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Biography: Babe Ruth
Newsreel of the "House Ruth built", EXT WS Yankee Stadium (EXT and INT on game day). Good shots of crowds in stands. Babe getting dressed into uniform. More LS's of Babe batting, hitting homers, running the bases. Newsreel of the Yankees-Senators game in which Babe scored the record-setting 60th run. Crowd goes wild, Babe runs the bases, sea of fans in straw hats life him up on their shoulders.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Mack, George, and Buck play us out of the commercial, kicking up some dust on an instrumental version of "Black Mountain Rag."
Biography: Babe Ruth
DO NOT USE A clip from the 1937 film Home Run on the Keys. MS's of Babe in a tux, singing a baseball-themed song in a recording studio w/ a swing band.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Wagoner introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, who plays guitar and sings "Let's Go All The Way" backed by The Wagonmasters. MS Buck Trent on banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Porter gathers the boys around him to accompany as he plays guitar and sings an abbreviated version of his 1955 hit "A Satisfied Mind." Porter introduces commercial break.
Organ Grinder
This is an odd little segment about an organ grinder and his monkey. The concept seems traditional enough, but this organ grinder has a man in a monkey suit as his partner. Shot of organ grinder and monkey standing on a busy street corner. Closer shot of the two. The monkey is shaking a large tin can with a red cross painted on it. A man walking by drops a coin into the can. More general views of the organ grinder and monkey standing on the street corner. The corner is crowed with pedestrians.
Biography: Babe Ruth
Babe cisists kids in a hospital. MS's of Babe dressed as Santa Claus, making kids happy at an orphanage. CU young african-american boy takes a bite out of a huge turkey leg - much to the amusement of babe standing right next to him.
Biography: Babe Ruth
MS's of Babe and his second wife Claire Hodgson. Posing for the camera, cavorting in their home at the piano, reclining. CU of his wife telling the camera that Babe got to be where he was by "exercise and a proper diet". Babe cuts a giant piece of cake.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Coming out of the commercial we see Porter with Norma Jean's daughter Roma Lynn perched adorably on his shoulder. Wagoner has her make some funny faces, then asks if she knows who's up next and she whispers "Speck." Gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat, places a call on his old-time crank style telephone. Speck chats with fictional girlfriend/ operator Sadie and stale and corny old-fashioned jokes ensue.
Weather
View of two elderly gentlemen kneeling on the grass planting a small plot of flowers. They are in an urban environment in front of a large building. Two shots of pedestrians crossing a city street. Two young women sport the classic 1970's fashion. Views of a large city fountain shot from several angles. View of city building with a tall tower. A black sculptural fountain is in the foreground.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Norma Jean comes on and thanks Speck, doing a subtle impersonation of Porter as she says "That's a good job Speck, real good." Norma plugs the show's souvenir booklet #4, "The Porter Wagoner Show Hits The Road!", containing songs and stories and pictures. It can be yours for only fifty cents by mail. Nice graphic of an envelope addressed to Wagoner.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Porter returns and, backed by the Wagonmasters, sings a hymn from the book, the oft-requested 1956 hit "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came To Your House)."
Akron Indiana Fatal
View of an old school station wagon ambulance parked on railroad tracks next to a factory building. The back doors of the ambulance are open and the emergancy lights are revolving. A defunct railroad car is parked behind the ambulance. View of a crime photographer crouching down and taking a photograph of a dead body. The body had been placed between the railroad car and the factory building. The body lies perpendicular to the train car. It is obvious that this was not an accident due to the placement of the body. The full body is not in view, for the head is under the car and part of the body is blocked by the photographer. Nevertheless, the image captures a dead body on the tracks. View of two paramedics with a stretcher. A bright red blanket has been placed over the body on the stretcher. View of paramedics carrying the stretcher along the railroad tracks and to the ambulance. View of medics sliding stretcher into the back of the ambulance.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Porter introduces shy, unassuming Eddie Ware, who sang a little earlier with Stonewall Jackson. Jackson returns and Porter tells of his history, of how he came from the cotton fields and made a name for himself in Nashville. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Stonewall plays guitar and sings his latest record, the Harlan Howard composition "The Minute Men (Are Turning In Their Graves)." The number lambastes anti-Vietnam war protestors and claims that "Washington and Jefferson are crying tears of shame" because these cowardly men won't defend their homeland. "Dear Lord I've got one little prayer/I pray in years to come/don't ever let those kind of people/serve in Washington." At the end Porter says "Isn't that great? Fine song, Stonewall."
Glacier-Waterton Lakes - PT1
DO NOT USE: Opening credits.
Glacier-Waterton Lakes - PT1
Scenic LS snowy mountain. Panning GV seagull flying over stream. Scenic LS Cameron Lake, snowy mountains of Akamina Ridge in BG. Picturesque TLS mirror-like surface of Lake McDonald lined w/ evergreen trees, mountains in BG. High angle LS deep valley, snowy mountains in BG. TLS waves of cold misty lake rolling ashore. GV edge of tranquil forest. Scenic GV trees in forest w/ river running in BG. GV scenic waterfall flowing into stream. TLS stream cutting through rocky gorge. High angle LS river cutting through rocky gorge. Great MS/GV foamy white rapids cascading over boulders & moving toward camera.
Glacier-Waterton Lakes - PT1
MCU Columbian ground squirrel standing alert on hind legs, then leaping into burrow. MS moose with short rack (must be spring) dunking head in water. Panning MCU grouse walking. Panning MS mottled mule deer (no horns) skulking through woods. Panning MS big horn mountain sheep (ram with curved horns) walking in woods. MS/CUs marmot on rocks over valley. LS two mountain goats by rocky incline.
Glacier-Waterton Lakes - PT1
TLS scenic landscape showing lake, trees, snowy mountains, blooming wildflowers in FG. Zoom to CU of moss on rock w/ tiny white flowers in bloom. MCU yellow prairie wildflower, daisy/sunflower variety. MCU Alpine Bluebell wildflowers mixed with red tips of Indian Paintbrush. MS/CU Beargrass growing in sunny spot in otherwise shady forest. GV Wild Goose Island in Saint Mary Lake. LS Wild Goose Island looking very small in lake w/ snowy mountains in BG. Panning LS snowy-capped mountains.
Saar Accord: Franco-Geman Coal Dispute Near End
Saar Accord: Franco-German Coal Dispute Near End. Shot of Building. Man gets out of car and heads into building. A different man does the same. CU of a man. Two men sit at a table talking. Shots of a meeting in progress. People dropping their votes in a ballot box. The winner is welcomed at the podium. Different people speaking to assembly.
Boeing Jet Tested
Boeing Jet Tested. Shots of a Boeing jet liner. People look a plane. Technicians check their equipment. Pilot gives okay sign from cockpit window and plane is powered up. Observers holding their ears. Passenger jet taxis down runway. Shot of runway from under moving plane. More people holding ears. Fire truck goes down runway and crew exiting plane. Shots of damaged landing gear. Shot of plane and emergency vehicles next to it.
Insects Tested
Insects Tested. Man entering tunnel. Hand holding vial to wall to catch flies. Man taking samples from drainage area. Shot of water and insect sample being taken. Insect catching device emptied. Bugs poured onto a plate. Scientist uses a microscope. Shot of microscopic life. Aerials of populated areas. Plane flies by spraying something from its tail.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 91
Porter introduces Buck, Mack and George as "Ike, Mike, and Spike" and has them play a bit of "Columbus Stockade Blues" to fill out the show before he has to wrap it up. Porter returns to close the program. As the Wagonmasters play instrumental show outro and announcer signs off, Wagoner shakes hands with Norma Jean and guests, then waves goodbye as Magaha fiddles and dances us off the air. End title super reads: "Produced by Show Biz in cooperation with WSM-TV."
President Eisenhower Greets Teacher Of The Year
President Eisenhower Greets Teacher Of The Year President Dwight Eisenhower is shaking hands with a man. Shot of the man and his wife. Shot of his four kids. President Eisenhower signs one of the kids's autograph book and hands it back to him. President Eisenhower looks through a desk drawer to give a gift to each of the children: coins to the younger boy & girl and a penknife to the older boy.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #92 with special guests Uncle Eli Possumtrot and Vernon Oxford. Opens with a CU of bearded, bespectacled Possumtrot saying "Rosin on your bow and play me something," pulling out to reveal Porter who introduces him and Oxford and says "Join us, won't you?" over Possumtrot nattering on behind him with square dance calls.