The Friendship Train

The Friendship Train (1948)

January 1st, 19480h 14min

Documentary
0%

Overview

This short film details the history of the 'Friendship Train', created, following the end of World War II, to travel across the United States to collect food for war ravaged countries in Europe.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City


Released on: 1927-09-23
Documentary

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress


Released on: 2019-07-14
Documentary, History

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have prog...

Housewives: A Forgotten History

Housewives: A Forgotten History


Released on: 2022-05-10
Documentary, History

After World War II, many young French women became housewives, convinced that devoting themselves en...

La saga du rail

La saga du rail


Released on: 2020-06-01
Documentary, History

The Strait Guys

The Strait Guys


Released on: 2022-06-02
Documentary

THE STRAIT GUYS follows Czech-born mining engineer, George, and his fast-talking protégé, Scott, alo...

People We Come Across

People We Come Across


Released on: 2021-01-29
Documentary

What happens when a group of Finns travel to a tiny village in Benin to participate in a vaccination...

Hitler's Evil Science

Hitler's Evil Science


Released on: 2019-05-25
Documentary, History, TV Movie

In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scienti...

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

Filmmakers for the Prosecution


Released on: 2023-01-27
Documentary, History, TV Movie

In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collec...

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat


Released on: 1896-06-30
Documentary

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...

Africa Light / Gray Zone

Africa Light / Gray Zone


Released on: 2010-01-30
Documentary, Adventure

"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...

London's Railways in the 1960s

London's Railways in the 1960s


Released on: 2010-04-06
Documentary

The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and th...

hello, WORLD!

hello, WORLD!


Released on: 2021-04-01
Documentary, Music, Mystery

A man ventures out into the streets of a pandemic-ridden London.

Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes

Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes


Released on: 2006-10-25
Documentary, History

The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.

Tshiuetin

Tshiuetin


Released on: 2016-09-08
Documentary

Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations...

The Great Famine

The Great Famine


Released on: 2011-04-11
Documentary

When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, it was the worst natural disaster in E...

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance


Released on: 2013-03-04
Documentary

Built in 1923, the Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to run at 100 miles an hour and to...

My Enemy's Enemy

My Enemy's Enemy


Released on: 2007-08-31
Documentary, History, War

Reveals an alternate history of the post-war world. This is a version of history where, in contrast ...

Steam Across America Volume I

Steam Across America Volume I


Released on: 1993-12-10
Documentary

Pentrex takes you back in time to the late 1950s and 1960s for a close-up look at the waning years o...

Faces Places

Faces Places


Released on: 2017-06-28
Documentary

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely ...

Journey to the East

Journey to the East


Released on: 2021-05-30
Documentary, Adventure

Could our mounting modern problems have ancient solutions? Travel to the depths of China to find out...