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Traffic Through Flooded Street
Master 1480 - Tape 2 TLS tow truck, delivery trucks & several late 1950s model passenger sedans (bulbous chrome) driving through flooded street in North Hollywood, California; note the service station & car dealership in BG. TLSs (another angle) of cars & trucks (Navajo Freight Lines, Puritas Distilled Water) slogging through flooded street, passing commercial property for lease. MS flooded street near gas station (no automobiles).
Floods
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Aerial shot of flooded houses, automobiles, farmhouses, buildings, trees, etc in rural town, Midwestern United States. (4-5) Great MSs muddy flood waters (floodwaters) raging through plain, splashing vigorously against trees, roots, unseen rocks. (4-6) TLS muddy flood waters rushing past camera, carrying debris; waters erode land mass near cam, progressively breaking off large chunks. (4-7) LS flooded plain, raging waters rushing past cam, somewhat immersed trees forming oases. TLS floodwaters carrying downed steel trestle bridge past cam. Destruction, devastation, disaster, mayhem, savage nature. TLS muddy flood waters rushing through rural streets, forming canals around houses & garages. LS white couple standing on roof of semi-submerged 1930s model automobile while floodwaters race past, houses in BG. TLS people wearing rain slickers using ropes to cross flood waters in rural community. LS couple standing on roof of car in midst of raging flood. (4-8)
Flapper in Swimsuit
Master 1480 - Tape 2 MS young white female flapper wearing black one-piece bathing suit (swimsuit, swimwear) with white belt & dark kerchief on head, standing by wooden post on Eastern seaboard beach while struggling to remove life preserver (lifering, life ring, rubber ring) from waist & derriere.
Battle for Stalingrad
Master 1480 - Tape 2 MS sign above outpost entrance (in German): "Immer einn in die Scheifle." MS haggard, war-weary German Army (Nazi) soldiers marching past cam -- no helmets, tunics unbuttoned, looking rather slovenly, indicating these are soliders have surrendered & are now prisoners of war (POWs). MCU older, balding, mustachioed German Army soldier posing, peering away from cam; CU very young German Army soldier with short-cropped blond hair -- a mere whelp of a boy that could pass easily for Hitler Youth (ignoring the GA uniform, natch). Quick sideview MCU old Russian woman wearing babushka standing on street with crowd of boys. MS young, well-dressed Russian woman cursing, spitting upon Nazi POWs marching through crowded Stalingrad street; note the Soviet Red Army soldier keeping the woman in line by pushing her back via rifle affixed with bayonet. Sideview MS Nazi Army POWs being marched through streets of Stalingrad. MS Soviet Red Army soldier wearing ushanka kneeling by seized (captured) German railroad car; MS writing on railroad car: "Deutsche Reichsbahn Ludwigshafen." Panning TLS snowy base camp, long row of looted and/or destroyed military lorries (trucks);panning MS two dead men (can't designate uniforms, if they're even wearing any) frozen in snow -- one of the dead men is barefoot; MS corpse wrapped in blanket laying on snow. Map featuring animated arrows depicting Nazi Germany advance & ultimate retreat from Stalingrad, Soviet Russia. TLSs Soviet artillery (howitzers, anti-aircraft capability) firing upon aircraft in sky, soldiers bundled from biting cold. Parts of this reel were shot in 1942 & early 1943.
March On Washington: 20 Years Later
This is a documentary on the 1983 March On Washington, which commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington. It is narrated and hosted by Sheila Banks. The program is divided into three primary sections. Historical context of the 1960s Black Civil Rights Movement dominates the first portion of the program. Footage and photographic topics include: the Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott of 1955-56, the May 17, 1954 Supreme Court ruling of "Brown vs. The Board of Education," the "Little Rock 9" incident concerning school desegregation in Arkansas and the notorious street protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Panning TLS young white men-- several of whom are shirtless-- working on wooden bridge spanning ravine as part of CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) project. MS U.S. President FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt) sitting before microphone at desk, delivering (reading) radio address; Mr. Roosevelt wears light-colored tweed jacket, black bowtie, reading glasses. MS unidentified man (Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes? WPA Director Harry L. Hopkins?) sitting at desk, picking up telephone. Panning MS unemployed young white men-- almost all of whom are dressed in dress jackets, ties & fedora hats-- standing in line outside CCC office. MS CCC recruits boarding military lorry on street, U.S. Army officers (nice puttees) watching on. TLS steam locomotive pulling into CCC camp, officer waiting. MS CCC recruits alighting train. LS Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park (tourists admire the natural wonder). MS President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated outdoors, speaking with CCC workers. Great but brief TLS gaggle of CCC workers posing for cam, waving hats & hands. LS CCC recruits forming "CCC" on snowy plain, waving hats. "The End" title card.
Construction of Panama Canal
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Construction of the Panama Canal, early 1910s (the Canal opened on Aug 15, 1914).
Factory Workers Exit Lockheed
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Great LSs steady stream of first shift factory workers leaving Lockheed plant after work, crossing pedestrian walkway; red traffic light holds automobile traffic (including a baby blue Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford F-150 pickup truck) at bay while employees cross street; changing of the guard, some second shift workers crossing opposite way.
Hard Drugs: It's Not the Going Up That Hurts, It's the Coming Down
This film deals with addicts and the people who are working to help them. The teenagers at Stonehenge, a therapy community and parents in New York City s Odyssey House. Film is mainly head shots of people talking about their addictions.
A Yen for Harmony: Japanese Managers Try Their Style in North America
This film investigates the aspects of Japanese management, which effect productivity in organizations. Employees in Japanese firms share in decision-making and enjoy the security of knowing they can stay with the company for life. Can this management methods work in Western society? (Japan, United States, business, industry)
Homosexuality & Lesbianism: Gay or Straight-- Is There A Choice?
In this film, psychologists, psychiatrists, and gay people speak directly to young people and address themselves to their questions, concerns, and fears about homosexuality: Film is driven by the voice over of individuals telling their stories about relationships & sexuality.
MC Escher: Painter of Fantasy
Profiles the late, world-renowned graphic artist Mauritius Escher (MC Escher, M.C. Escher) whose work is a curious blend of fact and fantasy, with mirror images and interlocking figures flowing from symmetrical shapes. Escher is 70 when this film is made.
Medicine: Living to be 100
The latest in 1970s medical technology. Good shots of medical equipment.
Mental Health: New Frontiers of Sanity
This film offers a general introduction to the concepts and treatment methods in the fascination field of mental health. Methods of treatment & community outreach.
The Native Americans: Indian Country
The revolution of attitudes within the younger American Indians creating a new mood of militancy. The efforts to preserve the integrity of the Native American s culture are revealed in interviews with Indian educators. The film offers a thorough survey of contemporary Indian life extending to the social, religious, and political aspects. American Indians, Native Americans.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
90% of the Navajo people live bellow the poverty level. This film offers a contemporary view of life on the Navajo reservation and focuses upon the development of industries on the reservation. (American Indians, Native Americans, First Nations)
Mansion
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Nice TLS red brick Tudor mansion with rotundas, manicured lawn & landscaping of a vibrant green.
Train Passes Camera
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Nice MS passenger train passing camera; a hypnotic blur of corrugated steel.
Warehouse
Master 1480 - Tape 2 TLS inactive (perhaps abandoned) industrial warehouse & factory on city block (probably North Hollywood, L.A.). No cars, no pedestrians, no activity.
Cowboy on Horse
Master 1480 - Tape 2 LSs cowboy riding horse hard through dusky plain lined with shale rock & scattered chaparral bushes; cowboy rides horse past camera.
Sunset over Pacific Ocean
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Excellent LS sunset over Pacific Ocean, the sun a fiery orb fading fast into hazy horizon. Scenic beauty. Sunsets, setting sun.
Rocky Surf
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Great high angle TLS ocean tide crashing against jagged rocks during late afternoon; nice natural light; surf dashing against rocks; undulating, ripping waves. Don't let the date of origination fool you: this could easily pass for contemporary.
Model Home
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Nice TLS model home in subdivision; sign on green lawn says as much with arrow pointing to house; California-style two-story suburban house. Excellent CU "Model Home" sign with arrow, pan right & rack focus to landscaped walkway & front entrance of house. Suburbs, tract.
Torpedo
Master 1480 - Tape 2 Tilting TLS fired torpedo shuttling beneath ocean surface, occasionally breaking & skimming; cam follows torpedo & its wake. No hit, no explosion; just long distance travel. Toward end of reel, nice full shot of torpedo traveling just beneath water surface.