# Name this Film (vague details)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 22, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449 "2005-06-22T22:32:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wilderover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@Wilderover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilderover)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449/1 "2005-06-22T22:32:20Z")

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I recall seeing as a child on tv a film with no dialogue just music. It had a guy travelling if i recall correctly on a manually propelled railway carriage (like in the cartoons) across either America or Canada. If i recall correctly it was also speeded up. The main character just moved across ever changing landscapes at speed. I think he went from coast to coast and the film looked if i recall correctly (once more) like it was from the '60s or '70s. It may have been made for tv or a short, i really don’t recall much about except that it enthralled me when i was 4 years old. Anyone have any ideas what this film could be working on my admittedly scant recollection?

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**Author:** ![Wilderover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@Wilderover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilderover)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449/2 "2005-06-22T22:33:46Z")

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PS it must have been on either British or Irish tv, me being in ireland.

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**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449/3 "2005-06-22T22:41:55Z")

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[The Railrodder](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059631/) – Buster Keaton travels the Canadian rails on a handcar, perhaps?

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**Author:** ![Wilderover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@Wilderover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilderover)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449/4 "2005-06-22T22:47:02Z")

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you legend, that’s exactly it. Thanks. Gonna hafta track down a copy.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449/5 "2005-06-22T22:48:40Z")

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Didn’t _The Wizard of Speed and Time_ feature a railroad handcar? Can’t say for sure but it fits the description and rings a bell as well…

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-vague-details/309449/6 "2005-06-22T23:04:24Z")

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> [@Papermache Prince](#):
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> [The Railrodder](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059631/) – Buster Keaton travels the Canadian rails on a handcar, perhaps?

It wasn’t a handcar, but a little motorized maintenance vehicle. There was a toolbox or compartment of some kind that seemed to contain everything you could possibly need while motoring across Canada.

[sub]Hey, I finally knew the answer to one of these and somebody beat me to it. I have to chime in with something.[/sub]