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Quaint Scrubbing Of Streets Marks Tulip Time Fete
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Quaint scrubbing of streets marks third time Tulip Festival. Most of the participates wear traditional Dutch clothes. Dancing, Wooden shoes, Dutch People
New Automatic Grocery Store Clerk Invented
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry New automatic grocery store clerk invented. Operates like a huge vending machine. Customer makes a selection & the item is pushed down from a shelf. It lands in a bin & is collected by the clerk who bags it & hands it over to the shopper.
Canoe Train Ride Launched A New Outboard Sport
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Canoe train - new launches. A new out - door sport. These appear to be kayaks. People take their kayak on the train, get off near a river & boat downstream.
Soviet Parades Its Armed Might in Record Review
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry A Military Parade down the streets of Moscow. Canons, trucks with guns, tanks, planes. CUs of unidentified Soviet leaders.
Dr. Hugo Eckener Joins "Zep" Crash Board of Inquiry
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Dr. Hugo Eckener joins "Zepland" crash board of inquiry. Dr. Hugo makes a statement to the press that as long as the Hindenburg investigation is pending that it would be impossible for him to give out any statements concerning the crash. (audio is very clear)
Newport, R.I - Sailing Boats
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Due to the lack of wind a British sailing vessel is towed out to sea by another yacht.
Soviet Airplane Heads Towards The North Pole
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery - blurry Moscow USSR Soviet airplane heads towards th North Pole. Plane taking off from an icy climate.
Eisenhower Looks at his Portraits
Eisenhower Looks at his Portraits. President Dwight Eisenhower talks to man in the oval office. The two men stand in front of one of two Eisenhower portraits. CU of one of the portraits. Shot of Eisenhower studying a portrait. CU of a portrait. Shot of press (film and photographers) taking pictures. Eisenhower shakes the man's hand and they start to walk away. Shot of a portrait.
Hand Puppets
Hand Puppets. Hand Puppet Show. The puppets are worn over the person's hands which allows for two fingers to become the puppets's legs. The puppets seem to be tap dancing. Person wears dark clothing to give the puppets a black background. Puppeteer crouches down and lifts one of the puppets so its feet(fingers) scratch their cheek.
Chimp Rides Kiddie Rides
Monkey Rides Kiddie Rides. Shot of kids and a monkey on a merry-go-round. Closer shots of monkey on carousel horse. Monkey rides the kiddie boats. He sits next to a little girl and a little boy sits behind him. Shots of the monkey eating cotton candy. Monkey stands on a drinking fountain getting a drink. Security guard looks on. Closer shot of monkey on the fountain with a woman next to him. He tries to grab the flowing water.
Miss Universe Hopefuls Visit Movie Studio
Not great image qualilty. Miss Universal Hopefuls Visit Movie Studio. Women walk in line from bus past Universal International Studios sign. Women walk towards camera. Pan up to three women's faces and pan right. Movie star gives blonde woman an autograph. Two women pose with another star between them. They turn and smile at him. Woman talks to a star. Shot of women eating a meal. Man hands out something small to a line of women. Shots of women talking to stars at their tables. Man takes picture of camera, waves towards the camera and turns to take a picture of the women sitting next to him. Closer shot of women. Panning shot of women at another table.
Golf & Gags: Crooner and Comic Tee Off with Laughs
Golf & Gags: Crooner and Comic Tee Off with Laughs. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Celebrity Golf Match Man with cap exaggerately helps man out his car by pulling his arm. Shot of amused crowd. Guy with glasses points outward. Man with glasses tees off. Man with cap drinks a glass of something. He hits the ball with a crowd behind him. The crowd walks toward the next hole. Man with glasses putts. He walks off the green. Both men are awarded trophies of some sort. Shot of crowd. Four men pick up stretcher holding the man with glasses. He is laying back with his hands behind his head. They put him in an ambulance and close the doors.
Indo China: Natives Protest Loss of Homeland to Reds
Indo China: Natives Protest Loss of Homeland to Reds. People march in protest carrying banners. Man speaks to crowd. Man watches crowd on dock in front of a ship(shelter?). Shot of crowded shelter. Shot of four young men. Shot of man drinking from a bottle. Line of men watched by sailors. Injured people walk to an ambulance and get in it. Two more shots of the line. One is smiling and the other holds a rag over his eye. Men in robes and cone hats pass out food. Woman tries to get kid to eat while holding her. People stand in line for food. Woman drinks from a bowl and wipes her mouth. People walking both ways on a dock.
Dignitary Welcomed Off Plane
Dignitary Welcomed Off Plane. Man in suit, hat and glasses desends from an Air Force plane. Bald guy in a suit shakes his hand. Closer shot of the two men talking. Shot of film cameras recording the event. Pan from bald guy to guy with glasses.
Woman Receives an Award
Woman Receives an Award. Woman sailor waves to crowd from open convertible. Shot of procession. The press surrounds the car. Shot of building exterior with press and people out front and sailors in formation on the street. Woman sailor recieves a decree from a city offical. Shot of women applauding. Pan from woman's face to piece of paper. CU of woman sailor.
Religious Ceremony
Religious Ceremony. Shots of jam packed stadium. Shot of two nuns at balcony railing. Religious Procession walks into stadium. Old priest walks up steps carrying a staff. He is assisted up the steps by a younger priest. He walks to the altar. Shots of different nuns. Shot of three heavily robed priests facing the crowd.
Different Trains
Different Trains. Horse drawn railroad car passes camera. The car says "...Railroad Pioneer" on its side. People wave from the windows dressed in clothing of the mid to late 1800s. A young boy hangs from the end of the rail car and waves his hat. Older man steps from doorway to steps and waves to camera. Shot of three different vehicles, each is on its track. There is a train in the background at the curve. Early steam engine locomotive passes camera pulling passangers. These people are dressed in clothes stylish at the times. A square shaped steam engine locomotive chugs down the tracks. People wave from its cars. Late 1800s steam engine pulls up. 1950s train engine comes down the tracks.
Flats Fire Aftermath
General aftermath shots of an industrial building destroyed by a fire. Segment begins with GV the building with cars parked in front, man wearing a hardhat is standing on a ladder working with power lines that cross the path of the building, a second man in a hardhat is on ground level. Panning GV of the wrecked building.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 142
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #142 with special guest Webb Pierce. Spot opens with Parton singing "I Think There's Something Fishy Goin' On;" then camera pulls out to reveal rhinestone-studded, black-Nudie-suit-wearing Porter Wagoner standing at a microphone, introducing Dolly, his guest Webb Pierce, and inviting us to tune in, right on this channel.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 142
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #142. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Mack Magaha, Buck Trent, Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Dolly Parton 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 Dolly Parton. Special guest Webb Pierce. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, who wears a black Nudie suit covered in rhinestone cacti and wagon wheels. Howser and Wagoner clown around for a second, then Howser introduces Wagoner saying "Here's an ol' boy that believes that everybody ought to be happy in their life, or be married at least once, no point in you goin' around always bein' happy." Backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching orange western-themed Nudie suits of their own), Porter plays guitar and sings a tight, revved-up rendition of the bluegrass standard "Shady Grove." MS Mack Magaha on fiddle and Buck Trent on electric banjo-- hot stuff!
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 142
Porter introduces a man who's had more country hits than just about anybody, Webb Pierce. Backed by The Wagonmasters in a nicely spare honky-tonk arrangement and accompanied by Don and George on harmony vocals, "Wonderin' Boy" Webb, wearing a sparkly suit of his own, sings "Fool, Fool, Fool." MS Buck's short but very sweet guitar solo. Really nice performance.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 142
Smilin' Mack Magaha fiddles us out of the commercial break, leading The Wagonmasters in the instrumental "Yakkety Axe," a version of Boots Randolph's "Yakkety Sax."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 142
Porter introduces "a pretty little gal" who he makes a point of saying is "a regular member of our show now," Miss Dolly Parton. Porter walks over to Dolly and asks her "Don't you love to be around show people?" Dolly agrees, and the chemistry around them is palpable. Porter introduces her new single, and backed by The Wagonmasters Dolly sings "I Couldn't Wait Forever." Dolly's gravity-defying bouffant is amazing, it's a wonder she can keep it on top of her head.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 142
After her solo song Porter calls Dolly over to sing a number with him that they worked up together. After a brief fumbling moment where they rearrange themselves in front of the mic (Porter's a little clumsy as he switches sides, but Dolly saves him as she says this new side shows off her curls better), Porter and Dolly sing their first televised duet, "Before I Met You," backed by The Wagonmasters. What a team!