Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1513B

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00:25:48 2.66	LURAY CAVERNS: PAN SKY AT DAWN TO SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA UNDER WHICH LIES AWESOME LURAY CAVERNS. PAN OF CEILING IN CAVERN WITH HUNDREDS OF COLORED STALAGMITES HANGING DOWN, WITH ALL SHAPES, SIZES. WITH UNDERGROUND LAKES. (HF-YTV)
00:26:35 49.66	FEMALE TOUR GUIDE LEADS PEOPLE TO HUGE HIGH AREA 164 FEET UNDER GROUND. PAN GUIDE DESCRIBES A HUGE 47 FOOT HIGH FORMATION FROM CEILING TO GROUND, LOOKING LIKE HUGE CORAL, THE LARGEST IN CAVERN.
00:27:37 111.66	AERIAL TOUR TAKES GROUP INTO AREA KNOWN AS THE "CATHEDRAL" AN ORGAN IS HEARD PLAYING AS THEY ENTER THE HUGE AREA WITH CATHEDRAL CEILINGS.
00:27:55 129.66	ORGANIST LELAND SPRINKLE PLAYS HIS STALACTITE ORGAN WHICH HE DESCRIBES. CU FEMALE TOURIST TAKES PHOTO AS DO OTHERS.
00:28:19 153.66	LELAND STRIKE VARIOUS SIZE STALACTITES WITH HIS HAND, EACH EMITTING A MUSICAL SOUND. HE GOT IDEA OF ELECTRIFYING EACH STONE. HOOKING UP TO KEYS ON ORGAN.
00:28:45 179.66	CU FACE SHOT OF LEALAND WITH GOGGLES, DUST MASK, AS HE GRINDS EACH STONE, UNTIL HE GETS DESIRED SOUND. HELPER STRIKES STONE WITH TUNING FORK, HOLDS IT UP TO LELAND'S EAR. CU LELAND STRIKES STONE WITH FINGER. LELAND LISTENS TO THE TONE.
00:29:05 199.66	CU LELAND'S FINGER STRIKES KEY ON ORGAN ACTIVATING SMALL RUBBER HAMMER WHICH STRIKES STONE. EACH KEY ACTIVATES A DIFFERENT TONE. LS ZOOM IN ON LELAND PLAYING HIS STALACTITE ORGAN AMID HUGE POINTED STONES "DRIPPING" FROM CEILING LIKE HUGE ICICLES.
00:29:27 221.66	FACE SHOT AND DIFFERENT ANGLE SHOTS OF LELAND PLAYING ORGAN.
00:30:16 270.66	RURAL POSTMAN: PICKUP TRUCK COMES INTO VIEW FROM DISTANCE, AS IT RIDES THROUGH BARREN, SNOW-BOUND HILLS, SURROUNDED BY PINE TREES, IN MONTANA. CU BEHIND WHEEL IS VIRGIL LANE, A RURAL POSTMAN WHO DELIVERS TO REMOTE, ISOLATED REGIONS. (HF-YTV)
00:30:50 304.66	VIRGIL STOPS, GETS OUT WITH MAIL, HAS TO CLIMB OVER MOUND OF SNOW TO PLACE MAIL IN MAIL BOX, DECORATED WITH A DEER'S MANY POINTED HORN RACK VIRGIL HAS ONLY FIVE STOPS TO MAKE, BUT FAR AND IN BETWEEN.
00:31:05 319.66	VIRGIL SITS FOR BREAKFAST AT HOME IN HUNGRY HORSE, MONTANA, WITH PARROT ON HIS SHOULDER, HIS WIFE VICKI, SERVING HIM. LEAVES HOUSE WITH THERMOS OF COFFEE UNDER ARM. TELLS OF PRECAUTIONS HE TAKES BEFORE LEAVING.
00:31:48 362.66	VIRGIL PULLS UP TO MAIN POST OFFICE IN COLUMBIA FALLS. TAKES MAIL FROM PIGEON HOLE RACK, SORTS IT.
00:32:15 389.66	VIRGIL'S TRUCK RIDING ON SNOW BOUND ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU CHECKS HIS WRIST WATCH TO KEEP ON SCHEDULE. PEOPLE FORM A RESCUE PARTY IF HE DON'T SHOW UP.
00:33:00 434.66	VIRGIL STOPS, PICKS UP HIS BINOCULARS, WATCHES GROUP OF DEER PASS THROUGH FOREST TREES. HE PEERS AT MOOSE IN DISTANCE.
00:33:40 474.66	SHEPHERD DOG WATCHES AS VIRGIL PULLS UP TO ONE-MAN GENERAL STORE, POST OFFICE, IN TOWN OF POLDRIDGE, HALFWAY POINT ON HIS ROUTE. HE DELIVERS & PICKS UP MAIL, AFTER WHICH HE HAS THREE MORE STOPS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE LIKE EARLY-AMERICAN PIONEERS.
00:34:23 517.66	VIRGIL WALKS DOWN WHERE MAN, WOMAN, ON HORSEBACK, RIDE UP TO GET MAIL. MAN HAS LONG BEARD, BUCKSKIN OUTFIT WHICH HE MADE HIMSELF. LOOKING LIKE HE WAS BORN 100 YEARS TOO-LATE.
00:34:47 541.66	VIRGIL GETS OUT OF TRUCK OPENS BACK, TAKES OUT SNOWMOBILE TO CONTINUE ON HIS ROUTE, WHICH IS NOT PLOWED. RIDES OFF, LEAVING TRUCK BEHIND.
00:35:45 599.66	VIRGIL CLIMBS OVER SNOW TO MAILBOX. HIS LAST STOP WHICH IS QUARTER-MILE INTO CANADA. LS VIRGIL RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA ON SNOW-COVERED ROAD ON WAY BACK HOME THROUGH ISOLATED TERRITORY. ZOOM AWAY.
00:36:25 639.66	SOARING: GORDON LSAMB, IN BUSINESS SUIT, WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA, AMID THICK CROWD, ON NEW YORK'S BUSY WALL STREET. FACE SHOT OF GORDON IN COCKPIT OF SAIL-PLANE, SOARING IN SKY. GLIDER CRUISING IN SKY HIGH ABOVE GREEN PASTURES BELOW. (HF-YTV)
00:37:00 674.66	GORDON WHO BUILT SAIL-PLANE FROM KIT PULLS IT INTO PLACE ON GRASSY FIELD. LS SAIL-PLANE BEING PULLED IN SKY BY PIPER CUB AIRPLANE. AS SEEN FROM PLANE FOLLOWING BEHIND. LINE IS RELEASED, SAIL-PLANE SOARS IN SKY.
00:37:20 694.66	MONTAGE SHOTS OF SAIL-PLANE SOARING SERENELY IN SKY PICTURESQUE GREENERY BELOW
00:37:47 721.66	SAILPLANES SCATTERED ALONG GROUND AT SAIL-PLANE MEET. PAN TO PEOPLE ON ROOF OF CONTROL TOWER WHERE PILOTS LAY OUT COURSE FOR COMPETITIVE MEET. MEN WOMEN OF ALL AGES TAKE NOTES.
00:38:00 734.66	CU PILOTS ADJUST THEIR SEAT BELTS, PULL DOWN PLASTIC COCKPIT COVER, TAKE OFF AT THREE-MINUTE INTERVALS. GLIDER WITH WIRE ATTACHED SOARS OFF GROUND. MONTAGE SAILPLANES SOARING IN SKY, SCENERY BELOW.
00:39:00 794.66	GORDON'S SON, WIFE, WATCH FROM GROUND WITH BINOCULARS, AS HE SOARS ABOVE, DROPPING HIS BALLAST OF WATER BEFORE LANDING. SON RUNS OUT TO MEET HIM AS HE UN-STRAPS SEAT BELT, CLIMBS OUT. WIFE GIVES HIM KISS.
00:39:46 840.66	WATERWAYS STATION: ZOOM OUT FROM LONG BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WHICH STRETCHES 3000 KILOMETERS FROM CANADA TO GULF OF MEXICO. (HF-YTV)
00:40:07 861.66	AERIAL PAN OF MISSISSIPPI FLOODING FARM LANDS ALONG ITS BANKS, CAUSING TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION. MONTAGE FLOODED PASTURES, FARM HOUSES.
00:40:24 878.66	"U. S. ENGINEER," SIGN ON STONE ENTRANCE, TO WORLD'S LARGEST HYDRAULICS LABORATORY, IN VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, BUILT BY U. S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE COMPLEX, WHICH HAS SCALE MODEL OF MISSISSIPPI AND EVERY MAJOR WATERWAY IN U. S.
00:40:45 899.66	ENGINEER TAKES MEASUREMENT WITH SMALL GAUGE TESTING EFFECTS OF WIND, WATER CURRENTS WHICH ARE STUDIED UNDER PRECISE LABORATORY CONDITIONS.
00:41:01 915.66	SCIENTIST DROPS SMALL PIECES OF PAPER IN WATER ALONGSIDE SCALE MODEL BRIDGE, TO TEST AFFECTS OF WATER CURRENTS ON STRUCTURE. THE PAPER FLOATS WITH CURRENT.
00:41:33 947.66	WAVE ACTIONS ARE DUPLICATED IN SCALE AS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WATER CONDITIONS. CU "WAVES" ROLLING INTO SHORE. CU COMPUTER TAPES, CIRCA 1975, COLLECT DATA FOR ANALYSIS. BLIPS ON SCREEN, PRINT-OUT AS ON CARDIOGRAM.
00:42:11 985.66	BUS LOAD OF ENGINEERS FROM ALL OVER WORLD, STOPS AT CENTER. FEMALE GUIDE SHOWS VISITORS SCALE MODEL OF NIAGARA FALLS, TO STUDY THE WITHDRAWAL OF WATER FROM FALLS FOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC USE. CU PAN OF MODEL
00:42:59 1033.66	SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: CU PRETTY YOUNG GIRL LIP-SYNCS WORDS, AS VOICE OF ROCK STAR CAROLE KING, ON TAPE, SINGS "WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW." GIRL IS DEAF, IS WATCHING TELEVISION SCREEN WITH INSTRUCTOR GUIDING HER IN SIGN LANGUAGE. SHE DOES REMARKABLE JOB OF IT. (HF-YTV)
00:43:57 1091.66	PAN OF FIRST MODEL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, IN WASHINGTON, D. C. ON CAMPUS OF GALADETTE COLLEGE, THE WORLD ONLY ACCREDITED LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF.
00:44:00 1094.66	CU MONTAGE FACES OF YOUNG MALE, FEMALE STUDENTS USING SIGN LANGUAGE WITH TEACHERS IN CLASSROOM. CU BLACK MALE FEMALE USING SIGN LANGUAGE IN CONVERSATION. CU THEIR FINGERS. TEACHERS DOING SCIENTIFIC, MATH PROJECTS. CU HANDS DOING SIGN.
00:45:30 1184.66	PRETTY YOUNG DEAF STUDENT TERESA, LIP SYNCS, WHILE DOING SIGN, TO SONG BY CAROL KING. CU FACE SHOT BEARDED TEACHER TELLS ABOUT HIS METHOD CALLED "CUED SPEECH", WHERE TERESA NOT ONLY READS LIPS, BUT ALSO LEARNS HOW TO SPEAK THE WORDS.
00:46:16 1230.66	TEACHER HOLDS TEST TUBE AND USES SIGN WITH MALE STUDENT IN LAB. CU SHOT OF HIS HAND DOING SIGN.
00:46:40 1254.66	CU TERESA SHUTS TELEVISION, TAPE RECORDER, THEN PROCEEDS TO SING SONG WITH HER OWN VOICE AND SIGN AT SAME TIME, SINGS WORDS SLIGHTLY DISTORTED.
00:48:11 1345.66	CU FEMALE TEACHER SHOWS STUDENTS HOW TO MOUTH WORDS IN MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE. DEAF BLACK, WHITE STUDENTS SPEAK WORDS IN SPANISH, AS THEY USE SIGN. CU FACE SHOTS OF STUDENTS, TEACHER.
00:49:30 1424.66	BLACK GIRL FACING CAMERA, RECITES POEM IN SIGN AS NARRATOR SAYS THE WORDS.