| 00:01:38 98 |
YOUNG WOMAN LOUNGING IN BED LISTENING TO 1930s
RADIO EXERCISE PROGRAM. SIGH OF CONTENTMENT. PULLS BEDCLOTHES BACK, STRETCHES, EXERCISES ALONG WITH THE RADIO |
| 00:02:06 126 |
APRON CLAD MOTHER CALLING DAUGHTER DOWN FOR
BREAKFAST AT FOOT OF THE STAIRS, |
| 00:02:13 133 |
CU ZEALOUS YOUNG WOMAN COUNTING ONE TWO AS
SHE EXERCISES |
| 00:02:22 142 |
BROTHER CALLS UP TO SISTER, LOOKS AT HIS WATCH
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| 00:02:28 148 |
YOUNG WOMAN UNDRESSING QUICKLY CHANGING
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| 00:02:35 155 |
JOLLY MOTHER TALKING TO HER SON BEFORE HE GOES
TO WORK. IMPATIENT, HE YELLS UP AT HIS SISTER TO HURRY UP. |
| 00:02:56 176 |
1930s FAMILY HAVING BREAKFAST TOGETHER. GROWN
CHILDREN. GRUMPY FATHER READING MORNING NEWSPAPER. GROWN DAUGHTER ENTERS & GIVES FATHER A HUG. JOINS FAMILY FOR BREAKFAST |
| 00:04:36 276 |
YOUNG MAN TRAINING HIS DOG AT TABLE, COUNTING
TO TEN. DOG ON HIND PAWS WAITS FOR OWNER TO COUNT TO TEN BEFORE HE OR SHE DROPS DOWN ON ALL FOURS. OBEDIENT PET. MAN'S MOTHER SMILES. WIDOW & SON LIVING TOGETHER |
| 00:05:28 328 |
CARS PASSING 1930s ESSO GAS STATION SERVICE
STATION |
| 00:05:41 341 |
CU SIGN: "JOE BROWN PROP."
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| 00:05:45 345 |
1930s AUTO MECHANIC WORKING ON UNDERNEATH OF
CAR. FRUSTRATED, CAN'T FIX CAR |
| 00:06:03 363 |
IMPATIENT MAN HONKING HIS CAR HORN
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| 00:06:18 378 |
MECHANIC CRAWLING OUT OF MECHANIC'S PIT, TO
FILL CUSTOMER'S CAR WITH GAS. |
| 00:06:48 408 |
FUR CLAD WEALTHY WOMAN OPENS GAS STATION
BATHROOM DOOR, CHANGES HER MIND, CLOSES THE DOOR. MUST BE DIRTY! |
| 00:06:56 416 |
WOMAN GETS BACK IN CAR, WAVES HER HAND IN SMELLY
BATHROOM GESTURE. COMPLAINS TO HUSBAND ABOUT FILTHY BATHROOM. |
| 00:07:24 444 |
1930s CAR PULLING INTO GAS STATION. ESSOLUBE
SIGN. LOOKING AROUND FOR MECHANIC |
| 00:07:44 464 |
REALLY SHORT GAS STATION ATTENDANT WALKS UP
TO DRIVER'S SIDE, GAS PURCHASE 88 CENTS FOR 5 GALLONS OF GAS! |
| 00:07:50 470 |
COUPLE AT GAS STATION LOOKING AROUND FOR
EMPLOYER. HE SNEAKS UP ON THEM |
| 00:08:33 513 |
MAN WIPES SERVICE STATION SEAT FOR HIS WIFE.
CU WOMAN'S GLOVED FINGERS POINTING OUT ESSO DEALERS ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPER |
| 00:09:39 579 |
DELIVERY MAN JUMPS OUT OF TRUCK, TALKS TO
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT |
| 00:10:00 600 |
WOMAN LOOKING OVER SERVICE STATION GRADE.
SERVICE GRADING QUESTIONNAIRE |
| 00:10:27 627 |
MAN APPROACHES SEATED WOMAN, LEANING OVER HER
SHOULDER, LOOKING AT QUESTIONNAIRE |
| 00:11:01 661 |
1930s CAR PULLING INTO GAST STATION, SERVICE
STATION. ATTENDANT PUMPING GAS. CUTS TO COUPLE INSIDE GRADING HIS PERFORMANCE. |
| 00:12:38 758 |
CU GAS STATION ATTENDANT CHECKING CAR'S OIL
LEVEL. TELLS DRIVER CAR NEEDS A QUART OF OIL. STATION ATTENDANT PUTTING QUART OF OIL IN CAR CUSTOMER PAYS & LEAVES. COUPLE GIVING SERVICE ATTENDANT A ZERO ON PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE |
| 00:14:35 875 |
COUPLE LOOKING AT WRIST WATCHES, LEAVING GAS
STATION |
| 00:14:47 887 |
WOMAN WEARING A SLIP ON DOCTOR'S SCALE. WEIGHING
HERSELF. NURSE WALKS IN, WOMAN GETS DRESSED. |
| 00:15:11 911 |
MAN IN OVERCOAT WALKING UP TO ATLAS TIRES
SERVICE STATION. TALKING WITH ATTENDANT |
| 00:15:23 923 |
CU SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT STEPPING ON
ANOTHER'S FOOT TO GET HIM TO SHUT UP |
| 00:15:33 933 |
CUSTOMER PAYING FOR CAR SERVICE, ATTENDANT
BACKING UP CAR OUT OF GARAGE. POOR SERVICE. CUSTOMER GETS IN CAR, WHITE GLOVES GET FILTHY FROM GREASE LEFT ON STEERING WHEEL |
| 00:15:35 935 |
NURSE ENTERS DOCTOR'S OFFICE, CRABBY FROM
EXPERIENCE AT SERVICE STATION. PULLS OFF DIRTY GLOVES. |
| 00:17:03 1023 |
CU BOTTLE, JAR MARKED "SULPHUR AND MOLASSES".
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| 00:17:08 1028 |
DOCTOR & NURSE TALKING IN DR.'S OFFICE
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| 00:17:40 1060 |
TWO GAS STATION ATTENDANTS ARGUING
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| 00:18:22 1102 |
NURSE LEANING OVER DOCTOR'S DESK, TALKING
FLIRTING WITH DOCTOR. NURSE DIALING ROTARY PHONE, MAKING TELEPHONE CALL TO SERVICE ATTENDANT. |
| 00:20:06 1206 |
TWO NURSES TYING EXAMINATION ROBE AROUND LARGE
MAN. DOCTOR WATCHES. |
| 00:20:30 1230 |
NURSE OPENS DOOR, SURPRISED TO SEE A MAN, SITS
HIM DOWN. DOCTOR ORDERS MAN INTO HIS OFFICE |
| 00:21:15 1275 |
DOCTOR EXAMINING YOUNG MAN LOOKS IN HIS EYES,
LISTENS TO HIS HEART, TAKING HIS TEMPERATURE |
| 00:21:40 1300 |
CU STARTLED FRIGHTENED LOOK ON MAN'S FACE AS
HE SEES SKELETON HANGING IN OFFICE. DOCTOR WITH ARMS AKIMBO CHASTISES MAN FOR "LETTING HIM GET IN SUCH BAD SHAPE" ANOTHER DOCTOR COMES IN, EXAMINES PATIENT IN LIFT CHAIR |
| 00:23:10 1390 |
CU NURSE EAVESDROPPING ON OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR
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| 00:23:18 1398 |
DOCTOR DIAGNOSING PATIENT WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
RECOMMENDS "A BIG DOSE OF SULPHUR AND MOLASSES" HANDS PATIENT JUG |
| 00:26:16 1576 |
MAN WALKING DOWN URBAN RESIDENTAL SIDEWALK
SWINGING JUG AS HE WALKS. WALKING THROUGH GROUP OF LADIES ON SIDEWALK, WOMEN LAUGH AT HIM. |
| 00:27:00 1620 |
MAN WALKING DOWN SIDEWALK SPOTS MAN WALKING
DOWN THE SIDEWALK HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE, HIDES BEHIND A CAR. |
| 00:27:17 1637 |
MAN TALKING TO PIPE SMOKING SENIOR CITIZEN
SELLING HIM ON HIS SERVICE STATION, TAKES MAN'S CAR TO GARAGE |
| 00:28:25 1705 |
SHORT SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT AT CUSTOMER'S
WINDOW. ANGRY CUSTOMER GIVING ATTENDANT A PIECE OF HIS MIND. YELLS "HEY, WAIT A MINUTE" AS ATTENDANT WALKS AWAY |
| 00:28:36 1716 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT OPENS DISPLAY CASE,
TAKES OUT PART FOR CAR |
| 00:28:55 1735 |
MAN EMBARRASSED AT JUG HE'S CARRYING HIDES JUG
IN DISPLAY CASE. |
| 00:29:03 1743 |
FELLOW ATTENDANT STEPS ON SHORT ATTENDANT'S
FOOT, GESTURES TO MOVE, HE'LL PLACATE THE CUSTOMER |
| 00:29:15 1755 |
CU MOLASSES GOO POURING OUT OF JUG, GOOEY MESS
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| 00:29:23 1763 |
OWNER ARGUING WITH EMPLOYEE. CLICHE "FROM NOW
ON, THE CUSTOMERS ALWAYS RIGHT" |
| 00:29:38 1778 |
OLDER WOMAN, SENIOR CITIZEN IN HER KITCHEN WITH
PET DOG, PACKING LUNCH IN LUNCH BOX. DOG CARRIES LUNCH BOX OUT OF HOUSE, DOWN SIDEWALK WAITS FOR CARS TO PASS |
| 00:30:23 1823 |
LOW ANGLE FROM BEHIND, TRAFFIC POLICEMAN
BLOWING WHISTLE, DIRECTING TRAFFIC. |
| 00:30:28 1828 |
PET DOG CARRYING LUNCH BOX CROSSES STREET,
SPOTS FIRE HYDRANT, CIRCLES IT, PICKS LUNCH BOX BACK UP, BRINGS TO HIS OWNER AT WORK. |
| 00:31:21 1881 |
CUSTOMER WALKS UP TO MECHANICS, WORKERS
EMBARRASSED HOW DIRTY THEIR UNIFORMS ARE, ONE MAKES EXCUSE, KICKS THE OTHER ONE FOR SLIPPING UP. |
| 00:31:37 1897 |
CAR HORN BEEPS, STATION ATTENDANT WALKS AWAY
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| 00:31:44 1904 |
INTERIOR SERVICE STATION, TWO MEN TALKING
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| 00:32:19 1939 |
CU ESSO STANDARD DEALER SIGN
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| 00:33:21 2001 |
1930s CAR PULLING INTO GAS STATION, LESS THAN
FRIENDLY ATTENDANT WALKS OVER TO CAR, TALKS TO DRIVER |
| 00:33:59 2039 |
SAME SCENARIO, THIS TIME ATTENDANT JOGS OVER TO
CAR, CLEANS WINDSHIELD, FRIENDLY ATTENDANT |
| 00:34:32 2072 |
CU GAS STATION ATTENDANT PUMPING GAS & CLEANING
BACK WINDSHIELD OF 1930s CAR AT SAME TIME |
| 00:35:09 2109 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT OPENS CAR HOOD,
CHECKS OIL LEVEL & RADIATOR. CU CLEANING GAUGE STICK OF OIL, STICKING INTO DRUM, SHOWS CUSTOMER HE NEEDS OIL |
| 00:35:56 2156 |
CU ATTENDANT READING UNDER HOOD TAG
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| 00:36:47 2207 |
CU PUTTING OIL INTO CAR. CHECKING FAN BELT,
FILTER. |
| 00:37:08 2228 |
ATTENDANT CHECKING CAR BATTERY LOCATED UNDER
DRIVER'S SEAT. CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE |
| 00:38:45 2325 |
ATTENDANT ASKS CUSTOMER WHAT TIME IT IS, HE
LOOKS AT WATCH, ATTENDANT SAYS "HOLY SMOKES" STRIPS OFF UNIFORM |
| 00:39:00 2340 |
ATTENDANT DROPS OFF CUSTOMER'S CAR TO CUSTOMER
WAITING ON SIDEWALK. OPENS DOOR FOR CUSTOMER |
| 00:39:23 2363 |
CU ALARM CLOCK 8:55.
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| 00:39:28 2368 |
CU SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT LEANING ON HIS
HAND, SLEEPING ON THE JOB. STRETCHES. CURIOUS, HE PICKS UP JUG OF SULPHUR AND MOLASSES, POPS THE CORK, SMELLS IT. |
| 00:39:57 2397 |
SURPRISED BY ANGRY UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER WHO
YELLS AT HIM FOR BAD SERVICE |
| 00:40:30 2430 |
ATTENDANT GETS UP, SAYS "NOW YOU LISTEN HERE",
JUG FALLS FROM TABLE & LANDS ON HIS FOOT. CU PAINED FACE. CHANGES HIS MIND & SAYS "IN THIS STATION, THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT" |
| 00:40:49 2449 |
MAN ANSWERS HIS TELEPHONE, TALKING TO SERVICE
STATION ATTENDANT. MAN HANGS UP THE PHONE, GRABS HIS COAT FROM COAT RACK, LEAVES HOME |
| 00:41:50 2510 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT MOVES TIRE, OPENS
CUPBOARD, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. READS BOOKLETS. FELLOW EMPLOYEE ENTERS, TALK. |
| 00:46:15 2775 |
CU CUSTOMER'S RECORD OF SERVICE. SERVICE STATION
CARD. CHEVROLET 1937. |
| 00:47:37 2857 |
CU CALENDAR PAGE, MAY, 1937. CHANGES TO JUNE.
PASSAGE OF TIME. |
| 00:47:44 2864 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT COUNTING OUT CUSTOMER'S
CHANGE. "THANK YOU SIR, HAPPY MOTORING" |
| 00:47:55 2875 |
ATTENDANT COMPLAINING TO OWNER ABOUT BEING SO
NICE TO CUSTOMERS |
| 00:48:36 2916 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT CLEANING HIS HAND IN
GAS STATION BATHROOM. LOOKS IN MIRROR, PRACTICES HIS DELIVERY "HAPPY MOTORING" |
| 00:49:03 2943 |
STATION OWNER ON TELEPHONE, ASKS EMPLOYEE TO
GIVE CUSTOMER HER CHANGE |
| 00:49:12 2952 |
GAS STATION ATTENDANT GIVING CUSTOMER HER CHANGE
|
| 00:49:23 2963 |
CU HAPPY ATTENDANT "GEE, I GOT IT!" TAKES HIS
CAP OFF, SCRATCHES HIS HEAD. |
| 00:49:29 2969 |
MAN SLEEPING OVER HIS DESK, MOTHER COMES IN,
SHAKES HIM, "WAKE UP". MOTHER FUSSING OVER SON, FIXING HIS HAIR. THEY TALK |
| 00:50:47 3047 |
CU SERVICE STATION BOOKLETS ON BETTER SERVICE
PERFORMANCES. SAMPLES OF CAMPAIGNS. |
| 00:51:14 3074 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT PAINTING, CLEANING
FIXING UP SERVICE STATION. RAKING LAWN. MAKE-OVER. |
| 00:51:58 3118 |
HAPPY ATTENDANT CLEANING CAR WINDOWS, ASKS
DRIVER WHAT KIND OF GAS SHE WANTS. SEQUENCE OF BETTER SERVICE AT STATION & ESSO LOGO WITH MONEY SYMBOL OVER IT. SOUND OF CASH REGISTER CH-CHING |
| 00:54:51 3291 |
CU NURSE ON TELEPHONE TO SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT
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| 00:55:24 3324 |
ATTENDANT TALKING TO CUSTOMER IN HER CAR. ASKS
HER FOR A DATE |
| 00:55:57 3357 |
INTERIOR NEAT & TIDY SERVICE STATION, CUSTOMER
TALKING TO WORKER. CU MAN'S FACE GOING THROUGH RANGE OF EMOTIONS, FROM CONFUSED TO HAPPY |
| 00:57:08 3428 |
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANTS FIXING UP STATION,
PAINTING, CLEANING, NEAT DISPLAYS, ISLAND STORE |
| 00:57:27 3447 |
CU 1937 ESSO DEALER ADVERTISEMENT
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| 00:57:29 3449 |
CU MAILING LETTERS, PUTTING LETTERS IN MAIL BOX
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| 00:57:32 3452 |
MONTAGE SERVICE STATION ATTENDANTS TIPS FOR
BETTER SERVICE. |
| 00:57:44 3464 |
CU ESSO GAS STATION SIGNS
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| 00:57:47 3467 |
GAS STATION ATTENDANT PUMPING GAS, CHECKING
UNDER THE HOOD, CU SPARK PLUGS, CU LIGHT BULB, CAR LENS. WRITING DOWN CUSTOMER'S NAME ON PAD. CHECKING CAR BATTERY. CHECKING CAR TIRES. |
| 00:58:26 3506 |
COUPLE GETTING MARRIED, WEDDING CEREMONY, KISSES
& HUGS. CU DOG DECORATED WITH RIBBONS & CARRYING OLD BOOT IN HIS MOUTH. |
| 00:58:50 3530 |
1930s CAR PASSING WITH JUST MARRIED SIGN ON
BACK. ESSO FUEL TRUCK BEHIND. |
| 00:59:14 3554 |
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1937
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1930s INDUSTRIALS
Description: ESSO GASOLINE DEALER FILM. EARLY GAS STATIONS, GAS STATION ATTENDANTS IN UNIFORMS. FIRST CLASS SERVICE. VINTAGE GAS STATION. GAS PUMP WEDDING. DEALER DAN. DICK HARRISON. AN ESSO GENERAL SALESMAN. SHORTY SMITH - JOE BROWN'S HELPER. JOE BROWN - AS ESSO DEALER.
Keywords: petrol station
