Moving Along

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Moving Along is a short film released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

18:38:11:00 Moving Along 31222

18:38:58:00 CU of man in suit speaking at podium - ...Bay Area residents, given a choice, will choose to ride on rapid transit in luxurious, air-conditioned, 80 mph comfort... (18:39:07:00) 18:39:08:00 med shots of seated people in suits, listening to speaker - ...rather than drive to work, day after day on the crowded freeways (19:39:13:00)

18:39:45:00 med shot of BART car interior (18:39:48:00)

18:40:07:00 med wide shot of people in sixties outfits waiting in line at what looks like a bart station at rush hour (18:40:10:00)

18:40:24:00 med shot - interior of BART car filled with seated passengers - comments like very fine very nice did you see this adjustable reading light? sort of like a jet, only it s more roomy (18:40:39:00)

18:40:46:00 med shot of man seated at very sixties control room booth (18:40:50:00) 18:40:51:00 - MCU - man s hand pushes buttons on controls - mysterious lights flash on panel above (18:40:53:00) 18:40:54:00 MCU - another man at controls (18:40:56:00) 18:41:07:00 CU of TV monitor screen with image of train (18:41:13:00)

18:41:29:00 CU - slow pan of controls - lights and switches (18:41:31:00) 18:41:33:00 CU - hands push buttons on very sixties control panel (18:41:35:00) 18:41:36:00 MCU - man watches large control panel with diagram probably of bart route (18:41:40:00)

18:41:50:00 MCU - another slow pan of controls - lots of mysterious diagrams with lights, switches, buttons, etc. - man sits in front of them (18:41:53:00) 18:42:16:00 MCU dramatic shot looking up at BART car doors opening (18:42:18:00)

18:42:21:00 med shot of legs and feet of people entering BART car (18:42:23:00)

18:43:04:00 shot of aerial map of the San Francisco Bay Area with lines appearing where BART lines will go VO - The system must enliven the commuter s spirit, and not be the twice-daily nightmare that most existing transit offers (18:43:14:00)

Hilarious but long-winded spiel by BART architect about how the half-completed BART tracks behind him are one of the major design elements , about the simplicity and elegance of the BART architecture, and how anything more complicated would become dated .

18:44:59:00 wide traveling shot of East Bay area through which BART will pass - few developments (18:45:11:00)

18:45:49:00 CU of model neighborhood with BART station - camera pulls back - two men in suits inspect model (18:45:52:00)

18:46:40:00 med shot of huge machine bringing up large amount of dirt from beneath the Bay (Transbay Tube construction) (18:46:49:00)

lots of construction

18:48:08:00 wide shot of subway construction (18:48:10:00) 18:48:11:00 med wide shot of subway construction (18:48:12:00)

more subway construction

ends abruptly

Moving Along
Produced byLevene (Carol) Productions
Production
company
Levene (Carol) Productions
Distributed byLevene (Carol) Productions
Release date
0
Running time
10:12
LanguageEnglish
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