A quest for Century B-roll

Nearly two dozen people have been interviewed since I started on this film. The quality of the interviews has been outstanding! They range from people who worked on the "Century," rode and saw the train, plus railroad historians and photographers.

Century chinaware, 1938.

However, the program will not consist of talking heads, which often translate into boring television. The documentary will be far from boring. Here's why.

Test run of streamlined 20th Century Limited, 1938.

We'll cover each interview with what we call "B-roll," visuals that illustrate what the person is talking about. Now, we're int he process of searching for this "B-roll." We need historic photographs, film and video.

1938 timetable.

A producer can never have enough visuals to support the narration. Viewers WANT pictures to tell the story and that's just what our mission is.

Airline strike, 1966, photo by Jim Hurt.

So ... here's where you fit in. I'm calling out to everyone who has quality film, video or still images of the "Century" to contact me. Rather than have those slides, film or video sit in a drawer somewhere, could you look through them and let me know what you have? 

Harry Goddard Leach.

I'll be attending Trains magazine's 75th gala celebration in Milwaukee next month. So, if you're attending, let's meet and talk. If  not, you can contact me at r.luckin@centurylink.net.

John Cameron Swayze.