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01:00:31 8.47
AERIAL VIEW LONG STRETCHES OF SUPER-HIGHWAY
SNAKING, CRIS-CROSSING THROUGH POPULATED URBAN,
SUBURBAN AREAS. CU VIEWS TRAFFIC HEAVY TRAFFIC,
CIRCA 1950S, SPEEDING IN ALL DIRECTIONS ON
HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING TOWARDS AND OVER CAMERA. CU
LIGHT TURNS RED, CU 1954 CHEVY STOPS GRILL FACING
CAMERA. transportation
01:01:45 82.47
FOUR CARS, SIDE BY SIDE, STOP FOR LIGHT ON FOUR
LANE HIGHWAY, FACING CAMERA, MC ABOVE VIEW BUMPER
TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, TOWARDS CAMERA, IN CITY AND ON
PARKWAY, VOICE OVER, "WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROADS",
"WE DIDN'T DREAM BIG ENOUGH". Gridlock
01:02:00 97.47
MAP OF U. S. SHOWS IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED, PAVED,
UNPAVED ROADS, SUPER HIGHWAYS AND PARKWAYS.
01:02:21 118.47
MONTAGE AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC ON COUNTRY ROADS, LONG
CITY STREETS, BIG CITY THOROUGHFARES, STATE
HIGHWAYS. NETWORKING THE NATION.
01:02:28 125.47
CU WHITE-WALLED TIRE OF CAR RIDING OVER BUMPS IN
ROAD, ONTO DIRT ROAD, WOODEN BRIDGE ROAD. CU ROAD
SIGN: "DEAD END STREET". CU MONTAGE MORE OF FAST
MOVING DIRT ROADS, WORN OUT AS SEEN FROM SPEEDING
CAR. VOICE OVER DESCRIBES. CU "ROAD CLOSED",
"SLOW", "DIPS", BARRIERS MARKED "DANGER", "NARROW
ROAD" AND OTHERS, ALL SEEN BY MOVING CAR.
01:03:10 167.47
CU RED FLAG STOPS TRAFFIC. MS DUMP TRUCK AND CREW
FIXING ROAD. CU LOCAL ENGINEER SUPERVISES WORKERS.
VOICE OVER ENGINEER TELLS WHAT HE THINKS HAPPENED
TO OUR ROADS.
01:03:29 186.47
VARIOUS CU VIEWS HOLE IN ROAD BEING CLEANED WITH
PICK AXE, BROOM, SHOVEL, THEN FILLED WITH BLACK
TOP, SMOOTHED OUT. CU MAN IN CAR RESTS HEAD ON
HAND AS HE WAITS COMPLETION OF THE REPAIR. CU
ANOTHER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS, OPENS
DOOR TO LOOK OUT, LOOK OF FRUSTRATION ON FACE.
01:03:55 212.47
CU RED FLAG IS LOWERED FOR TRAFFIC TO TOLL ON.
CU TRACTOR AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT RIDE OFF ROAD
TOWARDS CAMERA TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE.
01:04:16 233.47
MS SEVERAL SHOTS WHITE MILK TRUCK RIDING ON DIRT
ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU VIEW TRACTOR WHEEL
TURNING ALONGSIDE TRACTOR DRIVER, BACK TO CAMERA.
01:04:39 256.47
MS SEVERAL VIEWS MILK TRUCK SPEEDING ON DIRT ROAD
TOWARDS CAMERA, ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD, MS TRACTOR
HAULING ROAD WORKING EQUIPMENT ON OPPOSITE SIDE
OF ROAD, MEETS AT CURVE WITH MILK TRUCK, WHO
SLOWS DOWN TO AVOID COLLISION. SLOWLY RIDES AROUND
TRACTOR. CEMETERY IN B/G
01:05:15 292.47
SCHOOL BUS TURNS SLOWLY AT NARROW BRIDGE BY
RAILROAD CROSSING. MS CHILDREN INSIDE BUS, BACK TO
CAMERA, WATCH DRIVER NEGOTIATE TURN. BUS, BACK TO
CAMERA, BARELY MAKES TURN. CU SCHOOL BUS RIDES
SLOWLY TO STOP TOWARDS CAMERA, SCHOOL KIDS CLIMB
IN. MCU KIDS PEERING OUT WINDOW AS BUS PASSES.
01:05:49 326.47
TRAFFIC IN F/G PASSING STRING OF STORES IN SMALL
TOWN AS MAN ON 2ND FLOOR LOFT PEERS THROUGH WINDOW
AT TRAFFIC. MS MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, PEERING OUT
LOFT WINDOW TO TRAFFIC IN STREET BELOW. HIS VOICE
OVER TELLS OF TERRIBLE TRAFFIC ON WEEK-ENDS.
VARIOUS CU VIEWS AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1950S.
TOWARDS CAMERA.
01:06:09 346.47
BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC IN SMALL TOWN, WITH NO
PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMODATE CUSTOMERS FOR STORES.
01:06:11 348.47
CU FINGER RINGING UP CASH REGISTER. MS CAR LOOKS
FOR SPOT IN CROWDED PARKING LOT. MS MERCHANT HANGS
UP SIGN: "FREE PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS", INSIDE HIS
STORE WINDOW, VOICE OVER, GOOD INVESTMENT TOWN
MUST MAKE, "LOTS OF PARKING".
01:06:34 371.47
MLS 1950S AUTO TRAFFIC PASS "EISHER BROS 5 AND 10
CENTS STORE" IN B/G. MLS MORE TRAFFIC, SMALL TOWN
STORES. MOSTLY GM CARS.
01:06:48 385.47
CU WOMAN DRIVING WITH YOUNG DAUGHTER NEXT TO HER,
BACKS TO CAMERA, LOOKING FOR PARKING SPACE IN
TOWN. PASS SIGN, "NO PARKING, BUS STOP". CU HER
VIEW OF CARS PARKED AT CURB, A SPACE WITH FIRE
HYDRANT, BAGS OF ORANGES, OTHER PRODUCE AT
OUTSIDE MARKET IN B/G. MORE OF WOMAN AND CHILD IN
CAR LOOKING. WOMAN'S VOICE OVER TALKS ABOUT
CONGESTION AND FINDING PARKING.
01:07:13 410.47
WOMAN SEES DRIVING SPOT OUTSIDE THEATER, BUT "NO
PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS" STOPS HER. MORE OF "NO
PARKING" SIGNS, FIRE HYDRANTS, ETC.
01:08:10 467.47
MLS WOMAN WAITS AS CAR PULLS PULLS OUT OF PARKING
SPOT AGAINST CURB IN TOWN, CAR WAITING IS CUT OFF
BY ANOTHER CAR WHO CUTS INTO SPOT. road rage
01:08:32 489.47
CU WRIST WATCH ON MAN'S WRIST AT WHEEL. CU
FRUSTRATED MAN BEHIND WHEEL BLOWS HORN. MS PRODUCE
TRUCK, BACK TO CAMERA, BLOCKS ROAD AS WORKERS
UNLOAD. WORKERS CARRYING PRODUCE BOXES WITH HAND
TRUCKS IN CROWDED MARKET.
01:09:05 522.47
CU MAN AT WHEEL OF TRUCK, STICKS HEAD OUT OF
WINDOW, GETS IMPATIENT AS HE WAITS FOR TRUCK IN
FRONT TO UNLOAD, SPEAKS TO DRIVER OF TRUCK IN BACK
OF HIM WHO IS ALSO WAITING.
01:09:18 535.47
MCU HERD OF SHEEP IN TRUCK. SHEEP SUPER-IMPOSED
ONTO VARIOUS VIEWS OF BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC.
(MAKING A COMPARISON ?). VOICE OVER SAYS "WITH 54
MILLION CARS ON ROADS TODAY, (1954), "THEY SAY BY
1975 WE WILL BE DRIVING 85 MILLION".
01:09:30 547.47
MS BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1954, NOT
MOVING GRID LOCK). SALESMAN IN CAR BLOWS HORN,
LOOKS AT WATCH, FRUSTRATED LOOK ON FACE. CU GRILLS
OF CARS, INCHES AWAY FROM REARS OF CARS BEFORE
THEM.
01:09:53 570.47
CU MAN IN CAR GETS ANGRY WHEN MAN BEHIND HIM BLOWS
HORN, NE COMMENTS ANGRILY, (ROAD RAGE) MONTAGE
FACES OF FRUSTRATION ON VARIETY OF DRIVERS STUCK
IN GRID LOCK TRAFFIC. CU MAN IN WAITING CAR,
GLANCES TO WOMAN WAITING IN CAR NEXT TO HIM. SHE
GLANCES BACK IN HELPLESS FRUSTRATION. CU FACE
SHOTS. VOICE OVER, "WHAT CAB A CITIZEN DO?
01:11:00 637.47
CU NEWSPAPER STORY, "GM OFFERS AWARD.....",
"NATION-WIDE CONTEST SLATED TO SEEK ROAD SYSTEM
IDEAS", "YOU CAN WIN $25,000" CU MONTAGE VARIOUS
VIEWS HANDS TYPING, MAIL BEING POURED OUT OF MAIL
BAGS.
01:11:30 667.47
LS ROBERT MOSES OF NEW YORK, WORLD FAMOUS HIGHWAY
PLANNER, IS INTRODUCED AT BANQUET, SPEAKS ABOUT
DIFFICULT REMEDY FOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. MOSES
PROPOSES CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AT 5 BILLION A YEAR.
01:12:50 747.47
DERRICKS AT WORK, MEN CLEARING DEBRIS FROM ROADS,
WORKERS LAYING CEMENT, LEVELLING IT, ROAD
CONSTRUCTION SITES WITH BULL DOZERS, OTHER
EQUIPMENT.
01:13:15 772.47
MS PAN ELEVATED HIGHWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION GOING
IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
01:13:26 783.47
PAN LONG LINE OF CARS, CIRCA 1954, PARKED
HORIZONTALLY IN FRONT OF LONG LINE OF PARKING
METERS. MLS ABOVE VIEW AUTO DRIVING INTO 4 STORY
PARKING GARAGE IN CITY. CU SIGN WITH AROW
"MUNICIPAL PARKING". ABOVE VIEW PARKING LOT.
01:13:39 796.47
VARIOUS VIEWS ROAD CREWS LAYING BLACK TOP ON
COUNTRY ROAD. MS CAMERA FOLLOWS BEHIND BLACK TOP
LAYING VEHICLE AS WORKER CONTROLLING JETS LAYING
BLACK TOP. WORKERS BEHIND DUMP TRUCK SPREADING TAR
ON ROAD. CU VIEW JETS ON VEHICLE LAYING TAR ON
ROAD. CU MACHINE SMOOTHING BLACK TOP.
01:13:59 816.47
CU STEAM ROLLER, BACK TO CAMERA SMOOTHING OUT
BLACKTOP.
01:14:06 823.47
LS BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC MOVING SLOWLY ON
OVERPASS IN F/G AND ANOTHER IN IN B/G. MLS ABOVE
VIEW TRAFFIC ON GOWANUS PARKWAY IN BROOKLYN, NEW
YORK, PASSING TENEMENT HOUSES AND FACTORIES ON
EITHER SIDE OF PARKWAY. VIEW OF THREE AND FOUR
STORY TENEMENT HOMES, CIRCA EARLY 1900S. POV
PARKWAY
01:14:34 851.47
SIGNS AT EXIT OF GOWANUS PARKWAY,"LAST EXIT IN
BROOKLYN".POV VAR DRIVING UNDER IT AND OFF
PARKWAY.
01:14:41 858.47
NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPERS IN B/G. CITY DOCKS IN
F/G.
01:14:43 860.47
MS PEOPLE SEATED ON PARK BENCHES ON UPPER LEVEL
PROMENADE OF THREE LEVEL PARKWAY WITH TWO ONE-WAY
EXPRESSWAYS UNDER PROMENADE, AND STREET TRAFFIC
ON UNDER THAT IN BROOKLYN.
01:15:07 884.47
LS HOLLYWOOD INTERCHANGE WITH HIGHWAY AND CRIS
CROSSING OVERPASSES. MANICURE PLUSH GRASS,
SPRINKLERS AT WORK. CAUSE RAINBOW TO FORM IN F/G.
VARIOUS VIEWS TRAFFIC CRISS CROSSING, EIGHT WAYS
AT ONCE INTERCHANGE.
01:15:34 911.47
AERIAL PAN SPECTACULAR TWO DECK VIADUCT SNAKES
ALONG DOCKS AT PUGET SOUND THROUGH SEATTLE'S
BUSIEST SECTION, HAS CUT A 20 MINUTE BATTLE TO
THREE MINUTES TRAVEL TIME.
01:16:03 940.47
CAR APPROACHES PAY TOLL BOOTH, GOES THROUGH NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, POV INSIDE CAR. ABOVE VIEW SIX LANE TOLL ROAD SNAKING OVER WET LANDS.
01:16:43 980.47
VARIOUS VIEWS STEEL WORKERS HEATING RIVETS, ON
SCAFFOLDS, WORKING ON STEEL STRUCTURES..VARIOUS
VIEWS CONCRETE, STEEL, HIGHWAYS IN VARIOUS DEGREES
OF COMPLETION. HUGE CRANES, MASSIVE STEEL
STRUCTURES IN PITTSBURGH.
01:17:25 1022.47
HIGHWAYS IN PITTSBURGH BRING AIRPORT (LS) ONLY 15
MINUTES AWAY FROM CITY AERIAL VIEW HUGH HOLE
BEING DUG IN HEART OF CITY OF PITTSBURGH, TO
PROVIDE UNDERGROUND STORAGE (PARKING) FOR
THOUSANDS OF CARS.
01:17:48 1045.47
MLS SIX LEVEL PARKING GARAGE IN HEART OF CITY.
ABOVE VIEWS SAME. BUS, AUTO TRAFFIC IN STREET
BELOW.
01:18:02 1059.47
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS TRAFFIC ON BAYSHORE FREEWAY
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:18:26 1083.47
ABOVE VIEWS CONSTRUCTION ON EIGHT MILE EXPRESSWAY
FROM CITY LIMITS TO MICHIGAN AVENUE, WIDE AS CITY
BLOCK, INTO THE HEART OF THE "LOOP". IN CHICAGO.
ZOOM IN MAIN POST OFFICE BUILDING IN CHICAGO AS
SEEN FROM PARKWAY. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW CHICAGO
GETS FINANCING FOR THEIR HIGHWAYS
01:18:53 1110.47
VARIOUS VIEWS CRANE LOWERING HUGE STEEL BEAM TO
STEEL WORKERS SITTING ON STEEL BEAM HIGH ABOVE
STREET. CU OPERATOR IN SEAT WORKING CRANE.
STEEL WORKER NONCHALANTLY WALKS ACROSS STEEL
BEAM, HIGH ABOVE GROUND. POV BELOW LOOKING
UP. daredevils.
01:19:22 1139.47
VARIOUS VIEWS EXPRESSWAY BEING BUILT IN DETROIT,
AS SEEN BY CAR RIDING UP TO DROP OFF, WHERE
CONSTRUCTION IS TO CONTINUE. MONTAGE VARIOUS
VIEWS OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES, CEMENT BEING
POURED, LEVELED OFF.
01:19:58 1175.47
LS LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS WITH TRAFFIC TOWARDS
CAMERA RIDING UNDER OVERPASS. VARIOUS VIEWS
TRAFFIC ON PARKWAYS.
01:20:28 1205.47
CARS PARKED OUTSIDE SUBURBAN CHURCH.
01:20:32 1209.47
ROAD ALONG WATERS EDGE ALONG MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY
POV DRIVER. MS POLICEMAN DIRECTS SCHOOL CHILDREN
CROSSING AT INTERSECTION IN SUBURBIA.
01:20:48 1225.47
AERIAL PAN CROSSING PARKWAYS. BUMPER TO BUMPER
TRAFFIC SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA. MODERN INTERCHANGE
WITH CRISS CROSSING OVERPASSES, HIGHWAY.
01:21:41 1278.47
AERIAL VIEW PARKWAYS, INTERCHANGES, OVERPASSES ON
EXTENSIVE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THROUGH CITY AND SUBURBAN
AREAS.
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Year: 1954  Color: Color
Genre: AUTOMOTIVE

Description: Interstate Highway System INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, CAR CULTURE, MANIFEST DESTINY. GRID LOCK. ROAD RAGE

Keywords: road


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