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Kitschy Roadside Ephemera & Cliches, USA
Panning TLSs dilapidated drive-in movie screen at abandoned, forlorn drive-in movie theater; young Asian-American girl walks through frame of some shots (talent cleared). Panning TLS girl swooping like airplane with arms spread out in front of old drive-in movie screen. Nice traveling shot around old, dilapidated drive-in movie theater screen. Traveling shots of Bob's Root Beer restaurant (roadside attraction).
Kitschy Roadside Ephemera & Cliches, USA
Nice subjective car POV along two lane desert highway; barren, lonesome. LS lonely stretch of desert road, pan right to missile & sign for missile range. Repeat. Panning LS empty two lane desert highway (reminds one of the desert "face" scene from My Own Private Idaho), stop in center of road. Repeat, tighter framing.
U.S. Info Program Backed - Discussing The Marshall Plan
Blurry, shaky, dull and dark in contrast and imagery Congressmen Smith and Mundt explain their joint bill strengthening the 'Voice of America' information program. They say newsreels, too, will help tell our story to the world. Two gentlemen sitting on a sofa discussing The Marshall Plan Envoy on the Left: "The United States is about to undertake one of the most important economic programs of all history. The so called European recovery program otherwise known as the Marshall Plan. But one of our difficulties is the complete misrepresentation of what were trying to do and why were trying to do it." Envoy on the Right: "People abroad look to America for leadership and they are hungry for facts. Facts about the United States. Newsreels, like this one for example are one of the most effective methods of getting facts about the United States across to the world. We now have under our bill for the first time in American history a permanent method for telling the people of the world the truth about the plans the program and the people of the United States and the great free institutions which made us great and kept us strong."
Kitschy Roadside Ephemera & Cliches, USA
Nice MS "Extraterrestrial Highway" sign, pastel clouds in still sky, mountains in BG. TLS desert, pan left to MS Extraterrestrial Highway sign. Panning MS strange UFO sculpture (roadside attraction). LS desert, pan right to MS Little Aleinn restaurant/bar/motel sign-- "Earthlings Welcome." MS UFO sculpture on ground in desert. Panning MS another Extraterrestrial Highway sign (Rt 375 in Nevada).
Kitschy Roadside Ephemera & Cliches, USA
TLSs Cupid's Wedding Chapel (drive-through wedding chapel) on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. TLSs cars traveling along two-lane desert highway. Panning TLS "Danger! U.S. Government Property Impact Area, Unexploded Ammunition" sign (also in Spanish) in desert; MSs sign. TLSs Longhorn Grill restaurant -- roadside attraction with large calcified hornhorn bull skull as entrance-- in Amado, Arizona, shot on Mar 21, 2001.
Radio Telescope Space Satellites at NRAO
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Panning LSs large ground-based radio telescope space satellite dish in hangar in desert in New Mexico. Panning LSs numerous Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope space satellite dishes in desert. MS "National Radio Astronomy Observatory" sign in desert. MS "State Property, Do Not Disturb Under Penalty of Law Sec 40-A-15-1" sign in desert; nice tilt down from sun obscurred by swirled clouds to aforementioned sign. LSs row of satellite dishes pointed to sky. Nice DOF TLS several satellite dishes pointing to sky, railroad tracks in FG.
UFO Kitsch
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. TLS street in Roswell, New Mexico, pan left to UFO Museum & Research Center. MS sign adjacent to parking lot: "UFO Parking Only." TLS Crash Down Diner in Roswell, sculpture of UFO bursting through fa ade. MS branch of budding tree, pan left to sculpture of UFO attached to corner of building. MSs "Roswell City Limits, Elevation 3570" sign. Traveling shots of Roswell City Limits sign.
Roadside Ephemera, New Mexico & Texas
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Great subjective POV car shots along shady suburban street; trees overhanging road; ranch homes. Traveling shots of Westward Motel in Tatum, New Mexico, smaller "American Owned" sign on roadsign post. Subjective POV car shot along small town business district in Brownfield, Texas; rough brick road, somewhat deserted area, traffic lights. Traveling shot of oil derricks pumping in brown dirt field. Nice high angle traveling shot of broken yellow stripe down center of road. Traveling shots of Reid Bethel Tire Company store (sponsored by Goodyear) with large sculpture of cheerleader in yellow & blue outfit positioned out front of store in Lamesa, Texas. Great (but strange) MSs man wearing red & black flannel shirt, blue jeans, sunglasses, Durango rough rider cowboy hat, and sporting a pronounced beer gut practicing Tai Chi beside river (talent released).
The Tai-Chi Cowboy
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Great (but strange) MSs prototypical male Texan wearing red & black flannel shirt, blue jeans, sunglasses, pinchfront straw cowboy hat, and sporting a pronounced beer gut practicing Tai Chi beside quaint river (talent released).
Strange Storefront Sculptures in Austin, Texas
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. MS sculpture of spider hanging outside store. Traveling shots of creepy, evil-looking blue genie & Aladdin's lamp fiberglass sculpture (roadside attraction) atop small corner store in Austin, Texas, "Greetings from Austin" sign on side of wall below genie. Shaky shot large fiberglass sculpture of rooster & worm atop wooden building. MS young white woman holding small slate (talent released). Shaky shot of red fiberglass cat head atop small market. MS young man holding small slate (talent released). Traveling shot of Pho Vietnamese restaurant & fiberglass sculpture bust of redhead woman atop Garb-A-Coco store.Traveling shot of Fran's Hamburgers restaurant with fiberglass sculpture of redhead waitress with tray atop building. Traveling shot of Uncommon Objects store with sculpture of rabbit above sign.
Fun with Silly String
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Panning MSs young white man & woman (talent released) running around red Chevy Blazer parked by side of road, spraying each other with Silly String, having fun. Good MSs spunky young woman threatening the camera with can of Silly String though not actually firing.
Route 66 Motel Neon Sign & POV road shot
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Var shots Route 66 Motel neon signage, POV shot of yellow dividing stripe on highway, night.
Route 66 Motel Neon Sign & POV road shot
TLS/MSs red flashing neon Route 66 Motel road sign & main entrance, night; (includes requisite arrow pointing way into parking lot.
Route 66 Motel Neon Sign & POV road shot
Subjective POV car shot of yellow stripe down center of highway road, night. It moves to the right where the white dotted line is seen.
Snake Farm Petting Zoo
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Var shots girl feeding & playing with goats at Petting Zoo, signs for Petting Zoo & Snake Farm.
Snake Farm Petting Zoo
MSs white girl wearing hip glasses feeding, petting, playing with long, floppy-eared goats at petting zoo (talent released). Child, recreation, animals, livestock.
Various Kitschy Sculptures
Tilting (up) MS/TLSs fiberglass sculpture of Tyrannosaurus Rex at miniature golf course. Panning TLSs young white woman wearing sundress & flip-flop sandals walking past Tyrannosaurus Rex sculpture at mini-golf course (talent released). MSs sculptures of white rabbit & giant hobo head replete with red nose on miniature golf course. MS sculpture of one-eyed, peg-legged pirate holding arm out in "stop" gesture on miniature golf course. MS sign for Peter Pan Mini-Golf.
More of Back Alley Street Fight!
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Very realistic fights! TLS two young white men walking toward each other in back alley, smaller fella bumping into larger fella, the two scrapping, smaller guy throwing a punch that misses. MS two men walking toward each other, smaller guy bumping into other guy, then pushing him, larger guy stopping punch, throwing smaller guy against garbage can but he bounces right back, sending both of them to the ground. MS same as last shot, only more aggressive, both fighting on the ground, then getting up, punching & kicking. Repeat, the fighters getting a little tired though still angry & fighting, going so far as to appropriate headlocks & wild kicks. TLSs same, combatants duking it out all over the alley, some of the more wild shots unintentionally connecting. Talent released.
Smokestacks, Large Game of Chess
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. LS three industrial smokestacks just behind copse of trees. TLSs older man playing game of chess on large chessboard in courtyard; man plays first against a young man, then a young woman; shin-sized gamepieces are moved & removed.
French Quarter, New Orleans
Panning TLSs cars driving along rural highway, stop at MS of Hurricane Evacuation Route street sign. Traveling shot of (Creole townhouse, shotgun houses, Creole cottage) buildings in French Quarter, New Orleans. Traveling shot of St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, horse & buggies in FG. More traveling shots of French Quarter buildings, architecture. Static TLSs French Quarter streets, buildings. Subjective POV car shot along Bourbon Street in French Quarter, crowds walking along sidewalks.
President Sees Easing of War Threat
President Sees Easing of War Threat. President Dwight Eisenhower walks to the podium. Audience applauds. People behind the president applaud him and the audience sits down. Eisenhower begins to speak. Audience shot. Eisenhower continues to speak.
Visit to the White House
Visit to the White House. President Dwight Eisenhower greets a line of well dressed men and women. Eisenhower shakes the hand of an old oriental man. He shakes the hand of another man. A well dressed man and women look at the camera. Another older couple looks at the camera as does a man and woman in military uniform. The president makes a speech with a large group of people standing behind him. Shot of the White House. An oriental or chinese man stands by a car. President Eisenhower leads him outside where they are followed by three men. The guy walks with a cane and blows his nose. They walk along the covered walkway towards a group of press.
Time Lapse of Bell Rock Butte
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Letterboxed, 1.85 aspect ratio, uncompressed. Stunning time lapse LS of desert butte (Bell Rock red rock butte in Sedona, Arizona) from dusk to night to dawn, thin wispy clouds passing overhead, stars moving in circular fashion (rising & spinning). Time lapse LS Bell Rock desert butte in canyon from dusk to night to dawn, stars moving in circular fashion in sky. TL LS Bell Rock desert butte & canyon growing dark from setting sun, day. More TL LSs Bell Rock butte from dusk into night into dawn.
Time Lapse of Moon, Stars
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Letterboxed, 1.85 aspect ratio, uncompressed. Excellent Time Lapse of nearly full moon rising into nighttime sky from bottom left corner of frame (total black BG). Great panning LS across cloudless, starlit, blue nighttime sky, Orion constellation identified.