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Religious Conference The year 1950 was designated a holy year by Pope Pius XII, and Rome, more than ever the spiritual capital of Catholicism, was host to many thousands of pilgrims ... Banner reading; "Family That Prays Together Stays Together". Stadium is filled with people listening to clergy give homily.
King Champs The Feather Weights
King Champs The Feather Weights ... flyweights 110 pounds = new Flyweight junior bantamweights with bantamweights, and junior feather weights 118 pounds = New bantam weight featherweights with ... King Champs: Little guy getting weight and quick medical exam. Feather weights. Boxing minion champs.
The Dolly Show No. 123
In a sequence shot on location at a Opryland's imitation old west bus depot, Dolly Parton sings "The Last Time I Saw Him." Dolly loads a briefcase into a Model T Ford replica as children wave goodbye at camera.
History: Bob O'Donnell Gets Crockett Originals
History: Bob O'Donnell Gets Crockett Originals Bob O'Donnell gets Crockett originals. Small luncheon party. Bob is handed a document that's framed behind glass.
The Dolly Show No. 123
Dolly introduces Mel Tillis, who starts to tell the traveling salesman joke again, but gives up and sings "Good Woman Blues" from his "Love Revival" LP.
The Dolly Show No. 123
The interrupted traveling salesman bit continues, then Mel introduces Dolly Parton, who sings Neil Diamond's hit "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" from the podium of a set decorated like the aftermath of a gospel revival tent show.
The Dolly Show No. 123
Mel Tills returns and continues the salesman joke bit yet again before singing "I Order One For Me" from his "Love Revival" LP.
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Master 1804 - Tape 1 Slow motion high angle MSs white cowboy riding bull at rodeo. TLSs spectators at indoor rodeo. MS cowboy riding Brahmin bull, rider falling off. MS cowboy wrestling calf, bringing it down violently. Low angle TLS ribbons, banners & flags hanging from rafters. Quick MS white cowgirl in sequined blue & white outfit on white steed passing cam.
The Dolly Show No. 123
Dolly Parton rejoins Mel Tillis and the salesman bit continues yet again, then Dolly and Mel duet on "Don't Let Go." Dolly and Mel get a little lost at the end of the song, getting out of sync with the prerecorded backing track.
The Dolly Show No. 123
Mel finally finishes the traveling salesman bit by telling only the joke's punch line. As exaggerated canned laughter comes up, Mel yells "Cut!" and makes it stop. Then Dolly wraps the program by singing the standard closer "I Will Always Love You" as end credits roll.
Autumn Scenics
Master 1804 - Tape 1 TLS colorful leaves on trees, one leaf falling to ground on screen left. MCU leaf drifting along stream. TLS colorful leaves on trees, leaves falling. CU blooming pink flower. CU monarch butterfly on bark. High angle MS waterfall (short drop). Panning MS squirrel foraging through leaves. TLS scenic pond, trees overhanging.
Charlton Heston
Master 1804 - Tape 1 CU Charlton Heston autographing book jacket of his memoir, "The Actor s Life." CU Hollywood actor & NRA President CHARLTON HESTON seated at book signing, speaking to off-screen reporter about his daily journal, as well as his philosophy on acting: "I wrote it as work tool. I started it in 1956 to teach me to make my choices better, to choose scripts better, in terms of my reactions to the work I d done the day before. I would write down each night what I d thought of it, then when I saw it on the screen the next day I could form some kind of objective opinion. Acting is very subjective work. There s almost nothing you can put your finger on. You ve got to teach yourself to learn to make accurate judgments. I think we re all too easy on ourselves." MS white women standing in line at book signing. CU Chuck Heston smiling. MS young white woman wearing apron walking to table with baked good.
William Shatner
Master 1804 - Tape 1 MS ethereal actor WILLIAM SHATNER rehearsing equally ethereal reading on stage, symphony playing in BG: "Children peruse their ancient past once more. This corpse floating on a placid--" Rear view MS conductor. MS William Shatner rehearsing on stage, overacting & being as dramatically hammy as Captain Kirk was in his later interpretations: "Planet as it climbs towards the sun!" Sideview MS conductor waving baton. CU William Shatner being interviewed, speaking to off-screen reporter about multimedia event: "I m going to do Arthur C. Clark s The Childhood s End, part of the last chapter in which the last man on earth is describing the end of the world. I m doing that to music by Charles Ives and Stravinsky and lasers and effects and background projection. Kind of a unique idea. I will be on for about 20 minutes with the symphony & that s my contribution to the evening s entertainment. I might add that it s terrific entertainment." Sideview MS/CUs conductor waving baton.
A New Church
A New Church Priest, children, men clearing away rubble. Crowd of people gathered by a church and their being addressed to. By the looks of the destroyed landscape, the community has suffered some sort of disaster (perhaps a flood or fire) and this is the first new building.
Missionaires perform conversion of Native Americans
Missionaries perform conversion of Native Americans People are gathered and their all facing a lake. Men are paddling toward the people in a very long canoe. Nuns, priest, and Native Americans. Many of the Native Americans wear traditional regalia & perform a traditional dance. Young Native American girls receive communion. It looks like these religious missionaries have traveled to a remote location to bring Roman Catholicism to the Native people.
Belly Dancers & Fashion Show
Master 1804 - Tape 1 Women learn to belly dance. Women dance for crowd of conventioneers. Strange deeds, indeed.
Belly Dancers & Fashion Show
MS women on knees, stretching in dance studio. MS middle-aged white woman in white one-piece outfit swinging hips in circular fashion. MSs class of mainly middle-aged white women gyrating, learning to swivel hips. CU feet moving during gyration. MSs white female instructor in black leotard leading class, eventually leaning to floor, doing butterfly arm motions. MS Hispanic woman wearing pink outfit smiling, arms crossed over her head. MS instructor leading class in slinky figure eight hip gyration. MSs women shaking, swaying hips. MS Hispanic woman dancing even after the music has been turned off.
Belly Dancers & Fashion Show
Fashion Show TLS/MS white women moving softly about stage while wearing slinky, soft-colored dresses; woman on stage speaks to crowd about fashions, instrumental version of "Something In the Way She Moves" playing in BG. MSs white female announcer with short coif, hoop earrings, sleeveless green dress with white trim & exposed hips, speaking into microphone. TLS/MSs white men sitting in audience, watching fashion show. TLS/MSs women dancing on stage. TLS Young white woman wearing tight-fitting red single-strap dress on stage. MS young white woman wearing red jumpsuit bouncing in place, singing. TLS girls (including one African-American woman) stepping from stage, waltzing into audience. MS old white man trying to clap in time to the music. MSs girls dancing, swinging, clapping in audience while woman sings in BG; the girls swarm back onto stage.
TCU Registration & Football Practice
On Preview Cassette 210171 B TLS cars parked outside entrance to Daniel-Meyer Coliseum at Texas Christian University. MS "New Students Begin Here" sign. MS young white woman sitting at desk, talking to someone off-screen. MS middle-aged white man & woman sitting in bleachers, smiling & filling out forms. MS young white woman wearing "TCU 73" beanie, sitting in stands, filling out forms. MS young woman wearing pink dress with plunging neckline walking from registration desk; note her curious, ornate blond hairstyle that would make Miss Dolly blush. CU young white woman with straight blond hair smiling. CUs "Marketing Management Statistics" & "Accounting" & "Nursing" & "Mathematics" & "Advanced Biology" signs. MS Barbie-like blond woman with curious hairdo sitting in bleachers with her Ken-like boyfriend, both needing help from the other to fill out their registration forms. TLS /MSs TCU football team running through full contact drills during practice (the players have purple helmets & white stripes, some with numbers on them, placing this footage around 1970). CU TCU coach (Abe Martin?). MSs offensive & defensive drills. TLS players & coaches walking off field.
Election Year Speech
MS/CUs unidentified Dallas politician (old white male) standing at podium at Kiwanis Club meeting, correcting positive crime statistics published in local newspaper. Must be an election year. Might be a challenger to the Mayoral position. CU Kiwanis International seal on podium.
Nursing Awards
TLSs seated crowd gathered in room, two oil paintings on wall in BG. CU white female nurse wearing mucho make-up, sporting swept-back blond coif. MS perky, smiling young brunette woman wearing powder blue jumper being handed piece of paper by older white man in suit. MS three young white boys wearing medical scrubs sitting in crowd. MS shy candy stripe nurse (candy striper) receiving piece of paper, taking seat. Ms middle-aged white woman wearing horn-rimmed glasses, scarf around neck, standing & talking. MS teenage girl in blue jumper pinning compatriot. TLS group photo of tomorrow s nurses
DPS & Labor Day Weekend
On Preview Cassette 210171 B MS bald white male officer with the Department of Public Safety sitting behind desk in office, speaking dryly about the upcoming holiday weekend and its relationship to highway accidents: "The experts in Austin are predicting 44 persons will lose their lives this Labor Day weekend. The Department of Public Safety is putting additional men on our roads from the Motor Vehicle Inspection Service to assist the Highway Patrol service. Special emphasis will be placed upon drinking drivers and speeders, as these are two major killers on the highways. Due to the music festival in the Louisville area this weekend, we expect traffic to be very heavy in this particular area & extra men will be on duty."
Kansas City Centennial Celebration - 100 Years
The birthplace of the Pony Express or of Amelia Earhart, picnic by the river, immerse yourself in Civil War history. Kansas plans for it's large centennial celebration. Marching bands, floats, beauty queens and trains go down the middle of downtown Kansas City.
Century Men Choral Group
MS 30ish white male TV reporter wearing glasses, sporting sideburns, speaking to camera while the Century Men Choral Group rehearse in BG: "The Centurymen is a group of 100 Southern Baptist convention music leaders from 21 separate states. They get together 3 or 4 times a year. The recording session here is for the purpose of recording music for the Southern Baptist convention s radio & TV commission. They re directing by Mr. James Woodward, Okalahoma Baptist University faculty member." Camera zooms out, pans right to rear view of conductor leading seated group from stage