Movies and TvShows featuring "freight" theme.
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
In the post-American Civil War era, a stranger arrives in the Arizona Territory and gets caught up in a plot to rob a gold shipment. With double-crosses and danger at every turn, the stranger must navigate a treacherous path to survive.
In order to inherit her father's fortune, a woman must marry within 30 days, but finds herself falling for a private detective instead.
This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a prominent member) to become normal everyday citizens. Of course, there's no room in the Wild West for reformed outlaws, and the duo inevitably find themselves caught up in showdowns and robberies.
The story of the German sail-training ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane.
In Fighting Caravans, a man and a woman posing as husband and wife join a wagon train heading to Oregon. Along the way, they encounter various challenges including Indian attacks, gun battles, and the harsh conditions of the frontier. As they navigate through these obstacles, their relationship deepens and they find themselves falling in love. This pre-Code Western film showcases the struggles and triumphs of settlers in the Rocky Mountains during the early days of the American frontier.
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
International trade has been ferried around the world via boat for centuries. If the business of shipping stopped tomorrow, half the world would starve, and the other half would freeze. A testament of humanity's will to tame the elements and expand our reach; shipping has pioneered new technologies, revolutionized the global economy and reshaped the world as we know it.
Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows Marie-Douce, a poor slum girl who dreams of seeing the wide world,on board. To have her accepted by the crew, he passes her off as his niece. A seasoned master like him, wise enough to ban alcohol use on his ship, should have known better : a beautiful girl on the deck cannot but unleash the savage instincts of all those men without women.
A behind-the-scenes series discovering what it takes to keep the largest freight operator moving.
Gil and Hank are two independent truckers who run into problems when they are forced to pay off traffic managers to get loads. They also have to pay off highway cops when their rigs are overweight and bank loans but consider themselves lucky just to be able to keep up the interest payments. Add to that a small, frizzy-wigged highway hooker named Janice, who tempts them with her lurid charms.
When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In this case, it's a particularly giant-sized transport problem. But before he's convinced that the railways can help him solve it, there is an atmosphere of battle in the room, and some interesting and unexpected facts are hurled about in the course of the argument. Made to promote the use of railways to transport raw materials and finished products.
“Promotes trade with Britain among other countries in the European Community after the UK's entry on 1st January 1973. Kelloggs is given as an example of how major British companies worked at this period.” - Robin Carmody.
From plan to plane, the Birth of a new Boeing 777-200F.
Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy.
The story of America as a land of trains, showing how the tracks, stations, and trainmen, as well as the freight and passenger trains are all a part of an important industry.
The City of Sheffield is renewing itself, but until recently Sheffield's railway network exemplified the confusion and inefficiency created by competitive railway expansion in Victorian times. Now British Railways has swept away the small depots and the conflicting lines, and has centralised its goods operations in a new Freight Terminal, a Diesel Maintenance Depot, and one of the most modern Marshalling Yards in Europe, thus providing freight services fit for Sheffield's needs.