1940-1949HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
AERIAL SHOTS FROM PLANE OF GRASSY HILLS, TREES. AIRPLANE IN SKY. AIRPLANE LANDING AND TAKING OFF. WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND REFLECTING POOL (MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON?), TORPEDO IN WATER WITH WAKE BEHIND IT, CATTLE HERD CHASED OUT OF PEN BY COWBOYS.
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CLAPBOARD SLATE HELD ABOVE GRASS. READS, "397, CRIG."
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AERIAL SHOT. FILM FROM AIRPLANE, ROLLING GRASSY HILLS WITH SCATTERED GROUPS OF TREES. SOME PATHWAYS CAN BE SEEN. CAMERA SHOOTS ON A SLIGHT ANGLE AT SOME INSTANCES. SOME HILLS LOOK MORE ERODED AND ROCKY, BUT NOT DRASTICALLY. SLIGHT VALLEYS COVERED IN TREES. DISTANT MOUNTAIN PEAK(?). PLANE GOES BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS, GETS CAMERA SHOT OF VALLEY. PASSES BY A HOME ON THE GROUND. EVENTUALLY, POWER LINES CAN BE SEEN. CAN SEE SMALL PATHWAYS, PERHAPS DIRT ROADS? WIDE SHOTS OCCASIONALLY OF BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE. PASS BY A FEW BUILDINGS WITHIN ONE CLOSE AREA, CARS SEEN NEARBY.
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| 01:04:06 246 |
BLACK SCREEN READS, "2."
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AERIAL SHOT. VERY SIMILAR TO SHOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN. MORE HILLS AND DISTANT MOUNTAINS. GRASSY LANDSCAPE. PASSES OVER A PIECE OF TRAIN TRACK(?) CAMERA CAPTURES THE IMAGE OF A HOUSE UNDERNEATH. ROAD THROUGH HILLS. VARIOUS TREES AND BUSHES ALONG THE WAY. THE ROAD WINDS ALONG WITH THE CURVE OF THE HILL.
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| 01:05:11 311 |
SLATE HELD BY HAND FROM LEFT OF FRAME, IN FRONT OF A FIELD, SURROUNDED BY TREES. SLATE READS, "ENGLISH/BRADFORD/6-25/SILENT."
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WIDE ANGLE SHOT OF AIRPLANE IN GREY SKY. MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS FRAME RIGHT, FLYING CLOSER TO THE GROUND. TREE TOPS, HILL TOPS, AND EVENTUALLY THE GROUND COMES INTO FRAME FROM THE BOTTOM. PLANE APPEARS TO BE FLYING DIRECTLY AT CAMERA, AND THEN SWOOPS UP BACK INTO THE AIR.
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ANOTHER TAKE OF PREVIOUS PLANE SHOT. PLANE IN SKY, SWOOPING TOWARDS GROUND.
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ANOTHER TAKE OF PREVIOUS PLANE SHOT. PLANE IN SKY, SWOOPING TOWARDS GROUND.
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ANOTHER TAKE OR PREVIOUS PLANE SHOT. PLANE IN SKY, SWOOPING TOWARDS GROUND. IN THIS TAKE, THERE IS A PERSON ON HORSEBACK SEEN ON THE GROUND BENEATH THE LIFTING PLANE.
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| 01:06:32 392 |
WIDE ANGLE SHOT. TREES SEEN IN CENTER LEFT OF FRAME. MOUNTAIN SEEN IN BACKGROUND ON RIGHT, EMPTY SKY IN BEGINNING. FIELD AT LOWER FIFTH OF SCREEN. PLANE COMES FLYING FROM BEHIND SET OF TREES IN FRAME, AT A DISTANCE, CAMERA FOLLOWS PLANE AS IS FLIES AWAY FROM CAMERA, AND THEN CIRCLES BACK AROUND TO ALMOST LAND ON THE GRASSY AREA. THE PLANE THEN LIFTS OFF FROM THE GROUND. CAMERA FOLLOWS THE PLANE AS IT FLIES FROM THE CAMERA. ANOTHER PLANE SEEN ON THE GROUND, NEXT TO A BUILDING, IN THE FOREGROUND.
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| 01:07:23 443 |
ANOTHER TAKE OF PREVIOUS SHOT, HOWEVER THE PLANE SUCCESSFULLY LANDS ON THE GRASSY AREA AND THEN DRIVES TOWARDS A BUILDING (WITH ANOTHER PLANE PARKED NEAR IT). THE PLANE DRIVES DOWN THE PATH AWAY FROM THE CAMERA. A PERSON RUNS OUT FROM THE BUILDING (ON THE PLANE'S RIGHT) TOWARDS THE PLANE.
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| 01:08:13 493 |
CLAPBOARD SLATE HELD BY HAND FROM LEFT OF FRAME IN FRONT OF GRASSY LANDSCAPE WITH TREES. READS, "ENGLISH/BRADFORD/6-30."
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LONG SHOT, LS. AIR PLANE IS DRIVING ON GROUND, AWAY FROM CAMERA. GROUND IS OF DIRT AND GRASS, TREES IN BACKGROUND. PLANE FLIES DOWN PATH, BACKGROUND IS OF MOUNTAINS AND TREES. PLANE LIFTS OFF GROUND AT END OF PATH, COMES CIRCLING AROUND BACK TOWARDS CAMERA. FRAME THEN INCLUDES AIRPLANES ON GROUND, FRAME RIGHT.
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| 01:08:33 513 |
CLAPBOARD SLATE HELD BY HAND FROM LEFT OF FRAME. READS, "CAPRA/BARLATIER"
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| 01:08:36 516 |
WIDE SHOT OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THE REFLECTING POOL. CLOUDS IN SKY. TREES SURROUND THE REFLECTING POOL. CARS DRIVE BY IN FOREGROUND, TO LEFT OF FRAME. CARS ARE SEEN DRIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE REFLECTING POOL, IN THE DISTANCE.
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| 01:09:08 548 |
SLATE HELD BY HAND FROM LEFT OF FRAME IN FRONT OF OPEN WATER. READS, "ALLEN/CORY/PROCESS DEPT/WAKE."
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WIDE SHOT, WS. OPEN WATER. CAN SEE THE HORIZON. FOUNTAIN LIKE SPLASHING IN FAR LEFT OF FRAME. SPLASHING BEGINS TO MOVE, CREATING A WAKE, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRAME. SLOWLY, THE CAMERA CAN SEE A TORPEDO IN THE WATER BENEATH THE WAKE. WAKE DISINTEGRATES, SCREEN GOES WHITE.
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| 01:09:36 576 |
HIGH-ANGLE SHOT OF WATER. WATER RIPPLING BY. EVENTUALLY, BUBBLES AND THEN SPLASHING RISES TO THE SURFACE AT TOP LEFT OF FRAME. TORPEDO OR SUB IS SEEN, DARTING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE FRAME. CAMERA FOLLOWS THE TORPEDO TO REVEAL THE BOW OF A BATTLESHIP IN THE CENTER OF FRAME. LARGE SPLASHES AND WAVES CREATED IN FRONT OF THE SHIP.
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| 01:10:06 606 |
BLACK SCREEN READS, "7."
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| 01:10:08 608 |
PERSON HOLDING A CLAPBOARD SLATE, STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAME, BACKGROUND OF HOUSE OR BARN WITH A LADDER AGAINST EXTERIOR WALL. CLAPBOARD READS, "MARSHALL," ALL ELSE IS TOO DARK TO READ.
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| 01:10:09 609 |
MIDDLE SHOT, MS. DARK SHOT. HAY IN MIDDLE GROUND, BARN DOORS IN BACK. BUILDING MIGHT BE A BARN OR A HOUSE. LONG PIECES OF WOOD LAY IN THE HAY. SMALL HERD OF CATTLE RUN BY FROM LEFT OF FRAME TO RIGHT OF FRAME. MEN IN COWBOY HATS COME RACING IN FROM FRAME LEFT. THROWING THEIR ARMS UP AND TRYING TO RUSH OF CATTLE ALONG. THEY ARE WEARING BANDANAS AROUND THEIR NECKS. ONE MAN HAS A HANDGUN. THE FINAL CATTLE RUN FROM A FENCED AREA (THE CAMERA SLOWLY PANS TO THE LEFT TO REVEAL A LITTLE LENGTH OF FENCE). THE MEN WAVE THEIR ARMS AND LEGS AS IF TO SAY 'GOOD RIDDANCE' TO THE CATTLE. SCREEN GOES BLACK
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BLACK SCREEN, END OF FOOTAGE.
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