At This Moment

"At this Moment" is a played, color document from the middle of fifties which is meant as the panegyric portrait of American Railroads. It is a montage of real shots of the trains, railroads, interiors of wagons, landscapes, fields, industrial areas, workers and passengers and long interview of workers and railway servants in small canteen - this situation is played by a few actors. The most outstanding one is a waitress, a beautiful young lady Kelly (played by Pat Englund, ephemeral TV series actress). There is also one stranger in the buffet who is vainly waiting for somebody and who is listening both informed and witty dialog. This man is a TV reporter who prepares a program about the railways. The movie presents American Railroads as the integral part of life of all Americans and accents both loading and passenger traffic. It has great charm: the atmosphere in canteen seems to be conventionalized but the nostalgia asserts. The footage from the real life are splendid. I must recommend this short to all fans of trains and railway!