| 00:01:42 102 |
CU GRANDFATHER CLOCK CHIMING 12 O'CLOCK, MIDNIGHT.
COUPLE COMES HOME FROM DATE. "THERE YOU ARE MISS CINDERELLA". |
| 00:02:16 136 |
GIRL SNEAKS UP STAIRS. SNEAKS PAST ROOM WHERE OLD
MAN WITH PIPE IS WRITING. SHE MAKES NOISE ON STAIRS, HE HEARS HER & COMES OUT. THEY TALK |
| 00:03:08 188 |
GRANDDAUGHTER TELLS GRANDFATHER ABOUT HER NIGHT IN
LUXURIOUS LIVING ROOM. HE SMOKES PIPE. |
| 00:04:42 282 |
YOUNG MAN PUTS RADIO ON. COUPLES DANCING AT 1940
HOUSE PARTY |
| 00:04:52 292 |
PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND GIRL ON TELEPHONE
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| 00:05:04 304 |
HOST MAKES UP SNACKS FOR HER GUESTS, TEA & TOAST.
FUNKY ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR CIRCA 1940 |
| 00:05:25 325 |
HISTORICAL RECREATION. PIONEER HOME. CANDLE-LIT
HOUSE, COOKING OVER FIRE IN HEARTH. PIONEER LIFE |
| 00:05:43 343 |
HORSE-DRAWN WAGON SALESMAN SELLING KEROSENE LAMP,
COAL OIL. |
| 00:06:05 365 |
CURIOUS PIONEER HOUSEWIFE PEEKS OUT OF CURTAINS
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| 00:06:10 370 |
SALESMAN KNOCKS ON DOOR, WANTS TO SELL HOUSEWIFE
COAL OIL LAMP, KEROSENE LAMP. HUSBAND COMES TO THE DOOR, TRIES TO GET RID OF SALESMAN, BUT HE PERSISTS. STUBBORN SALESMAN. "I AIN'T SO KEEN LETTIN' STRANGERS IN MY HOUSE" |
| 00:07:40 460 |
MAN WRITES WITH QUILL PEN. SALESMAN ENTERS ROOM,
THEY TALK. SALESMAN FRUSTRATED BECAUSE "HUMAN NATURE IS SLOW TO CHANGE" |
| 00:09:18 558 |
OLD WEST FARMER & FAMILY. LIFE INSURANCE SALESMAN
RIDES UP TO FARM, TALKS WITH FARMER. "I DON'T NEED NO SECURITY". SALESMAN PERSISTS, FARMER TELLS HIM TO "GET OFF MY LAND & STAY OFF IT". SALESMAN LEAVES |
| 00:10:21 621 |
FARM KIDS RUN & JUMP INTO WAGON. FARM FUN. LITTLE
BOY PULLS EVEN SMALLER SISTER UP INTO SEAT. |
| 00:10:44 644 |
SALESMAN STOPS TO WATCH KIDS, TURNS BACK TO FARM.
CONVINCES FARMER THROUGH HIS CHILDREN |
| 00:11:15 675 |
OLD MAN TALKS TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER IN POSH LIVING
ROOM |
| 00:12:06 726 |
HISTORICAL RECREATION: YOUNG MAN IN LAWYER'S OFFICE
WANTS TO TAKE OVER FATHER'S INSURANCE BUSINESS. |
| 00:14:50 890 |
LAWYER GIVES DEAD MAN'S POCKET WATCH TO HIS SON. CU
POCKET WATCH. |
| 00:15:10 910 |
1882 CALENDAR PAGES FLIPPING SHOWING PASSAGE OF TIME.
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| 00:15:14 914 |
HORSE & BUGGY CROSS RIVER BRIDGE
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| 00:15:17 917 |
FLIPPING CALENDAR PAGES FROM 1887. PASSAGE OF TIME.
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| 00:15:20 920 |
SNOWSTORM, MAN WALKS OUT OF HOUSE INTO STORM.
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| 00:15:26 926 |
JULY 1895 PAGES FLIPPING, PASSAGE OF TIME
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| 00:15:29 929 |
SALESMAN ON ONE SIDE OF FENCE TALKING TO FARMER
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| 00:15:34 934 |
HAND TAKING PAGE OFF NOVEMBER 1899 CALENDAR
|
| 00:15:37 937 |
HISTORICAL RECREATION: MAN WALKING ON RAINY DAY
UNDER UMBRELLA |
| 00:15:43 943 |
FLIPPING SEPTEMBER 1903 CALENDAR PAGES. PASSAGE OF
TIME |
| 00:15:52 952 |
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY MAN IN HIS OFFICE OPENS LETTER.
PHONE RINGS, TALKS ON OLD-FASHIONED TELEPHONE. "BE RIGHT OVER" |
| 00:16:32 992 |
EARLY 1900s COUNTY FAIR. MEN MEET AFTER 20 YEARS.
REUNION. |
| 00:17:25 1045 |
EARLY CAR RACING AGAINST HORSE WITH HARNESS SULKY.
MAN AGAINST MACHINE, ANIMAL AGAINST MACHINE. CROWDS CHEER. OLD MEETS NEW. CAR BARELY BEATS TROTTER ACROSS FINISH LINE |
| 00:19:08 1148 |
EARLY CAR SALESMAN TALKS TO CROWD
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| 00:20:15 1215 |
COUPLE DRIVING EARLY AUTO
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| 00:20:41 1241 |
MONTAGE EARLY CARS. MODEL T ON ROAD. 1930s CARS
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| 00:21:10 1270 |
MAN WALKS INTO OFFICE, FRIEND IMPRESSED WITH HIS CAR.
TWO OLD MEN SMOKING CIGARS |
| 00:22:08 1328 |
LITTLE GIRL WITH LOLLIPOP COMES IN, LISTENS TO MEN.
THEY SEE HER. OLD MAN HELPS HER INTO CHAIR TO WAIT FOR HER MOM |
| 00:23:35 1415 |
OLD MAN & HIS GRANDDAUGHTER SIT ON POSH LIVING ROOM
TALKING |
| 00:23:56 1436 |
OLD TIME GROCERY STORE. GROCER TAKES ITEMS FROM
SHELF BEHIND COUNTER FOR CUSTOMER. GENERAL STORE. SELLING PACKAGED GOODS. |
| 00:24:22 1462 |
OLD TIME DRUG STORE. PHARMICIST HELPS CUSTOMER
|
| 00:24:44 1484 |
DOCTOR MAKES HOUSE CALL. GIVES BOY SHOT IN THE ARM
WHILE MOTHER WATCHES. VACCINATION. |
| 00:24:56 1496 |
INSURANCE OFFICE. MAN USING DICTAPHONE, TYPEWRITER
CIRCA 1930s. IN MEETING WITH BOSS. OFFICE MACHINES |
| 00:26:00 1560 |
INSURANCE SALESMAN TALKS TO WEALTHY OLD MAN SMOKING
CIGAR. |
| 00:26:30 1590 |
INSURANCE AGENT TALKS TO WIDOW ABOUT INSURANCE
POLICY. |
| 00:26:52 1612 |
OLD MAN & YOUNG WOMAN IN LIVING ROOM OF NICE HOME.
LOOKS AT WATCH, SAYS IT'S LATE. LIGHTS HIS PIPE. GRANDDAUGHTER KISSES HIM GOODNIGHT. |
| 00:28:10 1690 |
OLD MAN SMOKING PIPE SITS AT HIS DESK, LOOKS AT
POCKET WATCH. CU ENGRAVING. |
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Specialty CollectionThis reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Year: 1940
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s INDUSTRIALS
Description: TELLS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS & BETTER WAYS OF LIFE THAT HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST 100 YEARS. INVENTIVENESS & INGENUITY CREATED IMPROVEMENTS. IMPROVED COMMODITIES & SERVICES. WITH ALLAN LADD, MILBURN STONE, BEN ALEXANDER, MARY BRODEL, HAL TALIAFERRO, CHARLES MILLER.
