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MC Escher: Painter of Fantasy
Escher walks along a cliff above a harbor. Zoom in on Escher.
MC Escher: Painter of Fantasy
Pan across the same drawing from the beginning. Boats now turn into fish, fish into horses, horses into birds, birds into cubes, cubes into a city, city into a chess board & back to the first image of words & lines.
Hospital on Hill
Master 1494 - Tape 2 LS hospital building on hill, early 1960s model cars in parking lot in FG.
Freighter Hoosier State
Master 1494 - Tape 2 LS/TLSs rusted freighter (cargo carrier, towboat) Hoosier State (New York designation) drifting in harbor. MS still American flag hanging from stern. LS rusted freighter Grand Hope anchored in harbor. Nice traveling LSs commercial freighter Hoosier State sailing through San Francisco harbor, passing beneath Golden Gate Bridge. Traveling TLS stern of freighter Hoosier State sailing through SF Harbor. TLS rudder. More traveling LS/TLSs cargo carrier Hoosier State sailing.
Medicine: Living to be 100
CU of hands making an incision. MS of Dr. Denton Cooley, the first man to perform a heart transplant in North America, sitting at his desk talking to camera about human anatomy. CU of a heart pumping, doctor's hands move in the frame. MS of machine in the operating room. CU of heart being operated on. Heart sitting in a pair of hands.
Medicine: Living to be 100
Heart monitor machine. CU of surgery, doctor's hands & a heart. MS of Dr. Cooley at his desk, talking to the camera. More shots of a beating heart. He talks about some of his dilemmas when performing the heart transplant. More shots of a heart.
Medicine: Living to be 100
MS of the artificial heart-lung machine which keeps a patient alive while the surgery is being done. More shots of a heart. MS of Dr. Cooley. Shots of various of artificial heart.
Medicine: Living to be 100
Patient in a hospital bed. CU of patient's hand, pan to a dialysis machine (artificial kidney). MS of the machine.
Medicine: Living to be 100
LS of a green landscape, zoom in to a large white building, the Sherbrooke Medical Center in Quebec. Traveling shots across the campus. Nuclear Medicine Department, cancer patient receiving treatment. Patient lays on a table & a large machine circles the patient. MS of Dr. Cooley. Technician administering the radiation therapy, turning dials, watching patient on a closed-circuit TV. Technicians uses the computer to enter patient data & monitor the treatment. MS of Dr. Cooley.
Medicine: Living to be 100
Animation of dots of light filling the screen. Voice over describes it at a picture of a living kidney created by radioactive tracer partials. Patient lays on a table while technicians work w/ the machines.
Quaint Small Town
Master 1494 - Tape 2 High angle WLS/LSs small town in bowled foothills of snowy mountains. All-American town.
Ann Blyth's 25th Anniversary in Showbiz
MS beautiful actor & singer ANN BLYTH wearing sleeveless dress, floral cloche hat, holding honorary award with unidentified white man (Warner Brothers movie mogul Harry Warner?). CU paper award-- "County of Los Angeles, Ann Blyth"-- tilt up to man smiling. MSs Ann Blyth and man admiring award. CU Ann Blyth smiling, turning to cam. MS press photographers, pan left to Ann Blyth & man w/ award.
Maurice Chevalier Receives Award
CU entertainer MAURICE CHEVALIER smiling, talking. MSs dark-haired woman speaking into microphone at award ceremony, Maurice Chevalier seated beside her. MSs Mr Chevalier posing with paper award on behalf of City of Los Angeles; Mr Chevalier smiles, dons straw boater hat. MS Maurice Chevalier smiling, looking off-screen. CU Mr Chevalier. MSs Mr Chevalier being presented with award.
Charlton Heston at Zoning Hearing
Great MS actor CHARLTON HESTON wearing gray flannel business suit, entering office of city planning. MSs scale model of proposed apartment buildings on hills. MS city planning & zoning commissioner (zoning administrator) conducting public hearing. Panning MS unidentified white woman entering hearings, saying hello to Charlton Heston in passing. MS Charlton Heston sitting in hearings room, talking with snarky unidentified white man (lawyer type fella). Great CU Mr Heston talking to man off-screen, then turning to camera & smiling. MS crowd entering hearings room. MSs Mr Heston posing for cameras outside hearings room, then waving & entering room. MS Charlton Heston & lawyer-type taking seats in front row of zoning hearing. MS Mr Heston talking w/ lawyer; great CU pensive Mr Heston waiting patiently, hand drawn to mouth. TLS seated crowd waiting for hearings to begin. More shots of scale model. MCU unidentified white woman whom greeted Mr Heston earlier. MSs zoning administrator conducting hearing, young white male wearing suit, dark sunglasses acting as stenographer in BG. TLS hearings from room rear. MS sign: "Zoning Administrator's Hearings."
Charles Coburn Celebrates 80th Birthday
MSs actor CHARLES COBURN greeting guests at semi-formal dinner celebrating his 80th birthday. TLSs seated guests raising glasses in toast to Charles Coburn. MS Mr Coburn dipping head while talking, fat cigar lodged in mouth. MS Charles Coburn -- wearing monocle & pinstripe business suit-- smiling into camera, flashing eight fingers suggesting his age. MSs Mr Coburn being presented champagne & flowers by several young lassies. MSs Charles Coburn shaking hands, kissing cheeks of guests. MS dark-haired starlet kissing Mr Coburn's cheek several times in photo op. Great MSs seated crowd applauding at banquet dinner.
Dinah Shore & Daughter Melissa Apply for Work Permit
MS actor & entertainer DINAH SHORE walking along sidewalk with her arm around teenage daughter Melissa Ann. MS sign hanging over sidewalk: "Child Welfare and Attendance Branch Work Permits." MSs Dinah Shore smiling, filling out paperwork in office, Melissa watching on. CU Melissa Ann laughing. MCU black leather gloved hand of Ms Shore filling out paperwork. MCU hands (no gloves) filling out paperwork. MS African-American & Asian-American children standing in office. MS Dinah Shore & Melissa Ann filling out paperwork, posing for cameras. MSs Melissa being weighed on Toledo scale, having height taken. Panning MS Dinah Shore & daughter Melissa entering office building. Good CU Melissa turning, smiling into cam. MS Ms Shore filling out paperwork, lifting head & smiling into cam.
Jack Webb Interviews LAPD Candidate
MS young white man with pronounced ears & wearing gray business suit walking along hallway (toward cam), passing sign w/ arrow that reads, "Policeman Interviews." MS young white man entering room, signing in for interview with young white female desk clerk. Panning MS prospective PO shaking hands with three business-attired white men, one of whom is actor JACK WEBB; the men assume seats conduct interview beginning with review of application. CU Jack Webb talking. MS prospective police officer, pan right to Jack Webb sitting on panel, talking with young man. CUs Mr Webb nodding, talking to young man. MSs panel reviewing application. TLS/MSs prospective cop registering w/ young woman. CUs other member of panel smiling, talking with candidate. CU Mr Webb nodding, listening, talking.
1958 - Interview with Film Director Otto Preminger
Film director and occasional actor Otto Preminger sitting in leather chair at desk, reading book ("Porgy"); off-screen reporter begins interview by almost calling Mr. Preminger, "Mr. Mamoulian" (as in, director Rouben Mamoulian, who had been slated to direct "Porgy and Bess" before being replaced by Mr Preminger). Otto Preminger lowering book, responding to question about why he decided to direct the film version of the stage play, "Porgy and Bess." Mr. Preminger says he's been wanting to secure the rights & make the film for a long time. Mr Preminger says he cannot comment on the release of Rouben Mamoulian. Mr. Preminger says he's reading the novel, "Porgy" (holds book in his hands, shows it off to camera). Otto Preminger says he likes the script & enjoys working with Samuel Goldwyn, whom he refers to as "the father of the independent production." Quoth Mr. Freeze: "I'm basically an independent producer & director, and I never work for anybody else. Since I've become an independent producer & director I've wanted to direct for Mr. Goldwyn b/c I've felt that with him producing, I could learn a lot." "The minute you leave here I will start the work. That's all I can tell you."
"Richard Death Ruled Suicide"
TLS courtroom. MS/CU despondent young white woman (possibly wife of deceased) in chairs. MS older white woman (possibly mother of deceased) being sworn in by judge, taking witness stand. Panning TLS spectators in courtroom. MSs white girl testifying, then resuming seat among spectators. MSs 30ish white woman taking to witness stand, then testifying, responding to questions offered by judge & stenographer. TLS/MSs crowd in courtroom. TLS judge at bench, jury, stenographer, witness during trial. MS diagram of crime scene on chalkboard. More MSs old white woman being sworn in, testifying, resuming seat.
Ethel Merman & Ernest Borgnine
MS actor ERNEST BORGNINE smiling, chatting with off-screen reporter while waiting in airport terminal (Los Angeles International). MS entertainer ETHEL MERMAN getting off plane, being greeted on covered ramp by fiancee Ernest Borgnine. MS Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman being interviewed by reporters in airport; Ms Merman says she's in Los Angeles for two weeks for vacation with Ernie, then it's back to New York for a TV show; Mr Borgnine says he's the happiest man in the world, kisses Ms Merman's cheek. Another MS Ernest Borgnine greeting Ethel Merman on covered ramp. MS Ernest Borgnine says he quite anxious for his fiancee Ethel Merman to arrive; says that no wedding date has been set. MS Ernest Borgnine graciously signing autographs in airport terminal, including one for a crippled young woman in wheelchair. More MSs Ethel Merman getting off plane, being greeted by Ernest Borgnine; they walk down dim ramp, pose for press; Ernie kisses Ethel's cheek several times; they continue walking, Ethel joking that she's allergic to excitement. MS Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman posing smilingly in terminal, answering reporters' questions; Ernie says their wedding will be in either June or July; Ethel says she had a wonderful flight; camera pans with the happy couple as they walk into crowd.
Medicine: Living to be 100
White rat (animal testing) crawling around in its cage. CU of filled test tubes. Pull back to scientist working in the lab. Machines taking measurements of the samples. MS of Dr. Cooley. Shots of various computer screens, machines used in a hospital. A machine is spewing out a piece of paper w/ a graph on it. Nurse explains how the machines help them to monitor patients in the hospital, electro-cardiogram.
Medicine: Living to be 100
Samples in a lab. Machine testing the samples. Pan across various types of hospital lab equipment at work. Sample are being drawn throw tubes & machines analysis them. CU of test tube filled w/ liquid. MS of Dr. Cooley. Various shots of medical equipment.
Medicine: Living to be 100
Traveling shot of the Sherbrooke Medical Center campus. Very large white building. Medical staff sit around a large conference table having a discussion. Sign over a door "Medecine Familiale." MS of a woman talking about going to one place for care for her whole family. MS of a doctor talking about routine medical exams.
Medicine: Living to be 100
Car driving along, pulls into driveway. Doctor gets out of car, he is conducting a home visit. MS of doctor talking to camera about how it is beneficial to treat the whole family together as their complaints are usually related. Patients in a waiting room. Doctor getting back into his car & leaving his house-call. Traveling shot from inside the car. Staff walking back into the Sherbrooke Medical Center.