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Troops board Plane
Troops board Plane. Soldiers stand in formation by US Air Force plane. Officer inspects soldiers. Soldiers board plane. Ground crew watches engine start. Shot of two engines running with propellers spinning. Plane passes camera during takeoff. Shots of the plane in the air. CU of a pilot checking his instruments. Shot of plane in the air.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #117 with special guest Carl Smith. Opens with Smith playing guitar and singing a little bit of "You Better Be Better To Me," then camera pulls out to reveal Carl's pedal steel player Johnny Sibert, and Easter-egg pink(!) Nudie-suit wearing Wagoner who says, "That's my special guest this week, Carl Smith... join us on the Porter Wagoner show."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #117. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Mack Magaha, Buck Trent, Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Norma Jean onscreen singing "Howdy Neighbor Howdy" in front of a barnyard set painted a glowing lime green. Over brightly colored title card decorated with drawing of Wagoner, announcer Don Howser exclaims: "And now, in color, it's The Porter Wagoner Show, starring Porter Wagoner and The Wagonmasters, with Speck Rhodes and Norma Jean, and special guest star Carl Smith. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, saying "My, you're a darlin' today, I'll tell you for sure" in reference to Porter's newest rhinestone-studded bright pink(!) Nudie suit, to which Porter replies "No remarks about the suit." Don introduces Porter by saying: "Here's a man who always says keeping husbands in hot water don't necessarily make 'em tender-- Porter Wagoner!" Backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching western-themed Easter-egg blue suits of their own), Porter plays guitar and sings an abbreviated version of his 1954 hit "Company's Comin'." Wide shot of the Wagonmasters, which zooms in to Mack on fiddle.
Fashion Show
Fashion Show. Model walks onto runway wearing a bikini. Another model comes out wearing a white one piece swimsuit and walks arond the edge of the audience. A woman in a black swimsuit is next. Another model shows off a different suit. A striped swimsuit the last one. CU of the models's faces are seen too.
Saving Bonds Trailer
Saving Bonds Trailer. A man, wearing a suit and a quizzing glass, sits at a desk. He is putting coins in a piggy bank. CU of him doing this. He puts the bank aside and holds up a $100 savings bond. CU of $100 Series E savings bond. Man makes his pitch to buy bonds. Zoom out from bond to man holding it at desk. Statement saying this trailer was made with cooperation of the movie industry and shown by the theater as a public service.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Cam follows the action of a fire drill,/training exercise for firemen. Starts with shots of the fire in a one-story house on a residential street at night in winter, snow on ground. Continues through the action as trucks arrive on the scene and the firemen go to work. Action here is pretty mild and these guys are clearly in training, but there are some good shots of them at work in and around a smoke filled house, good shots of the trucks too. Audio except where noted.
Firefighter Training Exercise
MOS. Firemen at work in smoke filled house, night. MS cam follows two firemen into house, smoke all over. They walk through smoke, crawl on ground with flashlights looking around (for people?). They make it outside to the backyard of the house, snow on the ground andin the trees, smoke in the air.
Firefighter Training Exercise
MOS. Very dark, can barely see fireman in the dark. Quick shot of one walking past camera with flashlight but too dark again once he's out of frame.
Firefighter Training Exercise
MOS. Night, LS though chain-link fence of orange flames burning inside house. Looks like one story ranch style house, snow on ground, Smoke coming out of window, cam zooms in closer to the flames through the window. Man walking away from
Churchill: Says Britain Will Join Asia Defense
Churchill: Says Britain Will Join Asia Defense. Shot of Winston Churchill sitting outside with Dwight Eisenhower and two other men. Press taking notes. Shot of audience rising and applauding Churchill as he begins his speech. Churchill gives speech. There is applause as he steps away from the podium.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Starts MOS but then audio kicks in. MS man waling away from cam, across residential street. Night. Stands on curb with two 7-8 yr. old girls - all staring past camera, across the street. Snow on the lawns of this residential street. CU one little blond girl -she's smiling, looks excited to see the fire. MS man, probably her dad, with her. AUDIO: nat sot. Cam moves behind man and girl, OTS as they watch the flames in the house. Man and fire marshall talk about effects of the fire on the house, building materials. Girl asks if the fire can go through the ceiling. He explains that it can.
Firefighter Training Exercise
WS residential street at night. Bright headlights from firetruck cause lens flare. Closer shot truck "Riverside Fire Rescue." Firemen strap on their tanks and equipment. One fireman shouts orders at the others. Another firetruck pulls up alonside, close to and past camera. Flashinglights and everything. Firemano n truck climbs down with hose nozzle - looks like he's struggling with it a bit. Pulls hose off truck and runs. Another one comes to the truck and takes out an axe from the side panel. Cam follows him from behind as he walks.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Porter introduces the week's special guest Carl Smith, who plays guitar and sings "It's Only A Matter Of Time" backed by The Wagonmasters and his own pedal steel guitar player Johnny Sibert. Nice MS of Sibert. Porter returns and Smith talks about what a pleasure it is to be on the show with Porter and Speck: "He's a very funny boy without his hair, ain't he?" Porter asks Carl why he didn't bring his dog Thurber along with him and Carl says, "He's a very temperamental artist, you know how some of these hillbillies are." They make a couple more quips about the dog and then break for commercial.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Cam follows fireman - carrying an axe - as he approaches house. Lots of firemen on the lawn, everyone is in full gear, masks, tanks, etc. They're shouting instructions to each other. Some start to go into the house, feeding the hose through. Cam outside on snow covered lawn.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Buck Trent and Mack Magaha play us out of the commercial break with a smokin' lead banjo and fiddle on the instrumental "Farewell Blues."
Firefighter Training Exercise
blurry, hazy shot of firmen on snowy lawn in front of house, flashing lights. Looks like lens is fogged a bit - nice effect. Cam walks to other side of street. MS of house, back of fire truck on street. Zoom in to firemen on roof of house. Smoke all over. Pan from street with firtrucks over to the house, zoom in to two firemen on the roof hacking through the roof.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Very low audio levels. Group of firemen on snowy lawn in front of house discuss the situation. Other firemen in front of house wearing masks to the same. CU two firemen emerge from house with a dummy, mannequin. They lay iton the snow in front of the house. Cam follows action as firemen continue to instruct each other and move into house to get more 'victims'. Good shouts of firmen crawling inside house. Cam comes outside again, fogged lens (nice). WS pan street with trucks, flashing lights.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Very low audio levels. Static shot MS groups of firemen in street by trucks watching. Cam walks, pans around as firemen work on house fire and other looks on. CU fireman in charge of this drill, as it follows him you see the mannequins/dummies in the snow kind of haphazardly strewn there. CU mannequin in the snow. He give instructions on his radio.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Two firemen on the ground near a doorway pull a dummy./mannequin out. They kind of drag it out - goot hing it isn't real. They go back in for more. Two firemen go to a door at the side of the house, break it open. Cam tilts up to group of firemen on the roof.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Nice little awkward exchange as Porter introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, who says "Good evening... Good morning," to which Porter says "Well hello there! How ya doin'?" Norma: "Just fine." Porter: "I'm glad to see you... It's a beautiful day for television, I wish we coulda done a show." Might not sound like much on paper, but it's dripping with subtext. Wearing a sparkly blue and white dress, Norma Jean plays guitar and sings the song that "really got (her) started in the business," the once-controversial "Let's Go All The Way," backed by The Wagonmasters. Medium shots Buck Trent, then Don Warden.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Continuation of fireman training exercise footage. This is after the drill, lots of shots of firmen standing around the house outside. Winter, night, snow on ground. Interview with couple who apparently own the hosue and arranged the drill with the local fire department. Audio drops in and out.
Firefighter Training Exercise
MOS, MS firefighters standing around outside house.. CU emergency van. Pulls away, cm tilts up to back of firetruck in street, lights flashing. CU flashing lights - pan/tilt over to group of firemen on the lawn of the house. Low angle shot from ground - legs of firemen, tilt up to full shot of group. Very low audio here. Cam walks up to group - good shots of them talking with each other. VS firemen talking with each other on the lawn of the house. CU low angle of a mannequin in fireman's jacket, lying in the snow. More shows of firemen discussiong how this drill went.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Porter introduces a number from his new "Soul Of A Convict" LP, then plays guitar and sings "Let Me In" accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
Firefighter Training Exercise
Interview with couple who apparently own the house. They explain how they worked with the local fire department to allow them use of the house as a training exercise just before it gets demolished. The man explains plan for the site after the house is demolished.