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1950s - Scotland Scenic Travelogue - Castle Urquhart
Panning view of Scottish mountains, covered in snow, fog. Overview of the ruins of Castle Urquhart on a bluff overlooking Loch Ness.
1950s - Scotland Scenic Travelogue - Castle Urquhart
Panning view of the ruins of Castle Urquhart on bluff overlooking Loch Ness.
1950s - Windmills - Dutch Windmills
Two Dutch windmills with still sails during sunset on river bank.
Biography: Henry Ford
DO NOT USE Opening credits and introduction.
Biography: Henry Ford
MS/TLSs horse pulling wagon along rural farming road. Tracking shot rural farming house. Nice high angle head-on subjective POV shot of railroad tracks passing by quickly.
Biography: Henry Ford
DO NOT USE Illustration of the Edison Machine Works (factory). Archival stills of young, moustachioed Henry Ford posing with fellow mechanics inside Edison Works (approx. 1902). Industrial design drawing of the quadrocycle (quadricycle). Indistrial design drawings and stills of quadracycle.
Biography: Henry Ford
(Reenactment) MS/TLSs man wearing bowler derby hat and overalls driving Quadricycle along dimly-lit cobblestone streets.
Biography: Henry Ford
DO NOT USE Stills of Henry Ford posing with 999 racing car. Stills of Barney Oldfield riding old 999.
The Neil Sedaka Touch
THE NEIL SEDAKA TOUCH, a 1980 music special featuring special guests Andy Gibb, Dara Sedaka, and The Captain and Tennille. This is outtakes from the original 60 minute program.
Biography: Henry Ford
Nice traveling shot of early arce car on bowed racetrack. TLSs early automobile race along dirt roads, passing spectator stands, 1900s.
The Neil Sedaka Touch
Opening titles. Neil Sedaka plays clear Lucite piano and sings "That's When The Music Takes Me" with backup singer performing. Female announcer exclaims "The Neil Sedaka Touch!" and lists the special guests stars as their names appear on screen. Background singers (two Caucasian, two African-American) clad in early-eighties chic: men in earth-toned suits, women in polyester dresses, red dresses and "Members Only" jackets. Sedaka shakes hand with dancers circling his piano.
Biography: Henry Ford
DO NOT USE Still of Ford Motor Company factory, 1903. Stills of men working in auto factory. Still of early production model of Ford Model A car.
The Neil Sedaka Touch
The Captain and Tennille lip sync to their recording of Sedaka's "You Never Done It Like That." In front of an audience on an unadorned stage, Toni Tennille wears a silvery floor-length gown and emotes in a sultry manner as The Captain (Darryl Dragon, surprisingly not wearing his usual captain's hat) mimes playing his keyboard, sometimes hitting the keys like a piano, other times twiddling the knobs synthesizer-style.
Biography: Henry Ford
TLS luxury Ford Model K car.
Military Parade
Military Parade. High shots of military marching in formation. Troops riding horses and men carrying flags pass the stands. Shot of officals standing at attention. Soldier passes the stands carrying the US flag. Troop formation passes camera. Woman in crowd applauding. Shots of rifle bearing soldiers march past the camera. Military man stands in jeep watching parade. Tanks come towards camera; one passes camera very close. "Benghasi" is seen on the tank with two men standing at the turrent; one man is saluting. High shot of tank formation moving down the street.
Biography: Henry Ford
DO NOT USE Still of Henery Ford and executive board, 1900s.
Biography: Henry Ford
1910 Ad in the Saturday Evening Post for the Ford Model T -- only $850.
Aid Flown in for Flood
Aid Flown in for Flood. Aerials of flooded houses. Aerial of a road? Officers watch a supply plane taxi tawards a hanger. Pakistani offical greets man in overalls and cap (pilot?) with a handshake. Shot from behind people watching supplies being unloaded. Pakistani soldiers carry supplies off a trolley. CU of supply boxes being carried by. CU of barrels labelled "Granular HTH." Military men talk while standing among unloaded supplies.
Religious Ceremony
Religious Ceremony. Shot of people walking among rows of luggage. Group of women walk by; one woman balances luggage on her head. Three women in dresses with walking sticks walk towards the camera. People paying. Some women have shawls over their heads (nuns?). Shot of cross with three priests at podium. Two women and a man kneel in prayer. Two women kneel in prayer. Legs of people standing behind them. Line of knelling women recieve communion. Crowd of people walk down the street. Shot of people walking; legs only. All carrying a walking stick/staff. Shot of church. Statue of saint (Mary, Mother of Jesus?) arried through crowd. Shot of applauding rowd. They appear to be on a pilgramage.
Biography: Henry Ford
MS/TLSs Ford Model T driving through thick mud, snow, streams, countryside, rough roads, even through the neighbor's yard; ends with shot of man getting out of truck stuck in mud, kicking tire.
Biography: Henry Ford
DO NOT USE Stills of early assembly line at Ford plant.
The First World War - PT1
Title card: Chapter I. Berlin, Germany: High angle LS crowd walking along street in Berlin, Germany, marching with soldiers. Great MS German Chancellor Prince OTTO VON BISMARCK removing helmet, striking a pose w/ one hand on hip. High angle LS German soldiers drilling on steps of building.
The First World War - PT1
England: Cute MS Prince EDWARD of England (future Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII Duke of Windsor) dressed in uniform holding a riffle while playing soldier w/ brother ALBERT (future King George VI) and sister MARY.
Crowd Fishes in Lake
Crowd Fishes in Lake. Shot of people in the lake. Pan from guy standing over a pump and hose to crowded lake. Shot of people using nets to catch fish. Man digs in the shore mud and pulls out a fish. Crowd stands around a bare chested guy with a cigarette in his mouth; he holds up a fish. Pan up from feet of two men to the fish they hold up. Two men carry a line of fish past the camera.