Film Record: Rhythm of the Rails

Rhythm of the Rails pictured in the PSA Journal, Nov. 1958, 47.

Date produced: 1958

Filmmaker(s):

Jack Pashkovsky

Languages:

English

Length:

711 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Magnetic

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1958 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Jack Pashkovsky must love the iron horse to muster the patience to gather the many scenes of the rails. A young girl (perhaps his daughter), bag in hand, boards the train for a distant trip to lend continuity. We see the train(s) at the station, in the hills, fields, valleys, desert, tunnels, bridges-just about every place where a train can be seen. The audience is permitted to view the panorama from high and low places, atop the train, and from the cab. A study of trains in motion which holds interest throughout" PSA Journal, Nov. 1958, 48.

Resources:

According to conversations with the filmmaker, the Rhythm of the Rails won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1948 (see: Avrich, B. "Shooting stars: Photographer Jack Pashkovsky Disarmed Hollywood's Royalty with his Ardor and Persistence." Smithsonian Magazine. Vol 34.10 (2004): 84-89.).

Subjects:

•           Railroads

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

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