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The 300 Idea
Chrysler engineer Bob Rodger talks to camera about the Chrysler 300. CU tailight of 1962 300H, zoom out to TLS car zipping along test rack; CU logo. Subjective POV and objective shots of banked turn at Chrysler Proving Grounds. Nice shots of car driving through water puddle, creating huge sprays of water. Head-on shot of Chrysler 300 H. Shots of time trials (zero to sixty test); shots of stop watch and speedometer. Shots of steep incline test up 32 percent grade.
The 300 Idea
MS sign for Riverside International Raceway ("Drags Sunday"). Shots of mechanics working on race cars; driver Andy Granitelli in speeding car on race track; at end, Andy gets out, happily gives the OK sign. TLSs stock car race, cars in early run; good shots crowd in stands. Cut to shots Chrysler spokesman sitting in 300 H, explaining the comforts of the interior; bucket seats, console, window-lift and ashtrays, tackometer, etc. Spokesman gets out, opens hood and explains performance features. Animation of air-fuel mixture system and air cleaners-- baffling filters, carburators, and manifold; ah, the racing cam shaft).
The 300 Idea
Chrysler spokesman in car says, "OK, you drive!" and then disappears. CU finger on push-button transmission, depressing first gear. Subjective POV shots down country roads. Good view over tail shots as well as some stomach-churning POV shots down hills. CU speedometer creeping down from 70 to 60 mph. 300 H passes another car; CU tachometer on center console. More good subjective POV shots along woods and rural areas. Chrysler engineer Bob Rodger explains why Chrysler builds the 300 even though it's not a profitable car; he also explains why the car is fun even at slow speeds, which is how the car will be used for the utilitarian folk that insist on such a vehicle.
The 300 Idea
Great MS older white man with pipe in mouth and camera in hand, taking picture of his new 300H, his wife posing beside it. Shots of car driving over bridge, down country roads; var angles of car on country roads, including crossing railroad track. Good shots of pipe-smoking driver with his wife driving through the country. Shots of grill and front chrome bumper.
1954 Studebaker Starliner/Starlight
High angle TLS horse race, thoroughbreds racing for finish line. MS three racetrack experts-- two swell-dressed white men and a white woman in elegant spring hat-- coming out of Turf Club and getting into 1954 Studebaker, designed by Raymond Loewy, "the world's greatest automobile stylist". MS white man in car, puts it in drive, takes off. Nice travelling shots of the car moving past race track buildings, palm trees (is this California or Florida?); car pulls up to restaurant and they get out.
1954 Studebaker Starliner/Starlight
White suburban family comes out suburban house, walks to Studebaker Conestoga station wagon. MS woman in car, rummaging through glove compartment. TLSs car pulling out of driveway, driving on open road. MS man unloading picnic materials from rear cargo hold of wagon. TLS woman spreading picnic supplies on cloth by car, mountains in BG.
1954 Studebaker Starliner/Starlight
Young white couple en route to beach party, driving by beach beach in 1954 Studebaker Champion Starliner. Another white couple on beach sees them and waves excitedly, then come over to check out the new wheels. Narrator quite accurately refers to the car's styling: "no excess bulk, no gas-eating extra weight; that saves you lots of money." Shots of interior, exterior.
1954 Studebaker Starliner/Starlight
TLS young white businessman in business suit and fedora hat outside house, smoking a cigarette and waiting for ride in carpool. Studebaker pulls along, picks him up; MS interior as passenger door opens. Great shots of car moving through Los Angeles city streets and traffic.
1954 Studebaker Starliner/Starlight
TLS Studebaker on highway, driving through parking lot (appears to have been shot in Southern Florida); MS interior; TLS/MSs Studebakers on small auto ferry, middle-aged white couple smiling beside it; car pulls from ferry, onto Balboa Island; pulls up in front of suburban house.
Jet Ace!
Air to air TLS what appears to be F9F-8 Panther jet fighter doing barrel roll. TLS commercial passenger airliner taking off. TLS Chevrolet Corvette zips by on airport runway. TLSs of Chevy Two-Ten convertible cars on country roads. CU "Fuel Injection" emblem on side of car with checkered & company flags crossed. Cut to TLS biplane landing in field. MS 1901-05 curved dash Oldsmobile running down country road to camera; MS Model T driving on street. Animated graphics illustrating carburetor (interaction of air, fuel, valve and throttle in modern engine). CU carburetor on 1956 Chevy. POV shot (from over back seat) through front of 1956 Chevy driving on country road.
Jet Ace!
Air to air TLS 4-propeller commercial airliner in flight; MS/CU flight engineer in cockpit, working controls. Head-on TLS of Boeing B-47E Stratojet in flight; MS tail with smoke trailing to show air flow (test film?). Great animation of "Ram Jet" and how it works; difference between carburetors and direct fuel injection is explained.
Jet Ace!
TLS delivery truck driving along country road, uphill. LS Chicago & North Western passenger train zipping by camera. TLS auto race. POV shot over driver's shoulder as he passes slow moving truck; more good CUs of Chevrolet Two-Ten convertibles. CU key in ignition, starting engine. MS/CUs "car engineer", (a ghostly superimposed man working controls for air and fuel flow) moving throttle and other levers. CU speedometer, dial going from 20 to 50 mph. More of the ghost "engineer" activity (to simulate fuel injection system).
Jet Ace!
Illustrated diagram of air flow control on fuel injector. MCUs operating model of Chevrolet ram jet fuel system on V-8 engine; closeups of model showing how it all works. Fuel pump, fuel metering system, fuel injection, cylinders, air cleaner and meter, ram pipe, manifold, etc. More diagrams, too. MS Chevrolet Two-Ten pulling out of suburban driveway; MS convertible pulling up to stop sign in suburban tract housing development. MS man waving checkered flag at Corvette zipping by on airport runway. POV shot from rear seat of car passing a truck. Various shots Chevrolet cars on roads. CU airline pilot in cockpit, headset over ears. Low angle air to air TLS US Navy F9F-8 Panther jet fighter in flight. MSs man wearing fedora driving Chevy; CU fuel injection emblem on car.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
MS of Senator Joseph McCarthy speaking before an enthusiastic audience of no-doubt Republicans after the Army Hearings: "We're going through an unusual procedure on the Senate floor right now. It's a result of the fifth investigation of McCarthy. There will be a sixth. There will be a seventh, an eighth. As long as I continue to try to expose people who are traitors to this country. If I would quit now, why we'd end with the fifith invistigation, but take my word for it, my good friend. Regardless of what this Senate may do or censure, this fight to expose those who would destroy this nation will go on and on." MS delegates at convention holding pro-McCarthy placards. Slo-mo MCU of Joe smiling into camera.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
DO NOT USE Opening titles, introduction from Mike Wallace.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
MS of Sen. Joseph McCarthy sitting at a desk laden with microphones during the Army Hearings: "I am getting very, very weary of sitting here and acting as though we're playing some little game. This Committee's activities may well determine whether this nation will live or die. We've got to clean out those responsible, either knowingly or because they were simple dupes covering up Communist and traitors-- not dead ones but live ones." MS Sen. McCarthy and ROY COHN at Army hearings.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
DO NOT USE Stills of Joseph McCarthy as a young boy standing outside a school building, surrounded by classmates. Still of Joe as a young man, early twenties, wearing a nice business suit. Stills of McCarthy during his college years at Marquette (includes his graduating class photo). Stills of Joe as a young lawyer. Still of the famous "I Want You" military recruiting illustration (you know, the one with a pointing Uncle Sam, circa WWI). Stills of McCarthy during his stint in the United States army (wears leather bomber aviator hat in most).
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
MS/CU of McCarthy, a newly elected senator, walking into a Senate building while several press cameras snap away. Note, Joe is smiling and waving as he enters; beaming. MS of Joe sitting on a sub-committee panel.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
High angle shots of Republican dinner function, Senator Joseph McCarthy speaking and holding a piece of paper which no doubt "lists" suspected Communists in the state department. MS/CUs of Joe delivering a speech as he embarks on his strange political crusade. Great MS of three press men with large bulbed cameras inside committee hearing room, pan right to Joe surrounded by scribbling reporters. More shots of McCarthy happily talking with reporters. Montage of Senate Committee Hearing, specifically the Owen Lattimore case. MSs of OWEN LATTIMORE testifying, denying the charges that he was a top Soviet agent, then he lambastes Joe and the hearings altogether: "I am not and have never been a member of the Communist Party. I have never been nor affiliated with the Communist Party. I have never believed in the principles of Communism, either within the United States or China or the Far East or anywhere in the world. I trust that the Senator's promise that he will retire from the arena if his charges against me fail is not as insincere he is too reckless, careless and irresponsible." More shots of Lattimore testifying to Senate committee, posing for the cameras, exiting hearing room. MS of McCarthy seated at a desk littered with papers and microphones as he talks animatedly about something (no audio).
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
TLS/MSs of Sen. Joseph McCarthy stepping off of a commercial plane (metal runway ladder) and getting into a car. MSs of Secretary of State DEAN ACHESON stepping from plane, greeting President HARRY S. TRUMAN. MSs of Secretary of Defense GEORGE MARSHALL at train station, then seated behind desk. CU of Marshall looking grumpily into the camera. MS (head on) and tight LS (over the shoulder) of President Truman delivering a speech before a large outdoor crowd, attacking McCarthyism: "The growing practice of character assassination is already curbing free speech and it is threatening all our other freedoms. I know you have no way of telling when some unfounded accusation may be hurled at you, perhaps from the halls of Congress. The job of all of us, of every American who loves his country and freedom, to rise up and put a stop to this terrible business. This is one of the greatest challenges we face today." MS/CUs of Sen. McCarthy giving speech to an excited crowd at the 1952 Republican National Convention: "One Communist on the faculty of one university is one Communist too many. One Communist among the American advisors at Yalta was one Communist too many. And even if there were only one Communist in the State department that would be one Communist too many." Shots of delegates carrying signs that say, Lattimore, Hiss, Acheson, etc. Traveling TLS of a large pro-Eisenhower crowd gathered at a rail station on a sunny day. MS/CUs of DWIGHT EISENHOWER and McCarthy standing on the caboose of a campaign rail car. Senator Joseph McCarthy is re-elected. Shots of McCarthy arriving at party functions.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
Numerous shots of McCarthy with his investigation committee staff aides (including ROY COHN), Joe working at the hearings. Excellent TLS of the Capitol Building on a sunny day. MSs federal employees being handed paperwork on which is stated a loyalty oath. Montage of McCarthy getting married to Jean Kerr. MSs of the bride and groom arriving via motorcar at the church; RICHARD NIXON and PAT NIXON arrive; Joe and Jean cut the wedding cake.
Combat: The Constant Reality - Korean War
Sequence of still and moving images from the Korean war.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
MSs of Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Secretary of the Army ROBERT STEVENS after inspecting Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey army base in light of allegations of Communist infiltration; McCarthy commends Sec. Stevens, then shakes his hand; shots of McCarthy and Stevens walking about base. Cut to shots of Stevens and McCarthy meeting in office, posing for cameras. Cut to MS of Robert Stevens talking to the press about how he feels about McCarthy's intrusive inquiries: "I shall never accede to the abuse of Army personnel under any circumstances including committee hearings. I shall never accede to them being browbeaten or humiliated". Followed by Sen. McCarthy's response: "If a stupid, arrogant or witless man in a position of power appears before our committee & is found aiding the Communist party, he will be exposed. The fact that he might be a General places him in no special class as far as I'm concerned." Great TLS, pan left, of packed Senate house during the Senate Sub-Committee hearings (aka the Army Hearings); reporters and news cameras abound. MS Robert Stevens walking in the hallway outside the hearing room. MSs Sen. McCarthy and Pvt. G. DAVID SCHINE talking in hearings room. MS/CUs Sen. McCarthy and ROY COHN during hearings. Shots of audience, reporters, TV crews at hearings. MS Sen. JOHN MCCLELLAN at hearings. MS montage of bitter verbal battles between Sen. McCarthy and Sen. STUART SYMINGTON.
Biography: Joseph McCarthy
Shots of Sen. Joseph McCarthy pointing at map during Army Hearings. Shots of klieg lights and cameras in hearings room. Lengthy montage of verbal battles between Sen. Joseph McCarthy and special Army defense counselor JOSEPH WELCH. MSs Welch after McCarthy accuses one of Welch's law firm assistants of being a Communist, June 9, 1954: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. If it were in my power to forgive your recklessness and cruelty, I would do so. I like to think I'm a gentle man, but your forgiveness will have to come from someone other than me." McCarthy retorts that he's baiting the committee, to which Welch asks that he drop the issue and leave the lad alone ("At long last, have you no sense of decency?"). McCarthy badgers on. Cut to MSs of Joe surrounded by the press after the hearing breaks.