Trans Siberian Railway, 1930’s - Film 6419

Trans Siberian Express Soviet steam train on railway tracks travelling at same speed as camera on an adjoining line. The front of the engine is adorned with a Soviet red star. From the top of an open truck of soil a steam train passes in the opposite direction. Snowy mountains in the distance with telegraph posts in the foreground being passed rapidly. Railway guard on platform blows a whistle, camera pans up to the engine driver. Female passenger holding flowers leans out of open window and waves