Request: Train footage for Kurt Vonnegut film
 

Hello,

I am a filmmaker working on the adaptation of a short story by Kurt Vonnegut called "Long Walk to Forever."

We are in need of footage of a steam engine emerging from a tunnel. We are also interested in additional options, for example, we like this clip very much:
http://railwayforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/2961/

The location of the film is upstate New York, so that's the type of landscape we're looking for.

If any of you have footage you want to share, please message me. Alternatively, if you have information that can help me contact the users who are posting footage on Railway Forum TV, that would be helpful as well.

Many thanks,

Derek

Hi Derek, welcome to the forum.

I don't personally have any footage of the sort of thing you're looking for, but here are some questions.

1) Does it specifically have to be an American loco/train in an American location, or is the style more important than 'correctness' ?
2) What sort of format & quality are you looking for from the source material ?
3) Are you looking for amateur footage, or are you prepared to pay for library material ?

Best wishes, John

Hi Beeyar,

Sorry for the late reply. I was expecting an email, but I guess I didn't tick the right box.

Style is most important for us. It should be a period train for the 1940's East Coast US.

We'd like HD quality. Something on a tripod would be good.

We could possibly pay for library footage if we can find the right clip for a reasonable price. We have one from Getty Images, but it's out of our price range.

The rest of our film is shot on the Red Scarlet camera, so we need to reasonably match that look.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Derek