1985LIFESTYLES
American publishing magnate, Malcolm Forbes' yacht. A tour of the 150 foot yacht's luxurious interior, engine room and several highlights.
The construction of new baseball stadiums and the prevailing winds that affect the games. Engineers conducting wind tunnel tests.
The construction of new baseball stadiums and the prevailing winds that affect the games. Engineers conducting wind tunnel tests.
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Know Zone Slate: Forbes Boat
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| 01:00:20 20.09 |
Aerials of publisher, Malcolm Forbes' family yacht, the Highlander, cruising along New York Harbor.
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| 01:00:31 31.11 |
POV a helicopter hovers over the yacht.
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| 01:00:36 36.88 |
Chief Stewart of the yacht talks with unseen interviewer and gives a tour. Interior shots of the luxurious main salon with beautiful furnishings and original artworks on the walls, Forbes' collection of model boats and antiques.
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| 01:01:30 90.89 |
Exterior of yacht - two BMW motorcycles and a Cigarette speed boat on deck.
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| 01:01:47 107.46 |
Chief Steward heads down the narrow stairs to the engine room, he shows off and describes the shiny green engines.
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| 01:02:11 131.41 |
Captain William Boon on board the ship talks to unseen interviewer - he talks about and shows off the navigation system.
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| 01:02:34 154.19 |
Pan the wine cellar on the yacht, the solarium and other features including an original painting of a hamburger by Andy Warhol that opens up. "Happy Birthday Malcolm" is signed on the back.
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| 01:02:56 176.27 |
Tour of the yacht's private stateroom (one of five) with a marble night stand and bathroom with a bidet.
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| 01:03:19 199.3 |
Aerial New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty is seen and New York's skyline.
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| 01:03:43 223.57 |
A bartender on the yacht talks about the celebrities he has met including Elizabeth Taylor, Presidents Regan and Bush, and Donald Trump.
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| 01:03:50 230.26 |
A dinner party on board the yacht. Guests mingle and help themselves to an elaborate buffet.
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| 01:04:00 240.23 |
Tim Forbes' (son of Malcolm) talks with unseen interview about how the family grew up going on the boat and working on the boat. Pan the photos on the wall of famous people. Forbes' names the politicians in the photos.
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POV from the yacht, pan of New York Harbor and skyline at night.
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A bagpipe player and the staff and crew of the Highlander pose for a group photo.
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Next segment begins. The oldest baseball stadium, Fenway Park - Boston.
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| 01:04:48 288.04 |
Pan Boston's baseball stadium, Fenway Park.
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| 01:04:55 295.85 |
Boston Red Sox player, Wade Boggs standing in front of empty bleachers talks with unseen interviewer. He talks about the new addition to the park.
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| 01:05:02 302.46 |
Rendering of the ballpark with a depiction of the new addition and the altered airflow over the stadium. Narrator talks about how the headwinds have altered the flow of the ball's path.
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| 01:05:06 306.7 |
Texas Rangers' team enter a ballpark. WS of the construction site for the new ballpark being built in Arlington, Texas. Narrator unseen talks about prevailing breezes that affect the game and blow straight in toward home plate.
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| 01:05:16 316.79 |
Mike Saligo, Engineer from R.W.D & I points to a model of the new ballpark in Arlington and explains how billboards at the top of the outfield stands will help control the prevailing winds that affect the game.
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| 01:05:44 344.05 |
Images on a computer screen that indicate the trajectories of baseballs in all types of wind conditions.
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| 01:05:52 352.84 |
Ext. the scoreboard (filmed through a chin link fence) at the baseball field in Chicago, Comiskey Park.
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| 01:05:55 355.81 |
White Sox batting practice at Comiskey Park
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| 01:05:58 358.19 |
Aerial Comiskey Park
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| 01:06:17 377.96 |
Aerials over the South Pole.
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| 01:06:24 384.57 |
A sign and American flag in the snow stands near the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station and indicates the 'Geographic South Pole'. Narrator talks unseen about the danger of the research station being buried under snow drifts that have been building for 20 years.
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| 01:06:30 390.15 |
RWD & I engineers in Ontario - look over the re-creation of the South Pole at the bottom of a water tank in their lab. The object of their study is to see if raising buildings up on pilings would make them less vulnerable to snow drifts. Various engineers at the lab are seen conducting wind tunnel testing.
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| 01:07:59 479.77 |
President of RWD&I, William Rowan, talks into camera about how the problems were just as severe years ago but they had no means to question it because there were no means to quantify it. Footage of a bridge collapsing into the water
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Footage of a big bridge collapsing into the water.
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| 01:08:31 511.7 |
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Blurry footage of a spinning wind tunnel fan.
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| 01:08:55 535.2 |
An architectural model of a city slowly moving in a circle with a giant wind tunnel behind it.
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| 01:09:57 597 |
A hot soldering rod moves up and down on a model skyscraper. Shots of the model city from different angles.
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