1915PRIMITIVES
AN IMMIGRANT LEAVES HIS SWEETHEART IN ITALY TO FIND A BETTER LIFE ACROSS THE SEA IN THE GRIMY SLUMS OF NEW YORK. THEY ARE EVENTUALLY REUNITED AND MARRY. BUT LIFE IN NEW YORK IS HARD AND TRAGEDY TARNISHES THEIR DREAM OF A BETTER LIFE IN THE NEW WORLD.
GEORGE BEBAN, CLARA WILLIAMS, FANNY MIDGLEY, J. FRANK BURKE, LEO WILLIS. DRAMA FEATURE FILM.
LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY. AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT LOSES HIS ONLY SON BECAUSE OF THE INDIFFERENCE OF HIS WARD BOSS. THE ITALIAN IS SENTENCED TO PRISON AND, AFTER HIS RELEASE, FINDS HIMSELF IN A POSITION TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF THE POLITICIAN'S CHILD. AT THE LAST MINUTE, HE IS UNABLE TO GO THROUGH WITH IT HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE LITTLE ONE REMINDS HIM OF HIS OWN BABY. THE SLUMS OF NYC. ITALY, VENICE, STATUE OF LIBERTY, IMMIGRANTS OFF THE BOAT, NEW YORK HARBOR, GETS BEAT UP, MUGGED.
GEORGE BEBAN, CLARA WILLIAMS, FANNY MIDGLEY, J. FRANK BURKE, LEO WILLIS. DRAMA FEATURE FILM.
LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY. AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT LOSES HIS ONLY SON BECAUSE OF THE INDIFFERENCE OF HIS WARD BOSS. THE ITALIAN IS SENTENCED TO PRISON AND, AFTER HIS RELEASE, FINDS HIMSELF IN A POSITION TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF THE POLITICIAN'S CHILD. AT THE LAST MINUTE, HE IS UNABLE TO GO THROUGH WITH IT HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE LITTLE ONE REMINDS HIM OF HIS OWN BABY. THE SLUMS OF NYC. ITALY, VENICE, STATUE OF LIBERTY, IMMIGRANTS OFF THE BOAT, NEW YORK HARBOR, GETS BEAT UP, MUGGED.
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AFFLUENT MAN IN SMOKING JACKET IN PLUSH ROOM. SMOKING PIPE. READING ROOM. BOOKS PLUSH CURTAINS, COUCHES.
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CU BOOK "THE ITALIAN" BY THOMAS H. INCE.
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WEALTHY MAN READING BOOK, SMOKING PIPE
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CU PAGES OF BOOK
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RECLINING MAN READING BOOK
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MONASTERY IN ITALY, MONKS.
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| 03:03:23 203.2 |
ITALIAN PEASANTS PICKING GRAPES. VINYARDS.
BASKETS ON HEADS, MAN CARRYS BASKETS OF GRAPES BALANCED BY BOARD OVER SHOULDERS. |
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ITALIAN PEASANT, DAUGHTER AMONG GRAPE VINYARDS.
SHOWING DAUGHTER AFFECTION |
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MONKS WALKING AROUNG MONASTERY GROUNDS CIRCA EARLY 1900S. FOUNTAIN SPOUTS WATER
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| 03:04:03 243.21 |
MONK PULLS CHURCH BELL BELFRY BELL TOWER
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| 03:04:07 247.21 |
CU BELLS RINGING MOVING BACK & FORTH IN BELFRY WINDOWS
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MONKS PAUSE & LISTEN
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GRAPE PICKING PEASANTS STOP, MEN TAKE OFF HATS SHOWING RESPECT. ALL CROSS THEMSELVES IN CATHOLIC FASHION.
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BELLS IN WINDOWS RINGING
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MAN & DAUGHTER PAUSE & CROSS THEMSELVES NAME OF FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST.
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PEASANTS PRAYING IN VINYARD
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| 03:04:32 272.24 |
EVERYONE FINISHES PRAYING, RESUME WORK, ETC.
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| 03:04:45 285.29 |
ANCELLO ANGRY AT WORKERS YELLS AT THEM GET BACK TO WORK. PEASANTS & BURROS BRINGING LOADS OF GRAPES FROM FIELDS
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| 03:05:30 330.33 |
RECLINING YOUNG MAN STRUMS GUITAR ON GONDOLA TOURISTS IN GONDOLA PASS HIM AMUSED. GONDOLIER
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| 03:05:46 346.35 |
ARTIST PAINTS PORTRAIT ON STEPS LOTS OF PEOPLE WALK UP & DOWN WIDE STEPS EARLY 1900'S DRESS
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| 03:06:07 367.37 |
MAN RUNS DOWN STEPS TO WOMAN
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| 03:06:15 375.38 |
CU MUSCIAN IN GONDOLA
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| 03:06:18 378.38 |
COUPLE WALKS UP STEPS, LOOKS OUT AT WATER, STARE AT MUSCIAN, HE NOTICES, CHARMS THEM INTO BOAT.
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SHEEP PASS OVER BRIDGE, HORSE & BUGGIES PEOPLE MAN PLAYING GUITAR,
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GONDOLIER ROWS UNDER BRIDGE. COUPLE SIGHS IN CONTENTMENT, SHE POINTS OUT PEOPLE ON SHORE
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GONDOLIERS PUSHING BOATS THROUGH WATER
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MAN GETS ROMANTIC HUGS WOMAN, GONDOLIER THINKS DREAMILY
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| 03:09:10 550.55 |
FADES TO GONDOLIER WITH PRETTY GIRL IN FIELD FADES BACK TO BOAT. FANTASY.
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| 03:09:31 571.57 |
COUPLE KISSES, GONDOLIER PEEKS, STARES AT THEM MISSES BRIDGE ENTRANCE, CRASHES. FALLS OFF BOAT,
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| 03:09:44 584.58 |
PEOPLE GATHER ON BRIDGE LAUGHING POINTING COUPLE TRIES TO RESCUE HIM BUT ANOTHER GONDOLIER PUSHER BOAT AWAY STEALS BOAT. PEOPLE ON BRIDGE CRACK UP
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GONDOLIER & GUITAR ON SHORE
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COUPLE PASSES UNDER BRIDGE PEOPLE HECKLE FROM ABOVE.
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| 03:11:08 668.03 |
IRIS OF GONDOLA ON CANAL
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GONDOLIER-MUSCIAN ON HILLSIDE SPOTS HOUSE OF PRETTY GIRL. THEY WAVE TO HIM. HE COMES DOWN, THEY LAUGH, TALK, FATHER GOES IN HOUSE
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MUSCIAN FLIRTS WITH DAUGHTER, INTERCUTS FATHER PLAYING WITH PARROT IN HOUSE.
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COUPLE KISSES, LAUGH. FATHER CUPS EAR, LISTENING COUPLE WALKS AWAY
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| 03:13:14 794.19 |
DAPPER OLD MAN WALKING THROUGH WOODS. WITH CANE
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MUSCIAN HELPS WOMAN THROUGH WOODS. LOVEY DOVEY
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FATHER EATS, TALKS TO PARROT
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COUPLE MEETS DAPPER OLD MAN IN WOODS LIKES THE GIRL, BLOWS KISS, MUSCIAN HUGS HER, OLD MAN ANGRY HOLDS HIS BACK HOBBLES AWAY
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OLD MAN PASSES GOAT WITH LONG HORNS, GOES TO HOUSE TALKS TO FATHER OF GIRL. WANTS DAUGHTER MEANWHILE, COUPLE COURTS.
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COUPLE WALKS THROUGH GRASSY FIELD
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FATHER TAKES NAP INTERCUTS COUPLE WALKING AT SUNSET HUG & KISS LOOKING AT SUNSET
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FATHER-OLDER MAN LIGHTS CANDLES IN HOUSE.
INTERCUTS TO COUPLE HIDING IN SHED-BARN |
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GIRL OPENS DOOR, RUNS TO HOUSE, FATHER POINTS OUT TIME ON CLOCK. GONDOLIER RUNS IN ARGUE FATHER GIVES GONDOLIER ONE YEAR.
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ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS BOARDING BOAT FOR AMERICA.
EARLY 1900'S. GONDOLIER ON GANGPLANK-WAY |
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GIRL GIVES DEPARTING BEPPO NECKLACE
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IMMIGRANTS WALKING UP GANGWAY WITH BELONGINGS
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COUPLE HUGGING, FATHER RUNS OVER TO GET BEPPO
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FATHER BRINGS FORGOTTEN SUITCASE TO BEPPO,
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SAD & HAPPY PEOPLE SAY GOODBYE FROM SHORE.
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HUGE BOAT LEAVING DOCK. INTERCUTS PEOPLE ON BOAT & ON SHORE.
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PEOPLE ON BOAT DANCING, BEPPO VERY SAD AMONG THEM.
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NATURE SHOT. SUNSET-RISE WOMAN LOOKS OUT AT SEA THROWS ARMS OUT WIDE EMBRACING THE MAGNIFICANCE
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MAN ON BOAT SAD.
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FIRST GLIMPSE OF STATUE OF LIBERTY POV FROM BOAT INTERCUTS PEOPLE ON BOAT
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| 03:27:44 1664.43 |
IMMIGRANTS GETTING OFF BOAT, LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE TO GREET THEM, EARLY 1900'S.
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| 03:28:05 1685.49 |
LOWER EAST SIDE, N.Y. HARBOR
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STOPS WOMAN FOR HELP WITH DIRECTIONS,
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| 03:29:32 1772.54 |
BEPPO AT HIS SHOE SHINE-BOOTBLACK STAND IN LOWER EAST SIDE.
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IMMIGRANTS DRINKING AT BAR. WELL DRESSED MAN GIVES ANOTHER MONEY,
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| 03:30:52 1852.05 |
SLUM BOSS GIVES BEPPO MONEY BUYING ITALIAN VOTE
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| 03:31:12 1872.04 |
SHOWS BEPPO CARD VOTE FOR JOHN CASEY
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| 03:32:13 1933.13 |
IMMIGRANT SITTING LOOKING AT MONEY BILL NEVER SEEN BEFORE BIG BILL. FADES BACK TO FATHER GIVING HIM YEAR.
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| 03:33:33 2013.21 |
MAN ON BURRO COMES UP DIRT PATH BRINGING NEWS FROM AMERICA. READING LETTER. MONEY ENCLOSED FOR GIRLS PASSAGE TO AMERICA
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OLD MAN SUITOR ARRIVES, TELL HIM NEWS, HE PULLS OUT LETTER FATHER READS IT. OLD MAN WALKS AWAY.
THEY LAUGH BEHIND HIS BACK |
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HUGE LINER BRINGING GIRL ANNETTE TO AMERICA LANDS GONDOLIER RUSHES THROUGH PEOPLE TO GET TO BOAT.
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| 03:36:07 2167.37 |
HAPPY PEOPLE AWAITING RELATIVES & FRIENDS BEHIND ROPE WAVING.
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| 03:36:14 2174.34 |
ANXIOUS MAN BUYS FLOWERS FROM OLD WOMAN SHE LOOKS AT COINS LAUGHING. PAID WAY TOO MUCH.
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| 03:36:35 2195.36 |
BEPPO BREAKS THROUGH ROPE BARRIER, POLICEMAN PUSHES HIM BACK
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| 03:36:54 2214.38 |
IMMIGRANTS GETTING OFF BOAT IN AMERICA EARLY 1900'S. REUNIONS HAPPY
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| 03:37:09 2229.43 |
GIRL COMING DOWN GANGPLANK WITH BAGGAGE. BEPPO STRUGGLES THROUGH CROWD.
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FRIGHTENED GIRL AFRAID ASKS MAN FOR HELP MEANWHILE BEPPO IS TOLD BY COP WHERE TO GO SHE TAKEN TO OFFICE, HE KEEPS ASKING NEW IMMIGRANTS IF THEY SAW HER
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GIRL COWERING IN OFFICE, BEPPO RUNS IN REUNION
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| 03:39:45 2385.59 |
WEDDING CEREMONY FOR GIRL & BEPPO ITALIAN STYLE
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| 03:40:10 2410.01 |
ALDERMAN ASKS BEPPO FOR RING, HE FORGOT PANDEMONIUM ENSUES HE RUNS OUT FOR RING.
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BEPPO RUNS TO JEWELRY SHOP, BUYS RING, RUNS BACK
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N.Y.C. STREETS CIRCA 1912. TROLLEYS
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ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS AT PARTY DRINKING
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BEPPO RUNS DOWN TROLLEY TRACKS MIDDLE OF STREET
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| 03:41:49 2509.11 |
WEDDING CONTINUES MARRIED CELEBRATIONS
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| 03:42:30 2550.15 |
ITALIAN WOMEN IN ALLEY TALKING OLD STYLE DRESS SCARVES.
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| 03:42:40 2560.16 |
IRIS OUT OF GIRL IN BED WITH NEWBORN BABY MOTHER & CHILD TOUCHING MOMENT
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| 03:43:04 2584.18 |
PEOPLE GATHER ON STREET WAITING RESULTS OF BIRTH
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| 03:43:21 2601.2 |
WOMAN MID WIFE RUNS TO FIRE ESCAPE SHOUTS DOWN
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| 03:43:36 2616.18 |
BEPPO AT SHOE SHINE NERVOUSLY WAITING NEWS.
SHINES MAN SHOES |
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ITALIAN IMMIGRANT RUNNING THROUGH STREETS TELLS BEPPO BIRTH OF BABY BOY
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| 03:44:07 2647.21 |
MEN JUMPING UP & DOWN AT NEWS OF BECOMING FATHER MAN ON SHOE SHINE STAND ANGRILY RAISES FIST
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| 03:44:21 2661.26 |
MAN RUNNING WILDLY THROUGH STREETS OF LOWER EAST SIDE, KNOCKS INTO MAN WHO LANDS IN MERCHANTS CART MERCHANT UPSET.
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MANY PEOPLE RUNNING IN STREETS,
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BEPPO RUNS IN HOUSE, FALLS, RUNS UP STAIRS, OPENS DOOR GINGERLY LOOKS AT SLEEPING WIFE &
CHILD. SHE WAKES UP, TOUCHING MOMENT. |
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MEANWHILE, BACK AT SHOE SHINE MAN SHINES HIS OWN SHOES ANGRY
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| 03:46:33 2793.36 |
LOTS OF PEOPLE PUSHING & SHOVING AT DOOR TO BUILDING
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| 03:46:43 2803.4 |
CU NEWBORN BABY. PARENTS MAKING FUSS
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| 03:47:11 2831.43 |
GIRLS FATHER RUNS IN UP THE STAIRS TO SEE BABY NEW FATHER TELLS HIM TO LOOK THROUGH KEY HOLE
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| 03:48:20 2900.5 |
POV LOOKING THROUGH KEY HOLE AT MOTHER & CHILD.
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| 03:48:25 2905.51 |
HAPPY GRANDFATHER.
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MASSIVE CROWD ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE BUILDING. NEW FATHER TELLS EVERYONE NEWS
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| 03:49:45 2985.59 |
EVERYONE GOES TO BAR, DRINKS CELEBRATE
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| 03:50:33 3033.03 |
BARTENDER GOES TO SLEEPING DRUNK, SHAKES HIM GETS RID OF ALL THE DRUNKS IN BAR, MEN DRINKING
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| 03:51:09 3069.07 |
MID SUMMER BLUES IN SLUMS PEOPLE FOLLOW ICE TRUCK DUST COVERED STREETS PEOPLE PUSH & SHOVE TO GET ICE
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| 03:51:46 3106.11 |
ITALIAN IMMIGRANT WOMAN IN KITCHEN BABY SLEEPS ON BED. WOMAN VERY HOT. FANS BABY
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| 03:51:59 3119.12 |
KIDS IN STREET OPEN WATER HYDRANT. COOLING DOWN.
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| 03:52:27 3147.11 |
KIDS FOLLOW WATER TRUCK DOWN STREET IN CITY
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SO HOT BABY IS SICK. CRYING DR. LOOKS OVER BABY.
UPSET DR. LOOKS AT BOTTLE. FATHER TRIES TO EXPLAIN |
| 03:53:33 3213.21 |
CU MILK PAIL WITH FLIES IN IT. DIRTY. UNSANITARY DR. SMELLS MILK, SHAKES HEAD NO
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POOR IMMIGRANT WOMAN AT SINK OF SLUM APARTMENT HAS NO MILK TO FEED BABY DISTRAUGHT SPOTS WOMAN HANGING LAUNDRY NEXT DOOR, ASKS WOMAN FOR FOOD FOR BABY
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| 03:55:19 3319.32 |
BEPPO AT SHOE SHINE, VERY HOT, WOMAN RUNS UP POOR MAN UPSET CANT FEED BABY
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GOES TO MONEY BOX, TWO GUYS WATCH WITH BAD INTENT BEPPO LEAVES, MEN FOLLOW. STEAL MONEY
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| 03:58:36 3516.48 |
WOMAN HOLDS EMPTY BOTTLE OVER BABY WAITING FOR FOOD.
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AT REALIZATION, MAN THROWS ARMS OUT TO GOD
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| 03:58:56 3536.54 |
BEATEN BEPPO OPENS DOOR OF GATE, LOOKS BEATEN PUNCH DRUNK. STUMBLES INTO STREET,
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BEPPO SAD, SITS IN FRONT OF HOUSE, HEAD IN HAND
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THEIVES DRINK STOLEN MONEY AT BAR.
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MEN COME OUT OF BAR, BEPPO RECOGNIZES THEM,
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| 04:00:17 3617.02 |
SLOWLY, MAN WALKS TO VIEWER, FUMES ANGRILY
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CU VERY MAD-ANGRY MAN RIGHT IN CAMERA FUMING
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ANGRY MAN CONFRONTS THIEVES ON STREET, BEGS FOR MONEY,
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SEGMENT ENDS.
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