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◊ 2025-03-03 10:37 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This short film is of the "This Land of Ours" series of educational movies made by Dudley Pictures in the late 1940s and early 1950’s. It gives a brief tour through the state of Rhode Island, the smallest state; only 48 miles long and 37 miles wide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4-mhTzFWmU&t=85s Background vehicles: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Trains: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Boats: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() -- Last edit: 2025-03-03 10:39:55 |
◊ 2025-03-04 01:25 |
Background vehicles: 9. Rhode Island seems to be Oldsmobile country; this is a 1941 Olds. Train: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad #1402, Class I-5 4-6-4 Hudson streamlined steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1937; only 10 were built specifically for NHRR (numbered 1400-1409) and they were all scrapped in 1951: https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/New_Haven_Railroad_Class_I-5 |
◊ 2025-03-04 14:10 |
This state is used as Switzerland in the opening of True Lies (1994). I can't think of any other time that happened. |