01:36:13 0.7 |
MANY AERIALS OF AMERICAN TOWNSCAPES. CITY SQUARE WITH
OLD CHURCH BUILDING, GOVERNMENT BUILDING, BUS AND AUTO TRAFFIC. |
01:36:20 7.7 |
AERIAL VIEW FARM FIELDS, CLUSTER OF SMALL VILLAGE
HOMES AS SEEN FROM LOW FLYING PLANE. |
01:36:41 28.7 |
VIEW SPEEDING FREIGHT TRAIN WITH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
SPEWING BLACK SMOKE CROSS LENGTH OF SCREEN |
01:36:44 31.7 |
COUPLE CRANKING & DRIVING OLD CRANKED AUTOMOBIE
(RECREATION OF 1903) |
01:37:18 65.7 |
EARLY CAR HORSELESS CARRIAGE SLOWLY RUMBLES ACROSS
ROUGH, ROADLESS FIELD |
01:37:23 70.7 |
HORSELESS CARRIAGE PASSES ONTO PATH MADE BY VEHICLES
IN GRASSY FIELD |
01:37:35 82.7 |
CROWDED LOS ANGLES FREEWAY. ABOVE VIEW FOUR LANES OF
HEAVY, SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. MANY CARS IN ONE DIRECTION, FEW IN ANOTHER |
01:37:45 92.7 |
THE "STACK" NEAR DOWNTOWN LA. HIGHWAYS AND OVERPASSES
WITH AUTO TRAFFIC DISSECTING EACH OTHER. |
01:37:49 96.7 |
1920s VINTAGE FOUR SEATED AUTO (FORD TIN LIZZY?)
RIDES ALONG FIELD. PARKS ALONGSIDE VINTAGE BI-WING PLANE (BARN STORMER). |
01:38:00 107.7 |
TWO MEN MAN TRYING TO HELP 2 FLAPPERS OUT OF CRAMPED
FRONT SEAT OF BI-PLANE. ARE HINDERED BY STRONG WIND CREATED BY BARN STORMER'S PROP |
01:38:28 135.7 |
TWIN PROP DC AIRLINER TAXIS TOWARDS CAMERA AS
PASSENGERS WAIT OUTSIDE GATE OF NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT. |
01:38:35 142.7 |
PEOPLE INSIDE AIRPORT TERMINAL WALKING AROUND, AT
TICKET COUNTERS. |
01:38:45 152.7 |
ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD WAITS ON FIELD WATCH AS FLAG
MAN GUIDES AIRLINE TO THEM. |
01:38:50 157.7 |
SKELETONS OF NEW TERMINAL BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. |
01:39:01 168.7 |
AERIAL VIEW SMALL TOWNS. POV LOW FLYING PLANE.
|
01:39:05 172.7 |
TOWN HALL BUILDING AT END OF MAIN STREET IN SMALL
TOWN. PEDESTRIANS. AUTO TRAFFIC IN FRGD. TOWNSPEOPLE WALK WOODEN SIDEWALK IN SMALL TOWN. |
01:39:11 178.7 |
MERCHANTS SHOVEL SNOW IN FRONT OF THEIR STORES.
|
01:39:15 182.7 |
AERIAL PAN CLEARING FOR PROPOSED AIRPORT NEAR SMALL
TOWN. POV LOW FLYING PLANE. |
01:39:35 202.7 |
VARIOUS VIEWS SMALL RURAL AIRPORTS WITH VARIETY OF
SMALL PLANES. OLD YELLOW CAB STATION WAGON PULLING IN AT SMALL TOWN AIRPORT. |
01:39:38 205.7 |
SIGN ON BUILDING: "VICKSBURG AIRPORT, ELEVATION 111
FT. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI". |
01:39:40 207.7 |
SMALL PRIVATE PLANES AT SMALL AIRPORTS.
|
01:39:45 212.7 |
PIPER CUB TAXIS TOWARDS CAMERA, TURNS LEFT. PILOT
SEEN IN COCKPIT. |
01:39:59 226.7 |
MAN WHITEWASHING LINES ON STONES TO FORM CONTROL
BOUNDARY AT SMALL AIRPORT. WORKER USES WHITE SPRAY PAINT TO PAINT STONES LAYED IN "L" SHAPE ON GROUND AS MARKER ON RUNWAY. |
01:40:05 232.7 |
CU HAND SPRAYING PAINT WITH SPRAY GUN.
|
01:40:10 237.7 |
AERIAL RURAL AIRPORTS. VIEW OF AIRFIELD RUNWAY WITH
MARKERS AS SEEN BY PLANE FLYING LOW OVER RUNWAY IN RURAL FARM AREA. |
01:40:27 254.7 |
CONSTRUCTION & SURVEY CREWS AT SMALL AIRPORT. WORKER
SHOVELS CEMENT INTO CEMENT MIXER FROM TRUCK. |
01:40:31 258.7 |
SURVEYOR PEERS THROUGH TRANSIT, AS ANOTHER WALKS OUT
TO FIELD. |
01:40:35 262.7 |
HANGAR ROOF UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
|
01:40:39 266.7 |
PLUSH WHEAT FIELD. AERIAL PAN FARMLAND AND FARM
BUILDINGS, POV LOW FLYING PLANE. |
01:41:00 287.7 |
CU WHEAT IN FIELD, WHEAT STALKS, WHEAT SHEAVES.
|
01:41:03 290.7 |
FARM MACHINES HARVESTING WHEAT.
|
01:41:05 292.7 |
TRUCKS FOLLOW ALONG AS TRACTORS PULLS COMBINES
HARVESTING WHEAT IN FIELD AS GROWERS STREAMLINED AGRICULTURE WITH HEAVY MACHINERY. |
01:41:17 304.7 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FARMERS LOAD BAGS OF SEED & FARM
IMPLEMENT PARTS ON THEIR SMALL PLANES FOR FAST DELIVERY TO FARM. |
01:41:24 311.7 |
MAN PAINTS WING OF CROPDUSTER BI-PLANE WITH SIGN
"SOUTH CAROLINA AERIAL SURVEYING SERVICE INC" |
01:41:30 317.7 |
MAN STARTING ENGINE ON BIPLANE
|
01:41:35 322.7 |
CROPDUSTER FLIES JUST FEET OVER CROPS IN FIELD
|
01:41:50 337.7 |
CU PILOT WITH GOGGLES LOOKING INTO & ONSIDE OF CAMERA
WHICH IS PLACED IN OPEN COCKPIT. |
01:42:00 347.7 |
RUDDER AND CLOUD OF CHEMICAL IN SETTLING ON FIELD
BELOW IN BKDG. |
01:42:10 357.7 |
FARMER PAYS PILOT FOR CROP DUSTING WITH CHECK.
|
01:42:37 384.7 |
AIRPLANE LANDS IN FIELD TO DELIVER SPARE PART TO
HARVESTING MACHINE. FARMER TAKES COMBINE PART FROM PLANE |
01:42:42 389.7 |
HANDS PART TO WORKERS TO FIX DISABLED COMBINE RIGHT
THERE IN FIELD. MAINTENANCE |
01:42:45 392.7 |
WORKERS FIX COMBINE WITH PART.
|
01:42:50 397.7 |
WORKING COMBINE IN ACTION TOWARDS CAMERA,
|
01:42:52 399.7 |
SMALL PLANE DRIVEN BY FARMER, TAKES OFF FROM FIELD
|
01:42:55 402.7 |
FARMER CARRIES TWO PLOW BLADES TO SITE ON FARM
|
01:43:00 407.7 |
TRACTOR PULLING PLOW TOWARDS CAMERA. ZOOM IN ON PLOW
CHURNING UP DIRT. |
01:43:18 425.7 |
GOVERNMENT-OWNED FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANE TAXIS ON RUNWAY
AT COMMUNITY AIRFIELD TO DELIVER RANGERS TO SITES OF FOREST FIRES. |
01:43:23 430.7 |
CU BURNED OUT TREES FOLLOWING FOREST FIRE.
|
01:43:26 433.7 |
ABOVE VIEW GROUP OF FOREST RANGERS BOARDING PLANE.
FOREST SERVICE PLANE TAKING OFF AT AIRSTRIP |
01:43:39 446.7 |
VARIOUS VIEWS SMOKEJUMPERS PARACHUTING OUT OF PLANE
IN POSITION NEAR FOREST FIRE. |
01:43:45 452.7 |
CU RANGER LOOKS DOWN BEFORE HE JUMPS
|
01:44:11 478.7 |
DC-3 TAXIS ONTO RUNWAY AT SMALL RURAL AIRPORT.
|
01:44:15 482.7 |
AERIAL VIEW LARGE PLANE FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF
ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE SPRAYING INSECTICIDE CHEMICALS OVER FOREST TREES BELOW TO KILL DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. |
01:44:20 487.7 |
POV PLANE FLYING HIGH ABOVE.
|
01:44:49 516.7 |
VARIOUS VIEWS TREES BEING CUT DOWN BY LOGGERS. TREES
TOPPLING |
01:44:50 517.7 |
LARGE FLATBED LOGGING TRUCK LADEN WITH HUGE LOGS
ROLLS BY AT SUNSET |
01:45:10 537.7 |
AERIAL VIEW INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
|
01:45:12 539.7 |
SMALL TRACTOR PULLS HUGE GLEAMING DC-3 PLANE OUT OF
HANGAR. |
01:45:24 551.7 |
AERIAL ZOOM BLACKTOP RUNWAY ON EDGE OF WHEAT FIELDS
AS SEEN BY PLANE COMING IN FOR LANDING. |
01:45:42 569.7 |
CU VIEW NAMES OF COMPANIES ON AIRPLANE RUDDER TAIL
SECTIONS OF EXECUTIVE AIRLINERS: "LE TOURNEAU", "UNION OIL". |
01:45:45 572.7 |
BUSINESSMEN EXECUTIVE WITH BRIEFCASE LEAVING TERMINAL
BUILDING |
01:45:56 583.7 |
"FIRESTONE" HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
|
01:45:58 585.7 |
"KRAFT FOODS COMPANY" HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.
|
01:46:00 587.7 |
TWO EXECUTIVES WEARING WHITE SHIRTS AND TIES ENTERING
RAYTHEON CORPORATE PLANE. |
01:46:05 592.7 |
TWO EXECUTIVES EXIT THEIR COMPANY PLANE.
|
01:46:22 609.7 |
SALESMEN CARRYING BRIEFCASES & SAMPLE OF WINDOW, WALK
AWAY FROM THEIR PIPER CUB |
01:46:30 617.7 |
BUSINESSMEN WALKING INTO IDAHO NATIONAL BANK.
|
01:46:46 633.7 |
AERIAL OPEN PIT MINING. VARIOUS VIEWS INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX WITH HEAVY SMOKE SPEWING FROM SMOKE STACKS. |
01:46:53 640.7 |
CU STEEL WORKER WEARING BLACK GOGGLES, LIFTS HIS ARM
TO PROTECT HIS EYES FROM GLARE OF BLAST FURNACE. |
01:46:55 642.7 |
WORKERS LEAVING FACTORY
|
01:46:57 644.7 |
CU MINE WORKER WITH HELMET & PIPE IN MOUTH.
|
01:47:00 647.7 |
WORKER AT HIS MACHINE.
|
01:47:03 650.7 |
CU OIL RIG PUMPING. OIL WELL COUNTERWIEGHT ROTATING.
OIL DERRICKS IN BKGD AT SUNSET. |
01:47:10 657.7 |
RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS JAMMED WITH BOX CARS.
|
01:47:18 665.7 |
EXECUTIVE PUTS SUITCASE INTO LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF
SMALL PLANE MARKED "FITZPATRICK". LIFTS STORAGE DOOR ON SIDE OF PRIVATE PLANE. DRILLING COMPANY |
01:47:34 681.7 |
TWO MEN CARRY PERSON ON STRETCHER OFF RED AIR
AMBULANCE & INTO WAITING AMBULANCE. |
01:47:40 687.7 |
WORKERS LOAD LARGE HEAVY OBJECT ONTO PLANE.
|
01:47:46 693.7 |
CROPDUSTER FLYING LOW OVER CROP SPEWING CHEMICALS.
|
01:47:57 704.7 |
SMALL PLANE TAXIING THROUGH WHEAT FIELD
|
01:48:00 707.7 |
AERIAL VIEW COWS IN PASTURE
|
01:48:05 712.7 |
FAMILY WITH KIDS CLIMB INTO SMALL FAMILY PLANE
|
01:48:08 715.7 |
BOY STANDS ON WING OF RED PLANE PREPARES TO LOAD
RIFLE INTO COCKPIT FOR HUNTING TRIP. SPORTSMEN |
01:48:17 724.7 |
TWO MEN FROM FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES CLIMB INTO
PLANE. |
01:48:20 727.7 |
AERIAL PAN POWER LINES AS SEEN FROM PLANE CHECKING
THE LINES. |
01:48:30 737.7 |
PASSENGERS LEAVING SMALL PLANE MARKED "PROVINCETOWN
-BOSTON AIRLINE". SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY |
01:48:45 752.7 |
SMALL PLANE TAXIING BY HANGAR MARKED "AIRCRAFT
DIVISION" |
01:48:57 764.7 |
AERIAL VIEW PLANE FLYING OVER SMALL TOWN TO RUNWAY AT
AIRPORT ON EDGE OF TOWN. |
01:49:15 782.7 |
RUNWAY AS SEEN BY LANDING PLANE
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Description: FILM TELLS OF THE GROWTH OF AIRPORTS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL FARM AREAS, AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF U.S.
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