1940-1959TRANSPORTATION
LATE 1940s to EARLY 1950s TRANSPORTATION & THE SHIPPING & DELIVERY END OF COMMERCE. GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY KIND OF IMAGES; NX VAR traffic headlights. DX HS freeway/highway traffic. POV car driving thru tunnel. Howard Johnson's motel. TRACK bus DX POV from bus, OTS bus driver. WS cheerful passengers. Greyhound bus pulls off road into truck stop and passengers exit; DX man at FULL SERVICE, gas station cleaning windows on car, family looking at map, man gets into big rig and drives off, freeways; DX man pulls up in old truck and delivers mail, VAR highways signs, city street signs, street traffic in big city; DX turn of the century 1890's town, peds on old street in the days of bicycles, VAR horse drawn vehicles having trouble; DX horse drawn carriage stuck in snow, mud. WS farm, mother & daughter doing chores woman using water pump, girl churning butter; INT farmhouse woman lights kerosene lamp. DX man driving 1910's/1920's car trouble- automobile thru countryside stops, looks under hood; DX 1900's people driving horseless carriage, followed by progression of early automobiles to 1930's. Man hails taxi & gets in; DX woman hands lunchbox to man leaving for work, waves goodbye. 1940's cars in parking lot. Man carrying lunchbox gets out of car; DX workers entering & leaving factory. Car stops on country road, man hops out & opens gate. School bus stops & kids get out; DX Police car drives up, officers wave. TRACK fire engine. TRACK ambulance. Highway traffic. HS cars parked along beach; DX people at beach. Parking lot outside stadium. Man takes golf clubs out ofcar. VAR people at park. INT HS people in bus station; INT MS woman buying tickets. DX people board bus. VAR destinations on bus. VAR buses, people boarding. Mechanic checking bus; VAR INT cannery, cans on conveyer belt (sort of) man nailing crates, men loading truck. DX trucks on street, man unloading truck; DX rather cluttered storefront window. VAR people window shopping, little girl looks at toys. Mannequins. Construction workers ;INT pharmacy. Hoisting raw material from truck. Loading tractors onto truck. VAR INT grocery store, shoppers, stocking shelves; Man delivers toy tricycle to kid. INT woman picks up phone CU hand dialing telephone. DX VAR delivery trucks, depot, shipping goods; Plane T/O, AIR TO AIR plane over NYC. Passengers deplane. Package slides down ramp from airplane. Man refueling plane; Men load plane. Passengers about to board plane. Loading cargo onto ship. Illustrations of trucks from year 1900 to present...1947; INT illustrator drafting design for contemporary truck. Loading truck with logs/raw lumber. VAR specialized trucks; Farm workers men harvesting pineapples! New York Public Library book van stops before bunch of kids on sidewalk; American Transportation Co. bldg. INT office with all those women typing. Semi truck hitching up to trailer, driving off ;INT office man on phone, writes on chalkboard, dispatcher speaks into radio microphone, CU microphone. MS truck driver on C.B. radio ;TRACK truck on road, VAR truck drivers in cabs. Doctor giving man check up. Truck pulling out, VAR trucks in traffic, one says FINK; INT engine lowered into truck. VAR mechanics servicing trucks routine maintenance. Roadwork men laying new street/highway; INT city planners making model of roads & park. Cars on street/highway. WS freeway. Truck on highway; Happy truck driver leaning out of window, truck driving on lonely country road. Couple in convertible waving (at camera); Happy truck driver waves back. Cute highway themed The End. The bottom line: Trucks. Semi trucks. Eighteen wheelers.
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LATE 1940s - EARLY 1950s COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION. AMERICAN INDUSTRY. THE NATION ON WHEELS. TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO ANYONE. PROGRESS AND MOBILITY.
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AERIAL 1940'S FREEWAY TRAFFIC. VINTAGE CARS DRIVING THROUGH HIGHWAY TUNNEL, POV FROM GREYHOUND BUS, CHEERFUL BUS PASSENGERS. GREYHOUND BUS PULLING OFF ROAD INTO TRUCK STOP. DRIVER ASSISTING PASSENGERS GETTING OFF BUS AT REST STOP.
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| 05:57:42 56.77 |
MAN CLEANING WINDOWS OF VINTAGE AUTO AT SELF SERVICE GAS STATION. FAMIY LEANING ON CAR LOOKING AT ROAD MAPS.
MOBILITY OF NATION ON WHEELS. PROGRESS. |
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BIG RIG TRUCK DRIVER TALKING TO FAMILY AT REST STOP GETS IN TRUCK AND DRIVES OFF. FREEWAYS WITH TRAFFIC. MAN IN VINTAGE TRUCK PULLS UP TO MAILBOXES AND DELIVERS MAIL.
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| 05:58:35 109.81 |
VAR HIGHWAY SIGNS, CITY SIGNS, ROUTE SIGNS.
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| 05:58:46 120.11 |
STREET TRAFFIC IN CITY, VINTAGE CARS CAN BE SEEN.
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| 05:59:00 134.13 |
TURN OF THE CENTURY 1890'S TOWN, PEDS ON OLD STREET IN THE DAYS BEFORE AUTOMOBILES, DIRT STREETS. VAR. HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES GETTING STUCK IN EXTREMELY DEEP SNOW AND MUD.
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| 05:59:21 155.16 |
W/S FARM ON ROLLING HILLS. LATE 1800'S ISOLATION AND LIMITED WAY OF LIFE. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ON PORCH OF FARM HOUSE DOING CHORES, CHURNING BUTTER, USING WATER PUMP. LITTLE BOY ENTERING BARN. INTERIOR FARMHOUSE, WOMAN LIGHTING KEROSENE LAMP.
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| 06:00:02 196.11 |
MAN DRIVING ONE OF THE FIRST EARLY 1900'S "LOCOMOBILE" AUTOMOBILE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. CAR TROUBLE, HE OPENS HOOD AND LOOKS INSIDE.
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| 06:00:30 224.02 |
COUPLE DRIVING HORSELESS CARRIAGE FOLLOWED BY PROGRESSION OF VAR. VINTAGE AUTOS TO 1930'S.
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| 06:00:48 242.48 |
MAN HAILS A (EARLY 1900'S) TAXI AND GETS IN. TAXI TAKES OFF. THE USE OF A CAR GETTING TO WORK - WOMAN HANDS LUNCHBOX TO MAN IN CAR LEAVING FOR WORK AND WAVES GOODBYE. HUNDREDS OF EARLY 1900'S CARS IN TRAFFIC. MAN HOLDING LUNCHBOX GETING OUT OF CAR.
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| 06:01:23 277.33 |
CAR STOPS ON COUNTRY ROAD, MAN IN SUIT AND BRIEFCASE GETS OUT AND OPENS GATE. SCHOOL BUS STOPS AND CHILDREN GET OUT. POLICE CAR DRIVES UP OFFICERS WAVE. VAR EARLY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES - POLICE CAR, FIRE TRUCK, AMBULANCE. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC.
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| 06:01:56 310.93 |
EARLY DAYS OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. AERIAL OF CARS PARKED AT THE BEACH. PEOPLE AT THE BEACH. CROWDED PARKING LOT FULL OF VINTAGE AUTOS OUTSIDE STADIUM.
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| 06:02:13 327.45 |
MAN TAKES GOLF CLUBS OUT OF CAR. VAR PEOPLE AT A PARK, RECREATION, LEISURE - KIDS PLAYING IN THE WATER.
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| 06:02:24 338.09 |
OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. AERIAL OF PEOPLE AT LARGE BUS STATION, WOMAN BUYING BUS TICKET AT TICKET WINDOW. PEOPLE BOARDING BUSSES TO VAR. LOCATIONS. BUSSES IN THE CITY TRAFFIC, PEOPLE ON LINE BOARDING. MECHANIC CHECKING BUS FOR MAINTENANCE.
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| 06:03:33 407.74 |
CANS AND OTHER ITEMS ON CONVEYOR BELTS IN FACTORY. WORKER NAILING LARGE CRATE. MASS DISTRIBUTION. PRODUCTS IN BOXES BEING LOADED )(AND UNLOADED) ON TRUCKS BY WORKERS.
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| 06:04:12 446.75 |
WOMAN WITH SMALL CHILD PEERING INTO QUITE CLUTTERED WINDOW OF TOY STORE. GIRLS LOOKING AT FASHION DISPLAY IN STORE WINDOW.
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| 06:04:29 463.47 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. INSIDE A RETAIL PHARMACY.
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| 06:04:46 480.78 |
HOISTNG RAW MATERIAL FROM TRUCK. CRANE LIFTING STEEL AND SETTING IT DOWN. LOADING MATERIALS ONTO TRACTOR TRAILER. TRACTORS BEING LOADED ONTO TRUCK. TRACTOR TRAILERS DRIVING AWAY.
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| 06:06:03 557.56 |
INTERIOR SHOT AT GROCERY STORE, SHOPPERS, WORKERS STOCKING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. REFRIGERATED TRUCK LOADED WITH CRATES OF EGGS, WORKERS STOCKING SHELVES.
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| 06:06:47 601.6 |
MAN DELIVERING TOY TRICYCLE TO CHILD. WOMAN PICKS UP PHONE. C/U HAND DIALING OLD FASHION DESK PHONE.
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| 06:07:17 631.61 |
VAR DELIVERY TRUCKS, MOVING VANS, MILK DELIVERY. DEPOT, SHIPPING, LOADING AND DELIVERING FREIGHT AND GOODS.
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| 06:08:04 678.59 |
LARGE PROP PLANE TAKING OFF. FLYING OVER NYC. PASSENGERS DISEMBARK FROM PLANE. PACKAGE SLIDES DOWN RAMP FROM AIRPLANE, GOODS LOADED ONTO TRUCK FROM PLANE. PLANE BEING REFUELED MANUALLY. MEN LOAD PLANE. PASSENGERS WALKING TOWARD PLANE FOR BOARDING FROM RUNWAY.
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| 06:09:02 736.28 |
LOADING CARGO ONTO SHIPS. ILLUSTRATIONS OF TRUCKS FROM YEAR 1900 TO PRESENT...1947 VERY MODERN. ILLUSTRATOR DRAFTING DESIGN FOR CONTEMPORARY TRUCK. LOGGING TRUCKS LOADING LOGS AND RAW LUMBER. EXAMPLES OF VAR SPECIALIZED TRUCKS - CEMENT MIXERS, INSECT SPRAYERS, DUMP TRUCKS.
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| 06:10:09 803.2 |
FARM WORKERS HARVESTING PINEAPPLES. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK VAN STOPS BEFORE BUNCH OF KIDS ON SIDEWALK. AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY BUILDING.
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| 06:10:29 823.13 |
OFFICE WITH ALL WOMEN TYPING AS MEN OVERSEE THEM, OFFICE MAN ON TELEPHONE.
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SEMI TRUCK HITCHING UP TO TRAILER, DRIVING OFF.
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| 06:10:58 852.2 |
OFFICE MEN ON PHONE, WRITES ON CHALKBOARD, DISPATCHER SPEAKS INTO RADIO MICROPHONE. C/U MICROPHONE. C/U TRUCK WHEELS SPINING. TRUCK DRIVER ON CB RADIO.
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| 06:11:31 885.83 |
SHOTS OF VAR. PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS IN THEIR CABS. DOCTOR GIVING MAN BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK UP AND OVERALL MEDICAL EXAM. TRUCK PULLING AWAY. VAR. TRUCKS IN TRAFFIC, M&M, FINK, UPTOWN, WARES. VAR TRUCK INDUSTRY WORKERS ON THE JOB - MECHANICS, PRODUCTION LINE WORKERS, SALESMEN, LOADERS, CHECKERS, OIL FIELD WORKERS, FILLING STATION ATTENDANTS, ROAD WORKERS.
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| 06:12:36 950.1 |
CITY PLANNERS WORKING ON MODEL OF ROADS AND PARKS. CARS ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. TRUCK ON HIGHWAY. HAPPY TRUCKDRIVER LEANING OUT OF CAB WINDOW, TRUCK ON LONELY COUNTRY ROAD. COUPLE IN CONVERTIBLE HONKING AT TRUCK, TRUCK DRIVER WAVES BACK AS CAR PASSES BY.
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| 06:13:33 1007.21 |
THE END.
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REEL END.
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