Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1516C

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00:54:22 2.47	NEWARK BOY'S CHORUS: MUSICAL DIRECTOR JOHN QUINN CONDUCTS CHORUS OF 35 MOSTLY BLACK YOUNG BOYS, WHO MAKE UP NEWARK BOY'S CHORUS. THEY HAVE SUNG WITH NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, PERFORMED IN EUROPE, THE VATICAN.
00:55:20 60.47	SLOW ZOOM IN TO NEWARK BOYS CHORUS SCHOOL, A CONVERTED HOUSE. BOYS, AGES TEN TO FOURTEEN, SIT IN CLASSROOM, SHEET MUSIC IN HAND, LEARN BASICS OF CORAL SINGING FROM INSTRUCTOR. PAN TO BLACK BOY WITH AFRO LOOKING OVER SHEET MUSIC AND SAYING THE WORDS ALONG WITH OTHERS IN CLASS.
00:55:56 96.47	BLOND, LONG HAIRED DIRECTOR QUINN HITS PIANO KEYS AND TELLS BOYS HOW TO PERFORM FOR AUDIENCE. THEY MAY BE CALLED UPON TO GIVE OVER ONE HUNDRED CONCERTS A YEAR. PAN BOYS, MOSTLY BLACK, WITH TURTLE-NECK WHITE SHIRTS, SIT, SING IN HARMONY AS QUINN DIRECTS FROM PIANO.
00:57:12 172.47	CU JOHN QUINN DIRECTS WITH ONE HAND, PLAYS PIANO WITH OTHER. BOYS SINGING IN BG. BOYS SIT IN CLASSROOM, DRAWING, PAINTING. STUDYING OTHER SUBJECTS, BOYS THEIR AGE ARE EXPECTED TO MASTER. EVERY BOY IS THERE ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP.
00:58:08 228.47	THE 35 BOYS IN COSTUME, SING, DANCE MODERN JAZZ NUMBER ON STAGE IN CHORUS LINE. CROWD APPLAUSE, BOYS, DIRECTOR QUINN, BOW.
00:59:15 295.47	WEATHERLESS CITY: BUSES RIDE DOWN SNOWY STREET IN BUSINESS DISTRICT IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, CITY OF TEMPERATURE EXTREMES, NOW EMERGING AS A WEATHERLESS CITY.
00:59:31 311.47	BUS PASSES UNDER GLASS COVERED PROMENADE, WHICH BRIDGES STREET BELOW. PEOPLE WALK ACROSS FREE FROM FALLING SNOW OUTSIDE. LS SERIES OF FOURTEEN OF THESE COVERED SKYWAYS LINK ELEVEN DOWNTOWN BLOCKS. SNOW COVERED STREETS BELOW SURPRISINGLY FREE OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
01:00:24 364.47	PAN FROM PROMENADE TO LARGE ENCLOSED MALL WITH ESCALATORS, GLASS CEILINGS BRINGING IN OUTSIDE LIGHT. SHOPPERS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, PEDESTRIANS, IN HIGH, PLUSH, OPEN SETTINGS. PLANTS, TREES, FOUNTAINS. ALL INDOORS, WITH CONTROLLED CLIMATE.
01:01:13 413.47	MONTAGE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH SYSTEM WHICH WINDS ITSELF PAST DEPARTMENT STORES, PASSES SHOPS OF EVERY KIND. PEOPLE RIDE DOWN ESCALATORS WITH VIEW BELOW OF FOUNTAINS AND PLUSH LEISURE AREAS MAN PLAYS ORGAN ON SMALL STAGE,
01:02:33 493.47	PEOPLE ARE SEEN SWIMMING THROUGH GLASS ENCLOSED POOL OFF PROMENADE DECK. ABOVE SHOT OF SNOW COVERED AVENUE, DEVOID OF TRAFFIC. PARKING GARAGES ARE CONNECTED TO OFFICE FACILITIES IN MALL, WHICH SERVE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON STREETS IN AREA. CU ARTIST'S HAND SKETCHING SNOW COVERED STREET BELOW FROM ENCLOSED SKYWAY ABOVE.
01:03:05 525.47	WORKER STANDS IN CHERRY PICKER AS IT RISES TO ONE OF NEW SKYWAYS BEING BUILT. IT IS HOPED SIXTY-FOUR ADDITIONAL BLOCKS WILL BE LINKED.
01:03:20 540.47	ST. PETERSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT: TWO FIREMEN RUN OUT OF PRIVATE HOME TO FIRE TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE, DONNING THEIR UNIFORMS AS THEY RUN. THE UNIT OPERATES OUT OF RENTED HOME IN SUBURBAN AREA. AN INNOVATED WAY OF HOW CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, MEETS NEEDS OF RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITY, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EXPENSE OF MAJOR FIRE HOUSE.
01:03:53 573.47	FACE SHOT OF FIREMAN IN DRIVERS SEAT, PASSING WATERFRONT HOMES WITH DOCKS.
01:04:12 592.47	MEN WORK IN OFFICE KEEPING STATISTICS ON COMPUTERS WHICH HELP BUILD AND LOCATE FUTURE FIRE STATIONS. MAN PLACES LARGE TAPE IN VINTAGE COMPUTER. CU COMPUTER PRINTING DATA ON PROCESSING MACHINE. PRINT-OUT SHEETS ROLL OUT OF DATA-PROCESSOR.
01:04:35 615.47	FIREMEN ATTACHE HOSE TO HYDRANT, ATTACH ELECTRONIC NOZZLE TO HOSE, WHICH SENDS CODED COMMANDS TO TRUCK, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLS FLOW OF WATER TO HOSE, GIVING THE NOZZLE MAN INSTANT CONTROL OVER FLOW OF HOSE.
01:05:11 651.47	FIREMAN SETS OIL FIRE AROUND OIL TRUCK DURING EXERCISE. GROUP HOLDING HOSE, SLOWLY MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS FIRE AS COMMAND IS HEARD FOR NOZZLE MAN TO INCREASE FLOW OF WATER. CU HEAVY FLOW OF WATER SHOOTS FROM SPECIAL NOZZLE.
01:05:48 688.47	INSTRUCTOR GIVES OUTSIDE CLASSES ON THE PRO-BY, AN INFRA-RED VIEWER FOR SMOKE FILLED AREAS. IT ASSISTS FIREMAN IN LOCATING SOURCE OF FIRE. YOUNG INSTRUCTOR EXPLAINS THE HAND-HELD UNIT.
01:06:33 733.47	HUGE WALL MAP ON WALL OF ST. PETERSBURG COMMUNICATION CENTER. POLICEWOMAN, OTHER PERSONNEL COMMUNICATE ON PHONES.
01:06:48 748.47	FIRE ALARM RINGING IN FIREHOUSE. MEMBER OF A FOUR MEN "FLYING SQUAD" RUNS TO TRUCK, QUICKLY PUTS ON BOOTS, GEAR LYING ON FLOOR OUTSIDE DOOR OF SMALL VEHICLE. WHERE HIS FIRE CLOTHING ARE LYING ON FLOOR OUTSIDE DOOR.
01:07:19 779.47	THE SMALL VEHICLE, WHICH IS MERELY A PERSONNEL CARRIER, DESIGNED TO GET ADDED MANPOWER TO FIRE, RIDES THROUGH TRAFFIC, SIREN BLARING. THEY CARRY VERY LITTLE IN FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY ON SCENE
01:07:39 799.47	VEHICLE ARRIVES ON SCENE WHERE FIREMEN ARE ALREADY AT WORK. CU HANGING WIRE FROM ELECTRIC POLE SHOOTS SPARKS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. FIREMEN KEEP IT FROM SPREADING TO NEARBY BUILDING. FIREMEN HOSE DOWN TREES AND DEBRIS IN THE AREA.
01:08:16 836.47	CONSUMER RESEARCH: MONTAGE SHELVES IN STORE FULL OF TELEVISIONS ALL TURNED TO SAME STATION, LINES OF WASHING MACHINES, REFRIGERATORS, SHELVES FULL OF SMALL APPLIANCES, WALL FULL OF CLOCKS OF ALL KINDS, ALL SORTS OF VACUUM CLEANERS,
01:08:43 863.47	MAN AT INDEPENDENT LABORATORY TESTS VACUUM CLEANER ON PIECE OF CARPET, ANOTHER PUMPS BICYCLE PUMP AS HE TESTS IT WITH PRESSURE GAUGE, NEARBY INSPECTOR CHECKS ALL SORTS OF FLASH LIGHTS ON HIS WORK TABLE, TAKES NOTES
01:09:21 901.47	CU FREDERICK SHLINK, FOUNDER OF FIRST TESTING LABORATORY FIFTY YEARS AGO, TELL ABOUT IT. HE SAYS HIS ORGANIZATION GREW OUT OF BOOK CALLED "YOUR MONEY'S WORTH" IN 1927. THE FIRST BEST SELLER IN ECONOMIC FIELD.
01:10:23 963.47	CU COPY OF FIRST CONSUMER REPORT PAMPHLET BY SHLINK CALLED "SCIENTIFIC BUYING" DATED, FEBRUARY 1929.
01:10:40 980.47	SILVERWARE BEING DIPPED IN CHEMICAL FOR TESTING BY LABORATORY. CU WEIGHT IS TIED TO SPOON WITH ROPE TO TEST ITS BENDING STRENGTH, RULER PLACED NEXT TO IT SHOWS HOW MUCH IT BENDS.
01:11:30 1030.47	INSPECTOR EXAMINES PIECE OF SILVERWARE. PRODUCTS ARE RATED FOR QUALITY, EFFICIENCY, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE. MAKES NOTES IN BOOK. CU VOLUMES OF "CONSUMER RESEARCH" MAGAZINES.
01:12:10 1070.47	RESEARCHER TESTS SHARPNESS OF RAZOR BLADE, BOUNCE OF TENNIS BALL, CU PIECE OF CLOTH BREAKS AS IT IS SLOWLY STRETCHED DURING TEST.
01:12:43 1103.47	SAVANNAH: SEVERAL ANGLE VIEWS OF STATUE IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA PARK, OF GENERAL JAMES CHARLES OGLETHORPE, WHO IN 1773, ARRIVED ON THE GOOD SHIP "ANNE" TO ESTABLISH GEORGIA. YOUNGEST OF AMERICA'S ORIGINAL THIRTEEN COLONIES. CU PAN SCALE MODEL OF SHIP.
01:13:22 1142.47	CU OGLETHORPE'S DRAWING OF PRECISE PLANE CITY WAS TO BE LAID OUT. PLAN INCORPORATED PUBLIC SQUARES, PARKS, GARDENS AND FARMS. PLAN HAS SURVIVED TO THIS DAY. ZOOM IN ON BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN IN PUBLIC PARK
01:13:59 1179.47	PHOTOS OF ORIGINAL BUILDINGS WHICH TIME AND NEGLECT HAVE BEGUN TO TAKE THEIR TOLL. PAN OF HISTORIC HOUSE WHICH WAS SAVED IN 1955 BEFORE IT WAS TO BE DEMOLISHED, BEGINNING A MOVEMENT RETURNING TO ITS FORMER BEAUTY.
01:14:37 1217.47	PAN OF COLORFUL SHUTTERS ON LINE OF ATTACHED BUILDINGS. PAN TO ELEGANT ROOF MOLDINGS. ZOOM OUT FROM ELEGANT WINDOW WITH WROUGHT IRON BALCONY AS ARCHITECTURAL FLAVOR OF PAST BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR. PAN TO OTHER RESTORED BUILDINGS. OVER NINE HUNDRED BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RESTORED.
01:15:10 1250.47	ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF CATHEDRAL IN SAVANNAH. MONTAGE PAN TO OTHER UNUSUAL STRUCTURES, ELEGANT HOMES, AMID ELEGANT, NATURAL LANDSCAPE.
01:16:02 1302.47	WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS ON SPIRAL ENTRY STAIRWAYS. MONTAGE OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK ON BUILDING FACADES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:16:17 1317.47	IVAN BAILEY WHO STUDIED GOLD SMITHING IN GEORGIA, BLACK SMITHING IN GERMANY, WORKS ON ORNATE IRON STAIRCASE RAILING WITH WELDING TORCH, CONTINUING THE OLD ART. FACE SHOT OF IVAN WORKING METAL ON INTO RAILING INTO LARGE FLORAL DESIGNS.
01:16:51 1351.47	CU OLD GASLIGHT STREET LAMP, OLD BUILDING, MAINTAINED AS MUSEUM WITH INSIDE SPIRAL STAIRWELL ELEGANT POSTS WITH ORNATE CARVINGS AT TOP. BEAUTIFUL LIGHT FIXTURES, FIREPLACE, PAINTINGS ON WALLS.