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Army Nurses, Orphanage in Vietnam
TLS several Vietnamese children dressed as white mice performing dance & music routine on street outside orphanage; zoom in to MS of two U.S. Army First Lieutenants (one male, the other female, both Caucasian) and a Vietnamese Christian nun in full habit, an assistant shielding the sun from her with a straw hat. MS mouse children performing, tilt up to Lts & nun. CU U.S. Army nurse in white scrub; CU female First Lieutenant (nursing corps) in uniform. MS male First Lieutenant standing with nun. MS two Vietnamese Christian nuns singing & playing lute guitars. MS group of Vietnamese orphans; zoom in to panning CU of children. MS/MCUs U.S. Army nurse (Patricia Diskin?) in white uniform examining Vietnamese orphans on patio; she has an exceptionally difficult time with a mop-topped girl who won't stop crying; she examines the children s' eyes, ears and throats.
Army Nurses, Orphanage in Vietnam
MS U.S. Army First Lieutenant Zeimet walking with two Vietnamese Christian nuns along path outside the orphanage. MSs Army Lieutenant and nuns walking through construction site, pointing & talking happily.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MS U.S. Army soldiers (African American & Caucasian) in jungle; three radio men with radio packs. MS two soldiers-- one black, one white, both smoking cigarettes and not wearing helmets-- leaning at tunnel entrance; one has Colt .45 Mk IV Series 70 Government model pistol, the other a M-16 assault rifle. MS soldiers helping young South Vietnamese man into semi-hidden tunnel (tunnel rat). MS African-American GI entering cave. MS Caucasian soldier, smoking cigarette, walking up incline with flamethrower. MSs soldiers standing outside caves, beside large rock cluster.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MS South Vietnamese man in cave entrance, US Army GI crouched outside; both stop to use radios. MS S. Vietnamese tunnel rat & GI walking down rock cluster. MS GI leaning against rock with M-16 in hand. MS African American GI walking by cam, cigarette in mouth & M-16 in hand; a Caucasian GI with radio pack and M-16 peers into brush. MCU GI with "Nancy" scrawled onto helmet walking by cam. MSs soldiers marching up incline, trudging through brush. MS GIs entering cave, S. Vietnamese guide / informant watching. MCU Caucasian soldier wearing helmet, at rest. MS two soldier resting on hill, one cleaning M-16, the other talking on field radio.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MSs white soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division crouched by tunnel entrance in field; MSs African American soldier climbing into tunnel, working way down; MSs soldiers lowering explosive canisters into tunnel; MCU homemade VC bomb; TLS large explosion on hilltop, Viet Cong tunnel being destroyed. MS soldier setting detonator charges to brick bar of C-4 plastic explosive.
Cowboys, Rodeo
Master 3 - Tape 1 Misc. Rodeo shots. Cowboy on bucking bronco falls to the ground - lays down, looks injured. Other cowboys ride up to him to take a look. Cuts to WS of bronco bucking its way out of the gate. Rides up to and alongside fence where the rider gets off - cam follows bucking horse. MCU through wooden fence of a horse race. WS of rodeo ring again, another horse bucks out of its stall, throws its rider and heads straight for the camera. MS bucking bronco (great green hilly background here and good close action). WS rodeo arena, horse comes charing out of gate. Rider stays on a good long time and then is helpoed off by another rider, horse runs towards and past cmaera. WS Cowboy attempts (and fails) to rope a steer. 3-4 attempts but no one quite gets it. MWSbucking bronco in rodeo arena, throws its rider. Can see spectators sitting, lined up on the rafters over the stalls.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
MS rock cave entrance. MSs Caucasian soldier crouched inside cave, using flashlight during inspection; a South Vietnamese guide (tunnel rat) joins him, takes flashlight and lead while GI readies M-16; soldier moves rock, climbs deeper into cave (note the crucifix around his neck); light flares appear toward end of reel.
Tunnel Rats / Operation Pershing
Aerials of tunnel complex in field after being destroyed by U.S. Army. Aerials villages. TLSs series of large explosions along overgrown hill (enemy tunnels being destroyed). MSs Caucasian U.S. Army soldiers crouched behind embankment in field, watching explosions; one hold field telephone. MS Caucasian 1st Cavalry soldier talking on field phone. MS two African-American soldiers walking up crevice in rock face, M-16 rifles in hand. MS fresh-faced Caucasian GI standing with M-16. TLS fire burning inside cave, soldiers watching outside. MS soldier standing guard behind rock overlooking valley. MSs soldiers descending rock cluster in jungle. MS white soldier crouched on rock overlooking suspected tunnel. MS white GI smoking cigarette, flamethrower fuel tanks strapped to back.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
Exterior shots of voter walking into the brick archway at Hyde School. Cut to CU sign: "VOTING PLACE WARD 5 PRECINCT 2". Cut to sign: "HYDE SCHOOL PTA OUTGROWN SHOW TUESDAYS 9-12, WEDNESDAYS 10-3, DOWNSTAIRS". Interior MS of people at the polling place, picking up ballots and then standing in cubicles, voting, shot from the back. Nice exterior shot of 2 male voters (one young man, one elderly) going to polling place, maybe political figures; they smile at camera as they walk past it. Men and women waiting in line, outside, woman in front reading. She and the other women stnading near hear look oddly similar - similar coats, hand bags and haristyles - kind of funny. WS of building sign: "CRANE". Interior polling place with men in line waiting for ballots. They stand in front of a table in an entrance way and are handed ballots as they arrive. One man wipes his nose. African-american and white voters, mostly male. Strange shot of the back calves of a woman in skirt up to her back. Wider shot of voters at their cubicles from behind. Voters in line at registration table. Woman standing over wooden ballot box as voters submit their ballots. CU politician submitting his ballot.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
White man & 2 black women sit by a sign saying RESERVED POLL WATCHERS. Black woman election judge behind desk takes people ballots. Black voters in line for ballots. MCU poll worker writes in book. Black woman pulls back curtain and walks out of booth. Black man walks into booth (low angle shot) poll worker supervises and closes curtain. VS black voters going into and out from voting booths. Some nice shots here. One woman carries her baby. WS poll workers around table.
Captured North Vietnamese Army film
CU map of Vietnam and Cambodia, zoom in to border village of Kotum. TLS North Vietnamese-- perhaps some Viet Cong-- troops gathered in jungle for briefing; note that most soldiers wear boonie jungle hats; MS young NVA officer briefing troops; MS soldiers listening; MSs communist soldiers wearing propaganda slogans on chests and hats; CU sign (Quyet bat giac my phai den no mau cho dong bao Hanoi); CU face of NVA soldier, tilt down uniform (closed pleated pockets of uniform) to propaganda sticker on stock of M-16 (!) assault rifle; MS officer handing out awards to three soldiers. MSs NVA soldiers camouflaging themselves, machine guns and crude artillery in jungle. Panning TLS soldiers walking through field in jungle. MSs soldiers running through jungle. TLSs mortar fire in jungle (explosions); MS NVA soldier blowing bugle in bush; MSs camouflaged NVA firing weapons, advancing through jungle (combat); TLS soldier atop destroyed ARVN (US made) tank; MS tank parts strewn on ground; CU shell hole in tank hull; CU battered ID on tank (U.S. ARMY 12R386).
Chicago Voting, 1950s
CU of SPECIMEN CONSTITUTION BALLOT. CU finger pushing polling levers bieng pushed for the APPELLATE COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Man holds a computer printout. Pan down a REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SPECIMEN REPRESENTATIVE BALLOT. REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 177 TO BE ELECTED. Among the names on this ballot for State Representatives is future Chicago mayor Harold Washington (Washington was elected as rep of the 26th district), and other Chicago pols). Pan down long ballot with Democratic and Republican candidates listed on opposite sides. OTS shot of two men talking at a desk. CU one man pointing out names on a ballot. Great super shot of polling lever being pulled. CU sign: BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS CHICAGO IL. Pan of levers to push for COOK COUNTY JUDGES. Finger demonstrates how easy it is to push the little levers for your candidate of choice. One after another they are pushed. One of the switches won't move - finger just can't get it to budge- hmmm? Another great shot of lever being pushed back and forth.
Captured North Vietnamese Army film
Panning MSs Communist rally in jungle: group of young Vietnamese men and women clapping and waving small North Vietnam flags (also construed as Viet Cong flag)-- one woman waves flag of People's Republic of China; very Maoist gestures here; panning MS banner stretched between trees (Khiet Liet Chao Mung Cac Bong Chi Trung-Quoc Ben Tham Mien Nam-Viet). MS Viet Cong Communists wearing black pajama uniforms-- one woman wears checkered scarf-- at small indoor rally, unfurling posters of Mao Tse-Tung and Ho Chi Minh. MS/CUs primitive VC press division carving wood printing blocks, printing propaganda flyers on roller (roller is drawn across paper, pressing it onto block; a boy re-inks the block after a pass); MSs manually powered printing press, a VC guerilla using a foot pedal to turn a wheel, while another man feeds sheets of paper into machine.
Captured North Vietnamese Army film
Card: Tay Ninh vao Bong Xuan. MSs camouflaged North Vietnamese (NVA) soldiers patrolling through jungle. Card: Diet Bich O Cah Do. Low angle LSs U.S. surveillance, fighter jets and helicopters flying overhead. MSs Viet Cong (Vietcong) guerillas rushing through jungle, setting up guns; MS NVA & VC engaged in firefight in jungle; MSs soldier walking away with cache of seized M-60 & M-16 guns. Card: Pha tan Bot Cau Vinh. TLS flare overhead, night; TLS burning hill; MS burning building. MS ARVN prisoners cleaning weapons, running in place, etc. MS NVA soldier rapidly digging hole in ground, a RPD LMG machine gun in FG. MCU NVA soldier using field radio. MSs soldiers running through jungle, carrying AK-47 and RPD LMG guns and ammo, then engaged in jungle firefight (combat). MS/MCUs NVA soldiers cleaning guns, ammunition, grenades (for launchers) at camp. MSs soldiers, bushes strapped to backs for camouflage, running in place and then through jungle. TLS explosions (mortar fire). MSs soldier blowing bugle, soldier advancing. MCU cache of weapons and ammo. MSs Viet Cong men & women performing fan dance at NVA jungle camp.
Captured North Vietnamese Army film
North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong sabotage railway system: TLSs derailed US-made train and destroyed railroad tracks; MCUs NVA soldiers removing screws from tracks; MSs Viet Cong lifting rails and tracks up, using bamboo for leverage; TLSs destroyed tracks; TLS explosion on track; CUs damaged rails; MSs NVA soldiers preparing plastic explosives, climbing bridge & planting bombs; TLS bridge blowing up, collapsing; TLSs bridge wreckage. MSs VC carrying injured guerillas in crude stretchers to field hospital in jungle. MSs NVA officer conducting lecture in jungle. MSs NVA & VC officers parading past cam, entering a bunker. MSs NVA officer visiting wounded in field hospital. MSs NVA / VC dismantling dud shells, removing explosives, banging out powder for their own ammo; guerrilla munitions work. MS VC man fashioning rifle stock from wood, inserting metal muzzle. MS shirtless Vietcong wading across river with large rucksacks over their heads. MSs NVA soldiers and Viet Cong guerillas-- including some women-- pushing bicycles loaded with affects along flooded jungle path and through field (supply train).
Del Reeves Country Carnival Show 116 Promo
Del Reeves Country Carnival Show 116 Nashville, Tennessee Promo Del Reeves Country Carnival Show 116 with Willie Nelson
Pres. Roosevelt at Canton for McKinley Funeral
"President Roosevelt at the Canton Station." MLS President Theodore Roosevelt with other mourners upon arrival at Canton, Ohio, for the funeral of the assassinated President McKinley; TR stands solemnly holding his hat over his chest, the others stand behind him. The group then walk past camera. . Mr. Roosevelt is shown walking out into the wide street waiting for his carriage, seems to be gesturing for it to pull up and surveying the crowd across the street. Carriages leaving, with escort of soldiers marching. LS pan on large crowd gathered in the area to watch the arrival of celebrities; they are in front of building w/ large sign painted across its front: "Canton Hardware Co.Wholesale".
My Own Yard To Play In
Panning shot of hip abstract patterns; title; audio of child's tuneless song. MS Caucasian child standing on sidewalk, tossing rubber ball against wall near grocer's awning. MS two white boys climbing on large wooden spool of telephone cable. MS several white girls jumping rope on sidewalk (skipping rope). MS four boys hauling cardboard box. MS two African-American boys rolling weary box along street, a buddy of theirs inside it (!). MSs African-American and Caucasian children playing, rolling metal hoop, scrambling off steps of old brownstone, rocking up and down on bumper of car, bouncing balls on sidewalk, building wobbly wooden table, drawing with chalk in street near gutter, peering like pirates through cardboard tubes, using old bed frames as stilts, etc; riding crude homemade scooter constructed of wooden crates and wheels; rolling rubber car tire through street and onto sidewalk. MS boy running hand along brick wall. MS girl standing at barber pole on sidewalk. MS boy poking stick into crack.
My Own Yard To Play In
TLS boy walking along pile of lumber in front of abandoned building; broken windows. MS Asian boy playing idly at fire hydrant. MS Caucasian boy w/ curly hair floating popsicle stick in gutter. MSs boys pushing at ashes, dirt piles. MS girl playing on banister outside brownstone. MS little white boy leaping down steps of brownstone. MS two boy scratching into bricks of wall. MS Caucasian girl drawing w/ chalk on blacktop pavement. MS two African-American girls digging in yard full of rubble. MS two Asian-American boys reading comic books outside restaurant. MS Asian American boys slapping at metal case of police telephone outside Chinese restauarant. MS boys peering into mouth of stone lion. MS African American kids playing on sidewalk, one them throwing sand at a girl shaping a mudpile. MSs white boy w/ crude wood scooter, skull and crossbones painted on it; boy tries to eat banana at same time. MS black boy spinning around pole. TLS African American boy on roller skates pushing pram (baby stroller, carriage) across street. MSs gang of kids w/ sticks; boy hitting can w/ stick, boys w/ wooden toy guns making each other dance. MS boys throwing rubber balls against wall. MS boy running & leaping across entrance to basement apartment. MS two white girls jumping rope on sidewalk. MSs boys throwing ball against wall, playing handball. MS kids playing tug of war on sidewalk. MSs group of boys scuffling playfully. MS white kids playing with cards. MS Latino boy w/ wooden scooter on sidewalk. TLS/MSs two boys sharing one pair of roller skates, each riding one down hill, connected by rope. MSs boy sliding or climbing on pieces of wood. MSs kids playing hopscotch on sidewalk. MSs boys playing w/ little kitten; looks like stray. MS two older boys balancing on wrought iron fence. MS African American boys balancing on pipe in vacant lot.
Chicago Voting, 1950s
Brief shot of convention hall at, huge American flag. Good shot of woman entering voting booth, going through her motions as a citizen. Snowy exteriors at the polling place. More interiors, handing out ballots, nice shot of ballots being stuffed into boxes.
Who Threw That Monkey Wrench?
MS/MCUs three Caucasian men in business suits walking into office of Personnel Manager to tell their tales of woe, complete with flashbacks; the men take seats as the bald, moustachioed manager gets off phone, asks, "Where's the funeral?"; they try telling their stories at the same time, so the manager angrily tells them "one at a time", with salesman Herb going first. MSs salesman Herb being berated by angry old white woman whose account was billed for things which she didn't buy, so she threatens to close the account and take her bidness elsewhere; Herb explains to Mrs. Jameson that her name is similar to another woman's and somebody made a mistake; good CU of her face, flushed with skepticism. The manager asks Dan what his beef is; Dan digs thumbs into vest, complains about drivers wanting to quit b/c of bad delivery labels; he shows a shipping label that is poorly made out, causing confusion. MS uniformed deliveryman with package looking at long line of apartment buzzers; doesn't find the name, shakes head and leaves. MS another deliveryman delivering package to a woman who explains in a lofty accent that no such Mrs. Wilson lives at that address, so the deliveryman apologizes and walks off. A Third manager, Howard, complains that workers can't remember the denomination of bills that customers give them (short-changing the customers). MSs two Caucasian women gossiping at sales counter while cashier writes up receipt in old-fashioned book; the total is $3.75, and the customer gives clerk a bill, later claiming that it was a ten rather than a five; the clerk & the customer argue, Howard the Manager asking the latter is he can help; customer's friend reminds her she spent the ten on candy, so she apologizes to the clerk.
Who Threw That Monkey Wrench?
The personnel manager tells the three managers seated before him that it's time for a refresher course on the mechanics of the sale, assures the men that he will take care of it; the men exit. The personnel manager rubs bald head while sitting behind desk until someone knocks at door, causing him to say, "Give me strength. Come in." Employee Nick enters and complains about customers complain about missing receipts for returns; HR man assures he'll take of it; Nick thanks him, exits; HR man says to camera, "If I could only convince them, it's important to remember these things. It's so easy to do it the right way." FO/FI CUs hand filling out a sales order slip properly. MS white female clerk asking woman to spell her street while taking order. MS female clerk at counter announcing charge to two gossiping women; customer hands her a five. MS another female clerk making a point of telling customer she's putting the receipt in the bag. MS personnel manager saying, "And it's so easy to do it the right way."
Evening Gowns, 1950s/Early 1960s Fashion Show
Wide MS Caucasian woman wearing black driving gloves and pale yellow knee-length dress (not to mention the overeager support bra underneath), swirling before rugged moss-covered stone wall; wide MS Caucasian woman wearing white gloves and pillbox hat and pearl necklace & sun dress w/ small red polka dots, standing at small stone wall before ocean; MS white woman modeling white strapless white party dress for crowd at poolside fashion show at desert resort.
Evening Gowns, 1950s/Early 1960s Fashion Show
1964: TLSs fashion model walking down runway at indoor fashion show; her pink suit jacket and matching skirt is eerily reminiscent of the outfit Jackie Kennedy wore on that fateful November day in Dallas the year before.