminal Railroad was a significant provider of passenger and freight service for central Illinois, with Springfield as its hub.

Specials Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Watch trains as they move through southern California. This video shows you a wide range of specials including the American Orient Express the BNSF Christmas Special and the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus trains.

Steam to Los Angeles Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Follow the Union Pacific 8444 from Cheyenne to Los Angeles. Then the 8444 and the Southern Pacific 4449 head up Cajon Pass side by side in a spectacular show of steam at its finest.

The Best of the Midwest: Volume 1 Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

To railroaders, the Midwest means nonstop action with plenty of variety. Pentrex takes you to Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota to sample the finest in Midwestern railroading.

Geraubte Kindheit - und damit leben lernen Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

Life in a residential community, founded 14 years ago by Annemarie and Fritz Pronegg for neglected, mistreated and abused children.

The Best of the Midwest: Volume 2 Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Pentrex takes you to South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin for more of the best in Midwestern railroading! We visit several shortlines including the Minnesota Central, Dakota Southern, and Nebkota.

The Best of the Midwest: Volume 3 Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Pentrex takes you through Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to discover mainline and regional railroading Midwestern style! I&M Rail Link and Wisconsin Central are our featured regional railroads.

The Heritage Collection: Volume 1 Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

From the Pentrex archives comes a stunning collection of five classic films produced during the 1940s and 1950s by the Association of American Railroads.

Halb Wien Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

Five views of Viennese life: snow clearers, people in stone, the small shopkeeper, the telephonist, the radio announcer, the famel designer, the film maker, dance sessions and pork chops, masters of ceremony and DJ's.

The Heritage Collection: Volume 2 Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

From the archives of Pentrex Media Group comes the second in a series of vintage railroading films from the 1940s and 1950s.

The Milwaukee Road Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Experience The Milwaukee Road of the early 1970s as Pentrex takes you on a three-volume video adventure along the Rocky Mountain Division! Explore the entire electrified Milwaukee Road line from Harlowton, Montana to Avery, Idaho in this exciting three-volume combo DVD.

Kameni Grad - Stadt aus Stein Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A hot summer in Vienna: Kameni Grad - City of Stone. Four groups of young people, whose parents come from the former Yugoslavia: Alma and Mircla, Sascha and Dragan, Nenad and his friends, and Marina and her little brother Branko.

Today's Chicago Railroads Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

The country's railroading capital, with a network of rail lines unlike anywhere else in the nation. The Fallen Flags of today - Burlington Northern; Chicago & North Western; Chicago Central; Conrail; Grand Trunk Western; Illinois Central; Santa Fe; Soo Line; and Wisconsin Central - were then still independent, operating entities.

Union Pacific's Clinchfield Challenge Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 made its first-ever venture east of the Mississippi River in November 1992 when it traveled off line onto CSX rails.

Today's Steam Across America Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Enjoy four hours of nonstop action from dozens of America's classic steam locomotives across the country today and in the glory days of steam.

Workin' on the Santa Fe Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

See zebra-striped switch engines and GP9s. Warbonnet and blue & yellow F-units, GP9s, U-Boats, GP35s, SD45s, and F45s in this fantastic collection of Santa Fe training and promotional films from the 1950s and 1970s! You ll also see a welded rail train, a track geometry car, repair shows, icing docks, and much, much more.

Workin' on the Southern Pacific Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

This collection of rare training and PR films was produced by the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1950s and Pentrex is proud to present them together for the first time ever! Early diesels, including E- and F-Units, PAs, and F-Ms dominate the motive roster, many in Black Widow paint scheme.

Chancellorsville: A Documentary Film Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Reenactments illustrate the details of the battle of Chancellorsville. Also features animated tactical maps, dramatic readings of personal papers, and expert narrative commentary.

Chickamauga! High Tide in the West Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

A narrated documentary about the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, where over 7,000 reenactors simulate the troop movements of the actual soldiers.

Vorwärts Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

The inside of a Viennese section of the Austrian Socialist Party (SPÖ). The number of members has gone down, but otherwise everything is still the same.

Building an HO Layout Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

This film walks the beginner through the steps of building an HO model railroad.

California Lighthouses Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Take the grand tour of Pacific Coast lighthouses from San Diego to the North Coast at Crescent City. Includes interviews with lighthouse experts sharing history and lore.

Chicago & North Western Mainline West Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

This film covers more than 500 miles of the C&NW mainline west from Chicago to Omaha and Fremont, Nebraska.

Ich wollte leben (2. Teil) Trailer (1994)

28 September 1994

"I Wanted to Live" was a 1982 documentary film about drug addiction by Alfred Ninaus. Twelve years later, what has become of the drug addicts?

Chicago Odyssey: Volume 1 Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Where else in the U.S. can one find so much railroad action but in Chicago...especially in the 1950's and 60's! World respected rail photographer Emery Gulash began capturing prolific amounts of action in and near the Chicago area from the early 50's.

Chicago Odyssey: Volume 2 Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

Volume 2 takes over where Volume 1 left off, in early 1962. We will see passenger trains from: Milwaukee Road, CB&Q, Santa Fe, Penn Central, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Grand Trunk, Great Northern, Northern Pacific (and eventually the Burlington Northern), and Illinois Central.

Algoma - A Piece of Nature Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A project begun by an Austrian in Canada - the management of an extensive forest area in Algoma, northern Ontario, aimed at the regeneration of the northern biotope - represents a contribution to the protection of the Canadian wilderness.

Dear Fritz Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

The film tells the story of 78-year old writer Fritz Habeck. The two essential themes of his cinematic interpretation of the artist's destiny are the lack of direction in a person who is creative, but trapped within himself, and the psychology of individual failure.

Der Bildhauer Mathias Hietz Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A portrait of sculptor Mathias Hietz of Lower Austria, originator and head of the international sculptor's symposium in Lindabrunn.

Drei Leben - Friderike, Lotte und Stefan Zweig Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

New York, 1941. Shortly before his joint suicide with Lotte, Stefan Zweig meets up once more with his first wife Friderike in order to write his last work, "The world of yesterday".

Gehorsam und Verweigerung Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

Industrial mass murder in the Third Reich, atrocities in other wars, cruelty perpetrated by "normal" citizens: "obedience" appears to be the key to this behavior.

Civil War Gold Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Join a team of explorers as they brave the Atlantic Ocean, on a search for the 140-year old steamship S.

Standard Deviants School: Trigonometry, Module 1 - The Basics Trailer (2008)

16 September 2008

The Standard Deviants serve-up all sorts of useful trig vocabulary. Get your fill of degree and radian measurements, and a sampler platter of right triangle trigonometry.

Glenalbyn Drive - Featuring Hubert Schmalix Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

"Glenalbyn Drive" records moments in the life and work of Viennese artist Hubert Schmalix. For the first time, the film shows Schmalix's sculptures which were installed in the Mojawe Desert (USA) exclusively for the film.

Vom Sinn des Ganzen Trailer (2020)

15 October 2020

Neon Oasis Trailer (2019)

18 January 2019

'The film drops us into the druggy deserts of the American West Coast—Joshua Tree National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Utah salt flats—and then moves to spa therapies and desert suburbs of unofficial, “squatted” mining plots, in a kind of collective hallucination.

El poder del fuego Trailer (2019)

01 May 2019

Dream Trains Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

Video scenes of steam locomotives and excursion trains set the stage for the fond memories of Americans who lived this bygone era of rail travel.

Attenborough y el elefante gigante Trailer (2018)

01 January 2018

Dream-Plan-Build Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

How to build a model railroad.

Bez vecuma ierobežojuma Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

A documentary revealing society's perceptions of old age.

I Was Here: Eisner's Story from the Inside Out Trailer (2008)

01 July 2008

For all their colors and shapes, our plaques' stories are mostly the same. It was a few of our friends, in the last days of summer, trying to figure out how to remember.

Ghostly Lighthouses of North America Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Eyewitness testimonials of encounters with ghostly apparitions, live footage and historian photographs of these maritime icons.

Great American Circus & Show Trains Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the work and engineering required to put traveling shows aboard railroad cars.

Latvian Gold Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

A documentary about the almost mythical "Latvian gold" - where it comes from and what's being done with it.

Boris Says Trailer (2000)

07 October 2000

Latvian painter Boriss Bērziņš talks about life and art in his workshop. A documentary that was awarded "Lielais Kristaps" for best debut.

Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Several Great Lakes historians discuss the reasons why severe weather on the Great Lakes makes ships more vulnerable than on the ocean.