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Loretta Young Receives Award
Master 1494 - Tape 2 MSs actor LORETTA YOUNG posing with Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Women's Division award at ceremony. CU LACC award saluting Loretta Young. TLS LACC Women's Division luncheon, old bitties sitting at banquet tables. MSs Loretta Young & unidentified man (LA Mayor C. Norris Poulson?) posing with award. CUs Ms Young smiling. MS/CUs Ms. Young posing with award. TLSs women's luncheon.
Ceremony Honoring Walter Brennan
Master 1494 - Tape 2 Nice non-SMPTE countdown from 11 to 3. TLS banquet ceremony honoring actor Walter Brennan. MSs actor WALTER BRENNAN posing for (off-screen) photographers with unidentified woman (his wife?), entertainer DANNY THOMAS and his wife, Rose Marie Thomas. MS Walter Brennan and Danny Thomas shaking hands, aforementioned women watching on. MS Rose Marie Thomas posing with unidentified white man wearing thick rimmed glasses (looks a little like Phil Silvers, though it is certainly NOT him). Panning CU actor FRED MACMURRAY sitting beside unidentified starlet (Jeff Hunter's second wife Joan Bartlett?) & actor JEFF HUNTER (Jeffrey Hunter) sitting, talking at banquet table. LS banquet room.
Famed Stripper Candy Barr at Federal Bldg
Master 1494 - Tape 2 Famed Stripper Candy Barr at Federal Bldg (Candy Barr was busted for possession of marijuana and sentenced to 15 years, of which she served 3, beginning in 1959).
Robert Kennedy at Airport
Master 1494 - Tape 2 TLS white corporate Pan Am stationwagon driving along tarmac, toward camera. Great MSs U.S. Attorney General ROBERT F. KENNEDY (RFK, Robert Kennedy) walking from car, shaking hands & talking w/ someone off-screen. Nice MS Robert F. Kennedy ascending ramp steps to airplane, looking back & waving. LS/TLSs Pan American (Pan-Am) Clipper commercial jet airplane taxiing on runway. Sideview MS portly white man wearing airline uniform speaking into two-way radio on tarmac. MS airline passengers standing in terminal. Panning MS white Pan Am stationwagon driving along tarmac, passing camera. MSs Robert Kennedy talking to folks on tarmac. TLSs RFK, aides & press corps ascending ramp steps, boarding airplane. LSs Pan Am jet taxiing. TLS Robert Kennedy standing at base of ramp steps with pilots & reporters, old American Airlines plane passing in BG; Mr. Kennedy ascends steps while press photographers stake pictures.
James Cagney Receives Award
Master 1494 - Tape 2 MSs actor JAMES CAGNEY (Jimmy Cagney) posing with City of Los Angeles, State of California resolution award in honor of Mr. Cagney. CU award, tilt up to James Cagney smiling. CU Jimmy Cagney listening to someone off-screen, then turning smilingly to camera. MSs James Cagney being presented award by unidentified white man (LA Mayor C. Norris Poulson?); they shakes hands, pose for off-screen reporters.
U.S. Mail Freight Station
Master 1494 - Tape 2 TLS/MSs African-American man smoking cigarette, swinging mailbags from open railroad car onto moving conveyor belt at railyard. MS mailbags traveling, falling onto conveyor belt. MSs black men (one wearing pork pie or porkpie hat) loading, stacking mail packages onto carts at train depot. MS/TLSs tractor driven by middle-aged white man pulling cart loaded with mailbags. TLS parked rail cars in railyard. MSs mailbags traveling on conveyor. MSs black & white men unloading mailbags from train car, tossing items onto conveyor. MSs young African-American man wearing black leather snap brim cap & thick-rimmed glasses loading boxes onto cart. MS standing tractor driven by black man pulling cart loaded with packages. MSs middle-aged black man wearing pork pie hat unloading packages from train car & onto cart at open mail station. MCU package: "Fragile-- Phonograph Records." MS/CUs 30ish Caucasian or Hispanic man sporting spiky slick black hair, tattoo on forearm, smoking cigarette, perusing freight bills, shaking his head. TLSs tractor driven by white-haired white man pulling loaded mail cart. TLS older black man wearing overalls, flat brim hat, smoking pipe, unloading packages from cart. LS mail carts at loading docks. TLS tractor being backed & hitched to cart.
Balboa Beachhouses
Master 1494 - Tape 2 Slow tracking shot of automobiles in parking lot at beach-- cars include a gorgeous 1950s model Chevy Bel Air, two 1960s model Volkswagen Beetle (VW Bug), and a white Porsche. TLS tractor raking beach sand. Over the shoulder CU white man chomping on smoking pipe, wearing skipper's hat while driving tractor along beach. MS two young white girls wearing wetsuits talking by VW bus -- Cali girls! Panning TLS young white man surfing. Tracking shot of beachhouses (beach houses). Rear view TLS gangly white man wearing plaid swimming trunks walking into ocean surf with surfboard. LS white man surfing.
Small Town Life of Dixie, Utah
Master 1494 - Tape 2 Great TLS All-American small town downtown street scene: white pedestrians walking past storefronts, Dixie movie theater marquee advertising Frank Sinatra in "Von Ryan's Express." LS quaint downtown small town intersection. Great low angle MS street intersection sign at Main Street & Tabernacle Street; tilt down to auto traffic (including Ford pickup truck) street scene. TLS white woman wearing horned rim sunglasses getting out of green Volkswagen Beetle (VW Bug), followed by towheaded boys. TLS storefronts, empty sidewalk. TLS Dixie Gun Shop-- "Gunsmith & Locksmith" above storefront. Great LS Jack's Lunch (dinner, luncheonette, restaurant, greasy spoon, hole in the wall) beside Dixie Theater advertising Sinatra in "Von Ryan's Express."
USS Midway Pulls into Port
Master 1494 - Tape 2 Raw footage of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) sailing, pulling into port at San Francisco.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
LS of a Japanese style building. Pull back to a tree lines urban street. Night shot of a busy downtown area, lots of lights, neon. CU of various signs. CU of Japanese men in a factory, pull back to reveal a line of machines. People work on an assembly line, putting together electronics. MS of an American man talking about how management creates a good working atmosphere.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
MS of a woman assembling a piece of electronic equipment. MS of Edwin O. Reischauer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and professor at Harvard University talking about the need to understand the Japanese.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
Urban downtown at night, lights, neon. Reflection of neon in a puddle of water, pan up to sign. Various signs advertising major Japanese corporations. A long line of people sitting in their work areas in a factory. They assemble electronics. Outdoor park, factory workers take a break outside.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
MS of man, staff manager of Japan Airlines, explains the Japanese business system. Large groups of employees moving around the factory.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
Professor Herbert Passin of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University walks into a room decorated in Japanese style. He walks to a low table, CU of his sandals as he removes them. He sits. & talks to the camera about Japanese management style. Japanese, probably Tokyo, crowded subway system. Japanese workers outside having a break & playing sports. Men watch sumo wrestling.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
Japanese workers in a factory. People working. MS of Herbert Passin talking to camera about Japanese worker. MS of Edwin O. Reischauer talking to camera. Tunnel crowded w/ Japanese pedestrians. People being smashed into the subway in Japan. Crowded subway station.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
LS of workers lines up like soldiers for inspection in a Japanese factory. Pan across the workers as they sing. They all wear uniforms. They look like school children rather than workers.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
Shops on a busy US street. Pedestrians looking in shop windows at Japanese products. Sony sign. Woman walks slowly past several rows of televisions (all of the same program). Sony & YKK plants in the United states. Aerial shot of YKK plant. Man & woman walk outside the main office building of YKK.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
MS of Factory Supervisor at YKK, US. He says that he is happy with the management policies. Japanese executive for YKK talks to camera. People working in YKK factory. Japanese executive talks to camera. Pan across photos on the wall of a conference room. Pan down to a meeting w/ Japanese & US business men.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
MS of a female secretary. She talks about putting in a lot of overtime. MS of Japanese executive talking about the Japanese work ethic. Pan across an office floor. Lots of desks w/out dividers. No private offices, a new concept in the 1970s. MS of factory manager talking about his work day. MS of worker talking about his experience at YKK. Older woman talking about how she enjoys working here. CU of hands packing a box.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
LS of woman sitting at their stations in a factory. MS of the women working. LS of a warehouse stacked w/ merchandise. Various shots of factory. MS of worker, he says that he would like to work for the company for the rest of his life. Pan across factory. CU of zippers coming out of the machine. CU of hands closing a zipper. CU of a sewing machine adding a zipper. MS of Japanese executive at a desk. He points at a piece of Japanese calligraphy "Cycle of Goodness", the management philosophy. Man explains cycle of goodness. Woman working at her desk (office work). MS of different employees who do not understand "Cycle of Goodness."
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
CU of flag of Japan. Pan the outside of the New York building for Japan Airlines. Pan across interior of Japan Airlines. Areas where people are able to purchase tickets. MS of Japanese executive talking about management. Man working at his desk smoking. MS of American business man who works for Japan Airlines. Talks about adjusting to the Japanese style of management.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
Group of men in a conference room having a meeting. Pan around room. Business man wearing a suit, working in his office. Employees eating lunch & talking to each other. MS of Japanese woman talking to camera. Woman working the ticket counter at Japan Airlines office. MS of executive. MS of American businessman. MS of Japanese woman.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
LS of busy urban street, tall office buildings. Receptionist greets a visitor. MS John Deibold at his desk talking about American companies adopting the Japanese style. MS of another man talking about Japanese business. MS of Japanese business executive talking to camera. Assembly line in an automobile factory, men working. LS of Japanese factory, making electronics.
USS Midway Pulls into Port
MS three young white male United States Navy sailors wearing navy peacoats, white caps, standing on deck of USS Midway, two of them peering through binoculars. MS sailor looking through large binoculars; sailor lowers specs, stares proudly forward. LSs Navy Sea King helicopter spinning rotors on carrier deck, then lifting off. LS/MSs sailors wearing navy peacoats, white caps, standing idly on deck, watching the shore draw closer & closer, some sailors fondling cameras. LS Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in fog. Nice MS United States Marines (USMC) dressed in Dress Blue B uniforms marching in formation on deck. LS sailors mingling on deck, some walking toward cam, Golden Gate Bridge in BG. 3/4 view U.S. Marines in Dress B uniforms standing at attention on carrier deck. Over the shoulder MSs two Marines looking upon the Golden Gate Bridge; includes shots of command bridge. Great LSs sailors, general deck activity while the carrier ship sails toward, eventually beneath Golden Gate Bridge. LSs fireboat sailing, spewing water in San Francisco Harbor. LS naval transport ship T-A 186 sailing thru harbor.