# “MODEL RAILROADING UNLIMITED” 1970s SCALE MODEL TRAINS PROMO FILM WARD KIMBALL HO SCALE XD5008

This short from 1975 titled “Model Railroading Unlimited” details the pleasures of being a model railroad hobbyist as well as the steps it takes to become one. Produced by Liberty Pictures in association with Model Railroader Magazine, this copy of the film was found at the State Library of Ohio Southeastern Regional Library Center in Caldwell Ohio. The film features a robust and renowned cast and crew with Ward Kimball as host, Hans Conried as narrator, Rick Harper as director, Mike O'Connor as producer, Larry Wright as musical director and Mitchell Giannunzio, Sandy Stotzer, Bob Anderson, Stan Greiwe, and Jo Anne Wolcott as featured actors. Additionally, the film collaborated with various clubs and businesses such as Beach Cities Model Railroad Club, Frank’s Hobby Shop, John Olson, Grizzly Flats Railroad, Pasadena Model Railroad Club, Slim Gauge Guild, Teleprompter - Newport Beach, The Town Tour Ct. and Travel Town. Scenes of decaying train locomotives at abandoned train depot (0:15). Sign for Wells Fargo & Company Express (0:24). Train master sitting in an office talking to the camera and discussing his hobby of model railroading (0:31). Stamp collector furiously sifting through stamps while looking through magnifying glass (1:16). Man hunting butterflies in an open field (1:23). Bird watcher holding telescope and wearing Mickey Mouse t-shirt (1:42). Camera pans model railroad apparatus while banjo music plays in the background (2:08). Segment on brief history of model…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/jXV34PyZU0VCQryedZgHaE0oGwfPlk)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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