1952NORTH AMERICA
SCENIC MISSISSIPPI, 1952. FOLLOWS PATH OF A CHILD'S TOY SAILBOAT DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON OR NEAR IT.
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| 02:27:09 1.1 |
GLISTENING MOONLIGHT SPARKLING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY
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| 02:27:30 22.1 |
NIGHT PAN AREA AROUND LAKE ITASKA, NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA, SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI
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| 02:27:46 38.1 |
CU RURAL FARMER'S MAILBOX, RESIDENT'S NAME HAND PAINTED ON MAILBOX. PAN FARM
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| 02:27:59 51.1 |
FARM BOY SNEAKING AWAY TO SAIL HIS BOAT, CLIMBS WOODEN FENCE, LOOKS BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER. CU BIG BROTHER PEERS OUT FROM BEHIND TREE, HIDING, FOLLOWING HIS BROTHER THROUGH THE WOODS, TO THE RIVER.
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| 02:28:32 84.1 |
LITTLE BOY SAILING HIS HOME MADE BOAT, HIS NAME, ROBERT BIGRAS PAINTED ON BOAT. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI PAINTED ON SAIL
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| 02:28:49 101.1 |
CU BIG BROTHER, HIDING BEHIND A TREE SMILING
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| 02:28:51 103.1 |
BOY SETS HIS SAILBOAT A SAIL, BIG BROTHER COMES & WATCHES IN FLOAT DOWNSTREAM
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| 02:29:07 119.1 |
CAMERA FOLLOWS SMALL SAILBOAT GOING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THROUGH FOREST, PASSES A TURTLE ON A ROCK, THROUGH CUT-OVER TIMBERLANDS, THROUGH "RAPIDS", SOUTH DOWN RIVER VALLEY
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| 02:29:49 161.1 |
ZOOM IN ON ANIMATED MAP, FOLLOWS LENGTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO NEW ORLEANS AT THE RIVER'S END AT THE GULF OF MEXICO
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| 02:30:03 175.1 |
TWO PRETEENS, BLACK BROTHER & SISTER RUNNING THROUGH WOODS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, NEW ORLEANS
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| 02:30:24 196.1 |
CU SAILBOAT STUCK IN MINNESOTA THICKET
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| 02:30:32 204.1 |
CHILDREN PLAYING COWBOYS & INDIANS IN THE WOODS LITTLE BOY, OF CHIPPEWA INDIAN DESCENT DISCOVERS SAILBOAT STUCK IN THICKET.
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| 02:31:27 259.1 |
LITTLE BOY'S NATIVE AMERICAN GRANDMOTHER HANDS HIM HIS LUNCH PAIL. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED BOY STARTS OUT FOR SCHOOL. BOYS BICYCLE LEANING AGAINST FENCE
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| 02:31:40 272.1 |
BOY DELIVERING HIS FATHER HIS LUNCH STOPS TO WATCH BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL
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| 02:31:49 281.1 |
LOW ANGLE CHIPPEWA NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN LUMBER JACK WAVING
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| 02:31:52 284.1 |
POV WATCHING TREE FALLING
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| 02:31:58 290.1 |
CU YOUNG CHIPPEWA BOYS WINDOW SHOPPING, STORE SELLING NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS, SMALL CARVED BOATS TOM-TOMS, BEADED INDIAN SHOES, SOUVENIRS, 1952.
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| 02:32:12 304.1 |
SHOP OWNER USING TONGS TO TAKE HAND CRAFTED SOUVENIR OUT OF WINDOW DISPLAY. CU MINIATURE TOTEM
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| 02:32:27 319.1 |
YOUNG CHIPPEWA BOYS ADD TOTEM POLE TO SAILBOAT &
SET THE BOAT SAILING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI |
| 02:32:48 340.1 |
CAMERA FOLLOWS SAILBOAT DOWN RIVER, PAST POWER LINES, URBAN, INDUSTRY, CITIES ALONG THE RIVER, LOW ANGLE RAILROAD TRAIN CROSSING BRIDGE HIGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
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| 02:33:16 368.1 |
CU TOTEM POLE & SAILBOAT GOING OVER FALLS ON RIVER, RAPIDS
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| 02:33:39 391.1 |
CU RURAL MAILMAN DELIVERING MAIL, PUTTING MAIL INTO MAIL BOX FROM HIS TRUCK. RURAL DELIVERY
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| 02:33:44 396.1 |
LITTLE FARM BOY RUNNING ACROSS FARM TO MAIL BOX, OPENS LETTER, READS LETTER
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| 02:33:58 410.1 |
DREDGING MACHINE SCOOPING, DEEPENING A CHANNEL DREDGING THE RIVER
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| 02:34:10 422.1 |
PRETEENS FIND THE SAILBOAT, BRING IT UP ON A LINE, TOW BOAT CAPTAIN KNEELS DOWN BEHIND THEM
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| 02:34:36 448.1 |
PRETEENS SET THE SAILBOAT DOWN RIVER AGAIN IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. ATTACH KIDS BOAT TO TUG BOAT
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| 02:34:47 459.1 |
SHIP'S CAPTAIN SIGNALING & SAYING "ALL RIGHT, CAST OFF" CUTS TO TWO CHILDREN WATCHING BOAT SET OFF. MS SAILBOAT BEHIND TOW BOAT. ST. LOUIS RIVER
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| 02:35:12 484.1 |
POV ON BOARD HUGE WIDE BARGE GOING DOWN ST.
LOUIS RIVER |
| 02:35:28 500.1 |
CREW MEMBER CHECKING TO SEE IF HIS LAUNDRY IS DRY, CLOTHES LINE ON BOARD SHIP, MAN TAKING CLOTHES OFF CLOTHES PINS
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| 02:35:40 512.1 |
HS PAN WATERWAY LOCKS ON ST. LOUIS RIVER
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| 02:35:49 521.1 |
CU CREW MEMBER GETTING OFF SHIP
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| 02:35:54 526.1 |
NEWLYWEDS IN EARLY 1950s CONVERTIBLE TURNING AROUND & WAVING GOODBYE TO WEDDING GUESTS
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| 02:36:01 533.1 |
POV IN CAR PASSING ROLLING COUNTRY SIDE RURAL LANDSCAPE. AGRARIAN LANDSCAPE, FARMS
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| 02:36:12 544.1 |
POV IN CAR PASSING WISCONSIN DAIRY FARM
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| 02:36:20 552.1 |
CU WOMAN IN CONVERTIBLE POINTING FINGER.
POV PASSING LARGE FARM |
| 02:36:26 558.1 |
FARM BOY RUNNING ACROSS FARM TO BARNS
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| 02:36:31 563.1 |
WEDDING PARTY, CONVOY OF CARS ARRIVING AT FARM PEOPLE COME RUNNING FROM EVERY DIRECTION, RINGING COW BELLS. CU LITTLE BLONDE GIRL RINGING COW BELL.
NEW HUSBAND WELCOMED TO WIFE'S FAMILY FARM |
| 02:37:05 597.1 |
SHIP'S LIGHTS FLASHING IN THE NIGHT, WARNING OF FLOATING, UPROOTED TREE IN THE RIVER. SMALL CHILD'S SAILBOAT'S LINE SNAPS, BOAT GOES FREE TUG BOAT RUNS OVER SMALL TOY BOAT
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| 02:37:35 627.1 |
THREE BOYS PLAYING IN RIVER IN IOWA BOY'S SWIMMING HOLE. BOYS SPOT SAILBOAT, BRING IT ASHORE
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| 02:38:15 667.1 |
PRETEEN TOW HEAD RIDING HIS BICYCLE TO CHURCH
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| 02:38:20 672.1 |
PRETEEN TOW HEAD RIDING BICYCLE THROUGH SMALL TOWN USA GUTTENBERG, IOWA. RIVER FRONT STREET.
GERMAN SETTLED TOWN, EUROPEAN IN FEELING, LIKE A SMALL GERMAN TOWN |
| 02:38:30 682.1 |
PRETEEN BOY RIDING HIS BICYCLE DOWN RURAL COUNTRY DIRT ROADS, BOY PULLS UP TO HIS DRIVEWAY, THROWS BIKE BESIDE MAIL BOX, RUNS TO GET IN FATHER'S TRUCK. FAMILY OUTING TO DUBUQUE WITH HEIFER, COW IN BACK OF TRUCK
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| 02:39:03 715.1 |
DUBUQUE AUCTION, AUCTIONEER. FARMERS AUCTIONING OFF ANIMALS. LIVESTOCK. HORSES.
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| 02:39:14 726.1 |
CU TRIO OF TOW HEADS LISTENING FROM OUTSIDE
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| 02:39:15 727.1 |
TOW HEAD CLIMBING UP ON FENCE CARRYING TOY SAILBOAT
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| 02:39:21 733.1 |
ECU FARMERS BIDDING, RAISING THEIR HANDS. LOW ANGLE AUCTIONEER, BANGS GAVEL, "SOLD"
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| 02:39:28 740.1 |
TRIO OF FARM BOYS JOIN BOY WITH TOY SAILBOAT, BROKEN & BATTERED FROM RIVER JOURNEY
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| 02:39:56 768.1 |
CU COMPASS
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| 02:40:01 773.1 |
CU BOY RUBBING HIS HEAD, IN DILEMMA, TORN ABOUT SELLING THE SAILBOAT TO BOYS. BOY HAS IDEA, PUT COMPASS ON THE BOAT & SET IT FREE
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| 02:40:28 800.1 |
FOUR BOYS RUNNING INTO SHIPYARD
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| 02:40:34 806.1 |
CU WELDER WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR
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| 02:40:36 808.1 |
POV LOOKING THROUGH WIDE CEMENT SEWAGE TUNNEL BOYS GET YELLED AT "HEY, WHERE DO YOU KIDS THINK YOUR GOING?" BOYS LOOKS AROUND FRIGHTENED
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| 02:40:43 815.1 |
BOYS EXPLAINING TO WELDER, WELDER GIVES THEM PERMISSION TO LAUNCH SAILBOAT, BOYS SET SAILBOAT DOWN RIVER
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| 02:41:07 839.1 |
SAILBOAT'S ROUTE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SAILBOAT
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| 02:41:23 855.1 |
SAILBOAT WASHES ASHORE IN ST. LOUIS. 1952
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| 02:41:30 862.1 |
HS GIRL RUNNING ACROSS SLABS, CHUNKS OF ROCKY BEACH TO SAILBOAT. CU LITTLE GIRL TYING TOY RIVERBOAT TO THE SAILBOAT & SETS IT DOWN RIVER
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| 02:41:52 884.1 |
SAILBOAT'S ROUTE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SAILBOAT
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| 02:42:01 893.1 |
CU PRETEEN BOY SHOUTS "HEY! WHAT'S THAT DOWN THERE?" TWO BOYS, BLACK & WHITE PRETEEN FRIENDS RUN TO SHORE, FIND SAILBOAT, FOLLOW THE SAILBOAT DOWN THE LEVEE
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| 02:42:24 916.1 |
TWO BOYS TURN FROM CAMERA, GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS BOYS SPLIT UP
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| 02:42:39 931.1 |
PRETEEN IN FLOODED TOWN CLIMBS OVER PILE OF FLOOD SACKS, CAN'T REACH SAILBOAT. SAILBOAT SAILING DOWN FLOODED MAIN STREET USA. BOAT LANDS ON FRONT STEPS OF FLOODED HOUSE, AS WATER GOES DOWN, BOAT IS SET FREE
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| 02:43:04 956.1 |
PRETEEN BLACK FRIENDS SWINGING EACH OTHER, PLAYING ON HOT SUMMER DAY, SPOT SAILBOAT. CU PRETEEN BOY SAYING "WELL, GEE WHIZ"
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| 02:43:23 975.1 |
KID RUNS TO FRIENDS HOUSE, YOUNGER KIDS PLAYING ON SWING SET, SHOWS FRIEND SAILBOAT, "LET'S GO LAUNCH IT PAUL". FRIEND, PRESSURED BY KIDS HE'S PLAYING WITH SAYS NO. PEER PRESSURE
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| 02:44:00 1012.1 |
CU DISAPPOINTED BOY WITH HEAD DOWN TURNS & WALKS AWAY
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| 02:44:10 1022.1 |
LS PRETEEN BOY WALKING WITH SAILBOAT, HIS FRIEND COMES RUNNING, CHANGED HIS MIND, TWO BOYS RUN DOWN TO LAUNCH SAILBOAT.
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| 02:44:39 1051.1 |
SAILBOAT WITH IT'S ROUTE SUPERIMPOSED OVER
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| 02:44:55 1067.1 |
TOY SAILBOAT ARRIVING IN NEW ORLEANS. POV PASSING NEW ORLEANS PORT. CRANES LOADING FREIGHTERS
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| 02:45:20 1092.1 |
SAILBOAT GETS THROWN UP BY A SHIP'S PADDLE WHEEL, GOING DOWN RIVER ON RIVERBOAT
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| 02:45:40 1112.1 |
CU SAILBOAT DRIFTING DOWN LOUISIANA BAYOU CAJUN BOYS IN ROW BOATS SPOT SAILBOAT. CU ALLIGATOR'S TAIL SWAPS SAILBOAT, BOYS CAN'T GET SAILBOAT
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| 02:46:20 1152.1 |
FISHERMEN IN TIDAL BAY BRINGING IN THEIR NETS FIND SAILBOAT CAUGHT UP IN NETS,
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| 02:46:46 1178.1 |
FLEET OF SHRIMP BOATS NEARING & PASSING CAMERA GETTING BOATS OUT OF WAY OF TROPICAL HURRICANE
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| 02:46:55 1187.1 |
TOY SAILBOAT GETS CAUGHT UP IN REEDS FROM WINDS
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| 02:47:13 1205.1 |
TWO KIDS PLAYING ON TRAIN TRACKS, BOY BALANCING ON RAIL. LITTLE GIRL RUNS DOWN TO REEDS, SPOTS SAILBOAT, FREES THE BOAT
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| 02:47:33 1225.1 |
CU FREIGHT TRAIN PASSING. TWO KIDS RUN ALONGSIDE TRAIN, CHANGE MESSAGE TO "AROUND THE WORLD" RUN DOWN TO RIVER, SET TOY SAILBOAT FREE
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| 02:47:55 1247.1 |
CU SMILING LITTLE BOY WITH HEAD DOWN READING LETTER
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| 02:48:00 1252.1 |
POINT WHERE MISSISSIPPI ENDS AT THE GULF OF MEXICO. SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY
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TAPE ENDS
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