https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/72c85ba0-b60d-44dc-a445-87cb16baed37 This patriotic, black and white film, produced to motivate railroad employees, was instructions on how to load freight and keep freight moving without damage. It was produced by Chicago film Laboratory, Inc. for the Association of American Railroad Freight Claim Division (formed 1934-1978) during World War II, which occurred between the years of 1939 and 1945. War scenes: anti-aircraft guns shooting, jeeps racing across the plains, flying aircraft, releasing parachutes, tanks rushing across the land, a blimp in the air, anti-aircraft guns shooting (0:27-0:49). Freight Train cars with military equipment on them (0:50-1:01). Railroad Train starting up with war freight. Everyone that works on the railroad has a job to do in the war effort (1:09-2:20). Proudly do your freight job and we’ll show you methods to do it (2:21-2:52). How to pack Freight: catch bad markings, watch caution marks (2:53-3:32), examine explosives and flammables for damage and labeling (3:33-3:54), properly lift heavy freight (3:55-4:14), handle all pieces carefully, each piece is important to someone (4:15-4:34). How to Load big equipment on train car, secure well with bracing, people are waiting for undamaged equipment (4:35-5:38). Put smaller carton freight away from the big equipment (5:39-6:17). If freight is open, fix it or send it to the Cooper to fix (6:18-7:03). Store barrels with the bung stave facing outward. Protect the tops with boards (7:04-7:37). Soft freight goes on the top (7:38-7:50). Bailed products stored flat (7:51-8:03). Rolled items on top (8:04-8:21). Stow handling labels so they can be seen (8:22-8:31). Chairs with legs protected (8:32-8:45). Care will prevent damage. Report all poorly packed freight (8:46-9:55). Tie heavy drums together and secure rough freight securely (9:56-10:20). Put damage board between pipes and hard to ship items (10:21-10:38). Finish off with a bulkhead which prevents falling freight (10:39-11:12). Never steal (11:13-11:35). A properly loaded freight car handles well in transit. Connect freight cars together with care (11:36-12:30). Engineer starts the freight train and it moves through the railyard (12:31-13:15). It takes team work to win this war and this freight is needed to do it (3:15-13:48). View of freight trains moving freight across country. There’s a war to win and we can be part of that victory (13:49-14:30). A poster is shown “Ship Right for Victory Prevent Loss and Damage” (14:31-14:36). United for Victory with patriotic music, “America” played, and American Flag (14:37-14:57). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wy5mFkVQS8 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:18:11 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/72c85ba0-b60d-44dc-a445-87cb16baed37 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.