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The 1880s - Crime and the Wild West
Desert valley; array of cactus plants, mountains in BG. Saloons and restaurants in Tombstone, Arizona: "The Crystal Palace", "Lucky Cuss Saloon". "O.K. Corral Feed & Livery Stable" sign, tilt down to entrance. Illustrations of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Gravestones for Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Billy Clanton; cacti in BG. Illustration of Pat Garrett shooting and killing Billy the Kid in a room; dresser in BG. Reward poster for the "arrest of express and train robbers" Frank and Jesse James. Illustration of Jesse James being shot and killed by Robert Ford while straightening a picture frame in his house. Archival still of Jesse James gang member Robert Ford posing with revolver used to kill Jesse James. Archival stills of adult Caucasian male criminal with rope noose around his neck; two adult Caucasian men guarding him. Archival still of adult Caucasian male hung from a tree; crowd of adult Caucasian men posing for camera. Archival still of two adult Caucasian males hung, dead. Two adult Caucasian males stand by executed adult Caucasian male criminal.
The 1880s - Labor Unions
Archival political cartoon depicting Union Pacific and William Vanderbilt as a bandit oppressing workers. Archival still of an adult Caucasian male sitting, dressed in a bow tie, suit, and hat, cigar in mouth. Archival still of adult Caucasian male railroad company employees. Union posters for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Illustrations of Haymarket Riots of 1886 in Chicago, adult Caucasian male police officer shooting at adult Caucasian male labor union organizers. Archival still of American Federation of Labor founder Samuel Gompers. Panning from cornfield to oncoming antique locomotive steam engine. Illustration of adult Caucasian males clashing around a locomotive. Various illustrations of adult Caucasian male farmers protesting and clashing with adult Caucasian male police officers and U.S. Army. Promotional poster: "Gift for the Grangers", promoting government regulations for railroads and grain storage facilities.
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Educational film documenting the exploration & westward migration along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, 1800s. Produced for the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Originally shot on film. Much footage here was excerpted from other Kaw Valley films.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Fantastic COLOR (ektachrome) A Roll from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel.
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Opening montage: MSs historical reenactors recreating drum & fife band circa 1776 while dressed in tri-corner hats & knickers & marching through colonial village; LS antique steamboat sailing on river; TLS Confederate Civil War reenactors firing muskets (rifles), smoke filling screen; TLS Confederate battery firing cannon during battle reenactment; LS Union Civil War reenactors firing cannon, smoke billowing out; TLS Yankee soldiers marching slowly across battlefield, point man carrying American flag (one actor is shot, falls backward, while soldiers kneel & return fire); sideview TLS antique steam engine locomotive train traveling through countryside, snowy mountain in far distance; TLS tour group on yellow train crossing steel beam bridge over ravine; TLS kids playing on steam engine of train, Goodyear Blimp flying overhead; TLS people-- inc blond girl sitting on her daddy's shoulders-- passing event tent w/ "Railroadiana Show" sign. Color graphic map of the United States, trail from Independence, MO, to Santa Fe & Oregon City shown. LS river delta tributary, dusk. LS storm clouds over flat barren semi-arid desert plain. Nice dusky clouds over two buttes. LSs clouds over mountains. LSs misty, foggy cliffs overlooking Pacific Ocean, waves rolling in.
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Traveling shot along white picket fence & white colonial house. 3/4 view TLS rowhouses. 3/4 view TLS brick townhouses. TLS horse-drawn wagon crossing bridge over quaint stream. Panning LS clouds lining edge of mountain. LS scenic river valley. CU/MSs statue of pioneer Daniel Boone. LSs two mules & wagon towing boat along canal (reenactment of Erie Canal). Oil painting of Emperor of rance Napoleon Bonaparte (wearing furs, jewels, laurels). Panning LS grass prairie. Oil painting of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Graphic map of United States, land mass of Louisiana Purchase highlighted in drk green. Painting of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, York & Sacagawea standing on cliff overlooking river. Bas relief of Lewis & Clark. Oil painting of Zebulon Pike. Panning TLS pueblo fence-wall of Spanish fort; TLSs grounds of Spanish fort; MS view from prison cell, outside door being slammed shut, sealing off all light.
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MSs old cannons aimed out to sea from ramparts of seaside fortress. Illustrations of covered wagons, westward migration. Reenactment MSs pioneer walking with burdened horse, entering trading post / fort; MS male pioneers in buckskin outfitswalking about post, one with Winchester rifle slung over shoulder; MS several axes for sale; MS pioneers inspecting rifles for sale; MS/CUs nails on table; MS blankets for sale; MS Mexican man carrying two uncut animal hides; nice CU ears of mule perking forward; TLS horse tied to post pacing; MS mule, as viewed from between spokes of wagon wheel. Graphic map of Missouri River. MS harnessed horse pulling wagon. MS wildflower, horse pulling wagon through field in BG. CUs wagon wheel turning.
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MS memorial rock at Council Grove: "On this spot, Aug 10, 1825, the treaty was made with the Osage Indians for the right of way of the Santa Fe Trail." Reenactment MSs of three American Indian braves riding horse past stopped wagon. Great TLS/MSs Native American men riding horses (in silhouette) by covered wagon during sunset (dusk; great lighting). Sideview MS U.S. cavalry soldier blowing bugle. Rear view TLS U.S. cavalry trotting horses along Santa Fe Trail. TLSs grounds & buildings at American fort. TLS American flag flying from pole atop building at fort. Excellent panning TLS spanse of the Rocky Mountains, bright rainbow in FG.
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Nice LS antique steam engine locomotive train taking bend in tracks along semi-snowy landscape. TLS old railroad tracks in dry, hilly landscape (no train, tracks winding around bend). Subjective POV shot train traveling along RRX in wooded area. Reenactment LS westward migration, wagon train (covered wagons) traveling across plain. TLSs man-made land ruts along Santa Fe Trail. MS statue of male & female pioneers. Bas-relief of male pioneer with rifle. MS bronze statue of American Indian man kneeling at the feet of a white male missionary. Great low angle rear view MS wagon wheel, horse's hooves traveling away from cam. TLS covered wagon on display in backyard, pan right to man steering two yoked young cows. Reenactment MS/CUs blacksmith hammering hot iron on anvil, stoking fire w/ bellows. TLS two brown cows in yard. CU 126 lb barrel of sugar. MCU wooden crate of "Army Bread from the Union Mechanical Baking Company of Baltimore, MD."
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LSs antique paddlewheel steamboat sailing along river. MS horse pulling wagon through mud. Reenactment LS westward migration, wagon train on plain. LSs grassland prairie. Sideview MS whip being cracked. CUs horses, spoked wagon wheels. Panning LS low-lying clouds obscurring mountain. Panning TLS snow falling on trees. TLS wagon trail winding through forest. MSs bronze statue of pioneers. Panning TLS river, felled tree in water in FG. Panning TLS Platte River. TLS Sweetwater River. Panning LS Continental Divide & South Pass. Scenic LSs Big Sandy River, Valley of the Green, Valley of the Bear, Snake River, Columbia River, & Valley of the Willamette. Panning LS puffy clouds over prairie. LS Courthouse Rock & Jail Rock on the Oregon Trail. LS Chimney Rock in Nebraska. LS Scott's Bluff in NE. MSs Register Cliff, grafitti by passing settler's & pioneers. LS Independence Rock in Wyoming. TLS Devil's Gate. LS Split Rock. MSs Soda Springs in Idaho (bubbles rising to surface, following by shot of small spout of white water erupting). LSs Thousand Springs (waterfalls), ID. LS Beacon Rock & Columbia River. LS Mount Hood.
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Panning LS rolling prairie "bursting w/ flowers." Panning LS misty Laramie Mountains. Panning LSs barren desert plain. LSs alkali desert. MS brown puddle in alkai desert. MS abandoned wagon; CUs broken wheels. MS/CUs dead cow carcass on path, calcified skull erupting through largely intact hide. MSs abandoned steamer trunk, dresser, chair on Oregon Trail. MS horses hooves spalshing through river while pulling wagon. Views from reenactment of wagon train. Panning LS wagon train (in silhouette) stopped on plain, dusk. LS settlers (in silhouette) burying their dead during sunset, walking from fresh grave.
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High angle LS deep river valley. Tilting MS river. H/a water surface, gold-colored rocks in riverbed (implying the Gold Rush). MS two horses pulling wagon. MSs bronze statue of gold miners (prospectors). TLS early Mormon homestead in Utah, mtns in BG. TLS bronze statue of Mormon pioneers inc Brigham Young. Tilt down MS apple tree, Mormon homestead in BG. Archival photo of spike dedication at transcontinental meeting point of Central Pacific & Union Pacific railroads, 1869. LS antique steam engine locomotive train traveling across prairie. LSs train cutting swath through scenic valleys. MSs bronze statues of missionaries, pioneers & traders. Tilting (up) LS rainbow over cabin & mountain (cabin & mtn eventually out of frame). Panning LSs mountains (one snow covered, the other not). LS snowy valley, bluffs. Scenic LS rocky Eastern coast, choppy waves rolling in, houses on rocky hills in BG. LS scenic Pacific coast, placid water with large submerged rocks in silhouette during sunset. LS tide crashing against rocks, west coast.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot w/in this segment.) The Kennedys in San Antonio, Nov 21, 1963. Aerial of fluffy white clouds packed close & tight like cotton balls. Aerial of white clouds, title "The Last Two Days" hurtling toward cam. TLS crowd gathered atop & inside building at San Antonio International airport, reflection in windows of Air Force One taxiing. Tighter shot crowd standing atop airport bldg. Great MS First Lady JACQUELINE KENNEDY, wearing white dress & gloves w/ black hat, & President JOHN F. KENNEDY getting into open convertible parked on tarmac, Governor of Texas JOHN CONNALLY & wife NELLIE CONNALLY already seated. Traveling shots crowd lining streets. Traveling shot crowd lining urban street, many waving. Traveling shot people watching Kennedy motorcade from fire escape. MS President John F. Kennedy & Jackie Kennedy exiting Headquarters of the Aerospace Medical Division Center, entourage following suit, USAF officer saluting in FG. Nice head-on TLS battery of newsreel cameramen standing behind cameras on tripods positioned on scaffolding for press conference. LS crowd at outdoor speaking engagement. Nice MS Vice-President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) & Jacqueline Kennedy seated on dais. Rear view MS President Kennedy speaking to crowd. Nice TLS American flag flying from flagpole, tilt down to rear view LS JFK speechifying. Head-on TLS seated crowd (many military officers). Side view CU Jack & Jackie Kennedy meeting, talking w/ crowd.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Houston, Nov 21, 1963. Aerial of small city, clouds. Nice view from Air Force One of plane coming in for landing, shadow growing larger on ground. Panning TLS crowd of mostly young whites on tarmac, banner held aloft reading, "University of Houston Young Democrats Welcome JFK." MS military color guard in silver helmets holding state flag of Texas, American flag. Great MS President John F. Kennedy & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy standing on tarmac, smiling; someone off-screen hands Jackie bouquet of yellow roses. Panning MS Pres. & Mrs. Kennedy standing w/ Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) & LADY BIRD JOHNSON. Rear view traveling shot of Kennedys waving from convertible, crowd lining street. CU President John F. Kennedy smiling, waving, speaking to crowd from podium at auditorium. Great MS Jackie Kennedy & JFK standing beside each other, smiling at crowd. CU Jacqueline Kennedy speaking, smiling to crowd. LSs stage, crowd applauding in FG. Head-on TLS seated crowd listening to speaker. TLS JFK speaking to crowd from podium. LSs lights hanging from buildings, night, unidentified Texan city.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Ft. Worth, 11/22/1963. Rear view TLS horde of reporters, press photographers, newsreel cameramen, police officer in rain slicker crowding street. Nice MS President John F. Kennedy standing, smiling on podium outside building. MS Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) speaking to crowd, JFK standing behind him. TLS Lyndon Johnson introducing JFK; President Kennedy takes to podium, politicians inc Rep. JIM WRIGHT (D-TX) standing to his right, applauding. TLS JFK speaking to crowd, reporters & photographers in FG. Quick MS young white man in suit listening w/ surly expression on his pimply mug. MS two young white women wearing rain slickers & caps applauding in crowd.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Ft. Worth, 11/22/1963. MSs President John F. Kennedy shaking hands with eager outdoor crowd. MS Presidential seal on podium beside flower bouquet. Panning MS President Kennedy walking behind applauding dignitaries at indoor event sponsored by the Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce, taking to podium. MS press photographers taking pictures. MS First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, wearing infamous pink dress & pillbox hat, walking onto stage, shaking hands. Nice MS crowd standing, applauding at banquet, bright spotlight in BG. MS Pres. JFK taking to podium, nodding head to crowd, smiling. CU Presidential Seal, tilt up to CU JFK smiling. LS JFK standing at podium, holding cowboy hat, crowd getting to feet in FG. Great MS Jackie Kennedy & Jack Kennedy-- Jackie smiles greatly, stands briefly while JFK gives her ovation. LSs banquet hall. TLS JFK speaking to crowd.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Ft. Worth & Dallas, 11/22/1963. Great low angle shot of confetti drifting from tall buildings in downtown Ft. Worth. Traveling shots of high school marching bands, majorettes, crowds & color guard holding Texas & American flags lining streets. Nice shot of jet plane engine during take off (view from AF 1 leaving Ft. Worth for Dallas). Aerial of downtown Dallas, Texas (window frame in frame). Great panning LS Air Force One landing at Love Field in Dallas. MS sign bearing photo of JFK & LBJ: "Two Great Democrats." Panning TLS Presidential Seal on hull of Air Force One during taxi. LS JFK & Jackie alighting AF1. MS crowd applauding from behind fence. Excellent MS Pres. Kennedy & Jacqueline Kennedy on tarmac, Jackie holding flower bouquet. MSs JFK & Jackie shaking hands w/ crowd at Love Field. Rear view MS press crowding Kennedys. MS old white man filming event w/ home movie camera. Traveling shots of Kennedy motorcade winding through crowd-lined streets of Dallas.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
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A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) Post-assassination of JFK, 11/22/63. Tilt down Parkland Hospital to police officers milling about emergency entrance. MS men running between parked cars, White House Press bus in BG. MS police guarding entrance. MS flowers on backseat of convertible. TLSs crowds, reporters outside Parkland Hospital. Nice MS huddled reporters furiously writing in notepads outside hospital. MS crowd outside hospital, old white man standing beside "Keep Right" sign. MS motorcycle cop pushing crowd (inc female reporter) back. CU African-American woman weeping outside hospital, her face in her hands. MS white father consoling weeping son & daughter. MSs Asst White House Press Sec'ty MALCOLM KILDUFF briefing reporters in hospital conference room.
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B Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Outtakes from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel: POV out airplane window of patches of puffy white clouds, jet engines. San Antonio coat of arms. Caucasian men and women inside terminal building at San Antonio International Airport; window reflection of Air Force One taxiing. U.S. President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and other adult Caucasian men de-boarding Air Force One. Kennedys along with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie socializing on tarmac. Women waving from atop terminal building. Traveling POV of Presidential motorcade driving through downtown San Antonio. Crowds line the street. Traveling POV: "Headquarters of Aerospace Medical Division, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas." Kennedys standing on dais. President Kennedy standing at podium outside; men and women giving him standing ovation. President Kennedy speaking from podium. President Kennedy speaking to large crowd. VS of crowd; women shielding eyes from sun. President Kennedy speaking. VS of Kennedys shaking hands with men and women.
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Outtakes from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel: Aerial of downtown Fort Worth. American flag billowing in wind; Texas state flag billowing in wind. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, holding flowers, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy shaking hands with adult Caucasian men and women on tarmac at Carswell Air Force Base. Kennedys greeting people; Jackie smiling, talking with Lady Bird Johnson as Texas Governor John Connally appears in BG. Jacqueline Kennedy smiling, talking with U.S. Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. Texas, U.S. flags billowing. Rear view traveling shot of Presidential motorcade; Kennedys waving from car to crowd-lined street. President Kennedy standing at podium receiving ovation at indoor event; poor lighting. Jackie Kennedy receiving standing ovation as she makes her way to the podium; JFK standing nearby. Close-up of Jackie speaking. Traveling shot of motorcade driving down street in Ft. Worth at night. Applause; poor lighting. VS of President Kennedy speaking at banquet honoring U.S. House Representative Albert Thomas. Night; buildings outlined in lights, clock on top of a building reading 12:19 AM.
B Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Outtakes from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel: U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, U.S. House Representative Jim Wright, Texas Governor John Connally lead adult Caucasian men toward camera; hotel marquee in BG: "Welcome to Ft. Worth, Where the West Begins." JFK and LBJ climb steps to platform across the street from Hotel Texas. Vice-President Johnson speaks from podium; men standing in BG applaud. Adult Caucasian man in the crowd, wearing gloves, holding sign: "JFK in 64." Frenzied applause coming from Caucasian males and females. Crowd gathered; police officers wearing yellow rain coats. President Kennedy finishing remarks, stepping from podium; LBJ and Gov. Connally applaud in BG. President Kennedy walking to crowd, greeting mainly women in the front of the line. High angle of President Kennedy walking through the crowd, shaking hands as he goes. President Kennedy and Vice-President Johnson walking down the line, shaking hands with people in the crowd; adult Caucasian male Secret Service agents flank them on either side.
B Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Outtakes from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel: U.S. Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Texas Governor John Connally, Nellie Connally, U.S. House Representative Jim Wright (D-TX), other adult Caucasian men and women stand and clap at banquet sponsored by Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce. President Kennedy standing, smiling at podium, Vice President Johnson watching in BG. Fort Worth Mayor John Justin Jr. standing at podium, shield eyes from lights as he tries to look in the distance; JFK in BG. Vice President Johnson and Governor Connally standing, applauding. Vice President Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing infamous pink dress & pillbox hat), President Kennedy taking their seats. Jackie Kennedy; man leans over her shoulder to briefly speak to her. Two newsreel cameras on tripods. Crowd applauding; long table between them. Newsreel cameras lining wall of banquet hall. President Kennedy speaking to crowd. Gov. Connally, Jackie Kennedy, John Kennedy riding in open convertible, waving to crowds. Rear view traveling shot of Presidential motorcade traveling toward Ft. Worth courthouse; crowds line either side of street. Traveling shot of motorcade passing crowds lining street.