The building of the mighty airline overshadowed the majestic terminal of the formerly mighty railway, but then the mighty airline itself faltered, and the building now belongs to almighty finance...
And I heard that story and I said "pfft, surely I can do better than the last two suckers"...
Yes. Corporate ego trip movies, circa 1950.
Pennsylvania Railroad's "Progress on the Rails".[1]
New York Central's "The Big Train", featuring the CEO.[2] He's lobbying for deregulation and less federal funding for airports and roads.
Both include sections on the data processing systems of 1950.
That's basically the story of the former Pan Am building, which sits right next door to and overshadows the former New York Central's Terminal building in Manhattan.