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Re: Movies and History



Concerning railroads: Some years back there was a made-for-TV adventure called
"Runaway." Based very loosely on the real-life skiers' train from Denver to
Rocky Mountain resorts, it depicted a trainload of skiers running away on the
grade down the mountain.

The train was pulled by two locomotives, which is standard practice. One of the
crew had to go back from the cab of the lead locomotive to get to the train.
Instead of simply opening the front door on the cab of the second locomotive and
walking through to the back door, the movie people had him swing precariously
hand-over-hand from the handrails outside the cab, feet dangling above the rails
and backside narrowly missing the rocks protruding from the cliff beside the
track. Any railroader must have had hysterics at the scene. Besides that, the
whole premise behind the runaway itself was utterly implausible.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@wcnet.org
http://www.bigtoy.com


O'Brien, Jeff (Clerks) wrote:

> Ha! You think it's bad being a history buff and watching movies? Try being a
> science fiction fan and then watching the tripe that Hollywood produces. Two
> words: "Starship Troopers".
>
> Thank god there isn't such a thing as historical science fiction...
>
> Jeff
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Reuben Ware[SMTP:Reuben.Ware@CI.AUSTIN.TX.US]
> > Sent:         Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:23 PM
> > To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> > Subject:      Movies and History
> >
> > One of the worst things Hollywood ever did to "history" was turn Shoeless
> > Joe Jackson [arguably the purest left-handed swing in baseball history]
> > into
> > a right-handed batter.  This actually happened in the Field of Dreams and
> > I
> > often wondered how Kinsella could have let this happen.
> >
> > Reuben Ware
> > .
> >
>
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