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Lions Parade
Same as catalog #518444 Parade somewhere in America, 1950s, with General Douglas MacArthur in the reviewing stand; float with beauty queens.
In Tune With The Times (partial transfer)
Nifty 50s opening credits. Suburbanites lakeside, having a barbecue (bbq), eating steaks. Couple with garden tools outside split-level home; sequence with patio furniture and portable TV/television outside on the patio; city skyline; freeway; mall; POV down suburban street; great stereotypical 1950s suburban scenes. 1958 Rambler 4-door hardtop pulls up in front of house, wife & kids run out, to examine the new car. Ends with still photographer looking through eyepiece of camera, hood is draped over his head.
Havana Street Scenes
Havana: Pre-Castro. Marble statues of dancing nudes in front of the National Casino (which is not visible), late 1940s cars driving by Paseo de Marti (plaza formerly called The Prado) with pedestrians; pink hotel (could be the Nacional de Cuba) with cars; Coca-Cola sign and what look like political posters; capitol building w/dome; ornate palace building, houses; view of harbor, capitol building across water, other angles; aerial of harbor with a few boats, dirty film; harbor scenes showing Spanish-style structures; Cuban flag flying; 00:04:17 Morro Castle w/lighthouse; waterfront with plazas, traffic; ship in harbor; CU flag (red and black with center emblem); 00:05:00 soft focus street shots, flower sellers, cars driving by (romantic, diffused effect, pretty); 00:05:38 focus OK now, shots of Paseo de Marti, public transit, statues and boulevards; 00:06:13 slow motion shots of people walking; 00:06:31Centro Asturiano Club; traffic; woman walks towards camera, turns and takes photo.
Early Labor & Strike Footage - IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
Master 124 - Tape 1
Factory Press
Master 124 - Tape 1 MS man in white T-shirt operating a punch press, making what looks like metal bowls (maybe auto part?).
Industry
Master 124 - Tape 1 MS two men assembling large geared parts together, the parts red and blue and look like weapon of some sort.
Radio Announcer
Master 124 - Tape 1 TLS/MS young clean-cut Caucasian man dressed in blue suit and striped tie in recording or radio broadcasting booth, reads off script into microphone, a sound engineer is seen in booth in the foreground.
Radio Announcer - CBS
Master 124 - Tape 1 MCUs young Caucasian male dressed in brown sports coat seated in studio reading from a script and speaking into a CBS microphone.
Radio Announcers
Master 124 - Tape 1 MS/CU distinguished looking Caucasian man with a manicured wave in his hair speaking into a large studio microphone labeled "KMTR", he reads from a script. CU studio timer hanging on wall. CU needle of VU meter rapidly moving back and forth. MS profiles of radio announcer at microphone with script in his hand, sound engineer in the neighboring booth gives the start cue. CU record spinning on a turntable, hand lifts needle from the vinyl, turntable comes to a stop. CU wall clock reading 6:17, pan to CU of Caucasian male radio announcer in booth reading from a script and speaking into a 'CBS' microphone, camera pans out to MS. MS radio announcer speaking into CBS microphone, the wall clock is now seen behind him.
1950s - POV From Train - Tokyo
POV from back of train as it pulls out of station. POV from train of house along the track, mountains are seen in the background. POV from back of train as it passes over a steel bridge.
Tampa - Transportation
Master 124 - Tape 1 LS factory smokestacks with palm trees in the foreground, pan to harbor and city skyline, quiet backwater. LS inactive harbor with skyline in the distance. TLS pan of port were mid-sized boat is loaded with crates. Nice TLS of men (mostly African American) supervising conveyers as banana bunches are loaded into freight cars. Slightly low angle TLS of African American man with large muscles inside freight car removing bananas from conveyer to car. Slightly elevated TLS of several freight cars being loaded with bananas, African American and Caucasian are seen. Stationary TLS of cars from the late 1940's driving along rural highway past camera. Stationary TLS of cars from the late 1940's driving along rural highway past camera, pan to LS of cars driving away from camera.
POV Highway Footage
Master 124 - Tape 1 Traveling shot past road signs reading ' US 101' and 'Hollywood Freeway - Civic Center', car makes a right turn for the freeway, POV driving freeway ramp. POV driving slowly along highway, the only traffic seen in on-coming. POV driving along highway with a slight incline. POV approaching a T in the road after exiting a major highway, all kinds of commercial signs are posted here. POV driving along winding mountain road dotted with semi-arid desert plants, camera passes sign for Wickenburg (AZ). POV driving along same highway passing signs for local businesses. POV driving through small town passing cafe, motel and gas station. POV passing a remote gas station on a desert highway. POV driving over wet pavement on Oregon highway, camera passes road signs pointing to 'Mt. Hood-Salem-Oregon City' and 'Oswego', driving continues over bridge toward a city. Low angle traveling shot of telephone wires and poles along the road. POV driving on remote road surrounded by flat topography, camera passes sign reading 'Danger - Road Closed - Detour', driving continues along a bend.
Sydney - Urban Scenics
Master 124 - Tape 1 TLSs street scene with vehicular and pedestrian traffic. LS pan of crowded beach on a sunny day. LS crowded beach. TLS Harbour Bridge. Several elevated LSs of boats on the water. Elevated LS of boat pulling out of Darling Harbour. Elevated LS of traffic moving across the Harbour Bridge. Several elevated LSs of boat pulling in and out of Darling Harbour. Elevated LSs railroad tracks, highway and electric train tracks running parale to each other. Elevated LS pan of Sydney. LS tugboat on the water spewing thick black smoke. LSs several sailboats on the water. Several TLS/LS of people at the beach. MS group of Emu at the zoo. LS/MS kola bears in tree at zoo. MSs kangroos eating. Low angle TLS looking up at ola bear in tree.
Radio Announcer & Antenna
Master 124 - Tape 1 TLS radio announcer behind glass, engineer in foreground, announcer reads from script (similar to catalog #311540). Low angle TLS looking up at KMTR radio antenna against a very blue sky.
Women Watering Plants in Suburbia
Master 13 - Tape 1 MS grandmotherly type elderly woman in a day dress watering flowerbeds in front of an older bungalow. GV young blonde woman in dressed in a 1940s halter top and shorts, watering extensive flowerbeds in front of ranch style house. MS/GVs young woman (teens/twenties) wearing jeans and plaid shirt as she waters a nonexistent lawn in front of brand-new 1950s tract home.
The Homeko Lawnmower
Master 13 - Tape 1 Color promotional/training film from Homeko lawn mower company. Opens with wacky bird marionette who introduces the Homeko lawnmower. MS beautiful red-and-white lawnmower on piece of artificial grass. Bird VO describes its clean, powerful lines and styling, mower revolves on turntable like a car at the Motorama. High angle CU of mower outside, camera pulls back to reveal man who pushes it. MS man mowing residential lawn. CUs as mower cuts really tall grass. CU bird puppet as it gets assaulted by flying grass. MS bird standing on the inexpensive mower ($49.88). Fade out/fade in to a couple in a department store shopping for lawnmowers (nifty Homeko display). CU Homeko Mower. The couple talks to the salesman. Back to bird puppet.
Agriculture
Master 13 - Tape 1 GV pan of migrant workers out in the field with sunhats and baskets. MS young female worker carrying a basket full of peas/beans on her shoulder. GV/MS male workers having their baskets weighed out in the field. CU hands shorting through plump peapods. MS woman in sunhat sorting through peas. CU hands sorting through peas and dumping them in a basket. MS young boy seated on the ground with scattered peapods around him. GV workers out in the field. MS pan of man walking with his basket on his shoulder. MS pan as baskets are loaded/stacked onto the back of a flatbed truck. GV man lifting a basket. MS baskets being stacked onto back of truck. Slow motion GV of workers picking low growing vegetables in the field. GV men in field, a tractor with a flatbed hitch rolls by. MS worker bending over picking potatoes and putting them in his burlap sack.
Travel/Tourism
Master 13 - Tape 1 Aerial footage of luxury hotels on the Mexican coastline. MS Mariachi band playing in outdoor courtyard. MS women dancing in brightly colored traditional clothing.
Travel/Tourism
Master 13 - Tape 1 MS top of large art deco building with sign reading: "Mexico por la liberitad". Nice MS pan of tourist couple sipping beverages at an outdoor cafe. MS man buying 'shaved ice' treat from vender. MS vender shaving the block of ice. MS/GV boats on the water. MSs as a long thin fish is pulled onto boat (fishing). GV barefoot woman walking along street with a tray balanced on her head. GV large traditional style villa with mountains in the background. MS villa courtyard. CUs fishing trophies. MS man reeling a fishing pole. MS man addressing a group of sailors. GV sailors. MS as Mexican flag is raised on pole. GV pan dock lined with Western tourist, Mexican citizens and sailors.
Weaving
Master 13 - Tape 1 Scenic GV of men pushing narrow boats with poles across blue lake with green trees in background. CU of a young girl weaving a basket. MS men weaving. GV of tall cacti and mountain in the distance, pan to family working at outdoor loom. CUs of girls carding wool. CU woman spinning yarn. MS/CU man working loom. CU colorful rug on loom.
Aztec Dancers
Master 13 - Tape 1 GV Aztec pyramid/ruin/temple, people climb the steps to the top. MS statues at the top of the temple. Low angle shots of people in Aztec costumes climbing a tall pole. GV Aztec dancers dressed in large colorful headdresses. MS men tied to a wheel as they spin around. MS dancers dressed in traditional clothing. Low angle looking up at people suspended from their feet spinning on wheel in the sky. GV people hanging upside-down by their feet and spinning from a wheel on a pole. MS men dancing. MSs women dancing. MS mariachi band playing while on the back of a boat.
Conquistador Re-Creation
Master 13 - Tape 1 GV historical re-enactors dressed as Conquistadors on horseback riding over a hill and past camera. GV people working on outdoor stone house.
Mayan Ruins - Chichen-Itza / Uxmal
Master 13 - Tape 1 GV 'temple' at the end of the ball court at Chichen-Itza. Elevated GV of The Temple of the Warriors. MS stone detail, pan to the Nunnery. CU detail of geometric stone work. GV pan the Palace of the Governor at Uxmal. GV pan of ruins to the Temple of the Dwarf. Several GVs of unidentified Mayan ruins.
Mexican Metal Crafts
Master 13 - Tape 1 CUs of beautifully detailed spurs and stirrups. CU of tool working on detailed part of stirrup. CUs of hand holding finished stirrup. CU of hand holding spur-shaped silver earrings. CU of knives/swords on a rug.