Palm Springs - some shots: scenic, mountain views, people looking at mts, cookouts, men strumming guitars with western look, outdoors, housing development, tennis, pool, homes with mts behind em, street scenes, park?, aerial shot of town, big beach type umbrellas near pool area, couple walk down long steps, some type of landmark, this all sort of looks like a resort, holiday type of environment. Mountainous, beauty shots, spanish infuenced housing.
MS younger male doctor seated on bed w/grade school aged girl as he puts bandage on her finger after drawing blood, he picks up his doctor bag and exits the room. MS man walking down hallway with doctor bag into living room. MS as doctor talks with the girl's mother, questioning her about an earlier blood draw, the woman fumbles with words as the older doctor enters the room, he hands the new doctor the results of the previous test. MS exchanges as the woman & teen girl try to protect the "wanted" doctor they have been hiding in their home, the younger doctor explains that the older man isn't wanted as a fugitive but as an expert. MCU exchanges between woman and older man as he confesses that his own blood tests have come back with high levels of radiation.
MS grade school aged girl in doctor's office with doc and nurse. MCU exchanges between doctor and mother as they discuss the girl's condition & curse of treatment, the radiation poisoning is destroying her bone marrow. (Doctor played by Walter Matthau)
The 1880s - Comprised of archival photographs & illustrations, historical reenactments & contemporary establishing shots, this educational documentary takes a look back at the people, places, events & culture of the United States during the magical 1880s. .
Nice TLS black smoke rising from traveling train, only the train is hidden behind hill so it appears as though the smoke is sprewing from the ground. TLS/LSs antique steam engine trains traveling across & through countryside.
DO NOT USE Archival stills of actors, singers & speakers Edwin Booth, Lillian Russell, Sarah Bernhardt, Lily Langtry, & William Jennings Bryan.
MS male actors performing comedic scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's musical "HMS Pinafore" on stage.
TLS actors performing musical number from "Macado" on stage.
Ad in newspaper dated 1883 for "Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
DO NOT USE Archival still of the exterior of the Met & illustration of interior.
DO NOT USE Archival illustrations of small town musical bands (inc Dodge City Cowboy Band).
DO NOT USE Archival still of composer John Philip Sousa.
TLS empty gazebo.
DO NOT USE Archival illustrations & photos of women playing piano in parlors.
DO NOT USE Archival still of author General Lew Wallace.
DO NOT USE Illustration of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
Panning TLS Mark Twain House (mansion) in Hartford, Connecticut.
Archival stills of young Thomas Alva Edison posing with phonograph.
An early phonograph machine. An incandescent light bulb, lit up.
Illustrations of a city being illuminated by electric lights. Illustrations of Thomas Alva Edison working in Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory; adult Caucasian males surrounding him. Still photo of Edison slouched in a chair, phonograph on the table in front of him.
Exterior of Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.
Interior of Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. Shelves and tables containing various vials, bottles, and other scientific equipment used for experimentation.
Archival Illustration of two children, Caucasian male and female, watching a circular wheel create moving images.
Excellent "Galloping Horse" film by Eadweard Muybridge, 1878 (the illusion of movement).