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Firefighter Training Exercise
CU front of fire truck "RIVERSIDE" on the grill. Zoom out to show lights, flashing. Driver gets into truck, steps out, makes adjustments to something on side of truck. Pan back to front, grill, flashing lights. Over to house, smoke coming out of it.
Indo-China: New French Chief Meets Chou-en-Lai
Indo-China: New French Chief Meets Chou-en-Lai. White man in suit exits train and is greeted by group standing there. Asian man in suit exits a train and shakes someone's hand. He walks down stairs surrounded by a group and exits a building to a waiting car. Shot of mansion. Front gates close in faces of the press. Guards stand by gate as does the press. CU of emblem on fence. People exit mansion and walk down stairs toward cars. Cars begin to leave.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Porter returns from the commercial break with Don Howser, and they chat a bit about where Don is from, namely Lafayette, Tennessee (about 65 miles north of Nashville). Don introduces "someone everyone gets a kick out of, and as a matter of fact some have given him several kicks," gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes. Wearing his usual checkered suit and bowler hat, Speck places a call on an old-fashioned wall phone to his fictional girlfriend/ telephone operator Sadie. Speck asks her to connect him to Uncle Soak and Toby Jug at Sud's Tavern. The call is placed and Speck tells a long and pointless shaggy dog joke with no real punch line about how Toby and Soak ended up drunk and sharing a bed together. Afterwards Speck connects to the "party line" and plugs the show's souvenir book, available for fifty cents by mail. Shot of graphic with envelope addressed to Porter. "Don't forget the zipper code, that's important to the post office department."
Night Fire Battled
Night Fire Battled. Shot of fire being battled. Flames and smoke roar up from the building's roof. Pan from people fighting the fire to high flames ans smoke. Shot of water hoses in use against the blaze. Fire burns bright. Man connecting hoses. More flames. Men pour a powder substance into a container. Pan from water hitting the building to a firefighter. Shot of water streams hitting the blaze.
Dealey Plaza after assassination of JFK
Same as catalog #540166 Dealey Plaza after assassination of JFK TLSs crowd of mourners at Dealey Plaza after assassination of JFK; wreaths, flowers. Great aerial shot of Dealey Plaza, rail yards, highway overpass, Texas School Book Depository, etc. Panning MS mourners looking at cordoned-off display of wreaths. CU wreath: "Our beloved President, John F. Kennedy-- Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Korean Town on Fire
Korean town on fire. Shots of people watching burning houses or trying to put fires. Shots of burning village. Woman sits on the ground illuminated by the flames. Panning shot of the ruins in the daylight. People search the rubble and remains.
Packed Stadium Listens to Billy Graham
Packed Stadium Listens to Billy Graham Berlin, Germany Moving shots of packed stadium. Dark suited man walks onto field surrounded by press. Shot of scoreboard. Man speaking at podium. Shots of crowd. Some have umbrellas. Shot of packed stadium.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Porter plays guitar and sings "Suppertime," a favorite inspirational song from his childhood, accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
Kids Play in a Marbles Competition
Kids Play in a Marbles Competition. White colored shot of competition. Boy shoots his marble and studies ground for next shot. Audience shot. In another game, a boy with a cap studies the ground and takes his shot. Little girl plays the game too.Pan down from her face to her shooting a marble. Camera follows a marble the girl shot. Man in suit stands by the crowned winners who sit on a throne.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Porter returns from the commercial break with Carl Smith, and they chat for a second about Carl's Canadian TV show (Carl Smith's Country Music Hall). Singing and playing guitar, Carl launches into his recent record "You Better Be Better To Me," backed by The Wagonmasters and steel guitarist Johnny Sibert. Nice CU of Sibert's solo, then the spotlight goes on Johnny for a moment afterwards.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 117
Porter wraps up the show, saying "I hope you enjoyed yourself; if you did, invite us back next week.' The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro and Howser signs off. Wagoner waves goodbye as Magaha fiddles and Speck and George dance around Speck's bass fiddle.
Body Builders Contest
Body Builders Contest. Panning shot of body builders standing on stage. Audience appluading. Contestants strike a pose and flex their muscles. Four men asume different poses while together. Different shots of one contestant including a CU of his face.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #123 with special guest Faron Young. Spot opens with Faron playing guitar and singing a little bit of "Unmitigated Gall," then camera pulls out to reveal his pedal steel player Sonny Burnette and red Nudie-suit wearing Wagoner who says, "That's my special guest this week, Faron Young... join us, it'll be right on this channel."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #123. 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 Faron Young. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, describing him as "The head wheel of the Wagonmasters, in living color." Wearing a garish rhinestone-studded red Nudie suit and backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching western-themed blue suits of their own), Porter plays guitar and sings an abbreviated version of "Tennessee Border." CU Don's steel guitar.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Porter introduces Faron Young, saying "I don't think I've ever worked a show with this gentleman where there's not been a full house," and Young is heard saying from off screen: "That's why I like to work with you." On a set decorated with fake foliage and backed by The Wagonmasters and his own band's pedal steel player Sonny Burnette, Young plays guitar and sings "I Guess I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night." Afterwards Porter returns and Faron says hello to his mother in Shreveport, LA. Porter makes a point of telling the audience the reason Faron hasn't been on the show before is that Young is so busy on the road. Then Porter ribs Young, telling him he's got all the money he needs, but Young says he wants to pay off everyone he owes money to, then sit back and do nothing.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Playing us out of the commercial break, Buck and Mack trade sizzling electric banjo and fiddle leads on a short version of the Wagonmasters' own single, the instrumental "Stampede."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Porter calls Faron Young back to introduce Pretty Miss Norma Jean, but before he does so, Young makes a crack about how he didn't realize the show was in color now and here he is wearing a black and white suit. "So for the benefit of all you poor folks who don't have a color TV set," Young says, "I'm in black and white-- living black and white." Faron finally gets around to introducing Norma Jean, joking that they played their first show together in 1923. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Norma Jean plays guitar and sings "Don't Let That Doorknob Hit You" from her 1967 LP "Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town." Buck and Mack solo.
Military Troops Reviewed
Troops stand at attention. Military official desends from plane and is greeted by other military officials. Artillery guns are shot off in salute. Shot visiting military offical. Soldiers hold flags out at attention. Military officals walk by troops standing at attention.
Graduation Ceremony
Graduation Ceremony. Wide shot of building. Shot of words carved on stone wall. Man and woman walk towards building with press taking pictures. Black gowned and capped graduates file two pair down a flight of stairs. Old man and man ,in black gown, cap and wearing a medallion, lead the procession. Shot of graduates.on stage. Man wearing medallion unrolls a sheet of paper. People applaude this. Shot of graduating class.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Porter introduces a song that has been "mighty mighty kind myself and The Wagonmasters, and I hope you'll enjoy hearing it again." Backed by the boys, Porter plays guitar and sings "Green Green Grass Of Home."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Imitating a horse race announcer, Porter says: "Comin' in here, comin' outta chute five-- Speck Rhodes!" Gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes charges in like a race horse, if horses wore checkered suits with bowler hats. Speck: "I had the worst dream I ever had in my life, a regular nightmare. I dreamed I was stranded on a little island way out in the middle of the ocean with 300 beautiful girls." Porter: "And you call that a bad dream?" Speck: "Yeah, I dreamed I was a girl, too." Backed by The Wagonmasters, Speck sings a silly novelty version of "Please Help Me I'm Falling." Afterwards Porter returns and plugs the show's souvenir booklet (the fifth so far), which contains songs and pictures taken right there on the set, and can be yours for just fifty cents by mail in a "en-vellup." Graphic of envelope addressed to Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
It's sacred song time now, and Porter plays guitar and sings a short version of one of his favorites, "I Thought Of God," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 123
Porter introduces Faron Young's pedal steel player Sonny Burnette, saying how sorry he is that Faron's whole band couldn't be present. Faron comes in and says he's glad that Porter introduced Burnette because now he doesn't have to pay him. Young makes a joke about Burnette being one of Hank Snow's Rainbow Ranch Boys, slipping into a brief but hilarious impersonation of Snow that has Porter in stitches. Porter asks Faron to play his new song and Young says: "You know, if this show gets rerun in 1979 or something it ain't gonna be a new song, you realize that," then plays guitar and sings "Unmitigated Gall" backed by The Wagonmasters, but not before tricking Buck with a false start. Near the end of the song Porter comes back in and tries to wrap it up, but Faron's having none of it, refusing to end the number and even sneaking in a little of "Howdy Neighbor Howdy." As Faron plays on Porter says to audience "We decided to just stay on, folks." Finally Young relents just in time for the wrap-up and end credits. Over end title card Don Howser signs off, and as we get a last glimpse of the set, we see Young pulls Speck's hat off his head and neatly balance it on his nose, then let it fall perfectly on his head to audience applause. Great high-spirited clip!
Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald - Footage of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, good angle to see Ruby jumping out from crowd.