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Urban Pedestrians
Urban Pedestrians - Video original footage filmed in winter of the late 1980's.
Autumn Yard Work
Autumn Yard Work - Video original footage from the late 1980's of men doing yard work in an urban residential neighborhood.
Couple on Street Corner
Couple on Street Corner - Video original footage, late 1980's. GV of man w/beard & sunglasses standing on a street corner w/woman waiting for the light to change, they have a quick kiss & wait once again, pan as they cross the street, vehicular traffic of the late 1980's is seen. GV urban sidewalk w/young man & two young women walking past sign reading "Haircuts $6".
Inside the Freezer
Inside the Freezer - Video original footage, late 1980's. MS up-right freezer open & filled w/food, door closes to reveal outside covered in magnets & comic strips.
Man Washing Car
Man Washing Car - Video original footage, late 1980's. Very Brief GV of 30-something man wiping off his car parked on street in residential neighborhood.
Senior Activities - Mall Walkers
Senior Activities - Mall Walkers - Video original footage of mall-walkers in suburban mall before it opens, late 1980's.
Man Painting House
Man Painting House - Video original footage, late 1980's. Low angle MS looking up at man in red sweatshirt standing on ladder using handheld brush to paint trim of his older home in urban residential neighborhood, pan out to GV showing more of his house as well as the neighbor's, zoom back to MS of man on ladder painting.
Mom Walking With Kids
Mom Walking With Kids - Video original footage, late 1980's. GV of mother (30ish) dressed in long denim skirt & red sweatshirt walking down leaf-covered city sidewalk with two children (autumn), her young daughter walks at her side wearing a red cape while mother carries an infant at her chest.
Pedestrians in Winter
Pedestrians in Winter - Video original footage, late 1980's.
Kidney Dialysis
Kidney Dialysis - Video original footage of elderly folks in kidney dialysis ward of modern hospital, early 1990's.
Busy Restaurant Kitchen
Busy Restaurant Kitchen - Video original footage, early 1990's. TLS view of kitchen w/Asian men chopping & doing prep work. CU of several small chickens being tossed into huge pot of boiling water.
Fountain
Fountain - Video original footage, early 1990's. ECU of spray/fall of water from a fountain, starts out blurry and gets clearer and then blurry again. Not completely recognizable as a fountain, abstract but sort of interesting nonetheless.
1950s Women's Club: Miss Oregon
Master 3 - Tape 1 Great 1950s footage of a "Woman's Club" (actually, this is footage of the contestants in the Miss Excerpt from Oregon pageant but it could also pass for a finishing school class for debutantes. They could be any typical 'women's club' tea party set from the 50s) A group of women walk down the street (yellow stop sign in background) towards camera - looking as prim and proper as could be. All smiles too. In colorful, fashionable dresses, hats and gloves. Spring weather, looks like they're dressed for Easter. They file into a house; cuts to shot of some of the girls on a couch, holding cups and saucers, talking politely. Everyone looks posed and stiff but smiling. Two shot of women on a couch in a private chat, they laugh. MS woman at table, pours tea from a silver tea set and hands the cups to women who appear one by one. CU woman talking/smiling - camera pans to her friend who is also talking. (Great side view features a white flower earring). Several nicely composed, posed shots of women drinking tea.
Miss Photo Fair
Master 3 - Tape 1 Miss Photo Fair, beauty contest winner, sits in her throne with the banner (which looks like a wide 35mm film strip) across her shoulder. Smiling in her strapless dress, holding flowers, she turns to look at the camera and beyond.
Bad weather
Master 3 - Tape 1 Bad weather footage. Horses stuck in the mud in an urban environment, other horses and wagons in muddy, wet street. Simple wagons have trouble getting through the water. People are blown around by the wind - sliding on icy sidewalks and street. . Holding on to their hats. Lucky Strike cigarette sign visible on a billboard in the back. An officer helps a woman stay on her feet and keep moving. Windy city. Bad snow and sleet coming down in the city. Cars drive, pedestrians walk, slip, slide on sidewalks. Dissolves to spring scene with cars peacefully riding down sunny streets. Lots of antique autos.
Carnival Rides
Master 3 - Tape 1 Gorgeous color footage of small-town carnival, with lots of fun rides, deep blue sky. This is great 50's amusement park material - Tilt-A-Whirls, kids, cotton candy and more! Let's go!
Large parade floats go by
Master 3 - Tape 1 Large parade floats go by with spectating crowds in grandstands. Good color. Quick shaky wide pan of parade with crowded viewing stands. Float depicting a rocket shooting into the air from ringed planet (Saturn). MS people leaving grandstands - wearing cotas and carrying blankets so it must bee chilly but the sun is shining and the sky is blue and clear. Camera is unsteady throughout. Could be from a Rose Bowl parade.
American Revolution Re-creation
Master 3 - Tape 1 Interesting shot of Indians (Native Americans) helping the British Redcoats fight the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Footage shot in the 1910s or 1920s, recreated for that period. Native Americans look much different than they would later become for Hollywood. First shot is a back shot, as they run out, axes flying in the air. A bunch of Redcoats are seen from the back with bayonets, but it's becoming a chaotic mob scene, possible a slaughter/massacre. WS chaos in a town (house in f/g) Indian axes a dead person on the ground twice and runs off. MS Raping and pillaging (men chasing women, general destruction) Hand-to-hand combat. Made for silent film days. More appropriate as film history or as history of our impressions of Native Americans than it is as stock
L.B.J. Signs Bill (Rapid Transit Bill)
Master 3 - Tape 1 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Rapid Transit Bill. Exterior in the Rose Garden, just outside the President's office. Slightly overhead MS from side of LBJ signing bill on desk. Uses different pens to sign it then in a CU it appears he hands out the pens to some of the onlookers. Front view (over the heads of onlookers) of LBJ signing bill. Press photographers in front snap pictures. MS/CU of President. Presidential seal in foreground. CU of LBJ's hand on pen, next to bill, CU bill. Low anlge MS of Johnson handing out pens to spectators. WS LBJ signing bill in rose garden. MS/CU LBJ from behind as he greets onlookers. CU pens stacked on signing desk. Partial MS of posed officals. Brief WS LBJ at desk surrounded by officials, presidential podium visible with presidential seal in b/g. MS flowers in garden - pan/tilt up to WS crowd in rose garden. Senator Edmund Muskie is in the foreground of one scene.
Hanh-chanh Va Chi Khu.
Master 3 - Tape 1 Shots of military personnel in Viet Nam. Good general traffic scenes with military vehicles. Some shots of personnel guarding things/places. Some shots of relaxing soldiers. More of same reel transferred in Master 1.
Swimming Hole
Master 3 - Tape 1 WS/MSTeenage boy and girl (she wears a bathing cap) swim for fun in a nice-looking, clear lake, smiling. They stroke their arms. MS lots of people together splash in shallow water, having a good time in the summer heat. All ages. MS Lots of little kids at in swimming trunks on the banks of the lake, in shallow water, having fun. One kid on an innertube paddles with an oar. Could pass for home movies. WS kids go down huge waterslide in what must be a rock quarry. Camera follows them as they go down the slide and hit bottom. Three boys in swim trunks running into a little pond and jumping in. Head first. Reckless, fun. People on a floating ramp sunbathe. Watch a crowded row boat. WS speed boat passes by with waterskiier. Boy swims by, doing the longstroke. WSpan lots of kids on the rocks, sunbathing, Cooling off. Boys on rowboat. Kids on rubber raft, jumping up and down, horsing around, push each other, jump off. Girl jumps off boy's shoulders. Guy jumps off diving board. MWS 5 girls in bathing suits and caps pose poolside.
Sunbathing Girl
Master 3 - Tape 1 MS woman lying face down on chaise lounge soaks up some sun rays. Green lawn, maybe the back yard. If you look closely, you can see a pack of Marlboro cigarettes under the lounge, and maybe a can of beer. She wiggles her toes a little, but is basically still, getting a sun tan. A different woman walks into frame, approaches a pink lounge chair surrounded by cactus plants and orange trees. She's wearing a n elaborate but not very revealing green and yellow bikini. Bottom is more like a skirt and the top is a 2-tone bandeau with ruffles. MS same girl reclined in lounge chair, reading.
Beach Party, 1960s
Master 3 - Tape 1 Strange, rather faded footage of a mid-60s beach party. Starts with torso shot of shirtless male drummer outside, banging away. Heavy on the snares and cymbals. Cut to a couple of his buddies smoking cigarettes, standing, clapping their hands to the tunes, having a good tiime. Older teenagers--old enough to get in trouble. One guy makes softly obscene gestures with his gyrating torso.l All dancing in rhythm to the music, I assume. There's a beat going on, and these guys are dancing to it. At the end, incredible fast speed, as if the camera was winding down. Summer fun. Like Frankie and Annette with an edge.
Teenage Boys Surfing
Master 3 - Tape 1 Some nice shots of 60's surfing here. Film is a little scratchy/dirty but the composition is good. Good surfing action, some wipeouts, lots of big waves, white sprays and foam.