Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: NT-5059

00:00:26 2.51	Color Bars
00:00:32 8.58	Film Leader Countdown
00:00:43 19.06	Show opener. NET graphics.
00:00:59 35.2	Tilt down on street in Harlem neighborhood, New York, peds can be seen, busses going by, cars parked on streets, barbershop pole, signs on buildings.
00:01:04 40.19	Two little Black children in city park, girl and boy, playing clapping game "Patty Cake" shot from other side of chain link fence. Little girl looking at camera. With Narration.
00:01:11 47.46	Pan out from kids to view of high rise apartment buildings with fire escapes, clothes line between buildings with clothes hanging from it. Narration
00:01:15 51.17	zoom in on clothes line hanging between two apartment buildings.
00:01:16 52.48	Black man and woman looking out from window of apartment building.
00:01:24 60.85	Tilt down on wide alleyway (dark footage) between apartment buildings with lots of kids or teens hanging around, some garbage can be seen on the ground , fire escapes from the apartment buildings.
00:01:34 70.72	African American woman speaking with Policeman - dark footage
00:01:42 78.66	Wide shot of street in Harlem, many Black men just hanging around, a couple of guys walking down street toward camera, man with tie and suit jacket swung over shoulder talking with other man as others are just hangin'. Male narrator (Claude Brown) talks about hanging around on the street and seeing so much in one afternoon (including seeing someone getting cut or killed), that when he came home he'd talk for hours and hours, his dad didn't believe his stories.
00:02:10 106.2	Tilt down very dark footage of a dark littered alleyway. Narrator walking down alley with another male, kicking the empty cans, and talking about seeing and participating in gang fights, bottle fights, zip gun fights. Narrator points out spot where he got shot when he was about 13 years old.
00:03:08 164.1	Two men still walking through alley, toward camera. Narrator (and guest of today's program) Claude Brown pointing out place where they played hockey.
00:03:19 175.81	Pan over to another long, littered alley between apartment buildings. Clothes hanging on clothes line in bkgd, fire escapes, lots of litter everywhere, boy runs across alley. Narrator and guest, Claude Brown, points out this alley as a place he hung out as a kid where they decided what they were going to do on any given day.
00:03:29 185.17	At Issue: graphic (overlay dark dirty alley), and show introduced by Announcer.
00:03:37 193.94	"Inside the Ghetto" title graphic of program overlay dark alley.
00:03:47 203.29	Close up - narrator (unseen) introduces Claude Brown, Author of Manchild in the Promised Land.
00:03:50 206.63	Pan over to close up of interviewer, narrator (unseen) introduces Norman Podhoretz, Editor of Commentary Magazine.
00:04:01 217.84	Brown and Podhoretz sit down on makeshift bench overlooking litter strewn alleyway.
00:04:12 228.93	Close up on Podhoretz as he talks with Brown on his book about growing up, and "coming up", in Harlem. Podhoretz states that since the publication Brown has received many accolades from other prominent authors and states how the book breaks new ground in candor.
00:05:17 293.57	Claude Brown, talks about what inspired him to write his book about growing up in Harlem, entitled "Manchild in the Promised Land" and the history on how it came about. Dogs barking and kids can be heard as he speaks.
00:06:40 376.22	Wide shot Brown and interviewer, Podhoretz smoking a cigarette, sitting outside talking.
00:06:52 388.41	Podhoretz, close up speaking to Brown about how he, Brown, wrote the book for money, though "no man except a block head wrote anything except for money!"
00:07:05 401.75	Wide shot Brown talking with Podhoretz telling him that he became so involved in writing the book (for money), experienced a catharsis and became very involved, and then realized that if he never received a penny for writing the book, the experience of writing it would have made it all worthwhile.
00:07:27 423.94	Wide shot Brown taking a drink from plastic cup and smoking a cigarette still sitting on makeshift bench overlooking alley with Podhoretz holding cigarette. Podhoretz talks about the great reviews from New York Times Book Review.
00:08:16 472.32	Two young Black boys hanging out on fire escape
00:09:00 516.09	Young Black woman leaning on stairs to fire escape, looking sad and very forlorn.
00:09:06 522.73	Back to Podhoretz commenting on Brown's book, commenting on how critics state Brown never tells them in the book how and why it all happened that he got out of Harlem.
00:09:23 539.69	Brown disagrees emphatically with critics comments and states that he "demonstrated quite clearly how, not how but when, he began to pull away from the lure of crime and the lure of Harlem street life and even why. Critics of the book "Manchild in the Promised Land" seem to want to know if there's a formula, such as how and why someone is able to get away.
00:09:33 549.28	Young African American boy balancing on railing of fire escape on apartment building. Pan in reveals a friend sitting on steps of the fire escape.
00:09:48 564.77	Brown continuing interview, defending the writing of his book.
00:09:54 570.13	Feet and legs from waist down leaning on fire escape steps and climbing stairway. Brown can be heard talking about his book.
00:09:59 575.11	pan out to wide shot of boy hanging onto fire escape as if on gym equipment, climbing quickly up stairs to next level where friend awaits..
00:10:12 588.95	Pan out from apartment building fire escape to several Black kids climbing up the stairwell.
00:10:36 612.54	Back to wide shot Crown still smoking and Podhoretz challenging him with questions about the writing of the book.
00:10:38 614.38	Close up shot from other side of chain link fence, a young black boy just staring out, looking sad and alone.
00:10:41 617.7	Podhoretz continuing interview with Brown, challenging him about critics opinions that any kid can make it out (of the 'hood) despite the conditions, and the fact that Claude Brown made it is of no significance whatever. He reads a review from a white liberal militant - who didn't like the idea that he made it out because he's afraid of the implications that any Black boy can make it out.
00:11:48 685.02	Brown talking with Podhoretz and emphatically responding to the challenge and interview continues. He states that there's "there are many people too intellectually endowed and inclined to really perceive the message of the book... "That Harlem has been cast aside as sort of inhuman community in New York City...we've had too much psychological and sociological analysis of these various ghettos throughout the country already...this is what problematized Harlem and has acted as an obstacle..."
00:13:16 772.36	Wide shot Brown and Podhoretz. Podhoretz lights another cigarette.
00:13:41 797.48	Interview continues. Close up Podhoretz, he refers to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. He mythicizes African American experience in places like Harlem.
00:14:33 849.55	Brown talking about being a delinquent because he wanted to be one, he was enjoying life as well as his friends enjoying taking drugs, shooting each other, gang fights it was a ball - stating they all enjoyed it it gave them a "social status". it was
00:15:10 886.63	Group of young male Black boys playing on fire escape, climbing up and down the ladders, leaning over the railings, kicking paper bags and debris off.
00:16:15 951	Podhoretz continues directing questions to Brown - asking him about whether he had any specific ambitions at age 16.
00:16:23 959.6	Brown, cigarette in hand, states he knew he wanted to make money and that he didn't want to spend too much in jail.
00:16:42 978.88	Close up on group of young African American boys in alleyway, huddled over a small bag of food or treats, pushing, shoving each other in a friendly way.
00:17:19 1015.66	Two young African American girls holding small baby and leaning out the window of brick apartment building
00:17:41 1037.4	Group of black adults sitting in alleyway hanging out, shot through chain link fence. Interview continuing.
00:18:15 1071.84	wide shot Brown and Podhoretz, group of African Americans can be seen through chain link fence watching as Brown is interviewed.
00:22:22 1318.34	Interview continues. Podhoretz talking to Brown. Brown talking about the recent riots in Los Angeles.
00:25:00 1476.55	Podhoretz talks with Brown about his potentially going into politics and becoming a Congressman of the Harlem District, being that he's in Law School now.
00:25:11 1487.51	Brown states he will certainly try to get elected some day and is ready to devote his life to it.
00:27:08 1604.61	Black woman in plaid shirt shot looking through chain link fence, listening.
00:28:47 1703.67	Young Black girl in black eyeglasses - shot through chain link fence
00:30:11 1787.06	Two African American gentlemen, one wearing a white hat, the other in suit, white shirt and tie
00:30:20 1796.04	Portrait shot Interesting looking Black woman in hoop earrings, chubby stern face and very large chubby neck.
00:30:38 1814.49	Side head shot African American woman, short cropped hair, button earrings.
00:32:48 1944.14	Close up Podhoretz with cigarette hanging out of his mouth.
00:40:33 2409.86	Three African American little kids sitting on fire escape.
00:42:39 2535.25	Wide shot a bunch of African American kids running, playing in a litter strewn alley. Apartments with fire escapes surrounding them.
00:43:28 2584.74	Two African American guys sitting behind chain link fence, knees up to chin and appear to be listening.
00:44:25 2641.16	African American woman with cigarette hanging out of her mouth and cat eye sunglasses looking at camera.
00:44:46 2662.62	Sassy looking Black woman in pretty print dress, leaning on chain link fence, puts her hand on her hip and gives a nod. Others behind her look on.
00:45:11 2687.44	Close up side profile African American male.
00:48:00 2856.7	Young African American boy hanging on to pole (of fire escape) arm reaching up holding on.
00:48:53 2909.68	Group of African American men and women standing, sitting on makeshift seats, behind chain link fenced in area of alleyway or courtyard.
00:50:36 3012.43	Pretty Black young woman with short hair and cat eye sunglasses, black top.
00:50:55 3031.79	Nice looking African American male with thin mustache and wearing a paperboy cap.
00:52:10 3106.03	Continuing interview, loud noise from airplane, Podhoretz, looking up at the sky
00:53:30 3186.47	African American kids, mostly male, playing and climbing on fire escapes
00:57:52 3448.08	Tilt up on apartment buildings, little lone black boy standing on fire escape looking out.
00:58:32 3488.4	Wide shot Brown and Podhoretz sitting on make shift chairs with alleyway in Harlem behind them. Tall apartment buildings with clotheslines and lots of litter strewn about in the alley
00:58:34 3490.23	Interview concludes Brown and Podhoretz shake hands.
00:58:37 3493.22	Brick apartment window with broken glass.
00:58:39 3495.4	"Inside the Ghetto" overlay apartment window with broken glass and unseen dog barking.
00:58:50 3506.22	Show credits overlay broken apartment building window.
00:59:50 3566.64	NET graphics with announcer
01:00:00 3576.84	reel ends.