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Dog Race
Brief clip of a brown greyhound on a racing track; camera follows dog. Dogs are wearing satin jackets with racing numbers. As camera tracks sprinting dogs, you can see spectators lined up along the fence around the track.
Horse Racing
Color footage of a horse race; camera follows horses as they round the corner and come into the straight; nice camerawork with a telephoto lens, Shot ends with horses passing under and in front of the camera.
Snake in Tree
CU massive snake (maybe a Boa or Python?) in a tree; camera pans along body of snake. Its body is draped over tree limbs.
Lion Walkabout
MS lioness resting in shady grass, licking her lips. MS lioness walking in brush. (Camera Follows.) Nice shots of lions in the wild.
Flock of Birds take Flight
Grainy, footage of flock of birds taking flight over an African plain (the Veldt?) taking off en masse.
Elephants
High angle shot of group of elephants washing themselves in a lake. MS elephants - adult and infant - standing in water, drinking, wading.
Monkey in Cage
Monkeys behind a fence reaching out to hand that is feeding them.
Clocks, Clocks, Clocks
Clocks, Clocks, Clocks, and some watches
Native American School
Color footage of teacher and students in Native American school, 1970s. MWS of teacher holding up newspaper in front of students, and kids looking at newspapers. CU young pre-teen boy (about 11-12 years old) wearing headband and wire rim glasses at his desk. Various similar CUs of other kids at their desks.
Gold Miner
Some very brief but good shots of a gold miner (prospector) standing in rock creek bed working a sluice of some sort, mining.
Boating, 1950s
Lovely, but a little dirty, footage of a full moon over water. Nice MS of sailboats on beautiful blue water, blue/gray sky. Group of boats, all with white sails, pass camera. MS boats in foreground and distance - all have sails hoisted. Wider shot of boats, sails leaning in the wind.
Airplane Cockpit
Cockpit interior c. 1970. Shot includes view of overhead and panel controls, switches etc. Pilot looks over his shoulder at co-pilot or flight engineer seated behind him. Handheld camera a little shaky. More shots of same, pilot is now looking forward - plane appears to be on ground.
Caged Chimpanzee
MCU through fence, chimpanzee in cage in zoo looking out at you; swinging on the bars of his cage, looking around. MS chimpanzee swinging from bars of cage.
Basketball Game
MWS professional or collegiate basketball game in large, crowded stadium; mid-late 60s. (TV cameras visible). Camera follows nice court action.
Danish Audience
Similar to catalog #311760 Audience listening. Look a little bored. Maybe 20 people in the shot, but every seat filled; looks like packed house. Various ages. Mostly women and teenage girls in this shot. .All sit very quietly, without moving.
Airplanes In Flight
Low angle shot looking straight up at two passenger jets as they fly overhead in intense blue sky. Air to air shot of passenger jet (a Boeing 707) . A little dirty, c. 1960s.
Color shot, looking down from the window of a...
Color shot, looking down from the window of a tall building, into a busy city street, 1950s. Department store sign: Bullock's. Nice view of traffic in the street and street car in the middle. Pedestrians.
Country Road
High angle MWS of huge red finned 1950s car traveling down curvy rural road, with trees and hills. Probably in California. Car is too distant to readily identify; shot looking down on road from a hill above; camera pans along with car. Very nice.
Babbling Brook
Two repeated shots of wild, raging brook, water moving through a forest. MS of water in sun and shade running over rocks towards camera.
L. A. Bus, 1950s
Nice shot of the 83 Westwood/ UCLA bus in Los Angeles, California, c. 1953, pulling up to the curb towards camera and accepting and depositing passengers.
Recreational Boating, Yachts, etc.
Lots of yachts, alone and together in all against a beautiful blue sea. First one comes speeding towards camera - manned by two middle aged men, one in a captains hat. More really nice old boats, wooden chris-craft type boats motoring on the water. MS of lots of boats, motor, sailboats, yachts together in regatta setting. Very beautiful. Single motor boat towards camera. Large yacht turns towards cam. very nice. Signs of wealth and leisure. mountains in b/g.
Time Lapse Plants Growing
The kind of film you used to see in grade-school educational flicks: time-lapse film of flowers growing. Series of nice close ups of orange and red poppy flowers blooming and then shriveling up. CUs of catcus flower buds. Spectacular color on most shots.
Early Auto/1900s
B/W, very early car (c. 1900) comes tearing down the street of a western town, towards camera frightening two hitched horses into tearing out their hitching post. The car swerves and goes on its way out of the frame; its passengers unconcerned.
Night Club Floor Shows
Brief Hollywood-style montage of times square lights ( marquee for "Hell's Angels" visible) that dissolves into a night club floorshow of chorines. MS of dancing chorus girls in flimsy negligee-type costumes doing lots of high kicks. low angle CU of girls' kicking legs. WS Latin performance troupe - Flamenco dancers and musicians. c. 1940; A pair of Edited dance sequence as if for a soundie. Flamenco dancers rushes to center stage, takes position and performs traditional flamenco dance, with castanettes, fan, and flirtatious moves. Some good CUs. ersatz Xavier Cugat band playing in b/g. As the couple finishes and whisks themselves offstage, another woman on the floor looks with jealous disgust as they pass, oblivious to her. Jealous love? Brief clip from edited dance sequence with Astaire&Rodgers-type couple in flowing gown & tails. C.early 30's. They perform ballroom dance routine (not very well) in front of black orchestra. Film is cut up quite a bit. Ends with rather silly high kick.