This stuff is ancient but I hope that it wasn't posted here before:The construction of the Japanese Shinkanzen high-speed rails, form 1964.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYjFOYLAtoEBoth the footage and the tempo if that of the '60s, so do NOT expect some twitch footage and on point editing. But, I think you all would appreciate it, or - at least - should see this!ps: use auto-subtitles. While at some point it it definitely an 'eh', it is better than nothing.
the original bullet trains were kino af
>>2024166the BGM is a weird mashup of mexican, italian, french, cold war nuclear education, and las vegas
>>2024166>Both the footage and the tempo if that of the '60s, so do NOT expect some twitch footage and on point editing.My brother in Christ that's exactly the reason why I prefer to watch old films.
>>2024166simply amazing
>>2024166fuck, that was great, thanks./r/ more old documentaries
>>2024166Wished that guy finished his translation. It should be there for the first 10 minutes or so.>>2030183Here's another good one from the same time period, with translations. About the life of Japanese steam train crews.https://youtube.com/watch?v=7esbkGHoWUs
Why do they only make documentaries about economically-sound train lines where everything went right? Shinkansen became much more interesting after the government starting building them for political purposes, bankrupted the JNR, and is now going through the same motions again in the form of JRTT which the government retained ownership of
