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Automboile Factory
"SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA: At last-the standard Liberty Truck-and motor factories are rushing the construction of a huge number of machines." Industry, Assembly. Pan across a factory floor. Men assembling cars.
Weather - Clouds, Rain, Lightning
Tape 21 - Part 1 LS of low dark clouds over a wide landscape. Fast moving clouds and flashes of lightening are animated over the clouds. LS of empty landscape. Tilt down to water moving on the ground. Rain water, runoff. A river with rain drops falling. CU plant, rain falling on leaves. CU of rain puddle as more rain falls. Fast moving clouds and flashes of lightening are animated over the clouds. Hard driving rain hits rocks and plants. Trees blowing in a storm. Fast moving clouds and flashes of lightening are animated over the clouds. CU of rain puddle as more rain falls. Sun coming through the clouds after a storm.
Crime File
Tape 21 - Part 1 Video-original footage of policemen in action. There are quite a few pieces of talking-head interviews and panel discussion, and many shots of white police officers, scenes in prison. Law, Order, Crime.
Butterflies
Tape 21 - Part 1 CU of butterfly on a tree, wings open and close. Extreme CU of butterfly. California Sister Butterfly (Adelpha bredowii) on ground. It is walking on the ground. Nice shots of butterfly walking on rock, flapping wings. Mormon Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria mormonia) on a purple wildflower. There is also a bee on the flower. 2 butterflies on the wildflower. California Sister Butterfly (Adelpha bredowii) on a leaf. Pale Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio eurymedon) on a pink flower. Fritillary Butterfly on a purple flower. CU of Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on yellow wildflower. Pale Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio eurymedon) on a flower. West Coast Lady Butterfly (Vanessa annabella) with folded wings on a flower. Mormon Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria mormonia) on a purple flower.
Neon Marquees at Night
Tape 21 - Part 1 Amazing color footage of neon/marquees, 1950s. Features really great compositions/color. Includes: LS down street, Fox theatre, Orpheum Theatre (Land of the Pharoahs is playing). Carter's Credit Jewelry/Thrifty Drugs. street with the Liberty Theatre and the "Jolly Joan" (coffee shop?). CU Sunny Brothers (dairy?) sign: red neon cow strikes poses. New Heathman Hotel; Cocktails (with neon bubbles) CU Fox theatre marquee (something with Marilyn Monroe is playing). Cafe: Glorified Hamburgers (39 cents). CU Orpheum theatre marquee. Hotel Congress. Parking. Bowling. Bayway Market. CU: DRUGS. Great supper club marquee with showgirls, appearing: The McGuire Sisters. Layrite Linoleum. The Pagoda Chinese restaurant(?) Amazing sign for NEON, the "N" rotates so that it reads "ZEON". Nick's Flower Home (with neon flowers in CU). Carter's Credit Jewelry. PGE. Firpine products. IRELANDS: Food and Friends. Drink 7UP ("It Likes You"). Incredible stuff. Glitz; Ads, Nightlife; Broadway, City.
Neon Marquees at Night
Tape 21 - Part 1 More great footage of neon at night: starts with LS of street featuring the Capitol theatre, among others; shot of another street with Strand Theatre and Automat (sign for "Ladies Man"); Great LS of city street at dusk, ocean visible in background, with signs for Fox Theatre, Paramount, Broadway Theatre, etc. Glitz, ad, nightlife.
Neon & Klieg Lights
Tape 21 - Part 2 Footage of streets at night with neon and kleig lights/search lights, apparently a movie premiere. Pretty dark. Tilt down past Barker Brothers sign to searchlights; some dark street scenes; crowd on street barely visible, in front of the Frolic Room. LS street with neon and searchlights. Crowd milling about in front of theatre, car in front, sign barely visible: "GIGANTIC PANORAMIC SCREEN/STEREOPHONIC SOUND".
Caribbean Vacation Resort
Tape 21 - Part 2 Shots of grass huts; CU of cupola thag pulls back to reveal white-sided hotel and grounds, pan to ocean. Dense foliage. Looking down into courtyard of hotel. Harbor with yacht and cruise ship. Shot looking directly down at waves on shore. Luxury hotels in the distance. Nice shot of hummingbird on big exotic flower. Woman and boys walking up hilly road. Waves breaking on brown rocky coast. Nice shots of waterfalls. People swimming in the waterfall. Ruined brick building.
Airport
Tape 21 - Part 2 Video-original footage of airport. Starts with airliner landing, camera following as it lands. (American Airlines), followed by great shot, with telephoto lens of American Airlines plane traveling l to r across screen. Travel, Transportation.
Hazardous Waste Facility
Tape 21 - Part 2 CUs of warning signs:"Flammable", "Combustible" CU of black sludgy stuff dripping from drum. CU of hands in protective clothing as they move the drums. CUs of warning signs "Corrosive". Black drums stacked outside building. Pan around courtyard with various drums stacked. CU of drum with pinhole streaming scary greyish stuff, pan up to "Hazardous waste" label.
Oil Pipeline
Tape 21 - Part 2 Video-original footage. Starts with shot of red barn, pulls back to reveal pipeline of some sort, maybe oil. Workers inspecting it. Late evening. Shadow of camera visible at end; toxic, petroleum.
Rose Parade Queen At Home
Master 22 - Tape 1 (Partial transfer only) Not just any woman galavanting in a neat, nice kitchen, this is the 1964 Rose Parade queen (Nancy Kneeland?). MS/CUs young woman (Rose Queen) washing her china by hand in sink; she wears orange sweater, plaid skirt, with white apron; good MCU red dishrack being loaded with plates. MS two young white women working in domestic kitchen, one breaking up lettuce, the other putting meat into the (electric) oven-- freeze frame before she puts it in.
Miss Oregon Beauty Pageant Contestants
(Partial transfer only, see catalog #311836 for film in its entirety) Master 22 - Tape 1 TLS monument designating the end of the Lewis and Clark Trail at Seaside, Oregon; 12 white girls wearing white one-piece bathing suits with matching pumps and sashes enter frame, wave to the camera. Great TLS bathing beauties running along beach toward the camera (no high heels), all smiling and wearing sashes reveal their representative town (Miss Newberg, Miss Springfield, Miss Coos Bay, Miss Eugene, Miss Forest Grove, Miss Beaverton, Miss Wilametteland, Miss Portland, Miss Columbia County). TLS/MSs Miss Oregon contestants standing in line on beach, smiling & happy.
Old Scientist & Microscope
Master 22 - Tape 1 Brief MS elderly white male scientist looking into microscope, adjusting focus. 1950s
Wacky Flying Machine & Car Crashes
Master 22 - Tape 1 (Partial transfer, see catalog cat #311263 for entire transfer). Failed/failing flying machines, stunts and silent slapstick wackiness, 1910-1920s. TLSs intrepid white man wearing large paddle-like wings strapped to his back, running, attemptying to fly; he enlists accomplices to pull him along field but he falls, literally, on his face. TLSs another intrepid man with wings strapped to his back running, then leaping off a rock and falling flat on his face in a beautiful, handless, certainly painful faceplant (swan dive). Ouch. Excellent LS Ford Model T touring car rolling down ramp on rails, jumping over house, completely collapsing, falling apart upon landing; stunts; you may have seen this shot used in the famed rollout segments of MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" with musical accompaniment by S.O.D. TLS moustachioed white man starting Packard truck, driving off, revealing motorcycle cop; LSs crazy high speed chase sequence between truck, motorcycle cop, cars on rural roads; LS open police wagon stopping on railroad tracks, several cops getting out; TLS steam engine locomotive chasing Ford Model T along railroad tracks; LS police officers pushing wagon stalled on RRX just in the nick of time, a locomotive almost striking them dead; TLS motorcycle cop jumping into river; TLS three Ford Model T roadster convertible cars driving down dirt embankment. Great LS/TLSs three Ford Model T cars & three pedestrians circling wildly, madly in large bowled trench, the pedestrians apparently shooting pistols-- absolute madcap mayhem; comedic pandemonium.
1960s - Cycolac - Opening Meeting
Name plate and title identifying R.A. Harrison, Purchasing (Head of Purchasing Department) with Harrison holding business card; pan up to Harrison reading business card of Charles Logan of Marbon Chemicals Division. Pan to Charles Logan appreciating Harrison taking the time to see him. Harrison is forthright that the company has soured on plastics and explains why. Logan counters that he has yet to try Cycolac. He produces a brochure, but wants to provide a visual presentation, bringing out a portable television.
On The Road: 1953
Master 23 - Tape 1 Good color footage of traffic and cars on the road, Los Angeles, 1953: POV from car driving downhill on busy street. MS '53 Chrysler (mint green), on the road. TLS as man comes out of ranch style house and gets in dark green '53 Packard 4-door. Sequence of shots featuring '53 Fords pulling out from stop light (various angles): red and cream sedan; yellow hardtop pulling out from stoplight, camera follows, "Yale Studios" sign visible in background; tan sedan; mint-green sedan; light-green Ford and yellow Dodge convertible pulling out from stop sign. Traveling shot as camera follows a brown '53 Chevy convertible down suburban street. Traveling shot of a '53 Nash driving along road. Slightly elevated POV driving along busy street in LA, notice the Woody pulling into the street for a left turn. Slightly elevated TLS of traffic on the freeway, mountains are in the distance. Slightly elevated TLS of traffic moving along the freeway, Los Angeles civic center building is seen in the distance. Elevated LS of vehicular traffic moving along urban street. Traveling shot of a green '53 Imperial driving along the road. TLS of man walking out of "Brucks Oldsmobile" and getting into white '53 Olds parked at the curb.
Dogs, Dogs, Dogs
Master 22 - Tape 1 An array of archival dog footage, in kodachrome color unless noted. Opens with (B&W) TLS/MSs medium-sized light-colored dog & tanned young man waterskiing on board in ocean, famed Diamond Head mountain in BG, thereby placing this shot at Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii (angles shot from rear of traveling motorboat; this is a partial transfer of Orig Film 553-02 "Waikiki 1928-29"). Cut to (COLOR) shots of pampered white French poodle resting on red pillow on black & white stain fabric-laden chair, then rolling around, seemingly having a fit (can also found on Master 16, here flipped l to r; this a partial transfer of Orig Film 112-17). Cut to COLOR shots of adorable mutt standing beside gas pump, barking; cut to MS 30ish white man laughing and holding said mutt who is still barking (partial transfer of Orig Film 112-18). Cut to (B&W) shots of white woman and small curly-haired white dog in Ford Roadster convertible pulling away from curb, driving into traffic; MS same dog leaning from car, wind blowing in its face (reversed l to r, the woman driving on the wrong side of the car, much less the road; this a partial transfer of Orig Film 112-20, with the original actually in color, not B&W). Cut to (COLOR) MSs medium-sized shaggy dog sitting on grass, wagging tail, barking at something off-screen. Cut to to COLOR MS cocker spaniel dog being teased with dead fish on hook hanging in air, dog leaping & standing on hind legs; MS shaggy, scraggly medium-sized yellow-haired dog sleeping on dirt road, then hearing noise and giving chase, running off-screen (full transfer of Orig Film 112-29).
Feeding the Chickens
Master 23 - Tape 1 Woman in 1950s casuals and straw hat riding around on a motorized cart, doing chores at the henhouse, and looking cornfed and cute. In the first shot she comes from around the corner of the henhouse, stops, and refills the hen's feed tray before riding off again (toward the camera and out of the frame to the right). The camera follows her through the same route she just took, but going the other way. She pulls up to the henhouse, etc. (closer shot, 3 takes). CU as she fills the feed tray and replaces it (3 takes). Her hat is on as she scatters grain from a bucket into the open door of what looks like another henhouse, followed by a closer shot of same.
The Farmer's Daughter - Rural
Master 23 - Tape 1 Blonde woman, c. 1954, cavorting around a farm. TLS woman dressed in low cut plaid shirt and black shorts, she carries a large spaghetti squash through the field toward camera. TLS back view of woman as she walks away from the camera.
Small Town Parade
Master 23 - Tape 1 TLS marching band (red uniforms) moving down small-town street. TLS group of Native Americans walking in the parade. Another shot of marching band (lower angle) Another shot of Native Americans. TLS marching band.
Small-town Beauty Contest
Master 23 - Tape 1 Late 1940s/early 1950s small-town beauty contest, which looks like it takes place at a drive-in restaurant: MS contest winner with trophy and flowers in her arms. TLS contestants in bathing suits lined up for the judges. 3 very short CUs of contestants. TLSs women parading on runway for judges. MSs women standing on runway posing. CU woman being helped down from platform. TLSs contestants walking the runway toward the camera. MS of all male judge's table. TLS women stepping down off runway. Brief TLS of eventual winner walking down runway.
Baton-twirling Girls - Twirler
Master 23 - Tape 1 TLSs of teenage girls in blue leotard-like uniforms standing in a row twirling batons, adults stand behind them, they are most likely standing outside of a school building. MS girl marching in place with baton. MS girl marching in place with baton, pan to second girl with a fake and awkward smile. MS girls twirling batons. TLS two girls marching place and doing hand movements. MS girl blowing a whistle while marching in place with her arms folded in front of her. MS girl marching in place with her arms folded in front of her.
Racetrack Beauty Queens
Master 23 - Tape 1 Early 60s racetrack footage, with an emphasis on the beauty queens: TLS/MS young women in colorful short-shorts and tight shirts emerging from building. MS of women sitting blanket on hood of a Corvair, they are posing, giggling, shots of their legs. CU as camera pans across faces of girls, man with clipboard explaining something to them. MS as women get off car and take blanket with them. MCU girl's behind in yellow short-shorts, followed by pan to woman wearing sign around her neck reading "NEM." MSs of the Pontiac racing team crew conversing (two women and a man).