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President Johnson Signs Bill
Reporters in White House Rose Garden. People applauding as President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) comes out of the White House. President Johnson sitting at a table and signing a bill, many dignitaries stand behind him and watch him sign a bill. President handing pens to politicians. LBJ smiling and waving.
1965 LBJ Presidential Inaugural
MS front entrance of the White House. President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) and First Lady "Lady Bird" (Claudia) Johnson exit and pose for press photographers. Other notables (including Hubert Humphrey and his wife, Muriel Humphrey) exit the building behind them. The Johnsons get into a waiting limousine and drive off for the inaugural. MS limousine slowly driving away from the White House. LS crowds waiting on parade route. MS military police on parade route. MS naval military police standing with heads bowed in the cold in front of podium. TLS Capitol with inaugural platform and large crowd. LS LBJ standing at podium. MS naval usher and US Marine in dress uniform. Slightly angled MS of Capitol Dome.
Carthay Circle Movie Theater
Master 200, Tape 2 LS movie theater, the Carthay Circle, klieg lights soaring for movie premiere. LS crowd outside movie theater.
1950s - Hollywood Neon - Christmas
Neon signs at night. Pan across neon on buildings. Admiral Theater with Christmas trees on the roof lit up at night. Neon sign "Fly TWA." City street at night, Christmas trees line the street. Traffic drives toward the camera. Grauman's Chinese Theatre, theater, "On the Beach" is advertised on the marquee. Neon sign for Cinegrill. Neon sign for Diamond Jim's. Neon sign for Garfield Pharmacy.
Rotary Telephone
Master 201, Tape 2 CU black rotary dial telephone; the phone number is visible with old fashioned exchange code. CU male fingers dialing phone number.
1950s Gas Station
Master 201, Tape 2 Good MS of smiling gas station attendant standing next to car. POV from inside car of gas station attenant wiping the windshield.
1950s Money Shots
Master 201, Tape 2 See also catalog # 444461 HA female bank clerk counting money. CU money being counted (5 dollar bills and 1 dollar bills). MS Bank teller using 1950s computer like device to enter information on passbook. MS bank teller pulls passbook from computer device and gives woman her passbook. CU man counting money in his wallet, putting it away.
Lions and Tigers at Circus
Master 201, Tape 2 MS Lion tamer teasing lion with stick. MS male lions jumping through firey hoops. MS lion roaring in cage. MS Trainer using whip, making lions crawl over each other as they snarl at him. This could serve as a documentary on mistreatment of animals in old-fashioned zoos and circuses. MS Tigers in a damp, cramped cage paw at the trainer's feet. CU three young boys looking on intently.
Explosions in the Country
Master 201, Tape 2 Silent B&W shot of rather ramshackle wooden house; it explodes into matchsticks, with lots of smoke. Another small barn blows up. TLS explosion on hillside. TLS another shack gets blown to smithereens, in slow-motion.
Hoover Dam
Master 201, Tape 2 HA shot of intake towers and traffic on US Route 93 crossing Hoover Dam. Pan across US Route 93 to surrounding mountains. MS car circa 1940 drives on shoulder of the road. MS car driving on mountain road. Shots of Lake Mead and surrounding desert mountains. TLS intake towers and US Route 93. Pan down from LS of mountains to the Colorado River flowing into the dam. MS looking down on the Hoover Dam. TLS generators. Good pans across the top of the dam and down the sides. MS middle-aged man wearing a short tie standing in front of the Hoover Dam. Pan down mountains to Colorado River. TLS electrical power lines on dam. CU memorial plaque. MS US flag with 48 stars flying. MS "Winged Figures of the Republic" statues. Pan across the top of the Hoover Dam and down to the Colorado River flowing into the dam.
Las Vegas Neon at night
Master 201, Tape 2 MS neon sign for Apache Bar and Casino. MS pan down neon sign for Boulder Club. MS neon sign for Northern Club. MS neon sign for Las Vegas Club. MS neon sign for the Frontier Club.
Car Trip
Master 201, Tape 2 MS car, circa 1940, parked along the side of the road. CU shaky shot of speedometer. POV of moutains from moving car. MS A man in an old jalopy called "the prowler" waves to the camera. MS jalopy.
Walnut CanyonCliff Dwellings
Walnut CanyonCliff Dwellings
Tuzigoot Ruins(Arizona)
Tuzigoot Ruins (Arizona)
Duck And Cover
A classic scare-'em to death film from the Cold War. American propaganda dispensing some very dangerous advice in the event of a nuclear attack. An official Civil Defense film produced in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration and in consultation with the safety commission of the National Education Association.
Sinister Menace
AKA "Sinister Harvest". An anti-drug propaganda film "made by the Egyptian government, shown at the Geneva Anti-Narcotic Conference, and presented to the producers of "Narcotic" by HARRY J. ANSLINGER, Federal Narcotics Commissioners and one of the United States Representatives to Geneva in 1932". An early "shockumentary," shot in Egypt, which shows the interiors of drug dens and documents the habits of opium addicts.
Atomic Tests in Nevada
A United States Atomic Energy Commission (and DOD) film about "the story of the AEC's continental proving ground". Produced by the United States Air Force.
LBJ Campaign Spot, 1964
LBJ Campaign Spot, 1964 1964 Presidential Campaign spot for President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Panning MS of Ku Klux Klan members in white ceremonial robes at nighttime Klan Rally, burning cross superimposed over them. MSs of KKK members, burning cross at nighttime rally. VO reading of racist inflammatory statement by Klan official: "We represent the majority of the people in Alabama who hate niggerism, Catholicism, Judaism, and all the isms of the whole world. So said Robert Creole of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. He also said, I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help."
1960s Travelogue
Preview Cassette # 221369 Silent color: home movies, but nice shots: Cologne, the cathedral and surroundings; good Rhine River shots from boat, with castles and other boats on river; very good shots of Swiss Alps, dramatic mountain peaks with snow; shots of clouds from airplane window. Pan Am jet parked at Templehof (Berlin) airport terminal. Good shots of West Berlin and lots of good Berlin Wall shots. Sunset clouds over wing of airplane, and Paris scenes: Eiffel Tower, Louvre, cafes, good people shots.
Thriller: Promo Reel (w/Boris Karloff)
Bumpers and promos for the TV show (6 min, B&W)
Operation Cue
On Preview Cassette # 217150 A visual summary of the 1955 nuclear test in Nevada. Shows the effects of heat and blast on houses, utilities, etc. Title states revision 1964. This is the classic test blast footage of nuclear destruction.
Cars, Gas, Tires #4
A wonderful collection of automobile related commercials on 16mm. Nice Camaros and Corvettes from the early 1970s, plus some classic used car commercials with the dealer talking to the camera, showing the great cars (clean!) ready to move off the lot, so come on down. (color, 8 min)
B&W Movie Trailers
Brief B&W trailers for "The Hustler", "I Passed for White", "The Group" (with a nice zoom in on the Mary McCarthy book cover), "For the Love of Mike", "Riot in Cell Block 11", "The New Christy Minstrels" musical show promo, "A Private's Affair", "Hell Squad/Tank Battalion", "Snow White & the Three Stooges," "The Oregon Trail, and "This Property is Condemned." Some of these are promos for color movies, but the graphics and titles are nice. (B&W, 6 min)
Home Movies: Haifa, Israel
"From the early '60s. Shows a family on an Israeli cruise ship and the long stairway in Haifa. Also scenes of the surrounding city." (11 min Kodachrome)