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Bowling Marathon
MCU sturdy Caucasian male reporter standing in front of a local bowling alley, talking into microphone, giving the latest scoop on the bowling marathon taking place inside. After 40 or 50 hours of nonstop bowling, it s not all fun and games anymore. "The shoes come off to cool the feet, the gloves come off to save the hands." The teams have been bowling for three days now, shooting to win the national crown. MCU similar shot with reporter comparing the bowling marathon to the dance marathons of the 1920's.
Focus on the 30s
TLS/MSs CCC program at work: youth arrive at camps via train or bus, setting up tents, exercising, burning overgrowth & brush with flamethrower, digging ditches, putting out fires.
Labor Day Driving
Elevated TLS of early 1970's traffic moving along the highway, filmed from overpass. POV driving along highway, showing traffic from a moving car. Office Interior: MS/CU of middle-aged Caucasian man being interviewed by an off screen reporter. Man talks about driving during the Labor Day weekend. Man states that drivers will have difficulty finding a gas station open on Sunday. He goes on to say that earlier that year the situation was fuel supply shortage, now it is the organized closing of stations by the gasoline retailers. Gas shortage, gas crisis.
Cemetery Vandals
MS of a row of gravestones that have been knocked over by cemetery vandals. CU of tombstone that has been knocked off its base. CU of tombstone where a cross has been knocked off its base. CU of a third tombstone that has been knocked off its base. GV of the cemetery, most of the headstones are intact.
Focus on the 30s - Puzzles
Hectic crowd of Caucasian adults purchasing jigsaw puzzles at department store. Men, women and children playing with puzzles. High angle view of couple crossing busy street with tables strapped to chests, playing puzzle games until a pedestrian accidentally knocks down the man's pieces.
Personalities In The News
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Personalities in the News. Two men and a woman board a boat and the boat pulls away from the dock. The next shot is people enjoying themselfs on the beach. Beach, people, rowing boats, having fun in the sun
The Winners
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS This could be the Winners from the America's Cup, Yachtsmen from the Ranger: Frank Parker, Harry Backer and Donald?
Pogo Stick Plane
Pogo Stick Plane. Circling shot of US Navy pogo stick plane. Pilot gets into cockpit and fixes his helmet. Technicians wheel boarding ladder away from plane. CU of pilot lowering helmet microphone and speaking into it. Plane takes off straight up from ground, hovers there and lands back on the ground.
Peinados a la Moda
Peinados a la Moda Hairstyling Contest. Sketches of hair style. Stylists working on creations. Women wearing curlers. Various drawings (sketches) , hairstyle designs. Several women models showing off styles. Very unusual hairstyles, look like ocean waves. Winners awarded honors. CU winners. Man designer kisses model on cheek.
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
Porter Wagoner plays guitar and sings the Mel Tillis number "I'm Gonna Act Right," backed by The Wagonmasters (who wear equally flashy orange western outfits). MS Mack Magaha fiddle.
Focus on the 30s - Horse Racing
Harness horse race. Exterior of building as people arrive at Hollywood Park Race Track. Young Caucasian woman wearing white gloves looking through binoculars. Horse race in progress.
Fire East 68th
GV small group of people are gathered outside a white suburban home. CU of smoke seeping from wood. MS firefighter using a hose on exterior wall, some white smoke rises from the wood paneling, part of the wall is charred black from the smoke. MCU African-American man comforting an African-American woman who is crying, man has his arm around her shoulders. MCU Caucasian male reporter interviewing the distraught woman, thankfully no one was hurt.
Triple 3 Fire
GV two firefighters in a crane lift fighting a fire high above the city, they use a hose to tackle the flames that are shooting from the roof of an urban apartment building, looks very dangerous. High angle GV firefighters at work, camera is positioned on the roof of a neighboring building, crane and ground crews use their hoses, pan from the elevated view to one level with the burning roof. Roof, smoke, flames and firefighters are seen.
Focus on the 30s - Baseball
Professional baseball players running, pitching, batting at spring training camp. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tossing out the first ball at a Washington Senators game. Packed stands during ballgame. New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitting a home run, running bases. Baseball legend Babe Ruth donning a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey; Babe Ruth walking to home plate with bat; Babe Ruth coaching from sideline. Baseball player and contractual holdout Dizzy Dean teeing off at golf course, talking about withholding from signing his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals until he gets more money. New York Yankee Lou Gehrig retires, delivers farewell speech at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939; Lou Gehrig standing centerfield; large crowd in stadium; Lou Gehrig speaking: "I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Thank you."
Focus on the 30s - Sports
Collegiate football players rolling and sawing through large tre esduring training camp. Columbia University winning the Rose Bowl. Mayor of New York City Fiorello Laguardia welcoming the players home. 1937 men's singles match on grass court, Judge presenting Davis Cup to Don Budge, Bunny Austin looking on; American Don Budge. Woman teeing off at golf course; Golf champion Patty Berg with trophy. Speedboat racing: some sail through low overhangs or over fire. Auto racing: speedway lap board; panning of auto car racing at the Indianapolis 500.
Focus on the 30s
DO NOT USE Still of FDR.
Focus on the 30s
MS President FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT riding in open convertible, slew of Secret Service standing & walking; MSs FDR smiling, posing with son, standing on naval ship. MS/CUs three young white women standing by a radio, listening. MS President FDR speaking: "We in America know that our own democratic institutions can be preserved & made to work. But in order to preserve them we need to need to act together, to meet the problems of the nation boldly." MSs Secretary of Labor FRANCIS PERKINS speaking to cam on how to build up consumption & mass production power. CU FATHER CHARLES COUGHLIN speaking to the camera, criticizing the New Deal program & those who have "suffered" from it. MS/CUs DR. FRANCIS TOWNSEND (Townsend Pension Plan, forerunner to Social Security) talking about establishing a universal sales tax to pay for a retirement fund. MS Louisiana Governor HUEY LONG speaking about the possibility of forming a third political party to challenge the two-party system. MS FDR speaking to cam: "If the people during these last few years had chosen a reactionary administration or a do-nothing Congress, Social Security would still be in the conversational stage. A beautiful dream that might come true in the dim, distant future."
Focus on the 30s
MSs famed aviator CHARLES LINDBERGH & wife ANNE MORROW boarding a private seaplane; panning TLS seaplane flying over field, ascending. LS Lindbergh home. MS/TLSs Anne Morrow pushing Charles Lindbergh Jr. in baby carriage. CU Lima News headline: "Get Killers, Either Dead or Alive! Order to Police. (crime, kidnapping)
Focus on the 30s
DO NOT USE Still of white man & woman radio players reading. Still of Edward R. Murrow with dog. Stills of Amos and Andy performing.
Paviciks Van Burned
An act of vandalism has occurred against a group of anti-abortion supporters in the town of Fairview Park Ohio. The group is fighting to keep an abortion clinic out of their community. Their actions are being challenged by the opposing point of view. A fire has been set to the anti-abortion supporters' van. Segment begins with MS of the van, a blue Ford with its front hood and front doors open. CU van with sign taped to one of the windows reading "ADOPTION NOT ABORTION", camera pans to reveal a pile of charred garbage that has been removed from the van. MCU interview with a Caucasian man conducted by a male African-American reporter, Caucasian man stands with his arms folded in front of him, the van in question can be seen in the background with its back doors wide open. Interviewee states "I would just think that it was people who don't agree with our ideas, and they're going to this type of extreme." He goes on to say that there will be a full police investigation. He feels that the people of Fairview Park will be afraid of the type of tactics the pro-abortion people are willing to use. Man hints to example these tactics by gesturing his body toward the burnt out van. CU of a sign that reads "Fairview Diagnostic Clinic". Camera pans down the sign to reveal a list of medical doctors . The one that reads "Selters, MD." has been vandalized with red spray paint. CU of other spray paint graffiti. MCU unidentified Caucasian man wearing dark rimmed glasses stating that he deplores violence from people on either side of the abortion issue.
Focus on the 30s
TLS heavily armed detectives leading a shackled criminal along airport tarmac. MS/CUs man shoveling seized firearms into furnace fire. MS two sailors dumping seized guns into sea. MSs gangster AL CAPONE (Alfonse Capone) walking out of courthouse, surrounded by pressmen, getting into car. CU newspapers with word "G-Men" superimposed. MSs FBI agents at target practice (human-shaped targets in windows of mock-building), nighttime sky lit up by machine gun fire. MS lettering on glass door: "Identification Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation." MS FBI Director J. EDGAR HOOVER speaking to cam about the FBI. MSs FBI special agents at target practice, firing machine guns, handguns. CUs fingerprinting records, mug shots, criminal files (names on files include John Dillinger, Babyface Nelson). CU Wanted poster for John Dillinger on printing press. MS/CUs JOHN DILLINGER posing with Crown Point, Indiana, sheriff LILLIAN HOLLEY & arresting officers. MS Dillinger corpse in Chicago coroner's office, a tear of blood sliding from his eye (no joke!). CUs Wanted poster for Lester M. Gillis (aka Babyface Nelson). TLSs prison cell block during lockdown. MSs J. Edgar Hoover accepting an award from the Boys Club of America: "It's been a we job, not an I job." (crime, organized crime, mobster, gangster)
Focus on the 30s
MS of CHARLIE MCCARTHY and EDWARD BERGEN wearing cowboy hats & outfits, being made honorary Texas Rangers. TLSs crowds at New York World's Fair, 1939-40. MS New York City Mayor FIORELLO LAGUARDIA meeting w/ Charlie McCarthy and Edward Bergen at World's Fair. MSs Dean Dennis of Northwestern University awarding Charlie McCarthy & Edward Bergen an honorary degree. Funny stuff.
Focus on the 30s
DO NOT USE Stills of people at home, listening to radios. Stills of newsstands (magazines, comic books & funnies). Stills of movie theaters, people waiting in line, star names and movie titles displayed on marquees. CUs movie posters (film titles, names and illustrations of stars).
Focus on the 30s
Opening title sequence of mid-1930s Universal newsreel. MS newsreel cameramen filming in park with 35mm Mitchell cameras on tripods. TLS/MSs Ziegfield Chorus girls rehearsing a dance number; diss to MS girls changing in changing room. Newsreel of accident at auto race (lost in a dust cloud, a car flips over innumerably, stopping in the dirt). 1937 newsreel of daredevil "BATMAN" CLEM SONNE (sp) and his fatal aerial stunt in front of thousands-- parachute failure and Batman plummets to his death. Brutal. Newsreel of the Hindenburg dirigible disaster, May 6, 1937: aerials of Hindenburg flying over New York City; LS dirigible flying over Lakehurst, New Jersey; LS disaster. Still of theater marquee advertising the showing of the disaster.