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Deformed Calf on Farm
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MS/CUs mutated calf with three eyes, two noses, two mouths on one head; white male farmer shows off deformed animal, feeds calf milk from two separate bottles, one for each mouth. Heartbreakingly sad, the poor creature. MSs two white boys playing with normal calf and deformed calf on farm, both animals held by chains used as leashes, border collie dog running in and out of frame. MCU normal calf licking face of deformed calf. Oddity, oddities.
High Speed Balancing Act on Indian Scout Motorcycle
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Traveling MS/TLSs three acrobats (two of whom wear matching white jumpsuits & skullcaps) performing balancing stunt on Indian Scout motorcycle speeding along remote road. Great MS stunt man laying flat on Indian Scout motorcycle, his legs spread and lifted high over his head, arms open and off the vehicle. Traveling TLSs stunt man performing daring one-handed, one-legged balancing act from side of speeding motorcycle.
Radio Tower
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Excellent extreme low angle shot from beneath radio tower, looking up intricate steelwork lattice; cam spins to create dizzying, claustrophobic spatial effect within an Escher-like environment. LS radio broadcast building, tilt up & then down radio tower.
Suffragettes
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MS smiling white female suffragette wearing striped dress & sash that reads, "Votes For Women." TLS suffragettes marching through city street with banner: "President Wilson Favors Votes for Women."
Depression Days
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MS white men and women hoisting & swinging filled beer steins while singing, celebrating repeal of Prohibition via FDR's Beer Bill. MS four unemployed white men squatting on street, eating hot meal & drinking coffee during Great Depression. TLS/LSs dilapidated wood houses & abandoned mills in rural farming communities and company towns during the Great Depression era, including one shot with a scrawny dog wandering along dirt road, passing by wood shack. TLSs white people standing in line to receive ration of coal; MS men wheeling carts or carrying sacks of coal. MS elderly Jewish man with long white beard pushing cart of coal across street, passing through crowd of pedestrians.
Bowling
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MS vertical neon "Bowling" sign, night. Panning LS parking lot outside bowling alley, neon signs for "Billiards" & "Bowling." Great rear view MS legs of man tossing bowling ball down lane. MS bowling pins being struck with ball for perfect strike (angle from behind pin setter). MS white man (VO says he's Connie Swagler) bowling, releasing ball. MS ball striking pins, one pin left standing. Panning TLS white man releasing ball down lane, ball striking lone pin for spare. TLS four balls traveling down lanes, striking pins; men stand beside scoreboards atop lanes. MS ball hitting pins for perfect strike (angle from behind pin setter). Rear view MS white man wearing team shirt bowling, releasing ball. MS ball striking pins, center pin left standing (legs of pin setter can be seen falling into shot after bowl).
Bowling
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Nice slow motion TLS two bowling balls rolling down two lanes, hitting pins, human pin setters lifting legs to avoid being hit, then lowering them after strikes. TLS young white man wearing white dress shirt & short black tie watching bowling ball hit pins in FG; three pins remain standing, young man turns away. Slow motion MS bowling ball hitting pins for perfect strike (ball travels from BG, toward camera).
Recreational Bowling
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Rear view TLS white men & women bowling at commercial bowling alley, crowd standing or sitting in FG, watching games, people shuttling balls down lanes; automatic pin setters reset pins after bowls in BG. Recreation, amusement. Nice sideview TLS numerous white people bowling on numerous lanes, bowling balls being returned to bowlers via automatic service lanes; great range of emotions displayed by bowlers. 3/4 view TLS bowling balls traveling down lanes, being returned; bowlers occasionally stray into view in FG.
Imperial Sand Dunes (Algodones Dunes)
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Excellent panning TLS scenic sand dunes at Imperial Sand Dunes (Algodones Dunes); shapely contours of wind-blown dunes; gradient natural lighting. Panning LS sand dunes.
Behold the Sun
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Great TLSs (two different exposures) simmering summer sun in fiery orange sky nearing sunset. Excellent LS sun blazing in sky, causing cross-shaped sunflares; a commercial jet airplane passes near flare-- fantastic happy accident! Bear in mind that these shots could easily pass for contemporary, as the stock emits no dated appearance and there are no physical objects within the frame to date the material.
Foot on Accelerator / Brake Pedals
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MCU/CUs man wearing worn black patent leather shoe depressing & pressing accelerator and brake pedals of automatic transmission automobile. Step on it, pal! Step on the brakes, mack!
Scenic Waterfall & Sun Setting over Trees near River
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Great LS scenic waterfall, whitewater cascades taking 100 foot drop into pool, green vegetation & rock walls lining periphery. Something vaguely Hawaiian about the locale. LSs (different exposures) sun setting over horizon of trees lining winding river (in FG); cinematographer twist lens hood to create shifting sunflares during first shot. This could pass for contemporary, as the film stock emits slight dated qualities and there are no objects within the frame to pinpoint the era.
Television Cameraman Out in the Field
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Excellent LS/MSs cameraman wearing headset and gray business suit and tie, manning bulky boxy Westinghouse tube television camera mounted on tripod atop television feed field truck (note the antenna on screen left) outside downtown office building; cameraman peers into built-in monitor, attenuates camera, pans slightly.
Ruins and Rubble of Post-War Germany
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Slightly shaky LS ruins of buildings & rubble along war-torn, bombed-out street of fairly populated German town on otherwise beautiful day; red-headed white woman wearing dress & white man in business suit ride bicycles along street (away from camera); pan to ruins of bombed bldg. LS ruins & rubble of bombed-out building. Panning LS building ruins & rubble, people walking or riding bicycles along street; an American GI on a bicycle rides hard toward & by cam; cable car lines overhead.
Fishing from Rowboat
Master 1480 - Tape 1 TLS/LSs two white men sitting in rowboat on quiet lake, fishing; younger man stands, shakes fishing rod as though catching a big fish, then turns to the cam, smiles, sits back down (just a joke). A lazy afternoon fishing at the local watering hole.
Historical Reenactment of Tall Ship Naval Battle
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Historical reenactment of ye olde (approx Age of Exploration era) naval battle using tall ship (schooner, tall mast) miniatures. A ship is engulfed in flames while two other tall mast ships sail nearby. Panning shot across naval battle scene (explosions, drifting smoke, ships flying flags from top mast (too small to see intended designation).
Square Dance
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MSs white men & women dressed in their finest Western wear performing square dance at local hoedown. Yee-haw. LS man & woman chatting by tree, then beginning walk toward cam; man wears straw cowboy hat & string tie, woman wears flowing checkered skirt. Great low angle MS square dancers passing cam in circle, some women being spun by their partners so their colorful, billowing & sometimes frilled or ruffled dresses open and flutter beautifully. Spin your partner round and round.
San Marco Square
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Tilt down LS Campanile Tower (bell tower of San Marco) at San Marco Square (St. Mark's Square) in Venice, Italy, pan left to tourists admiring building, architecture of San Marcos Square. TLS two white female tourists standing in square, horde of pigeons at their feet.
Bedouin Horsemen
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Panning LS several bedouin men (some are armed with rifles) riding horses through dusty plain, then turning. TLS two Arab bedouin men riding horses toward cam, one standing in mount, then plopping onto saddle. LS/TLSs bedouin men riding horses toward camera, lead horseman acting as a color guard by holding flag of unknown designation (two stars like Syria, three stripes like Transjordan or Palestine yet the colors are inverted)-- rows of bedouin horsemen ride past cam.
Farm Country
Master 1480 - Tape 1 TLS farmhouse, milking shorthorn cow standing in tall grass in FG; great MS cow wearing leather bit turning head to camera as though on cue. TLS several milking shorthorn cows walking into pen at farm. LS cows grazing in hilly pasture. LS grass grazing pens on farm, mountains in BG. Dim TLS two horses corralled outside cabin, axle-like farming item in midground. Nice LSs old two-story wood farmhouses. Panning TLS stone fence (FG) , crop field (MG), farmhouse (BG). TLS white two-story farmhouse. LS farmer walking outside wood barn and sawed-off grain silo. Great panning LS horse stables, barns, horses out to pasture, windmill, elegant farmhouse (horse farm). Nice LS dirt road cutting swath through scenic prairie, fluffy white clouds overhead. LS field (FG) white barns, farmhouses (BG).
Explosions Galore
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Great LS wood cabin in semi-arid area exploding, debris scattering every which way, much of it floating gently back to ground; cabin is reduced to mere structural skeleton. (7-4) Panning LS explosion on hillside-- looks like a napalm bomb strike, the flash white-hot and spreading like a incendiary jelly bomb. (4-4) LS two fires burning at settlement on mountain side. (4-1) TLS facade and doorway of cabin in tropical locale, palm trees near front stoop; TLS reverse angle, small explosion near front steps followed by large violent explosion from inside cabin, the door being blown into smithereens, debris shuttling forward several feet, the shot lingering on smoke sifting all about scene. (7-?) Quick aerial shot of large underwater explosion, more than likely caused by depth charges. (6-9) LS fires burning at settlement camp in mountainous region. (4-3 but repeated theme of 4-1) LS two depth charges (fired from sailing naval vessel, neither of which are seen here) falling into ocean, then exploding grandly, reactionary water breaking surface violently & being jettisoned high into the air. (6-1)
Police Station, Night
Master 1480 - Tape 1 MS glowing "Police Station" sign outside building entrance, night. MS lit main entrance of police station, lettering on window pane overhang over double doors stating as much. LS/TLSs facade of police station, night; occasional traffic (cars, automobiles) passing in FG, uniformed police officers & the stray plainclothes officer exiting building. This film appears to have been filmed at 18fps, hence the slightly sped-up motion noticeable only during seldom occasions involving human interaction.
Crime Bust (Morton Sobell?)
Master 1480 - Tape 1 TLS house number 1259 on brick wall, night. MSs criminal suspects (two middle-aged white men and one woman) sitting in the backseat of a federal agent's car; two suspects try to shield their identities with fedora hats & their arms while the bespectacled man-- whom this cataloguer believes may very well be convicted spy Morton Sobell -- sits calmly and smokes a cigarette; the press shine a spotlight on the occupants of the car, vying for best view. The car drives away into the night.
Monte Carlo
Master 1480 - Tape 1 LS city of Monte Carlo, Monaco, overlooking sea. "Monte Carlo" zooms toward screen. Vertical scratch runs through picture.