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00:27:07 4.43
WALTZ OF THE MANNEQUINS:
AERIAL ZOOM IN NEW YORK CITYSCAPE.
00:27:27 24.43
PAN FROM SKYSCRAPER TO ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL,
TO CROWDS OF PEDESTRIANS, WINDOW SHOPPERS, TRAFFIC
NEAR CHRISTMAS TIME IN NEW YORK CITY. ROCKEFELLER
CENTER, CROWDS, CHILDREN, HUGE LIT UP CHRISTMAS
TREE, PAN TO PEOPLE ICE SKATING IN ROCKEFELLER
PLAZA RINK.
00:27:54 51.43
TRAFFIC, HORSE AND CARRIAGE, PEOPLE WINDOW
SHOPPING ALONG FIFTH AVENUES FAMED DEPARTMENT
STORES. MONTAGE BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED, ANIMATED
MANNEQUINS IN STORE WINDOW.
00:28:31 88.43
PAN COLORFUL CHRISTMAS DRAWINGS OF ANIMALS,
PIXIES, FAIRIES, IN ELABORATE COSTUME CREATED BY
LUCKY ELROD, PRESIDENT OF BLISS CONSTRUCTION AND
HIS ART DIRECTOR JOHN DARKNESS. THEY CREATED
ANIMATED DISPLAYS FOR DEPARTMENT STORES FOR TWENTY
YEARS. CU ELROD LOOKS OVER DARKNESS DRAWINGS.
00:28:37 94.43
MANNEQUIN HEADS LIE ON FLOOR IN SHOP. WORKER
PLACES WINGS ON FAIRY. FEMALE WORKER DRESSES FAIRY
MANNEQUIN. THIS YEARS THEME IS, "THE YEAR OF THE
FAIRY."
00:29:06 123.43
CU MALE WORKER AT SEWING MACHINE, MAKING COSTUMES
FOR MANNEQUINS. CU OF MACHINE SEWING. MANY COME
OUT OF THEATER. SCULPTORS, CARPENTERS, ANIMATORS,
COSTUMERS. CU BLACK FEMALE WORKER CUTS MANNEQUIN'S
HAIR. MALE SEWS ON DRESS
00:29:30 147.43
CU WIDE EYED MANNEQUIN NO HAIR, WITH BLOND WIG.
CRAFTSMAN WORKS ON MECHANISM CONTROLLING,
ANIMATING FIGURES LIKE A LARGE MUSIC BOX. HE
PAINTS DETAILS ON SMALL FAIRY-LIKE FIGURES.
00:30:07 184.43
ANIMATED FIGURES INCLUDE GROUP OF MUSICIANS,
FIGURE WITH FISH-LIKE FACE SPINNING, BRIGHTLY
COLORED, ORNATE, BACKGROUNDS IN EXQUISITE DETAIL,
ALL DEPICTING THE DARKNESS' DRAWINGS.
00:31:13 250.43
CHILDREN LOOK AT ANIMATED EXTRAVAGANZA THROUGH
STORE WINDOW. CROWDS TRYING TO GET A LOOK, FORM
LINES OUTSIDE. CU MONTAGE CHILDREN FACES
EXPRESSING AWE, VARIETY OF EXQUISITE ANIMATED
DISPLAYS
00:32:08 305.43
AERIAL ZOOM OUT, NEW YORK CITYSCAPE, EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING IN CENTER.
00:32:22 319.43
LIKE HAVING NEW EYES:
CU RED TIPPED WALKING STICK, LEGS OF BLIND WOMAN,
AS SHE WALKS. HIGH PITCHED BEEP OMITS FROM SMALL
ELECTRONIC UNIT AROUND HER NECK. ANOTHER BLIND MAN
WALKING WITH UNIT IN HAND, MAKING A DIFFERENT
SOUND.
(HF-YTV)
00:32:44 341.43
CU FINGERS ON TYPEWRITER, TYPING BRAILLE.
MACHINE READS, RECITES, LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG
ADDRESS IN ELECTRONIC SOUNDING VOICE.
00:33:07 364.43
WELL DRESSED BLIND MAN TAPS ALONG WITH HIS CANE
ALONG BUSY DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY SHOPPING AREA.
00:33:37 394.43
INVENTOR LINDSAY RUSSELL, WORKS AT HIS DRAFTING
TABLE WORKING ON NEW DEVICE FOR THE BLIND. HE
QUIT HIS JOB TO DEVOTE FULL-TIME TO THE PROJECT.
00:33:49 406.43
CU YOUNG BLIND MAN WITH LINDSAY'S DEVICE CALLED
PATH FINDER, ON HIS CHEST, TESTS THE DEVISE AS
LINDSAY WALKS BEHIND HIM. THE DEVISE SENDS OUT
SOUND WAVES TELLING HIM WHEN AN OBSTACLE IS IN THE
WAY. BLIND MAN RECEIVES SIGNAL FROM DEVISE, GRABS
POLE BEFORE HE WALKS INTO IT.
00:34:20 437.43
PAN OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BUILDINGS WITH HUGE MODERN SCULPTURE ON CAMPUS.
00:34:31 448.43
BLIND MAN WALKS WITH SMALL DEVISE IN HAND, WHICH
GIVES OFF SIGNAL AS HE APPROACHES CONCRETE COLUMN
ON CAMPUS.
00:34:45 462.43
CU BLIND WOMAN TYPES ON KEYBOARD OF BRAILLE EMBOSS
MACHINE WHICH CONVERTS ELECTRONIC SIGNAL INTO
BRAILLE, VICE VERSA. IT COMMUNICATES OVER ORDINARY
TELEPHONE LINES. WOMAN CHECKS WORK WHICH IS TYPED
INTO BRAILLE, BY RUNNING HER FINGERS OVER IT.
00:35:11 488.43
CU BLIND PERSONS FINGER RUNS OVER TINY BUTTONS OF
MOVING BRAILLE DEVICE PRODUCES TACTILE REPLICA OF
ELECTRONIC NUMBERS. TELEPHONE IS PLANNING TO
INSTALL THEM AT LONG DISTANCE STATIONS.
00:35:44 521.43
RESEARCHER AT CONTROL ELECTRONIC PANEL, WITH
ANOTHER INSIDE BOOTH SITTING WITH HAND ATTACHED TO
DEVICE, AS THEY TRY TO LEARN HOW TO SEND TOUCH
INFORMATION TO BLIND, DEAF. LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
SEND PAINLESS SENSATIONS
00:35:58 535.43
CU CURRS REEL READING MACHINE SCANS GETTYSBURG
ADDRESS, RECITES IT WITH ITS ELECTRONIC VOICE. IT
MAKES PRINTED WORD AVAILABLE TO BLIND. WITH AIDE
OF SMALL COMPUTER, TRANSLATES TEXT INTO SPOKEN
WORDS. CU RESEARCHER WORKS KEYBOARD ON COMPUTER.
00:36:46 583.43
WORKER AT LIGHTHOUSE OF NEW YORK, PLACES A LINDSAY
RUSSELL DEVICE AROUND NECK OF BLIND WOMAN, SHOWING
HER HOW IT WORKS. BLIND MAN SITS WITH THEM,
LISTENS. HE IS HANDED THE DEVICE.
00:37:35 632.43
CU WOMAN DEMONSTRATES LASER CANE. BLIND MAN TRIES
IT. HE WALKS THROUGH TWO POLES WITH ROPE ATTACHED
AT NECK HIGH. AS HE WALKS TO POLE WITH CANE, HE
LIFTS ROPE BEFORE HE RUNS INTO IT. HE WALKS BACK
LIFTING ROPE AGAIN.
00:38:09 666.43
BLIND MAN, CHEWING GUM, WALKING DOWN BUSY NEW YORK
STREET WITH LASER CANE. WALKS HEAD ON INTO BLACK
WOMAN USING CANE. HE CHEWS GUM AS HE WALKS DOWN
SUBWAY STAIRS WITH NO HESITATION.
00:38:43 700.43
YALE UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS:
CAMPUS AT YALE UNIVERSITY, WITH ITS CATHEDRAL.
STUDENTS WALKING TO CLASSES ON SNOW-BOUND CAMPUS
GROUNDS.
00:38:59 716.43
YALE'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC BUILDING. STUDENT ORCHESTRA
PLAYS ON STAGE AS STUDENT CONDUCTOR WITH
EARPHONES, BATON, LEADS. OF THE MANY COURSES
OFFERED ON THE MUSIC CURRICULAR, COMPOSING FOR
MOTION PICTURE IS THE MOST UNUSUAL.
00:39:29 746.43
PAN OF MALE, FEMALE MUSICIANS WHO ARE ALL STUDENTS
OF MUSIC SCHOOL, PLAYING A SCORE WRITTEN BY
STUDENT COMPOSER FOR FILM PROJECT SHE HAS CHOSEN
FOR HER GRADUATE THESIS.
00:40:08 785.43
HAND FULL OF STUDENTS SIT, LISTEN TO FRANK LEWIN,
WELL-KNOWN COMPOSER OF MUSIC SCORES THAT INCLUDE
OPERAS, FILMS, TELEVISION DRAMAS.
00:40:24 801.43
STUDENT RUNS 16MM MOVIE CAMERA AS OTHERS WATCH
MOVIE WITH NO SOUND, SO EACH CAN PROVIDE IT WITH
HIS, HER OWN VERSION OF SCORE BY END OF SEMESTER.
00:40:49 826.43
LEWIN SITS WITH STUDENT, DEMONSTRATES HOW DIALOG,
NARRATION, SOUND, CAN BE USED WITH MUSIC TO CREATE
DRAMATIC EFFECT. CU STUDENT TAKES NOTES.
00:41:18 855.43
LEWIN SITS AT PIANO WITH GARY SMART, CONCERT
PIANIST, COMPOSER, WHO HAS CHOSEN FILM CALLED
WATERS EDGE, BECAUSE FLOW OF SILENT IMAGES APPEAL
TO HIS MUSICAL SENCE. CU SHOT OF WATER SPRAYING UP
FROM FOUNTAIN HEADS. HE MUST DECIDE WHAT
INSTRUMENTS TO USE IN HIS MUSIC.
00:41:52 889.43
MONTAGE FOUNTAINS OF ALL SORTS, SPRAYING WATER AS
SOUND OF GARY PLAYING PIANO TO DRAMATIZE SCENES.
00:42:03 900.43
CU GARY WATCHES TELEVISION SCREEN OF FILM EDITING
MACHINE, SHOWING WAVES CRASHING ON SHORE. TAKES
NOTES. ZOOM OUT FEMALE PLAYING HARP. ANOTHER ON
VIOLIN. FACE SHOT OF STUDENT COMPOSER AS HE
DIRECTS WITH BATON. CU MALE CLARINETIST, GIRL
PLAYING VIOLA. MALE PIANO PLAYER WATCHING
CONDUCTOR. PAN FROM STRINGS ON BASS TO MALE WITH
BOW PLAYING. HAND POUNDING CYMBALS.
00:43:14 971.43
AS GARY, LEWIN WATCH FROM CONTROL STUDIO AS FILM
OF FINAL MARRIAGE OF MUSIC, IMAGE SHOWN. WAVES
POUND ROCKY SHORE DRAMATIZED BY MUSIC CREATED BY
GARY. CU FACE SHOT OF GARY FOLLOWING SCORE.
00:43:50 1007.43
COMPUTERIZED SUPERMARKET:
MONTAGE IMAGES BEING DEMONSTRATED BY LASER BEAMS,
WHICH IN 1960s WAS VIEWED BY SOME AS FASCINATING
RESEARCH TOOL, BY OTHERS A SCIENCE-FICTION TOY.
(HF-YTV)
00:44:11 1028.43
PAN OF SUPER MARKET SHELVES WITH WOMEN IN AISLES
FILLING THEIR FOOD CART.
00:44:24 1041.43
CU CLERK AT CASH REGISTER SCANS EACH ITEM FOR
PRICE ON LOW POWERED LASER BEAM CONNECTED TO
COMPUTER. CONVEYOR BELT MOVES ITEMS FORWARD. CU
MONTAGE COMPANY NAME, ARM AND HAMMER, LA CHOY,
GREEN GIANT, BUMBLE BEE, OTHERS, AND PRODUCT CODE
FOR EACH COMPANY IS SHOWN.
00:45:11 1088.43
CU FEET OF SHOPPERS, HANDS TAKING PRODUCTS WITH
FAMILIAR BRAND NAMES, BARING BAR CODES, OFF
SHELVES, PLACING THEM IN CARTS. YOUNG COUPLE WITH
YOUNG DAUGHTER STACK CART. LITTLE GIRL SKIPS DOWN
AISLE, COMES ACROSS TOY, PULLS IT OUT.
00:46:22 1159.43
WOMAN PICKS ORANGES FROM HUGE BIN IN PRODUCE
DEPARTMENT. YOUNG COUPLE, DAUGHTER, COME TO
CHECK-OUT COUNTER, PLACE ITEMS, TOYS, ON
CONVEYOR, ARE RAPIDLY SCANNED BY CASHIER.
00:46:50 1187.43
CU PRICE, BRAND NAME, TIME OF PURCHASE, IS
PRINTED ON PRINT-OUT SHEET. CU COMPUTER SAYS,
"THANK YOU."
00:46:56 1193.43
VACHEL LINDSAY'S SPRINGFIELD:
PAN OLD SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH PORCHES IN
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND
POET, VACHEL LINDSAY.
(HF-YTV)
00:47:15 1212.43
CU "A. LINCOLN OFFICE AND COURT", WRITTEN ACROSS
ENTRANCE TO OLD BRICK AND STONE BLOCK LONG
BUILDING IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE LINCOLN PUT OUT A
SHINGLE, PRACTICED LAW. STATE CAPITAL WHERE
LINCOLN SERVED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IS SEEN ACROSS
STREET, FROM OFFICE WINDOW. CAPITAL BUILDING
00:47:41 1238.43
BUST SCULPTURE OF VACHEL LINDSAY, POET, ARTIST,
DREAMER OF AMERICAN DREAM. LINCOLN MADE DEEP
IMPRESSION ON LINDSAY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
00:47:59 1256.43
ZOOM IN ON LINDSAY'S HOME, AS NARRATOR QUOTES FROM
1922 LINDSAY WRITINGS ABOUT HIS LIFE. PAN OF
INSIDE HOUSE WITH ITS OAK STAIRWAYS, MOULDINGS,
WOOD FLOORS, FURNISHINGS. ZOOM IN ON OLD
CHANDELIER. HOME WAS BOUGHT FROM MRS. C. M. SMITH,
SISTER TO LINCOLN. 'PARTIES WERE GIVEN TO ABRAHAM
LINCOLN THERE" QUOTED LINDSAY.
00:48:42 1299.43
PAN MONTAGE OF QUAINT OLD HOME OF JOHNSON LINDSAY,
UNCLE TO VACHEL. LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO LINCOLN'S
HOME. PAN OF LILAC BUSH, USED AS CHRISTMAS TREE IN
SHADOW OF LINCOLN'S HOME. PAN SHUTTERED WINDOWS,
IRON BALCONY RAILING ON UPPER PORCH.
00:49:02 1319.43
CU SIGN ON LAWN, "HOME OF ILLINOIS POET NICHOLAS
VACHEL LINDSAY, 1879 - 1931". YOUNG VOLUNTEERS OF
SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, CLEAN AND CULTIVATE LAWN
AND GROUNDS OF HOME. PAN OF STAINED GLASS WINDOW.
00:49:33 1350.43
CU FACE OF BESPECTACLED TEENAGE BOY READING
LINDSAY'S POETRY IN LINDSAY'S LIVING ROOM. PAN TO
TEENAGE GIRL, ELDERLY ELIZABETH GRAHAM, SITTING,
LISTENING. GRAHAM TELLS WHY SHE LIKED POETRY,
GESTURING WITH HER HANDS.
00:49:54 1371.43
GRAHAM, FORMER TEACHER OF ENGLISH AT SPRINGFIELD
HIGH, SITS, SPEAKS TO GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS,
TEENS, SPEAKS. DETERMINED TO KEEP UP LINDSAY'S
WORK IN FINDING OUT, SOUNDING OUT, ABOUT WONDERS
OF SPRINGFIELD. SHE DEVOTES ALL TIME TO PRESERVE
WORKS, LEGACY OF LINDSAY, AS WELL AS HIS HOME.
00:50:17 1394.43
DENNIS KEMP, PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AT
SAGALON STATE COLLEGE, SITS IN LIVING ROOM, CHATS
WITH MRS. GRAHAM. HE IS COMPILING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
COMPLETE WORKS OF LINDSAY. MRS. GRAHAM IS
IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR KEMP.
00:50:40 1417.43
CITIZENS GATHER IN LINDSAY LIVING ROOM, MAN
RECITES HIS POETRY, AS OTHERS SIT IN CIRCLE,
LISTEN. CU PAN TO EACH PERSON IN ROOM. NARRATOR
RECITES LINDSAY POETRY AS CAMERA PANS BUSHES,
HOME, FURNISHINGS IN COURT HOUSE, LEGISLATURE,
OLD OFFICE DESK WITH QUILL PEN IN INK WELL,
CANDLE, SEAT, WHICH LINCOLN ONCE USED, LIVED.
00:52:14 1511.43
PAN STATUE OF LINCOLN STANDING, HUGE BUST OF
LINCOLN ALONGSIDE STATUE.
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Year: 1977  Color: Color
Genre: 1970s NEWS

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