00:51:59 45 |
WOMAN SLEEPING IN BED WAKES UP. TURNS ON BEDSIDE
LIGHT. BAD LOOK OF SURPRISE. GRABS FOR HER WRISTWATCH, IT FALLS ON THE FLOOR. SHE IS UPSET. BAD ACTING. SHAKES WATCH. SHE LISTENS TO WATCH AND KEEPS SHAKING HER HEAD, NO. IT IS BROKEN. |
00:52:33 79 |
SHOCK ABSORBERS FOR WATCHES. THE INSIDE OF
WATCHES. GEARS AND WHEELS. INCABLOC MECHANISM. WHEEL PIVOTS. |
00:53:13 119 |
WINTER ROAD IN EUROPE. HIGH SNOW DRIFTS. CAR ON
SNOWY ROAD. |
00:53:25 131 |
LA CHAUX DE FONDS. SWITZERLAND.
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00:53:47 153 |
FACTORY. INTERIOR OF PLANT. LONG TABLE WITH
WOMEN ALL BENT OVER WORKING. WATCHMAKERS |
00:54:13 179 |
WOMAN AT DESK TALKS INTO MICROPHONE OF THE
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM. |
00:54:17 183 |
WOMEN LOOK INTO MICROSCOPE. WORK TABLES. LATHE.
WORK TABLES. PERFECTION. TINY DETAIL. SCIENCE LAB. WORKING WITH TWEEZERS. MACHINE MOVES UP AND DOWN. PUNCHING OUT WIRE SPRINGS. PHOTO-ELECTRIC. ASSEMBLY OF FOUR PARTS IN ENLARGED VIEW. SMALLER THAN A MATCH HEAD. SUNNY WORKROOM. SCREWED IN. ASSEMBLING WATCHES |
01:00:03 529 |
MAN IN BATHROOM. AT BATHROOM SINK DRIES HIS HANDS.
PUTS ON WATCH. DROPS WATCH ON THE FLOOR. MAN SHAKES WATCH, PUTS WATCH TO EAR, LISTENS. IT STILL WORKS AFTER DROPPING ON THE FLOOR. SHOCK RESISTANT |
01:00:22 548 |
CU WOMAN'S SLIPPERS & WATCH ON FLOOR AT BEDSIDE.
WOMAN IN BED PICKS UP WATCH FROM THE FLOOR, LISTENS TO WATCH. SMILES. |
01:00:46 572 |
TAPE ENDS
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Description: THE STORY OF WATCHMAKING IN LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS. SWISS WATCHMAKING INDUSTRY.
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