LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - TAPE 1
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - TAPE 1
The following footage shows various facets of the Library of Congress. Although there are exterior and interior shots of the library itself, most footage consists of demonstrations of the reconstruction of previous manuscripts. There are excerpts of the library's quintet playing. Of special interest is the silent movie that is found at time segment 18:16:38. 17:31:58 Contemporary footage shows a tile and gold leaf ceiling. 17:32:57 Three individuals read in a dimly lit chamber. A man writes under a lamp. A lady stacks papers. 17:50:52 Archival footage from the 1940s footage shows a promotional program that features the exterior of the library in relationship to the Capitol Building. Slow pans of the interior and library shelves. 17:54:49 Two photographs of the Jewelert Quintet are shown. A short contemporary interview with member Robert. 17:56:24 A short interview with another member. 17:57:56 Contemporary footage shows a quintet playing music. Close-up of various musicians dressed in tuxedos. The audience claps as the musicians bow. 18:03:09 Footage shows a musician looking at sheet music under a overhead device. Two interviews with musicians. 18:04:50 The camera zooms out from a faded advertisement for a performance of D.W. Griffith. Footage shows stills of three archival photographs of him. 18:06:39 A librarian shows various pages of a Bach manuscript. 18:09:15 A librarian discusses Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. A close-up of the manuscript is shown. 18:11:00 Another interviews with various librarians. 18:16:38 Archival footage of a silent movie shows a man running through a wooded landscape in winter. Footage has a blue cast to it. He sees a woman trapped on an ice sheet that is being carried down stream on a river. Attempting to save her, he jumps from one ice sheet to another falling several times into the water. The woman approaches a waterfall. She screams. Reaching her, he takes her into his arms. Back to shore, he attempts to revive her. Retreating to a small wooden cabin, he stays by her side until she awakes. A doctor arrives 18:22:30 Contemporary footage shows a lab technician looking through a microscope as he restores notes on a piece of sheet music. The camera pans the side of an old book containing browned pages. 18:26:50 A lab technician removes excess gold paint from the side of a book. The book's title reads, "Serenade Acis and Galetea." 18:27:04 A technician applies a solvent to a damaged piece of sheet music. Restored sheets are placed into a bath, removed and then placed on drying racks. 18:30:00 A librarian at the Information Desk speaks to a customer via telephone about ordering microfilm footage. 18:32:53 More footage of the quintet. 18:33:42 The camera pans five ornately carved and or painted flutes. Various artworks show people playing flutes. 18:42:20 The camera tilts to show various shelves within an achieve filed with music instruments. 18:44:05 Various shots are made of a banjo and fiddle player playing. Footage shows a close-up of their feet taping the floor. 22:02:25 Footage shows an archival photograph of the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory truck. 22:04:05 TIME OUT.