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This version of
Riding the Rails
was edited for television

Directed, Written, & Produced by
Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell

Editor
Howard Sharp

Cinematographer
Samuel Henriques

Narrator
Richard Thomas

Associate Editor
Roger Schulte

Sound
Neil Riha

Additional Editing
Nancy Kennedy

Music Supervisor
Rena C. Kosersky

Original Music
Jay
Sherman-Godfrey

Supervising
Sound Editor
Ahmad Shirazi MPSE

Sound Editors
James Nau
John Werner

Creative Consultant
Robert Seidman

Additional Camera
Matt Mindlin

Additional
Original Music
Jimmy Weinstein

Assistant Camera
Chris Flanagan

Researchers
Driss Tijani
Chris Flanagan

Assistant Editors
Tal Ben-David
Shebana Coelho
Katharina
Kruse-Ramey
Po Kutchins
Benjamin
Rosen-Koncious

Archival Research
Assistance
Katy Mostoller
Sheila Maniar

Additional Archival
Photography
Kathleen Beall

Re-Recording Mixer
David Novack

Negative Matching
JG Films

Film Laboratories
Du Art Film Labs
Bono Film & Video

Film
Kodak IFP Discount

Mixing Facility
Sound One

On-Line Editor
Jim Meigel

On-Line Facility
Broadway Video

Titles and Effects
The Effects House

Animation Stills
Gary Becker/F-Stop

Publicity Stills
Federico Negri

Special thanks
Prints & Photographs
Library of Congress

Archival Footage
courtesy of
Archive Films
John E. Allen
Hot Shots/Cool Cuts, Inc.
The Image Bank
Museum of Modern Art
National Archives
Oregon Historical Society
Producers LibraryService
Grinberg Film Libraries, Inc.
Southern California Library
Stock Shots
UCLA
University of South Carolina

Clip from "Wild Boys of the Road"
courtesy of Turner Entertainment Co.

Additional photos
James Johnston
Curtis Morrisette
Ozark Heritage Center
Thomas Minehan
Boy and Girl Tramps of America
Farrar & Rinehart 1934

Principal Funding

Arkansas Humanities Council
California Council for the Humanities
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Maryland Humanities Council
Minnesota Humanities Commission
Nebraska Humanities Council
New York Humanities Council
New York State Council on the Arts
Ohio Humanities Council
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Texas Committee for the Humanities
Wisconsin Humanities Council
Wyoming Council for the Humanities

and

Dearing Films
The Donnet Fund
The Grasselli Foundation
The Harburg Foundation
The Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Trust

Fiscal Sponsors
Media Network
Beltrami County Historical Society
Cultural Communications, Inc.
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters

Scholars and Consultants
Elaine Abelson
Joseph Caldwell
Michael Cassity
Lizabeth Cohen
Robert Coles
Glen Elder
Linda Gordon
Hans Houshower
Dale Maharidge
Gary Marcus
David Nasaw
Barbara Clark Smith
Studs Terkel
Howard Zinn
Michael Zuckerman

Special thanks to all theindividuals who
helped make this film possible

c. 1997
The American History Project /Out of the Blue Productions, Inc.
All Rights Reserved


For
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Post Production Editor
FRANK CAPRIA

On-Air Promotion Producer
VINCENT J. STRAGGAS

Post Production Coordinator
MAUREEN BARDEN

Field Production
LARRY LeCAIN
BOB McCAUSLAND
CHAS NORTON

Series Designers
ALISON KENNEDY
CHRIS PULLMAN

Title Animation
LIZARD LOUNGE GRAPHICS, INC.

Online Editors
MARK STEELE
DOUG MARTIN

Series Theme
CHARLES KUSKIN

Series Theme Adaptation
MICHAEL BACON

Unit Manager
CHRISTINE LARSON

Project Administration
NANCY FARRELL
HELEN R. RUSSELL

Interactive Media
MICHAEL AZEVEDO
DANIELLE DELL'OLIO

Publicity
DAPHNE B. NOYES
JOHANNA BAKER

Coordinating Producer
SUSAN MOTTAU

Series Editor
JOSEPH TOVARES

Senior Producer
MARK SAMELS

Executive Consultant
JUDY CRICHTON

Executive Producer
MARGARET DRAIN

(c)1998 WGBH Educational Foundation
All rights reserved

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