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Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Cut to ship in Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Cut to man sandblasting, and pan to the Wheelabrator side cleaner which takes over where the hull cleaner stops. Camera follows the head as it cleans, over rivets, joints, barnacles and plates. Operators in cab. CU cleaning head. View from cab, as operator controls the cleaning head. Destroyer escort Stephen Decatur is cleaned. VS of marine growthas it is cleaned from the side. Cleans through coatings and growth to white metal. CU treated and untreated metal. Long shot painter spraying right after cleaning to avoid oxidation.
Twenty Tons Of Dynamite Explode In Terrific Blast
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Camera pans showcasing a large hill in a rural area located in Ontario, Canada, MCU of a gloved hand pulling the switch and the hill exploding. The camera pans and shows off twisted railroad tracks.
Clean Ships - Clear Skies
Long shot crane lifting entire Wheelabrator unit to drydock. CU view of folded cleaner, ready for transporting. LS side of ship, being cleaned. LS cleaned hull. LS ship in dock, tilt/pan down to cleaning machine working on the hull. MS designers, engineers around meeting table discussion plans, drawings. MS dark classroom with instructor training personnel, in front of blackboard. LS research plant, drawing of new machine - a new hand tool for cleaning, blasting metal. Long shot cleaning unit. Shot of derrick and super end titles/credits.
Guests Make Won Beds At Strikers Tie Up Big Hotels
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Hotel guests make own beds as strikers tie up big hotels. San Francisco, CA Shots of empty hotel restaurants & bars. Guests caryy their own luggage & make their own beds. MCU of man washing his socks in the bathroom sink
Shenandoah Holds Coronation Fete For Apple Queen
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Shenandoah holds coronation Fete for Apple Queen Parade, floats, beauty queen, crowd
Maple Leafs Beat Visiting Orioles In Diamond Opener
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry drop out spots Maple Leafs beat visiting Orioles in diamond opener. Toronto Maple Leafs vs Baltimore Orioles. Baseball, crowd, stadium
10,000 At services For Zeppelin Dead On Steamship Pier
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry 10,000 at services for Zeppelin dead on the Steamsuidbier Steamship Pier. People file pass the laid out coffins, placing flowers and saluting their fallen comrades, ie Hitler's salute. A MS of a coffin being hoisted on board ship to take the deceased person back to the fatherland.
Pres Roosevelt Welcomed Ashore After Fishing Trip
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry President Roosevelt welcomed ashore after fishing trip. ROTC marching parade. President Roosevelt in attendance.
150th Anniversary Of Constitution Adoption Enacted
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry 150th anniversary of Constitution Adoption Enacted. Man striking the Liberty Bell other gentlemen wearing powdered wigs. One of the actors is dressed as as Benjamin Franklin and maybe John Hancock
Remarkable New Aid To Navigation is Demonstrated
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Remarkable new air to navigation is demonstrated. It moves from north to south, east to west. The mechanical device was invented to assist in flying navigation directions. This could be considered as one of the first "flying by instruments" in aviation history.
Magnificent Obsession Premiere
Magnificent Obsession Premiere. Shot of Crowd outside theater with marquee saying "Jane Wyman "Magnificent Obsession" Rock Hudson." Line of people pass a poster advertising Magnificent Obsession starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson in Technocolor. Star exits a car. Man in tuxedo walks through crowd towards camera. Woman heads towards camera with security on her side. Another actress in white dress at enterence of theater. CU of woman. Shot of crowded lobby. Woman in white dress and guy in tuxedo with glasses walks out on stage. A woman presents her with a bow wrapped box. She turns back to the microphone with her costars at her side.
H.S Vanderbilt's New Cup Defender Goes Down Ways
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry, drop out spots H.S Vanderbilt s new Cup Defender goes down ways. A new yacht with a new launching
June Brides To Be Queenly In Array Says Dame Fashion
Jumpy, shaky June Brides to be queenly in array says Dave Eashion, bride's maids, wedding gowns and bathing suits. This one bathing suit (bikini) looks like it's cut from a pattern of leaves. Woman wearing a cape with feather collar. Formal gown with a parasol.
Horse Racing
Horse Racing. Jockeys parade horses around the tracks. Shots of people in the stands. Horses come around the final turn and race down the stretch to the finish.
Miss Universe: World Beauties in Coast Parade
Miss Universe: World Beauties in Coast Parade. Line of swimsuit beauties run up from shore. Shot of four USA contestants: Tennesse, ...ota, Colorado and Washington. CU of smiling blonde contestant. Shot of contestant reclining on her side. Her banner says Montana. Shot of Miss Texas and Miss Australia together in bikinis. Shot of a contestant twirling an umbrella behind her. Shot of Miss Hong Kong. Women wave from a revolving platform. Parade floats come down the street. One float passes(unable to read who). Another float passes by. Miss Canada, Germany, Italy, Korea, Kansas, Nebraska, New York City and Uruguay pass by the camera.
Jim Braddock Puts Muscles In Trim For Louis Battle
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Jim Braddock put muscles in trim for Louis battle. Punching heavy bag, hitting speed bag & boxing in the ring. After working out, time to relax by going horse back ridding.
Atom Plant: Humming Again After 1952 Mishap
Atom Plant: Humming Again After 1952 Mishap. Shot of nuclear power plant. Panning shot of pipline on forest floor. Shot of Caution sign on fence. Shot of the Ottawa Evening Journal Front Page: "Pin-Point Leak in Atomic Pile Closes Plant at Chalk River. Evacuate All Workers When 100 Alarms Sound." Panning shot of reactor. Technicians check over the reator. Shots of shoes walking by on the catwalk and the ground. A technician uses measuring device (geiger counter?) on some pipes. CU of readout dial. Pan from steaming valve to to technician checking another part of the reactor. Shot of reactor monitoring part. Shots of technictions moving around the reactor monitoring or fixing it. Shot of the reactor.
Canadian Farm Boy turns Self Into One Man Band
Jumpy, shaky Canadian farm boy turns self into one - man - band. You can sit back and enjoy the music of "They'll Be Comming Around The Mountain"
Bus Strike Hits Crowds Present For Coronation
Very jumpy Bus strike hits crowds present for coronation . The Double Decker Buses. The streets of London - 1937, traffic, pedestrians walking about, going to work or shopping. 26,000 drivers and conductors are on strike
Florida, 1948
MS 2 couples stand in front of beautiful old Woodie station wagon. Man on boat assists couples onto boat (woman is in a suit with hat and white gloves). POV from motorboat speeding down waterway. Shaky cam catches shots of ladies perched on the back of the boat. Great leisure, recreation shots. Pan up to man tying boat onto fishing line. Shot of other fishing boats in water. MS fish seen through water surface. Pan sailboat on water. Nice shot of double masted sailboat.
Florida, 1948
MS man holding bird (pelican? feeds it a fish (kind of forces it into the bird's beak. MS and CU of magnolia(?) or other flowering trees. Cherry blossoms? MS man (Grandfather Nessler as id'd on box)) standing in front of building, in suit and hat. Cu dog on grass. MS teenage boy, Jim Peckham Jr. standing looking at camera, glasses on. MS grandfather again in suit and hat standing under cherry blossoms. Jim Jr. again, sniffs the flowers.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 139
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #139 with special guest Stan Hitchcock. Spot opens with wide shot of Porter and The Wagonmasters on the Wagon House set wearing matching rhinestone-studded tangerine Nudie suits and playing "John Henry." Camera zooms in on Porter who names Hitchcock as his guest and urges us to tune in.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 139
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #139. 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 set built to resemble a country barnyard. 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. Special guest Stan Hitchcock. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, who wears a tangerine Nudie suit covered in rhinestone cacti and wagon wheels. Howser introduces Wagoner, saying: "Here's one of my favorite singing stars, and from the mail we get, he must be one of yours too." Porter, backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching tangerine Nudie suits of their own), plays guitar and sings "Dooley." MS Buck Trent on electric banjo and Mack Magaha on fiddle. Mack's solo cracks Porter up so much he has to have George help him with the words.
Prof. I.M Nuts Invented Newest Sleeve Protector
Very jumpy Professor I.M Nuts invents newest sleeve protector. It looks like it's more trouble than what it's worth