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Film Leader Countdown
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| 01:00:05 5.27 |
NET animated graphics - the National Educational Television Network
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| 01:00:26 26.55 |
Show opens to CU of older man riding a bicycle. From the "Leisure Time" studio, several TVs on the wall, comedian Bob Newhart at his desk on the phone asking the person on the other end to command the bike rider to drive slower.
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| 01:00:45 45.96 |
WS Newhart at his desk, picks up ringing telephone. Four clocks on the wall behind him and several TV screens on the side wall.
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| 01:02:22 142.4 |
At Issue show graphics overlay television studio control panels.
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| 01:02:35 155.5 |
Actor Comedian, Bob Newhart welcomes viewers and introduces himself. He talks into the camera about the amount of leisure time Americans have, and questions what we do with this time, what is leisure, does it lead to happiness or problems? He introduces the show, "Leisure Central" a satirical comparison show to similar current programs such as "election central" etc.
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| 01:03:42 222.78 |
Newhart turns toward the TVs on the wall above him and speaks to Mr. Penny, the elderly man riding a bicycle.
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| 01:03:51 231.7 |
Mr. Penny, still riding, responds to Newhart's question of what he would do if he had 6 months off, he states he would do the same as what he's doing now. The same question is answered by a mix of different folk: a middle aged woman, a police officer, a young attractive woman, construction worker and Playboy Bunny.
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| 01:05:42 342.49 |
Dr. Richard Belman, a professor of medicine, math and engineering from the University of Southern California speaking into camera describes society as in a state of transition and points out that automation is forcing more leisure time on the working man. He also states leisure time has been a problem in America for the last 20 years which explains why the entertainment business is one of the biggest and most flourishing in the nation.
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| 01:05:44 344.24 |
CU hands typing on an electric typewriter.
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| 01:06:17 377.2 |
Harvey Swados at typewriter, critic of the industrial scene and author of "The Myth of the Happy Worker".
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| 01:06:18 378.77 |
INSERT INTERVIEW - HARVEY SWADOS
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| 01:07:27 447.59 |
INSERT INTERVIEW - AUTHOR PAUL GOODMAN
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| 01:09:18 558.6 |
Back with Bob Newhart in the "Leisure Time" studio. He talks into the camera about leisure time issues 50 years back, however, he states in those days not so many people had leisure time decisions to make because all the money from America's industrialization fell into the hands of few people - the new "American Aristocracy" - before the days of the income tax. Newhart cuts to a some historic footage from back in the day...
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| 01:09:41 581.69 |
B&W historic footage from post civil war era, late 1800's early 1900's. Scenes of well to do folk, well dressed, enjoying life - socializing, dancing. strolling holding parasols, riding in open carriages, driving new cars. Newhart narrates unseen, they had money for hotels, horses, hunting, playing tennis and golf.
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| 01:10:29 629.35 |
Continued B&W footage circa late 1800's-early 1900's of women in long dresses playing tennis, men golfing, and women playing croquet. Pan coastal area, palm trees, boats, yachts are seen.
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| 01:11:10 670.39 |
Newsreel footage of the launching of J.P. Morgan's steam yacht, Corsair the 4th.
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| 01:11:37 697.06 |
Cu popping open a bottle of champagne. Pouring champagne into glasses. People socializing at cocktail party.
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| 01:11:54 714.51 |
Playboy Bunny serving drinks and lighting men's cigarettes at the Playboy Club Los Angeles, circa 1960's.
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| 01:12:17 737.12 |
Back with Newhart - he talks into camera about the shortened work week of the 1960's, 36 hours vs 65 hours in 1870, giving workers an extra 30 hours for leisure. Additionally, labor unions pushed up wages. Turning to the television sets he defers to a clip from Florida.
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| 01:13:14 793.99 |
Two attractive '60's women, Judy Wedland and Liz Jerome, driving along in a convertible in Florida, passing numerous hotels and motels and pulling into motel parking lot.
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| 01:13:38 818.35 |
American Flag on a flag pole blowing in the wind.
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| 01:13:42 822.81 |
Young people at the beach, '60's women in two piece bathing suits hanging out at the shore, guys and gals, sunbathers. Shot from behind, Wedland and Jerome walking up stairs, the camera focusing on their butts. Newhart narrating unseen.
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| 01:14:28 868.87 |
Pan poolside scene at the Castaways Motel in Miami. Young men and women in bathing suits lounging and sunbathing. Young man in bathing suit standing under outdoor shower.
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| 01:15:05 905.7 |
Judy Wedland speaking on hand piece of rotary dial phone in hotel room, making arrangements to attend a jam session. Female friend, Liz Jerome brushing her cute '60's style hairdo.
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| 01:16:08 968.5 |
Shots of Judy and Liz at ski school on the beach. Being taught by cute male ski school instructor. Adjusting feet into water skis. Out on the water boat drags Liz up and out of the water, ski school guy assisting her up onto the skis. Side by side shot of both Liz and instructor skiing.
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| 01:17:29 1049.05 |
Girls at beauty salon. Hair being styled by male beautician. Liz in curlers under hair dryer.
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| 01:18:11 1090.99 |
Nighttime downtown Miami, montage of neon signs - Dunes, Superior Motel, Liquor Bar, Zoritas Show Bar, Golden Nugget. Flashing lights.
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| 01:18:23 1103.09 |
CU from waist down - fringy go-go skirt swinging back and forth, fishnet stockings. Live band at nightclub, young people dancing '60's style. Go-go dancer on stage.
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| 01:19:13 1153.49 |
Beautiful vintage '60's car pulling up to a Boat Supermarket in Newport Beach, California.
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| 01:19:48 1188 |
Pleasure boat on the water in Newport Beach. Two guys driving boat headed toward shoreline. Boats docked in harbor.
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| 01:20:43 1243.92 |
Blurry sign on building in Disneyland. Recorded voice welcomes folks into the park. Family at the park getting on horse drawn trolley. Sights and sounds of Disneyland in the 1960's .
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| 01:22:30 1350.34 |
Back in the "Leisure Room" studio with Newhart. WS of Newhart sitting in front of large clocks on the wall and several TV monitors, he talks at camera.
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| 01:23:09 1388.99 |
Woman opens a box containing the game of "Life". Friends seated in living room on the floor playing the game.
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| 01:24:20 1460.63 |
Sign on wall reads: Don't Buy an Avalon Hill Game Unless you are Above Average!
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| 01:24:24 1464.68 |
Male designer of adult and teen board games, explaining how he wants the "Blitzkrieg" chess type battle game to look before manufacturing. Male board game designers consulting, looking at prototypes. Printing press printing the new games.
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| 01:26:38 1598.14 |
Family, including young children and adults in living room watching black and white television cartoons on old fashioned console.
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| 01:26:54 1614.37 |
Talking head mom, Mrs. Holtsman, talking with unseen Bob Newhart, tells him her favorite television shows, and states the kids go for cartoons.
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| 01:27:13 1633.02 |
Close up young boy licking his lips, dad close by leaning over him. Sounds from the television show they're watching can be heard.
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| 01:27:24 1644.9 |
Close ups adorable kids, male and female, and dad, completely absorbed watching television
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| 01:27:54 1674.66 |
Producers, Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas smoking a cigar in their Hollywood office discussing their new television series, "My Fifteen Blocks".
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| 01:28:08 1687.95 |
Close up Acto, Danny Thomas discussing new television program. Writers seated in the room listening to what he has to say.
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| 01:28:40 1720.25 |
Hand holding a cigar over a vintage metal ashtray.
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| 01:28:44 1724.14 |
Sheldon Leonard, Executive Producer for television programs, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and I Spy speaking to unseen Newhart. He talks about the television audiences of the day and their leisure habits - circa 1960's.
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| 01:30:13 1813.77 |
Bob Newhart at his desk in the Leisure Time studio, answers the ringing phone on his desk.
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| 01:33:12 1992.59 |
Talking heads talking (to Newhart unseen) about what they will do upon retirement.
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| 01:33:57 2037.37 |
Back to Mr. Penny, the shirtless bicycle rider from earlier in the reel. Bicycling down the road he talks about his plans for retirement - eventually settling in at Art Linkletter's Sierra Dawn Retirement Estates in Hemet, California.
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| 01:34:15 2055.54 |
'Bayberry Land' estate on Long Island Sound in Southampton belonging to the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Men playing catch on large font lawn of estate. Indoors, men playing ping pong.
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| 01:35:02 2102.12 |
Male (electrical workers) having a casual meeting and talking candidly about how they would use their leisure time to benefit themselves and what they would do with their time.
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| 01:37:15 2235.82 |
Pan out from the smoke emanating from the smokestacks of a coal factory in West Virginia.
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| 01:37:25 2245.44 |
Row houses along the road in the Alleghany Mountain region of West Virginia.
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| 01:37:32 2252.11 |
In mining town of West Virginia, talking head, Wayne Harden, retired Secretary of Local 1643 Coal Miners, talks to unseen interviewer about the difficulty of adjusting to retirement and figuring out what to do with the extra time.
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| 01:38:33 2313.37 |
WS landscape view of residential neighborhood in the Alleghany mountains of West Virginia, homes dot the landscape of low lying mountains.
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| 01:38:37 2317.24 |
African American talking head retired coal miner, Ross Merriwether, from West Virginia is seen digging with a shovel. Close up on Merriwether he talks with unseen interviewer from his porch about what he does in his spare time - he runs his gardens, raises chickens and ducks, goes to church regularly, reads and "things like that".
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| 01:39:11 2351.76 |
Approaching a giant hollowed steel globe, POV from moving vehicle. Narrator, Bob Newhart, unseen, states this is entrance to "Leisure World" in Maryland, one of the several in the United States, considered an "adult community" and specifically, not a "retirement community".
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| 01:39:24 2364.31 |
Older couple with their pooch, Mr. Boo, enter the lobby of an "Adult Community, and greeted enthusiastically by a salesman in the reception room. Salesman leads group of older women to a wishing well, fountain, in the reception room, they throw coins into it.
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| 01:40:18 2418.14 |
Salesman leading a tour of elderly folk around The Leisure World facility in Maryland. They tour the activity rooms with painting easels, ceramic classroom with potter's wheels, built in swimming pool. They tour the dwellings "manor houses" with patios, elevators, etc.
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| 01:42:08 2528.11 |
Pan the "Gold Room", several elderly folk seated, drinking coffee, reading brochures. Talking head elderly man speaks about this new way of life appropriate for them now, no more lawns to mow, no more lawns to mow.
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| 01:42:46 2566.37 |
In the studio with Bob Newhart, seated at his desk in front of four clocks overhead, he reiterates the elderly man's statement, "what would i do with my time?".
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| 01:43:16 2596.85 |
Cutaway to storefront studio with sign "Self Defense" on window - people inside studio in a class learning karate. Some aggressive karate moves are shown, woman instructor knocking down female student, male instructor flipping his student.
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| 01:43:53 2633.24 |
Unseen, Newhart, asks Karate student who was just flipped to the ground what he's doing there. Student responds "I'm studying Judo" ..."a good form of exercise"...
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| 01:44:18 2658.91 |
Female instructor demonstrating self defense, flips her student to the ground. Newhart, unseen, asks why she's there. The studen, sprawled on her back, responds, "self defense", ...its exhilarating and you feel so good when you're through.
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| 01:44:55 2695.86 |
Newhart, unseen, interrupts a middle aged female student during her lesson and asks why she's there. Student replies, "well, ...my husband and I just kinda got tired of watching tv and wanted to do something together, we were both athletic and kinda let it slip a little while..."
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| 01:45:18 2718.83 |
Classroom of male and female Karate students practicing Karate chops.
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| 01:45:23 2723.56 |
Newhart, unseen, introduces Dave DeWitt, "race car driver". Pan down on DeWitt's hand revealing a remote control. WS of a large indoor remote controlled race track called "the Indianapolis Speedway" in Scarsdale, New York.
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| 01:45:37 2737.72 |
Var shots tiny cars racing around large indoor remote controlled race track. Race car announcer is heard as cars speed around the track.
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| 01:45:57 2757.13 |
Cute young Asian child smiling, excited, jumping for joy.
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| 01:46:05 2765.43 |
Talking head, Dave DeWitt, model race car enthusiast, speaking to camera about how much fun the sport is. His hand holding a tiny model race car upside down revealing the tires and motor.
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Tilt down on two drawers of toy race cars.
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| 01:46:44 2804.5 |
WS of huge indoor remote control race track, crowd of people standing around tracks watching cars race.
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| 01:46:57 2817.31 |
Pan in from fur coats hanging on a rack to a man at sewing machine, moving around to close shot of the face of same man, Ellis Chasens, a fur worker in Washington DC. CU his nimble fingers pushing thin strip of fabric through the machine.
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| 01:47:11 2831.81 |
Cu Hands playing violin, pan out revealing Ellis Chasins playing violin as female child holding her own violin standing by watching. Chasin's giving lessons to young girl, she practices with him.
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Cut to Chasins' taking practicing with orchestra conductor, Carl Rooks(sp?)
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| 01:49:08 2948.35 |
WS the Arlington Civic Symphony in concert and audience shots
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| 01:50:07 3007.22 |
Pan applauding audience, 1960's.
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| 01:50:20 3020.15 |
Back in the Leisure Time studio with Bob Newhart. Newhart cuts to next segment.
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| 01:50:44 3044.97 |
Labor leader, Harry Van Arsdale standing on roof top in Queens. Aerial Pan over the Electchester Apartment Development in Queens, New York. Van Arsdale talks with unseen interview about shortening the hours employees work for employers.
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| 01:51:30 3090.1 |
WS people bowling in bowling alley. Bowling ball flying down the alley.
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Talking head, Mr. Al Somer, retired electrical worker states, "Do anything that you think that would make you happy, but don't sit around the house, it's the worst thing to do. Get out, meet people, see other people that are retired...".
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| 01:52:11 3131.07 |
Various talking heads speaking to camera about leisure time and retirement their ideas ie, life-long education, jobs, leisure.
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| 01:55:21 3321.8 |
Bob Newhart at his desk in the studio, summing up the program is interrupted by ringing telephone. He speaks with anonymous viewer. Newhart wraps up the program by saying, "it would help to realize our old idea of a work society isn't so useful anymore, doing something after work is just as important today as work itself..." "...we have to learn to live as well as to make a living, then we won't have trouble filling time, well have trouble finding it..."
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| 01:58:18 3498.53 |
At Issue graphics and credits overlay scenes of people golfing, playing pool, takig walks, sailing, canoeing...
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NET animated graphics.
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Reel ends.
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Year: 1965
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1960s NEWS
Specialty CollectionGenre: 1960s NEWS
Description: At Issue Title: The Leisure Boom:An Examination of the American Pursuit of Pleasure, hosted by Actor Comedian Bob Newhart Episode #62 OBD: Dec-65 TRT: 60 min Description: A report on the growing amount of leisure and the problems arising from this. (Source: NET Jan-June 1966 Semi-Annual Report). Narrated by comedian Bob Newhart, THE LEISURE BOOM: AN EXAMINATION OF THE AMERICAN PURSUIT OF PLEASURE is a satirical, yet serious look at the plethora of leisure activities available to Americans and the way they are spending their free time. From “Leisure Central,” Newhart culls the country, determining how Americans are spending their hours away from work and whether they are enjoying their pursuits. There is a panorama of Americans at play with Newhart as the “anchor” or “pivot” man at “Leisure Central,” a tongue-in-cheek comparison to television’s “election centrals” etc. Guests: Dr. Richard Belman, Professor of Medicine, Math and Engineering, USC Harvey Swados, author of “The Myth of the Happy Worker” Author Paul Goodman; Sheldon Leonard, a television executive producer responsible for such program as “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” and “I Spy”; Actor Danny Thomas. THE LEISURE BOOM: AN EXAMINATION OF THE AMERICAN PURSUIT OF PLEASURE is a 1965 National Educational Television production Executive Producer: Alvin Perlmutter Producer: John O’Toole Writer-Associate Producer: Harry Muheim
Keywords: retirement community
