Tag: PBS style

Canadian Electric Rails

Producer: Charles Smiley Timeframe: 1950s Locations: Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, more Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Sources: William Warrick, William Whittaker, Bentley Salkeld, Lloyd Salkeld, Richard Pratt Charles Smiley takes us back in time. The decade of the 1950s. Five Electric lines in Canada. Always said that Charles would have made a great History Instructor. […]

Tags Canada, Canadian National, electric, PBS style, steam, trolley

ATVR Reviews Charles Smiley Presents

Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date October 16, 2019
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Producer: Charles Smiley Timeframe: 1940- 1963 Locations: Greater Los Angeles area Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Sources: Lloyd Salkeld, Ross Salkeld, Ed Minshall, Paul Lukens, Roy Gabriel Charles Smiley Presents with a double feature. The two streetcar lines, that once served Los Angeles, and vicinity. Pacific Electric is the much larger of the two companies. […]

Tags California, electric, PBS style, Southern Pacific, trolley

ATVR Reviews Sunday River (Highlights)

The Canadian

Producer: Alva Morrison Timeframe: 1960s Locations: Montreal to Vancouver Length: 47 minutes Source: 2007 Remaster Alva Morrison originally produced this film, with Sunday River Productions. Remastered and a re- edit by JMJ in 2007. The Canadian, is a Transcontinental passenger train on Canadian Pacific. This is the original incarnation. Vancouver to Montreal. Calgary, Medicine Hat, Lake […]