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Modeling A Day Frock
Master 23 - Tape 2 Woman modeling a 1950s short-sleeved dress, brown, with white gloves, handkerchief in the blouse pocket. She has extremely white skin, also heavy makeup. Backdrop is an orange curtain with squares of cloth on it, and a large-format camera in front of it. The woman walks into the frame, points out the pockets on her skirt (they match the fabric on the wall) and strikes a pose.
TV Studio Interior
Master 23 - Tape 2 TLS of early 1960's television studio in between takes, set is a Danish Modern living room (something a sitcom or soap could be played on), actors are seen on set, production crew and boom mike are silhouetted against the set.
Model In Bathing Suit
Master 23 - Tape 2 MSs living room as woman models a one-piece bathing suit (white with blue print) for a male fashion designer, he sketches as she turns and poses, suit has a v-shaped back. MCU woman modeling.
Caveman
Master 23 - Tape 2 Everything you could ask of cavemen - dirty matted hair, beard, primative tools etc., very cheesy:
Man Gets Electrocuted, Comic
Master 23 - Tape 2 Funny footage of a garage mechanic, who touches the wrong electrical part with a tool and gets electrocuted: his hair literally stands on end. Several takes, one of which reveals that the car he is working on is a 1947 Pontiac. One shot without the hair-stand-up fright wig.
Man Eating Sardines
Master 23 - Tape 2 Shot of man in his bathrobe, eating sardines in kitchen: CU of sardine can being opened, pan out to MS of older man using a fork to get sardines from can to his plate, man uses fork to place sardines on saltine cracker, man happily eats his midnight snack.
Elderly Couple Drinking Juice
Master 23 - Tape 2 Low angle MS looking up at sign on top of restaurant building reading "Ice Cold Orange Juice", tilt down to TLS pan of an older man in a brown suit bringing a cup of orange drink to his wife who is standing in front of their nifty blue Buick convertible, the two drink their juice emotionlessly. Same shot is repeated, this time the wife is not wearing coat.
1940s Women in Cafeteria
Master 23 - Tape 2 Footage of women in cafeteria, film is slightly sped up for some reason: TLS young women in cafeteria line. MS cafeteria worker serving food. CUs of potato salad being spooned into dish. TLS down long table of women eating, chatting and smoking cigarettes.
Man Eating Out Of Fridge
Master 23 - Tape 2 MS as a very large overweight man opens the door to his brown refrigerator and takes out a huge pre-made sandwich with all the fixings, he immediately takes a bite, he closes the fridge door and then takes a slug from a bottle of milk, he takes another bite from the sandwich (crumbs fall into his pocket) and quickly take another drink from the milk bottle without chewing first, this pattern is repeated.
Elderly Folk on Public Bench
Master 23 - Tape 2 TLS elderly couple seated on public bench at street curb-side, pedestrian walk the sidewalk next to them, them suddenly the camera goes into a spin, turning around and stopping on the couple on a slight tilt. TL elderly couple seated on the bench.
Expressionist Kitchen
Master 23 - Tape 2 Slightly dirty but wonderful F.K. Rockett footage that takes place in an expressionist dining room and grocery store: MS husband at dining room table reading paper and sipping coffee as his wife rushes in wearing a full length nightgown, both actors look confused and are caught looking directly at the camera. Take two: similar MSs this time wife enters scene with a coffee carafe in her hand. Fantasy-like 50s domestic scene as woman in robe strikes a pose and snaps her fingers (magic?), husband is reading paper at the table. CU of hubby snapping his fingers while reading the paper. CU outtakes of grocery store scene showing items on shelf and hanging in-store advertisements. TLS men and women shopping in the expressionist grocery store. TLS man pushing grocery cart in the expressionist store, he stops to grab a grapefruit from a shelf.
Contortionist Couple
Master 23 - Tape 2 Several TLSs of contortionist/dancer couple dressed in bathing suits performing incredibly flexible, painful to watch, athletic stunts.
Admiral Cigarettes
From the Kemp Niver paper print collection, Library of Congress, from a 3/4 inch master. Shot on August 5, 1897, the film is a single long shot, lockdown, of four men sitting in front of a large "Admiral Cigarettes" backdrop: Uncle Sam, an Indian, a Clergyman, and a businessman. A large box at the left, also labeled "Admiral Cigarettes" opens up and a girl comes out in a military/showgirl outfit, and gives the men cigarettes. As the showers cigarettes in the air, the men unfurl a banner that says "WE ALL SMOKE." At the end, a title: "COPYRIGHT BY THOS. A. EDISON 1897." Advertising,
Her First Cigarette
Shot in 1903; from the Kemp Niver paper print collection in the Library of Congress; shot by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Two-shot of two women; one lights a cigarette for the other, they both smoke, and one becomes faint, putting her head in her friend's lap. Smoking, Illness, Cancer.
Tar In A Wine Glass
Anti-Smoking ad from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1980s. Starts with CU of nasty dirty ashtray. VO talks about tar content of cigarettes, with shots of crystal wineglass being filled with sticky black tar from metal pitcher. At the end, a hand takes a glass full of water and toasts with the tar-filled one (VO: "The answer is clear..."). Cancer, Lung.
Cute Babies & Smoking
Anti-smoking ad from the u.S. Department of health and human services, early 1980s. One shot: pan along a line of extremely cute little babies. The ad is aimed at pregnant mothers. Tag line: "pregnant? that's two good reasons to quit smoking." Infant, children, cancer, lung, cigarette,
"Smokin's Out"
Late 1980s Anti-smoking ad that very closely replicates the atmosphere of a contemporary Levi's ad: 1950s doo-wop soundtrack against interesting, slightly retro compositions of people doing interesting and entirely unrelated things: fixing car, playing string instruments on the beach, women jockeying for position in a mirror; etc. 1980s cool. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Cancer, Cigarettes.
Smoking And Babies
Anti-Smoking ad, 1980s. (In the middle of a bunch of commercials that are repeated from earlier on this master.) Single shot: slow zoom in from above to a little red-haired baby in a basinette on the floor of a nice living room. VO tells us that babies whose parents smoke have twice the incidence of respiratory disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Cancer, Infant, Child, Cute.
Doctor And Mice
DO NOT SELL B/W (newsreel?) footage of doctor in his office, talking about smoking. Starts with "MISSOURI" title superimposed over United Press teletype. He sort of sits there for a bit before going over to a jar, and removing mice with tumors. They've been painted with cigarette tars and have gotten cancers. He then sums up the then-current findings about cigarette smoking.
Groom And Clean Ad
DO NOT SELL Color commercial, late 1960s, for men's hair-care product called Groom and Clean. Features a mermaid perched on a rock by the shore, who sings a ballad about Groom and Clean, and does a little demonstration with axle grease and water. "...sexy hair comes naturally when you use Groom and Clean." Water, Sexy, Grooming.
Senior Citizens - Couple Watching T.V.
Senior Citizens - Couple Watching T.V. - Video-original footage, late 1980s.
Senior Citizen Activities - Sitting in the Park
Senior Citizen Activities - Sitting in the Park - Video-original footage, late 1980s. GV park w/two elderly women in winter coats sitting on bench w/a small dog on a leash at their feet, geese walk about, a single elderly woman sits on a second bench in her winter clothing.
City Pedestrians
City Pedestrians - Video original footage shot in the late 1980's TLS massive amount of pedestrians hitting city pavement, winter fashion of the late 1980's is seen (coats, hats, hoods). GV pedestrians walking toward camera.
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade - Video original footage of the general chaos on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, late 1980's.