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Water, the Drop of Life Part 6: The Endless Search
Panning h/a LS dry, desolate, parched Outback of Australia. MS blanched, calcified bones, slivers of fur of dead animal on blighted earth (drought).
Water, the Drop of Life Part 6: The Endless Search
Panning LS cattle gathered around tree in Australian Outback. MS white-haired cow nibbling on barren bush. TLS/MSs two cattle ranchers herding cows into open pen.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 6: The Endless Search
Australia Rancher Donald Holt says We have a shortage of rain, but we have other advantages. There is no disease here, none whatsoever. No worms, no lice, no tick, nothing, no mad cow disease. We have no diseases.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 6: The Endless Search
MS cows clustered in holding pen.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 6: The Endless Search
LS pickup truck driving along dusty road, taking bend, kicking up silt. Australia Rancher Donald Holt wearing curved brim hat, driving door-less truck.
Water, the Drop of Life Part 6: The Endless Search
Traveling shot of bleak Australian Outback. MS/CUs Aborigine man wearing jeans and hat creating painstaking Aboriginal painting, numerous bugs buzzing about him.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 20
Porter Wagoner Show #20 with special guest June Carter. Also featuring Porter Wagoner and the Wagonmasters, Norma Jean.
Civil Rights
Various scenes from the Civil Rights movement in the United States, 1960-68. Events include: sit-down strikes against segregation at lunch counters in Greensboro, NC; riots in Watts; protests against police violence in Selma, Alabama; assassination and funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr; Freedom Rides. - Legacy
Civil Rights - Protests Following Selma March
Protests following violence perpetrated by police against marchers in Selma, Alabama, 1965: TLS civil rights demonstrators marching with banner: "We March With Selma!" TLS/MSs Caucasian-American and African-Americans marching with civil rights placards: "CORE Demands Federal Registration"; "We Shall Overcome"; "End Terror in Selma"; Rev. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. standing on steps, flanked by crowd, speaking.
Civil Rights - Watts Riots
Commercial buildings blazing, spewing fire & smoke into night following racial riots in Watts, Los Angeles, California, 1965. Two Caucasian LAPD police officers leading two black men suspected of looting toward camera, night, buildings burning in BG. Traveling shots of buildings destroyed by fire, arson, looting; National Guard patrol streets during daytime. National Guardsmen standing guard behind crude barricade in street.
Civil Rights - Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr speaking in Memphis, TN, April 3, 1968 (night before his assassination): "I just want to do God's will. And he s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land." Memphis police officers conducting investigation along balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis on the night of MLK's assassination. Nationwide riots following death of MLK: shaky (but good) panning TLS police squad car driving along city street, night; panning shot crowd passing broken shop windows, night; large fire burning from city bldg, night; firing tear gas while patrolling streets, day. Robert F. Kennedy speaking to crowd in Indianapolis, Indiana, following MLK assassination, Aug 4 1968: "For those of you who are black & are tempted to be filled w/ hatred & distrust..." Widow Coretta Scott King and bereaved King family viewing open casket of Martin Luther King Jr during wake. Funeral procession of MLK through streets of Atlanta, GA, Apr 9, 1968; Robert Kennedy marching in funeral parade, wife Ethel Kennedy walking behind him; Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon marching in funerary parade, basketball star Wilt Chamberlain marching behind them. Mule-drawn funeral cortege.
Civil Rights - Protests
African-Americans and Caucasian-Americans demonstrating outside Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina, marching in circle on sidewalk while police officers stand watch, 1960-- bandied placards read: "Woolworth Segregates"; "End Lunch Counter Discrimination"; "Support Carolina Students"; African American protesters (participants of Woolworth's sit-in) under arrest, being led through crowded police HQ hallway. Damaged facade of brick residential home. Blacks & whites sitting at lunch counter in peaceful protest. Caucasian pro-segregationists forcing the protesters from the lunch counter, pulling & tearing at them, some throwing punches. White & black students marching toward camera. Kress Department Store sign & marquee in Greensboro, NC. Two women exiting McLellan's store. Sit-in protests at segregated lunch counter restaurants. Protesters, demonstrators, signs ("All are free or none are.") Freedom Trail Park Street Church sign, tilt down to LS F.W. Woolworth's store.
Civil Rights - Demonstrations
African American women & men singing, clapping during sit-down demonstration. Window sign: "White Waiting Room, Interstate Passengers". Est shot brick church; black congregation sitting in pews, fanning themselves; Several young black men stepping from pulpit; black congregation standing, cheering. residential home burning after firebomb attack, night; National Guard armed with rifles affixed w/ bayonets deploying from lorry, passing cam, night. Black congregation during service, many fanning themselves. National Guard taking positions on sidewalk, affixing bayonet to rifle, standing guard outside building. Freedom Ride charter bus pulling from station, driving away. Rear view of bus driver & military guards at front of bus. Caucasian and African American men sitting on bus, smoking cigarettes. Panning MS bus passing cam on rain-slicked road. "Welcome to Mississippi" road sign. Military & law enforcement troops staging area. Panning TLSs charter bus driving along city street. Crowd gathered outside Trailways station. Nat'l Guard alighting bus. Zooming MS row of jail cells (county cell block).
Marx Brothers Trailers
Various movie trailers for musical comedy feature films starring the Marx Brothers.
Marx Brothers Trailers
Hilarious movie trailer for "the funniest and most important comedy ever made," A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935). Starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx), Kitty Carlisle, and Allan Jones.
Marx Brothers Trailers
Movie trailer for THE BIG STORE (1941) starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Dumont, Henry Armetta, and Virginia O'Brien. Opens with unidentified white man wearing busines suit, pushing papers at desk, standing to announce to the camera that the Marx Brothers are retiring from the silver screen, which prompts Groucho Marx to enter office, Chico Marx to appear from behind the desk, and Harpo Marx to emerge from underneath, all confirming in their own way that the news is true (though they would return after the war with another film). They rush to a nearby window to console the stock footage of a massive crowd protesting the news. Cut to funny excerpts from film.
POP Goes the Country No. 201 Promo
POP Goes the Country No. 201 Nashville, Tennessee POP Goes the Country No. 201 Promo
Marx Brothers Trailers
Movie trailer for GO WEST (1940) starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo). The Marx Bros. in the Wild West. Harpo plays the harp.
Marx Brothers Trailers
Movie trailer for ROOM SERVICE (1938) starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), Lucille Ball, Donald McBride, Frank Albertson, and Ann Miller. Based on the Broadway play of the same name.
Marx Brothers Trailers
Movie trailer for AT THE CIRCUS (1939) starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), Kenny Baker, and Florence Rice. Chico plays the piano. Harpo plays the harp.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Master 1480 - Tape 1
Aerials of San Francisco
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Excellent aerial of extensive tract of urban sprawl, dusky blue sky. Superb aerial of San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, wharfs, docked freighter ships during late afternoon (dusk). Astounding, breath-taking aerial shot of Bay Bridge during sunset, the sun a large fiery unfocused blotch in BG; bridge & land masses in silhouette; circle and zoom. Aerial shot of Oakland - San Francisco Bay Bridge (circle and zoom). The exquisite quality and lack of time-sensitive characteristics within the frame make this footage literally timeless, so don't let the date of origination fool you. (Ektachrome neg)
Aerials of Surfers
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Excellent circle and zoom aerial shot of white man surfing on long board, riding wave. Surfing craze of 1960s. Nice polarization filter aerial shots of white boys & young male adults surfing, wiping out, hanging ten on longboards. Surf culture, youth culture, Endless Summer
Aerials of Buildings
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Aerial shots of housing developments & constructed buildings, unidentified location. (it could very well pass for Hollywood movie backlots. Some buildings appear as bombing rubble, but details are lost in the altitude and muddy though unique color of the film stock.)