| 00:00:50 6.53 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF WESTMORELAND, PENNSYLVANIA.
SMALL TOWN USA AS SEEN FROM DISTANT HILLTOP. CHURCH STEEPLE VISIBLE, CLICHE RURAL AMERICA. SPRING |
| 00:01:04 20.53 |
OFFICIAL CEREMONY. MR. SCHMUECKER HANDS JAMES
MCLERNIN CEREMONIAL "KEY-TO-THE-CITY"-TYPE KEY TO VW PLANT. OCT. 5, 1976. SYMBOLIC KEY TO WESTMORELAND PRESENTED TO VOLKSWAGEN PRESIDENT SCHUECKER BY GOV. SHAPP. |
| 00:01:20 36.53 |
HELICOPTER AERIAL OVER BEAUTIFUL ROLLING, GREEN
HILLS, PASTORAL. COUNTRYSIDE. |
| 00:01:46 62.53 |
"A NEW AMERICAN PLANT". VW PLANT IN FLOWER POT
ON MAP. PROMO POSTER. |
| 00:01:50 66.53 |
EXT SHOT OF "VW WESTMORELAND" HIGHWAY SIGN
ALONGSIDE ROAD. PLANT FACTORY IN BG |
| 00:01:52 68.53 |
INT EMPTY FACTORY. VW BUS DRIVES INTO VIEW, DUST
RISES FROM UNFINISHED FACTORY FLOOR. |
| 00:01:59 75.53 |
PAN EMPTY FACTORY
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| 00:02:14 90.53 |
WELDING BEGINS. FACTORY CONSTRUCTION. MEN UP HIGH
IN METAL RAFTERS. SPARKS. WELDING SAFETY MASKS-SHIELDS. |
| 00:02:35 111.53 |
BLINKING RED WARNING LIGHT ATOP A LASER BEAM
TRANSMITTER. CAUTION |
| 00:02:38 114.53 |
LAYING RAILS IN FACTORY USING LASER TRANSIT.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN HARD HATS |
| 00:02:43 119.53 |
LASER EYE GENERATOR. USED IN SURVEYING ACTIVITIES.
HAMMERING |
| 00:02:52 128.53 |
"ASSEMBLY BUILDING". ZOOM OUT TO BUILDING PLANS
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| 00:03:01 137.53 |
STANDING OFFICE CONFERENCE. MEN LOOK AT PLANS, MAP
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| 00:03:05 141.53 |
DISCUSSION AT DESK. GERMAN ACCENT
|
| 00:03:08 144.53 |
SUPERVISOR HANGS UP PHONE, LEAVES OFFICE. SOUND
BITE "I GOTTA GO, BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES" |
| 00:03:12 148.53 |
EARTH MOVER. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DIGS UP DIRT.
BULLDOZER. DUMPS DIRT IN DUMP TRUCK. |
| 00:03:23 159.53 |
HELICOPTER AERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION SITE, OVER-PASS
|
| 00:03:32 168.53 |
BULLDOZER
|
| 00:03:39 175.53 |
AERIAL "POWER TOWER" CONSTRUCTION
|
| 00:03:48 184.53 |
CRANE PLACES TOP OF ELECTRICAL TOWER ON TOP OF
BASE. POWER LINE TOWERS. |
| 00:03:59 195.53 |
CRANE OPERATOR
|
| 00:04:01 197.53 |
WORKERS SIT ON METAL GIRDERS OF TOWER & ATTACH IT
WITH RACHET WRENCHES. |
| 00:04:04 200.53 |
WORKERS ON GROUND HOLDING ROPE TAUT
|
| 00:04:06 202.53 |
LOW ANGLE SHOT UP AT TOWER
|
| 00:04:08 204.53 |
SIGN: "TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION HEADQUARTERS, NEW
STANTON, 14 MILLION DOLLARS, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, BELL OF PENNSYLVANIA" |
| 00:04:11 207.53 |
MAN IN CHERRY-PICKER WORKS ON TELEPHONE-ELECTRICAL
WIRES-CABLES UP ON POLE |
| 00:04:18 214.53 |
"RABBIT HUTCH". (TEMPORARY BUILDING FOR PERSONNEL
INSTRUCTION). METAL BUILDING (HASEN HUTTEN). PICTURE OF RABBIT HITTING BEAR, & FROG WITH FLOWERS. |
| 00:04:22 218.53 |
INTERIOR. INSTRUCTION OF SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL. VW
RABBIT HOOD OPEN, MEN MULLING ABOUT. |
| 00:04:26 222.53 |
PAN OF WHITE CONSTRUCTION HARD HATS HELMETS
BEARING "RABBIT" LOGO. |
| 00:04:30 226.53 |
CU ENGINE, UNDER THE HOOD OF RABBIT
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| 00:04:33 229.53 |
MEN LOOKING, LEARNING
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| 00:04:36 232.53 |
CEMENT TRUCK DRIVES INTO BUILDING ENTRANCE.
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| 00:04:48 244.53 |
CEMENT FLOOR CONSTRICTION UNDERWAY. DUMPING CEMENT
OUT OF CHUTE. |
| 00:04:52 248.53 |
CU MAN'S FEET WITH SHOVEL STANDS IN CEMENT
|
| 00:04:57 253.53 |
TRUCK DRIVES AWAY, NEW CEMENT FLOOR
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| 00:05:12 268.53 |
LATEST PRESS INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO PRESS ON
TELEPHONE |
| 00:05:17 273.53 |
STANDING CONFERENCE. MEN LOOKING AT PLANS
|
| 00:05:23 279.53 |
SCENES OF NEW STANTON PLANT IN WINTER. SNOW COVERS
GROUND |
| 00:05:35 291.53 |
VW BUS DRIVES PAST, BIG BLACK TANKS IN BG, HILLS
OF SNOW |
| 00:05:44 300.53 |
WELDING, MOVING SHOT CAROUSEL WELDING SEQUENCE
WORKER RIDING BICYCLE THRU FACTORY CAROUSEL WELDER |
| 00:06:54 370.53 |
CRANE OPERATOR ADJACENT TO PLANT, CRANE LIFTING
ADJACENT TO PLANT |
| 00:07:02 378.53 |
EARLY RABBIT GREY METAL BODY BEING ROLLED THRU
PLANT |
| 00:07:13 389.53 |
CU DIGITAL MEASURING DEVICE
|
| 00:07:20 396.53 |
"SHANTYTOWN" CONSTRUCTION AREA
|
| 00:07:32 408.53 |
EXECUTIVE RUNNING AHEAD OF CAR CARRIER, HAULAWAY
BRINGING IN FIRST SHIPMENT OF RABBITS FROM GERMANY TO BE TRIMMED. DRIVING CARS OFF CARRIER |
| 00:08:02 438.53 |
DAWN, PLANT, EMPLOYEES ARRIVING TO WORK
|
| 00:08:18 454.53 |
INTERIOR PLANT MOVING SHOT LARGE CAR PARTS
|
| 00:08:35 471.53 |
UPHOLSTERY & DASHBOARD TRIM SEQUENCE, DASHBOARD
TEST |
| 00:09:00 496.53 |
EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW SEQUENCE: APPLICANTS AT TABLE
FILLING OUT FORM, WOMAN INTERVIEWING APPLICANTS, VIEW OF CARDS OVER SHOULDER |
| 00:09:29 525.53 |
RAILROAD & SWITCHING YARD SEQUENCE: F/G RAIL
LOWERED TO TRACK BED, RAIL CLAMP MACHINE DROPS RAIL, WORKERS FIT RAIL, LS F/G RAIL, PLANT IN B/G, |
| 00:09:48 544.53 |
CU TRAIN ENGINEER IN CAB. MOVING ACROSS RAILS
|
| 00:09:57 553.53 |
LS AUTUMN LANDSCAPE IN PENNSYLVANIA
|
| 00:10:01 557.53 |
HIGHWAY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF PLANT, TRAFFIC
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS |
| 00:10:05 561.53 |
INTERIOR / FACTORY TRUCK DRIVES THRU WIDE OPEN
FACTORY SPACE |
| 00:10:12 568.53 |
WELDER IN TRIM AREA, FLOOR WELDING CONSTRUCTION
|
| 00:10:16 572.53 |
CHERRY PICKER IN F/G, FACTORY EXPANSE IN B/G
|
| 00:10:18 574.53 |
ANGLE UP ON CEILING LIGHTS SLOW OUT OF FOCUS
|
| 00:10:22 578.53 |
FOREMANS MEETING CONFERENCE
|
| 00:10:24 580.53 |
TRAIN, TRUCK UNLOADS BOXES OF BODY PARTS. CU
BOXES |
| 00:10:33 589.53 |
MAN POINTS TO PARTS LIST
|
| 00:10:35 591.53 |
CU STACKED PARTS, CAR BOTTOMS CU ANGLE DOWN ON
QUARTERPANEL PARTS |
| 00:10:39 595.53 |
LS F/G PRESSED METAL PARTS, B/G WELDING
|
| 00:10:41 597.53 |
WELDER IN GREY METAL FRAME, WELDING
|
| 00:10:45 601.53 |
STANDUP CONFERENCE CENTERING AROUND ELECTRIC CART
|
| 00:10:50 606.53 |
WELDING PART OF RABBIT BODY
|
| 00:10:51 607.53 |
EMPLOYEES ON BREAK DRINKING COFFEE, IN HARDHAT
AREA. CU OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, "SMILING JACK" CU HARDHAT EATING CANDY. |
| 00:11:03 619.53 |
FEMALE WELDER WELDING GREY METAL, SUPERVISOR
INSPECTS HER WORK |
| 00:11:11 627.53 |
HEALTHY SERVICE FACILITIES ON FACTORY FLOOR,
DOCTORS OFFICE |
| 00:11:13 629.53 |
FLOOR SWEEPER CLEANING FACTORY FLOOR
|
| 00:11:19 635.53 |
RABBIT BODIES ON CAROUSEL
|
| 00:11:29 645.53 |
BUSY EXECUTIVE AT DESK, SAMPLE STEERING WHEEL
ON DESK IN F/G |
| 00:11:31 647.53 |
LS ROW OF RABBITS READY FOR PAINT
|
| 00:11:33 649.53 |
3 HARDHATS ON COFFEE BREAK
|
| 00:11:35 651.53 |
OVERHEAD CONVEYOR TO PAINT SHOP
|
| 00:11:43 659.53 |
PAINT SHOP, PAINTER PAINTS DOOR OF PAINT CABIN
SECTION |
| 00:11:47 663.53 |
CU PAINTER WEARING MASK SPRAYING IN NOW FINISHED
PAINT CABIN |
| 00:11:53 669.53 |
SUPERVISORS, WORKERS SURROUND PAINTING TESTS
RABBIT INSIDE PAINT SHOP. LS TO MS WHITE PAINTED RABBIT READY TO EXIT. |
| 00:12:02 678.53 |
INSIDE RABBIT TRIMMER FITS WINDOW. CLAMPING
WINDSHIELD CHANNEL. BRUSHING WINDSHIELD RIM WITH GLUE. MAN TAPS WINDSHIELD INTO PLACE. |
| 00:12:46 722.53 |
LS RABBIT IN F/G, TRIM AREA IN B/G. CU NOZZLES,
WATER SPRAY TEST. FINISHED RABBIT DRIVES OUT OF TUNNEL. LS FACTORY IN B/G. |
| 00:13:03 739.53 |
VOLKSWAGEN OFFICIAL CEREMONY. NATIONAL ANTHEM
|
| 00:14:20 816.53 |
MS OFFICIAL SPEECHES. GOVERNOR OF PENNA., SEC.
OF TREASURY BLUMINGTHAL ?SP, MCLERNIN, GERMAN AMBASSADOR, MEMBERS OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ETC.. INTRODUCED. |
| 00:19:00 1096.53 |
SPEECHES BY TONI SCHMUECKER, PRESIDENT OF
VOLKSWAGEN, SECRETARY OF TREASURY BLUMINGTHAL?SP REPRESENTING PRESIDENT CARTER, GOVERNOR OF PA., MILTON SHAPP, TOM GLEASON, RICHARD DAUCH, |
| 00:33:43 1979.53 |
WHITE RABBIT EMERGES FROM UNDER CURTAIN, GRILL
AFFIXED ON CAR, MAKING IT FIRST VW RABBIT MADE IN AMERICA. LICENSE PLATE VW-1 |
| 00:34:41 2037.53 |
PRESENTATION OF SYMBOLIC KEYS & THANKS
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| 00:35:32 2088.53 |
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1978
Color: Color
Genre: INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
Specialty CollectionGenre: INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
Description: VOLKSWAGEN IN AMERICA. BACKGROUND FOOTAGE ON THE CONSTRUCTION & ACTIVATION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN VW FACTORY, SHOT BETWEEN APRIL 1977-APRIL 1978. THE "RABBIT" PLANT OPENING IN WESTMORELAND, PA. (EAST HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP), 4/10/78. *SOME FOOTAGE REPETITIVE OF MI-17 THE VW RABBIT IS A MODERN, FUEL-EFFICIENT, PEPPY HATCHBACK SEDAN. SPACE-EFFICIENCY, SUB-COMPACT CAR. TRAVERSE MOUNTING OF A LIQUID-COOLED, FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE ENGINE.
