Transportation Problem, The

Viewing NotesGeneral Electric film about the benefits of hydro electric power and the electrified trains and tunnels. Negative aspects of coal as an energy source. WITH INTERTITLES. Shot list, (David Weiss, 2/11/94): Coal mining shots, men mining, equipment. Steam locomotive head on from overpass, train goes by. Side view of coal hoppers. Locomotive on corner. Freight train with lots of boxcars. Coal cars in freight yard. Dissolve to roaring river. [point is coal is bad, water/electricity is good.] Coal cars loading at mine. Bridge across top of dam. Dam and power plant, LS. Inside plant, generators. Power line. Electric train. Long shot. View of steamer going up hill, passing by. Three steamers pulling cars. Electric car going down grade. Side shot underneath railroad car. Passenger train disappears into tunnel at high speed. Elevated train in city. Exterior shot of station. Dissolve to smoky railyard. Steamer going through yard. Lots of trains in yard. Inside subway tunnel. Elevated with downtown in background. Station. 'The Electric Way' Electric rail yard. Derelict steam engines. Electric locomotive coming down tracks and passes at high speed. Man shovels coal into steam locomotive. Steamer goes down track. Tender takes on water. Engineer in train. Switching in yard. Electric train coming out of tunnel in mountain. Power plant under construction. Electric train coming up track, passes. The end.