I did a search on Lou Costello and Steam Giants and no hits so here ya go:
PLEASE learn how to use the features of this forum!
Just pasting a web address here is NOT the way to embed a video.
I fixed this one.
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Bob,
This is an excellent, enjoyable video and teaching aid.
Than you,
Ralph
The original Union Pacific movie is titled "LAST OF THE GIANTS", and has also been available on VHS and DVD for many, many years.
I've watched this video at least 20 different times. I love it. So cool to see the Big Boys, Challengers, and others in their natural setting-pulling trains and moving about the yards. Wish there was more footage of it.
Originally released by Pentrex, it is a classic. There is also a great video on the UP turbines on youtube. It's good also.
Enjoy!
Yes it is excellent. On the Pentrex videos there is a interview with Allan Krieg who was the writer and director of "Last of the Giants". He talks about how they filmed some of the shots and the challenges they faced ect...very cool....oh and they interviewed Mr. Krieg in Pomona in and along side the 4014.
Webmaster Rich, Thanks for fixing the video. I, too wish posters would follow directions.
JMHO, Dave G.
This movie was done by the Union Pacific PR department in the late 1950's. For at least two years the Great Plains produced bumper crops of grain and the U.P.'s new diesel fleet was not sufficient to handle the increased loads. Just for such occasions the RR had several Big Boys and Challengers in storage, pretty much ready to be called into service.
When that happened the U.P. realized that they were seeing history being made and they hired film crews to capture a good share of the action. The result was the 16mm film that was produced with great narration, animation and wonderful editing. It was called, of course: "The Last of the Giants." The film was about 30 minutes long and was available to civic groups simply for the asking. An historical society that I had belonged to in Wisconsin borrowed the movie, along with a safety film about railroading called "The Old Head", and we showed both movies to our members and guests.
Years later Pentrax Video Productions got permission to make it into, first a VCR tape and ultimately into DVD productions and they offered it for sale for years. But they also learned that the Union Pacific had literally hours upon hours of films that had been made for this project that had never before been released. So Pentrax edited and produced two more vidoes, calling them "The Last of the Giants, II" and "The Last of the Giants III". In total, I believe there are well over three hours of very professional grade movie productions recording this momentous period in railroad history.
If the videos are not available right at the moment, I'm sure that with all of the fervor surrounding the restoration of the #4014 right now, Pentrax will certainly make these and perhaps some new additions available soon.
Paul Fischer
There are many programs available on the internet for downloading and saving videos on You Tube, but all the ones I've come across are free (theoretically--since there is no longer anything like a free lunch) but also record your address for their own use. Does anyone know of any programs, even ones that cost, which keep no such record?
Bob, thanks for that. It is fascinating.
