Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: DS-161

00:00:05 0.43	DETECTIVE FROM MISSING PERSONS BUREAU OPENS DOOR AT CITY MORGUE PULLS GURNEY OUT, LIFTS SHEET OFF CORPSE, SHOWS HIS PARTNER THE CORPSE. THEY DISCUSS THE PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH. CORPSE FOUND IN A RIVER. MAN TAKES NOTES SOUNDBYTE "OK PUT HIM BACK ON ICE"
00:01:22 77.43	DECTETIVE COVERS THE CORPSE WITH A SHEET, ROLLS GURNEY BACK INTO ROOM, CLOSES THE DOOR
00:01:35 90.43	RON COCHRAN TALKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT MISSING PERSONS STATISTICS, IN THE MISSING PERSONS BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK
00:01:57 112.43	CU BULLETIN BOARD WITH CLIPPINGS OF MISSING PERSONS
00:02:19 134.43	ARMSTRONG SPONSOR AD, CIRCA EARLY 1960s
00:02:47 162.43	ARMSTRONG COMMERCIAL SILHOUETTE OF A WOMAN WITH WALLS CLOSING IN ON HER "DON'T MOVE, IMPROVE" INTERIOR STILLS, MODERN HOME
00:04:10 245.43	NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENE CIRCA EARLY 1960s SIDEWALKS PACKED WITH PEDESTRIANS AT CROSSWALK "DON'T WALK" WAITING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE TO CROSS THE STREET
00:04:13 248.43	MAN WALKING DOWN CITY STREET ON HOT DAY WIPES HIS FACE WITH HANDKERCHIEF
00:04:21 256.43	CU NEON SIGN "PALACE HOTEL". TILT DOWN TO HOMELESS MAN SLEEPING ON CITY SIDEWALK.
00:04:28 263.43	CU NEON SIGN "THE SALVATION ARMY HOTEL COFFEE SHOP" SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS. TILT DOWN TO HOMELESS MEN HANGING OUT IN FRONT
00:04:35 270.43	NEW YORK CITY MISSING PERSONS BUREAU, 400 BROOME STREET INTERIOR. DETECTIVES AT WORK PERFORMING VARIOUS DUTIES LOOKING AT FILES. TALKING ON TELEPHONE, DISCUSSING CASES
00:05:30 325.43	CU TYPE WRITTEN CASE FILE ON A 72 YEAR OLD MISSING PERSON
00:05:34 329.43	CU DETECTIVE LOOKING THROUGH FILE CABINET, PICKS UP TELEPHONE RECEIVER, DIALS ROTARY PHONE, TALKS TO MAN WHO REPORTED HIS FATHER MISSING, ASKS HIM TO "COME DOWN AND LOOK AT THE BODY" WRITES DOWN DETAILS. TRYING TO IDENTIFY BODY OF MAN FOUND IN THE RIVER
00:07:00 415.43	EARLY 1960s TEENAGER EATS BREAKFAST WITH FAMILY. DRINKS GLASS OF MILK. MOTHER TALKS ABOUT THE ACADEMY HER SON WILL ATTEND, SON IGNORING THE CONVERSATION
00:08:04 479.43	BOY WIPES HIS MOUTH WITH NAPKIN ASKS IF HE MAY BE EXCUSED FROM THE TABLE. GETS UP & LEAVES
00:08:19 494.43	WORRIED PARENTS. MOTHER ASKS HUSBAND TO TALK TO THE BOY FATHER GETS UP, PATS WIFE ON THE SHOULDER AND TELLS HER NOT TO WORRY
00:08:40 515.43	FATHER HAS A HEART-TO-HEART TALK WITH HIS TEENAGED SON TRIES TO BOND WITH HIS SON, SON CONTINUES TO READ HIS BOOK. BOY DOESN'T WANT TO GO AWAY TO SCHOOL. NON RESPONSIVE TROUBLED BOY
00:10:29 624.43	CU BROCHURE FOR THE ROTONDO MILITARY ACADEMY
00:10:38 633.43	TEENAGER PICKS UP THE BRUCHURE AND THROWS IT ACROSS THE ROOM. ANGRY BOY. PICKS UP TELEPHONE RECEIVER, DIALS A NUMBER STOPS, HANGS UP, OPENS HIS BEDROOM DOOR, LOOKS OUT, CHECKS TO SEE IF THE COAST IS CLEAR, CLOSES THE DOOR, DIALS A PHONE NUMBER, PLANNING TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME WITH HIS FRIEND
00:11:34 689.43	WOMAN OPENS LIVING ROOM CURTAINS IN THE MORNING. IN HER BATHROBE, SHOUTS TO HER SON TO GET UP, PREPARES BREAKFAST. HUSBAND POPS IN, ASKS IF SHE'S SEEN HIS CUFFLINKS. SON STILL NOT COMING OUT OF HIS ROOM, SHE OPENS HIS BEDROOM DOOR, SON NOT THERE, LOOKS IN HIS CLOSET, CLOTHES GONE, FINDS MILITARY ACADEMY BROCHURE WITH "GOODBYE" WRITTEN ON IT. RUNAWAY NOTE TO HIS PARENTS
00:12:29 744.43	SHOCKED MOTHER SHOUTS FOR HER HUSBAND.
00:12:48 763.43	FATHER PICKS UP THE PHONE, DIALS, CALLS THE POLICE, CU DISPATCHER TAKING NOTES THEN MAKES A CALL
00:13:09 784.43	HIGH PAN CITY STREETS EARLY 1960s
00:13:19 794.43	INTAKE DESK AT THE MISSING PERSONS BUREAU, MAN TALKS ON THE PHONE
00:13:26 801.43	BUREAU DETECTIVE IN HIS OFFICE WITH BLACK WOMAN, WORKING ON A CASE, GIVEN DISCRIPTION OF MISSING BOY OVER THE PHONE COVERS THE RECEIVER, TELLS WOMAN SHE CAN GO OVER TO THE MISSING PERSONS BUREAU OFFICE WITH HER BROTHER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE TO COLLECT HIS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
00:13:58 833.43	MAN ENTERS OFFICE TO IDENTIFY A BODY THAT MAY BE HIS FATHER COLD BUSINESSMAN WANT TO HURRY SO HE CAN GET TO WORK. DETECTIVE GIVES HIM A LECTURE. DETECTIVE ASKS HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS FATHER, WHAT HE WAS WEARING, HIS HEIGHT ETC. THE MAN DOESN'T HAVE WARM FEELINGS ABOUT HIS FATHER. SNOB FROM SCARSDALE EMBARRASSED ABOUT HIS FATHER'S BEHAVIOR
00:17:23 1038.43	DETECTIVE EXPLAINS TO HIM WHAT A BODY LOOKS LIKE AFTER BEING IN THE WATER FOR SOME TIME, QUIETS THE MAN DOWN A BIT.
00:18:01 1076.43	DETECTIVE GOES OVER TO FILE CABINET, SHOWS MAN 4 PHOTOS TO LOOK AT TO SEE IF HIS FATHER IS AMONG THEM. MAN IS QUIET AS HE LOOKS AT PHOTOS OF CORPSES. FATHER ISN'T ONE OF THEM
00:19:02 1137.43	CU FILE CABINETS HOLDING PHOTOS OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAD PEOPLE
00:19:09 1144.43	FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE, FIREMEN CARRY STRETCHER WITH BODY COVERED. VICTIMS OF DISASTER CORPSE PLACED IN AMBULANCE
00:19:26 1161.43	TRAIN WRECK SITE. RESCUE WORKERS CARRY STRETCHER WITH CORPSE
00:19:40 1175.43	CU PHOTO OF MISSING TEENAGER. DETECTIVES AT THE HOME OF MISSING TEEN INSPECTING HIS BEDROOM FOR CLUES TAKES A BOOK OFF THE BOOKSHELF LOOKS THROUGH IT. MOTHER ENTERS AND TALKS TO HIM. DETECTIVE ASKS HER QUESTIONS AS HE LOOKS AROUND. SET OF BOOKS ON THE WORKS OF HERMAN MELVILLE.
00:21:28 1283.43	DETECTIVE AND MOTHER MOVE INTO THE DINING ROOM, HE CONTINUES TO QUESTION HER. SHE MAKES A RACIST REMARK ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEING FILLED WITH FOREIGNERS WHOSE LANGUAGE BARRIER HOLDS BACK THE OTHERS THAT'S WHY HER SON ATTENDS PRIVATE SCHOOL. ASKS ABOUT BOY'S SPECIAL FRIENDS, SHE SAYS HE HAS A FRIEND SOMEONE SHE CONSIDERS A "BAD INFLUENCE"
00:22:42 1357.43	BUSY URBAN BUS TERMINAL. BOY WAITS FOR FRIEND, FRIEND ARRIVES, CHICKENS OUT, DOESN'T WANT TO RUN AWAY, LOST HIS NERVE. BOY TRIES PEER PRESSURE ON HIS FRIEND, DOESN'T WORK, TELLS HIM TO JUST GO HOME, HE'LL RUN AWAY BY HIMSELF PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMIANL
00:24:13 1448.43	ARMSTORNG COMMERCIAL CUSTOM EXCELON TILE CU CELLO, CLASSICAL MUSICIAN. CU HARP, HARPIST. YOUNG BOY PLAYING THE CELLO. VINYL TILES FLOORS EASY TO INSTALL
00:26:26 1581.43	RUNAWAY BOY SLEEPING ON THE BUS WITH THE BOOK "MOBY DICK" OPENED ON HIS LAP
00:26:38 1593.43	CU DEVELOPING A PHOTOGRAPH OF MISSING BOY. POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YORK MISSING PERSONS PHOTO
00:26:51 1606.43	EXTERIOR NEW YORK CITY PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL CIRCA EARLY 1960s. INTERIOR SAME
00:27:08 1623.43	BUSY POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MISSING PERSONS BUREAU, TELETYPE MACHINES, 1960s COMMUNICATIONS
00:27:17 1632.43	BOY BROUGHT INTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WRONG MISSING BOY.
00:27:25 1640.43	DETECTIVE SITS DOWN, INTERVIEWING TEACHER OF MISSING BOY SAYS BOY HAS EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, ACTS OUT IN SCHOOL
00:28:17 1692.43	THANKS TEACHER FOR COMING IN, DISMISSES HIM, TURNS AROUND AND IS HANDED A COMPLAINT, NEWLYWED MAN WENT MISSING ON HIS HONEYMOON. WALKS OVER TO TALK TO THE WIFE.
00:28:39 1714.43	DETECTIVE WALKS OVER TO MISSING PERSONS BULLETIN BOARD, PINS PHOTO UP AS TEACHER TALKS TO HIS ABOUT THE "UNUSUAL" CASE
00:28:47 1722.43	DETECTIVE INTERVIEWS NEWLY MARRIED WOMAN ABOUT "MISSING BRIDEGROOM". SHE THINKS HE'S DEAD OR HAS AMNESIA. DETECTIVE THINKS IT'S A "VOLUNTARY ABSENCE". SHE TELLS HIM HOW THEY MET, ABOUT HIS JOB ETC.
00:32:29 1944.43	POLICEMAN BRINGS IN OTHER BOY WHO CHICKENED OUT FROM RUNNING AWAY, DETECTIVES QUESTION HIM ABOUT THE MISSING BOY'S WHEREABOUTS. BOY SLIPS AND REVEALS THAT THE BOY IS ON ROUTE TO NORFORK, VIRGINIA
00:35:03 2098.43	DETECTIVE PICKS UP INTER-OFFICE PHONE, GIVES ORDERS TO SENT TELETYPE TO NORFORK, VIRGINIA POLICE ABOUT RUNAWAY BOY
00:35:25 2120.43	BOY WALKS INTO DINER, ASKS FOR A CUP OF COFFEE. WAITER CLEANS THE COUNTER AND TALKS TO THE BOY. BOY LIES AND SAYS HE'S AN ORDINARY SEAMAN WHO LOST HIS PAPERS AND IS WAITING FOR DUPLICATE PAPERS, MAN OFFERS HIM A JOB UNTIL THE PAPERS ARRIVE AND A ROOM UPSTAIRS. BOY GOES STRAIGHT TO WORK
00:37:39 2254.43	MAN OPENS AND READS A COPY OF THE NEW BEDFORD LEDGER NEWSPAPER. BOY ISN'T IN NORFORK AT ALL, GE'S 450 MILES AWAY
00:38:07 2282.43	ARMSTRONG COMMERCIAL. ARMSTRONG CEILINGS HOME IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. MODERN INTERIOR WITH ARMSTRONG CEILINGS. EARLY 1960s HI-FI STEREO AND VINYL RECORDS ACOUSTICAL CELINIGS FILTER OUT THE NOISE
00:39:12 2347.43	CU SINK FULL OF DIRTY DISHES, TEENAGED BOY WASHING THE DISHES AT A DINER. TIRED BOY
00:39:21 2356.43	POLICEMEN AND BUS TERMINAL EMPLOYEE LOOK AT MISSING PERSONS PHOTOGRAPHS ON PRECIENT BULLETIN BOARD. IDENTIFIES BOY'S PHOTO, SAYS HE BOUGHT A TICKET BUT DOESN'T REMEMBER HIS DESTINATION
00:39:32 2367.43	DETECTIVE ENTERS A GYM, TALKS TO MAN WORKING OUT, HE'S THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM. WALKED OUT ON HIS BRIDE, "THE WHOLE THING WAS A MISTAKE TO BEGIN WITH" "SOON AS WE TIED THE KNOT SHE STARTED LAYIN'IT ON". DETECTIVE LOOKS DISGUESTED WITH HIM MAN DRIES OFF WITH A TOWEL AFTER WORKING OUT
00:41:53 2508.43	DISPATCHER BRINGS IN TELETYPE MESSAGE INTO DETECTIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS MISSING PERSONS BUREAU. FROM NORFORK CAN'T FIND THE BOY AFTER SEARCHING THE WATERFRONT. FRUSTRATED DETCETIVE CRUMPLES IT UP AND THROWS IT ON THE DESK. RUBS HIS HEAD IN FRUSTRATION
00:42:44 2559.43	WOMAN ENTERS THE OFFICE, DETECTIVE HAS TO TELL HER THAT HER HUSBAND DOESN'T WANT TO COME BACK TO HER. TOUGH JOB. GIVES HER THE PHONE NUMBER OF A PRIVATE WELFARE AGENCY WHO WILL HELP HER FIND HIM AND GET SUPPORT OF AN ANNULMENT. SHE BELIEVES HE'S GOING TO COME BACK TO HER, THE DETECTIVE KNOWS BETTER, WISHES HER GOOD LUCK
00:45:31 2726.43	DETECTIVE SITS AT HIS DESK, FINDS BOOK THE WOMAN LEFT BEHIND, GOES OUT TO FIND HER, SHE'S ALREADY GONE. "PASSIONATE LOVE STORIES" WITH SUGGESTIVE COVER. LEAVES AT THE FRONT DESK.
00:46:03 2758.43	DETECTIVE GOES TO HIS DESK, STAMPS CASE FILE "FILE CLOSED" PICKS UP FILE AND PUTS IT ON THE FRONT DESK TO BE FILED
00:46:19 2774.43	DETECTIVE ON THE PHONE SAYS "WE'LL CHECK IT RIGHT AWAY" HANGS UP. PARTNER ASKS HIM WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT HERMAN MELVILLE, DISCOVERS HE WENT OUT OF NEW BEDFORD ON A WHALING SHIP. CLEVER DETECTIVE THINKS THAT'S WHERE THE BOY MIGHT BE.
00:47:22 2837.43	TEENEGED RUNAWAY QUITS HIS JOB "I QUIT" "COUGH UP THE DOUGH" BOSS ANGRY HE QUIT ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE REFUSES TO PAY HIM BOY THREATENS TO GO TO THE POLICE, BOSS CALLS HIS BLUFF ABOUT BEING A SEAMAN "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE KIDDIN" I CAN SPOT A RUNAWAY KID A MILE OFF." BOSS THROWS HIM OUT, BOY GRABS MOP HANDLE AND DESTROYS EVERYTHING ON THE COUNTER. DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR JUVENILE DELIQUENT
00:48:27 2902.43	HS NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS CIRCA EARLY 1960s
00:48:34 2909.43	NEW BEDFORD WATERFRONT FISHING TOWN, FISHING BOATS MOORED
00:48:36 2911.43	COP QUESTIONS PEOPLE ABOUT THE RUNAWAY BOY. NEW ENGLAND ACCENT.
00:49:02 2937.43	TEENAGED RUNAWAY CHECKS INTO AN INN. MAN AT THE RECEPTION DESK IS SUSPICIOUS. PICKS UP THE PHONE AND CALLS THE POLICE "I THINK I'VE GOT YOUR BOY"
00:49:54 2989.43	CU ROTARY PHONE RINGING, HAND PICKS UP THE RECEIVER. DETECTIVE IS TOLD THE RUNAWAY KID HAS BEEN PICKED UP IN NEW BEDFORD.
00:50:21 3016.43	DETECTIVE TALKS TO A RABBI ABOUT A SUICIDE BY ONE OF HIS CONGREGATION "SUICIDE IS AGAINIST MY RELIGION TOO"
00:50:48 3043.43	PARENTS OF RUNAWAY ENTER MISSING PERSONS BUREAU, DETECTIVE INTERRUPTS HIS PHONE CALL TO TELL THEM TO TAKE A SEAT, HE SHOULD BE THERE ANY MINUTE. NERVOUS, EDGY PARENTS WAIT FOR THEIR RUNAWAY SON TO BE BROUGHT IN. DETECTIVE GIVES THE PARENTS ADVICE ON HOW TO REAR THEIR SON SO HE WON'T RUN AWAY AGAIN
00:53:04 3179.43	SON ENTERS, UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT WHEN PARENTS ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR RUNAWAY SON. PARENTS HAVE HEARET- TO-HEART TALK WITH THEIR SON. TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR SON BETTER
00:54:47 3282.43	PARENTS TAKE THEIR SON HOME, FATHER THANKS DETECTIVE "WE'LL DO OUR BEST" "GOOD LUCK"
00:55:02 3297.43	DETECTIVE PICKS UP BRIEFCASE TO LEAVE, TALKS TO DISPATCHER THEN LEAVES FOR THE NIGHT
00:55:39 3334	ARMSTRONG CEILING COMMERCIAL PAN EXTERIOR MODERN HOME BUILT AROUND AN OAK TREE. THE HOME OF THE HOOPER FAMILY. SUBURB OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND MARCEL BREUER, ARCHITECT. NATURE AND LIVING IN HARMONY INTERIOR SHOTS OF MOFDERN HOME. EARLY 1960s MODERN
00:56:41 3396.43	HOST INTRODUCES MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF RICE MENTAL HEALTH PAVILLION OF ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, NEW YORK AND CHAIRMAN OF THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DR. HARVEY TOMPKINS
00:56:55 3410.43	DOCTOR HARVEY TOMPKINS SITS AT DESK AND TALKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT THE SHOW JUST SEEN AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. "SOMETIMES UNABLE TO SEE THAT THE PATH THAT LIES AHEAD OF THEM IS MORE DISASTEROUS THAN THE PLIGHT THAT THEY ARE LEAVING" CRISIS SITUATIONS IN FAMILIES. BE AWARE OF SIGNS OF DISSATISFACTION
00:58:37 3512	FILM ENDS