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Odd Lots And Service
TLS workers crowding order room at peak trading hour. MS three young white men talking into headsets. MS three men on telephones at console. CU slips of paper (orders) being placed onto small conveyor. MS/CUs workers sorting slips into cubbys (pigeonholes). MS several young white man & women processing orders, the women wearing headsets.
Odd Lots And Service
MSs Larry Keating arrivng home from work, walking along path, being greeted by wife & child; they enter house, Larry putting down kid, wife handing him his mail that includes his stock certificate. Credits.
Catalog Merchandising
MS/CUs "first mail order catalog ever issued" for Montgomery Ward. CU white female operator using Print & Skip pedals on floorboard of old printing machine. MS/CUs computerized label printer; white male worker replaced machine cover. Panning MS automated labelling machine, promotional material (junk mail) passing through. MS two young African-American men & one Caucasian woman working in Wards mail room. Nice over the shoulder traveling MS mail order telephone operators working at cubicles. MS customers at Wards catalog desk of retail store.
Catalog Merchandising
Panning TLS Montgomery Ward catalog house in Kansas City. MS/CUs orders being processed, given numbers, sorted, price verification, sales tabulation (duties performed exclusively by white women). Panning TLS data center, large IBM data processing computers & machines all about. MSs customers at catalog desk of Wards retail outlet. Panning ECU data entry keyboard -- Order No, Order Prefix, Department, Catalog Key, Article No, Quantity. MCU/CUs women entering order into keyboard, typing on keys. CUs punch-coded ticker tape printing, then torn off; ticker punch is then loaded onto machine for transmission. TLS computer room, two men in black slacks & white dress shirts milling about. MCU six line rotary phone being dialed. MSs men in computer room taking ticker tape from machine, loading it onto processing machine. Panning TLS computer room. MS/CUs big ugly IBM printer printing out orders. MS/CUs orders traveling along conveyors to processing house. MS man working at IBM teletype machine; CUs lights, dials, buttons, switches on console.
Catalog Merchandising
Dolly TLS women sorting through customer info cards in catalog house. MS/CUs white woman loading punch card into data transmitter machine. MS/CU IBM data processing & transmitting machine console, punch card being made. Map of the United States, red lines showing flux of transmission from nine national catalog houses to data hub of Kansas City. MSs white man in black tie writing on red IBM magnetic data tape at open storage locker. MCU shelf of magnetic tape stored vertically. Dolly MS two men working in room filled with vertically stored data tape. Dolly MS nine large magnetic tape data processing machines.
Catalog Merchandising
Dolly MS several magnetic disk data recording machines; MS magnetic disc machine, reflection of white man in protective cover; CUs disk, data being recorded onto it. MS white man hangng up phone, turning on tape-based IBM data processing machine. CU print-out passing cam. MS/CUs Wards management team (exclusively white male) looking over read-outs, data. MSs white man looking over wards mail order catalog in computer room. CU magnetic tape spinning on IBM processing machines. Panning high angle TLS customer service area, telephone operators working in cubicles. CUs magnetic disk on machine. CU spread of mail order catalog; catalog slowly falls to reveal two women working with customers at catalog desk in retail store.
Scoopeedoopee - the Making of a Jingle
MS musicians (shown are stand-up bass player, trumpet player & female vocalist) entering recording studio 2. MSs producer talking to musicians, who fiddle with instruments, warm up -- the bass player slaps, then spins instrument around. Sideview & over the shoulder MSs Murray the engineer checking levels at soundboard. MS seated banjo player wearing headphones, warming up; the bass player leans down to pick up headphones, receives shock. MS studio musicians running through Dixieland Tastee-Freez jingle; MCUs engineer checking levels; MS piano player (wearing sunglasses) & drummer performing; CU banjo being strummed.
Scoopeedoopee - the Making of a Jingle
MS trumpet player bring muffled horn to mic, playing briefly. CU 2" recording tape, reels rotating. MS/CUs female vocalist singing into mic; engineer & producer in soundbooth; bass player plucking strings; drummer hitting snare drum; piano keys being struck. MS 2" reels of magnetic tape rolling on recorder. Sideview MS banjo player & trumpet player performing. MSs people in soundbooth listening, digging the take.
Scoopeedoopee - the Making of a Jingle
CU drummer with smoking pipe in mouth standing up during playback (note the large boyle or cyst on his neck). MS/CUs musicians listening to tape playback, only the banjo player visibly happy with the take; superimpositions of musical instruments being played over respective musician listening. Nice MS 2" reel to reel magnetic tape recorder rolling. Sideview MS producer giving the musicians the OK sign. MS musicians getting ready for insert take, the singer noting how hot it is, fanning herself with her hands. H/a MS musicians doing take, the singer flubbing line, cutting take. MCU trumpet player performing. Sideview CU piano player wearing dark sunglasses; over the shoulder MS piano player. MS vocalist singing, stopping take after mistake.
Cresente
A Caucasian man is seated behind a desk talking to a reporter. The man explains an expected increase in gasoline prices, reporter jots down notes. Man begins by saying "Crude oil from the Middle Eastern states comes here. We're paying more for it, that has to be translated into cents per gallon at the service station". Reporter states that premium gas prices are already being sold at .47 cents a gallon. Reporter asks if it will go up to .50 cents. Man responds "probably" next spring. Man then states that the majority of the gas being consumed is of the regular quality, this is because of polution and emission controls. "So you'll see gasoline at that level .44-.45 cents per gallion."
From England To Australia In 12 Days
Rolling shaky light in contrast and imagery Australia in twelve days, Britain is really getting ready to compete in these air affairs. The first letters in the silk mail bag are from the majesties the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales. (mail, biplane, pilot)
King Alexander the 1st
Rolling shaky light in contrast and imagery King Alexander, April 1934 Louis Bartle shot down in Marseilles. King Peter the 2nd, 11 year old to inherit the thrown of Yugoslavia.
Air Mail - Army Air Core
Shaky light in contrast and imagery Air Mail: Army Air Core delivering mail in a snow storm when the government canceled all private air mail contracts. Many brave young bird-men lost their lives to perpetuate the slogan, "The United States Mail must go through".
Bullets Prevent Lynching
Shaky light in contrast and imagery Bullets prevent lynching - old farm house. This shot just pans the old farm house.
Whitman
This segment begins with an elevated view of an industrial wastland. The sky is hazy and thick from air polution. Factory smokestacks emit smoke. Camera pulls back to reveal more industrial structures. Elevated view of a large factory in the distance. White smoke is billowing from the smokestacks. A highway is located directly in front of the factory, cars move along. Profile view of a man at a podium. Shot of man listening to speaker. He is seated and has his face resting on his hand. Frontal view of man at podium, audio kicks in. The sign displayed on the podium reads "Water Management Association of Ohio". Man claims that the state will have all major sources of air polution under permit by December of that year. He goes on to say that he sees little trouble in meeting the requirements of the Clean Air Act for major industrial sources. The two exception are electric utilities and coke oven opperations in the steel industry.
1960s - Dialing Red Phone in Black Studio
Red telephone in black lighting studio; hands of adult Caucasian male reaches for receiver, picks it up, dials telephone number, takes receiver from frame. Multiple takes.
Snow in Texas
Snow in rural Texas farmland. TLSs snowy field, snow-covered rural road. Nice TLS several Hereford cattle in snowy field lined by barbed wire. MS Hereford bull behind barbed wire. Nice LS open metal gate & snowy road leading to farmhouses, windmill. TLS unfrozen creek dotted by trees, patches of snow. MS brown-haired American quarter horse with white spot between eyes.
Snow in Texas
MSs city workers chipping & cleaning ice from sidewalk. MS road sign stating that Interstate 45 is closed, use Route 75 as an alternate. TLS roadblocks & signs on highway directing traffic into one lane, away from I-45 turn-off ramp; MS flashing arrow sign pointing to the left. TLS traffic on highway, overcast day, large gas-guzzling American cars traveling toward cam. Head-on wide MS late 60s green Oldsmobile in breakdown lane, front passenger tire removed. MS light green Chevy coupe on grass highway divider after hitting patch of ice; MCU tire stuck in thick mud. Great DOF TLS row of yellow school buses parked by curb (school district completely indiscernable); MS "School Bus" sign on lead bus. MS road sign: "Ice on Bridge."
Snow in Texas
Tilting TLS water dripping from ceiling of commercial building for sale; MS water pooling in grass (bad, ineffective gutters). MS/CUs water pouring from drain gutters on side of building. MS/CUs white man wearing hooded parka with fur trim reaching into drainage hole. MS water nozzle on side of building. TLS trucks, vans, pickup trucks driving on snowy highway, sun shining. TLS highway signs for Route 75 Forest Ave, ramp exit for I-30, Routes 80 & 67, and I-45 South to Houston. TLS Tarrant County Courthouse in Ft. Worth, pickup driving toward cam-- at end of shot, USPS truck passes in FG. TLS muscular coupes driving with caution on highway, cam panning with yellow Chevy Nova. Panning TLS ambulance on highway (Johnson County Memorial Hospital). MS several new trees in courtyard.
Pumpkin Show
CU of a sign that reads "Pumpkin Waffles". Lettering has been placed inside a drawing of a pumpkin. Camera pulls back to reveal a booth selling the tasty treat. CU of two elderly women in eyeglasses eating the waffles. A view of pumpkins displayed in a pyramidal shape. CU of a painted pumpkin displayed on a table, green face and a fierce red tongue. General view of the festival, people walk down the main strip. Camera zooms in on a sign that reads "Ohio's Own-Pumpkin Fudge-Spicy". View of a window display with an autumn theme. The display contains a papier-mache puppet-boy holding a pumpkin pie in his lap. Exterior view of a candy shop window. A giant sized pumpkin pie is displayed in the window. People on the outside are looking in. People on the inside are frantically buying and selling sweets. CU of a sign that reads "Shoot Your Kids-Picture Taking Center". Camera pulls back to reveal an elderly woman with a scarf on her head standing there. Panning shot of a table showcasing an abundant fall harvest. There are pumpkins, gords and squash.
Snow in Texas
Great panning TLS teenager sliding down snowy hill on lunch tray. MS water splashing on steps of water fountain. Nice TLS five kids sledding down snowy hill, towards camera, tree on top of hill. TLS snowy corporate courtyard. TLS snowy deserted street lined by trees. MS bearded man wearing ski hat smiling, holding ski poles. LS unidentified Gothic church atop snowy hill. TLSs snowy corporate courtyard with reflecting pool. High angle TLS snow-covered tennis courts. MS sign: "Ice on Steps, Keep Off."
HORSE RACE
HORSE RACE Pacing race. Crowds. Inside news reporters box. Australian winner.
Flooding & Flood Damage in Roosevelt
Various shots of flooding and flood damage to the Roosevelt Heights area near Ft. Worth, Texas.
Flooding & Flood Damage in Roosevelt
TLS several cars & trucks parked along small street. MS soundman walking through field, toward cam. TLS/MSs manmade debris left behind after floodwaters have subsided. MS large pothole filled with water. Scary MCU large hairy spider on web, muddy-brown river in BG (spider out of focus, river in sharp focus). TLS city services Mack truck parked on road. TLS/MSs muddy river, flooded riverbanks, natural debris floating in water. TLS/MSs destroyed late 60s model blue sedan automobile washed up on muddy riverbank-- hood open, roof crushed. More shots flooded river, debris.