WW2 Train De-Railment Experiment.

YouTube Description:- "In March 1944 the United States National Defense Resources Committee & Office of Strategic Services performed a number of experiments on the Claiborne-Polk military railroad to help determine the best way to derail trains. The results were presented in the film "Derailment".

The film discusses amount of explosive used, technique of making "gaps" in railroad track to overturn train. Uses filmographic techniques such as slow motion, reverse motion, and freeze frame to show effects of "gaps" and explosives on train and results of experiments. Illustrated arrows point to areas of train considered especially relevant to experiment. Narrator explains each type of explosive and reason for variations."
spoco2says...

>> ^artician:

The narration in this confuses the stereotype I hold of of early 20th century videos. The narrators speech is almost modern. Anyone else get that impression?


I think you'll find the voice over has been redone... I'm guessing it's word for word the same as the original, but a new recording. The opening portion of the movie has scratches aplenty on the audio which then disappear.

messengersays...

My friend and I used to put rocks on the track. One of the rocks shot out and hit my friend in the side of the face. He wasn't looking and thought I'd punched him. Hilarity ensued. Derailment did not.

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