Tokyo Monorail: New Line To Speed Visitors to Olympics

Clip: 425336_1_1

Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1727

Original Film: 037-067-02

HD: N/A

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Timecode: 00:16:19 - 00:17:25

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With the Olympic Games drawing in Tokyo. This is the longest Monorail in the world and will whisk passengers from the airport to the center of the city, eight miles away. It's operation will be watched with interest by traffic engineers, some of whom feel it is the answer to big city transportation problems. Monorail trains are put back into operation and checked out. Inside the head car you see the engineer looking down at the control panels. Inside one of the cars people are seated and enjoying a quiet ride at 60 MPH. POV - Traveling down the rail sitting in the engineers seat. POV - Looking out the window the Monorail passes an airport and is headed down into a tunnel. Looking up at the Monorail passing Tokyo Bay.