https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/df8fdd11-38e5-4ee5-ae06-ada9338ff628 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This 1944 film "Report from Illinois" looks at daily life in the small town of Golconda, Illinois during the war. The film begins with a map of Illinois, highlighting major cities for war production. This is followed by a small tour around the city of Golconda including to the post office, its coal mine, corn and dairy farm, a glove factory, and the local high school. (Note: the film does not appear to be complete and it is not clear how much of the film is missing.) 0:12 “Report from Illinois”, 0:20 map of Illinois with major cities for war production labeled one by one, 2:15 map zooms in on the town of Golconda, 2:23 a steam train driving, 2:52 street scenes from the town of Golconda, 3:17 a railroad worker arriving on a bike and changing the signal to stop the train, 3:51 the train is unloaded and the railway worker speaks to the engineer, 4:12 the train departs after unloading, 4:20 railway worker takes the cart with the unloaded goods and begins his rounds, 4:49 mail is delivered at the post office, 5:01 coal miners being lowered in the mine, 5:24 a man farming corn, 5:43 cows being fed and milked at a farm, 6:21 women working at a glove factory, 6:42 a monument listing all the men that have left the town to serve in the war, 6:55 a farewell performance for five local boys that are about to be sent to war, 7:46 railway worker notes down everything that has happened in the town today. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. 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=KWj5KWO5l1A Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:18:38 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/df8fdd11-38e5-4ee5-ae06-ada9338ff628 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.