Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-154

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00:28:21 0.97	EARLY 1960s CAR DRIVES ON TREE LINES STREET. BOY CROSSES THE STREET
00:28:29 8.97	BOY WALKS HOME ON SIDEWALK. WAVES TO BOY ON BICYCLE. HICKORY STREET SIGN.
00:28:59 39.97	BOY WALKS OVER TO OPEN MANHOLE, MEN AT WORK SIGN WITH HARD HAT RESTING ON IT. PICKS UP AND PUTS HARD HAT ON. PRETENDS TO BE WORKING. PICKS UP ROAD CONE AND USES IT LIKE A MEGAPHONE
00:29:20 59.97	WORKER SNEAKS UP FROM MANHOLE CATCHING THE BOY WHO TAKES OFF THE HARD HAT AND PUTS IT BACK ON THE SIGN.
00:29:42 81.97	EARLY 1960s FAMILY. PARENTS IN LIVING ROOM, PRE-TEEN BOY CLEANS UP DINNER DISHES. MOTHER SEWS. FATHER READS. NOBODY TALKS
00:29:58 98.97	BOY DROPS DISHES, CROCKERY SMASHING ON THE FLOOR MOTHER JUMPS UP. PARENTS RUSH IN. FATHER SCOLDS BOY AND SENDS HIM TO HIS ROOM. BOY SAYS "AW GEE, CAN'T I STAY DOWN?" FATHER THREATENS "I MEAN IT JIMMY GO ON UP TO BED RIGHT NOW". BEDTIME CLICHES.
00:30:27 127.97	WIFE PLEADS FOR HUSBAND TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BOY EARLY 1960s TELEVISION ON IN BKGD.
00:30:59 159.97	NOISE HEARD FROM UPSTAIRS CLUMSY BOY KNOCKING THINGS OVER
00:31:12 172.97	HUSBAND CHASTISES WIFE "HONEY WHAT YOU NEED IS A GOOD OLD FASHIONED LECTURE ON BRINGING UP KIDS" SHE AGREES. MAKES HUSBAND AGREE TO GO TO THE PTA MEETING, CU MAN PATS THE COUCH SEAT "I'M GOING TO BE SITTING RIGHT HERE"
00:31:44 204.97	WIFE WINS OUT, HUSBAND GOES TO THE PTA MEETING. LATE ARRIVALS SQUEEZE INTO SEATS. MEETING ALREADY UNDER WAY POSTER BOARD PAGE READS "THE DIFFICULT CHILD" EARLY 1960s PTA MEETING. POINTS WITH FINGER. WIFE ELBOWS HUSBAND. SPEAKER PUTS THE BLAME ON FATHERS. BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR SONS
00:32:56 276.97	EARLY 1960s AUDIENCE APPLAUD SPEAKER
00:33:06 285.97	PSYCHOLOGIST ADDRESSES PTA MEETING TAKES OTHER SIDE OF DEBATE SAYS FATHERS CAN'T BE FRIENDS WITH THEIR SONS.
00:34:22 362.97	CU MALE AUDIENCE MEMBER THROWS HIS HEAD BACK LAUGHING, WIFE DOESN'T THINK IT'S FUNNY
00:34:33 373.97	1960s AUDIENCE BREAKS INTO APPLAUSE
00:34:39 379.97	COUPLE COMES HOME AFTER MEETING, THEY TAKE OFF OVERCOATS HANGS UP COATS IN HALLWAY CLOSET.
00:35:32 432.97	WIFE STOPS ON THE STAIRCASE TO TALK TO HUSBAND
00:35:44 444.97	MAN CLOSES GARAGE DOOR, STOPS AND SMILES AT HIS SON AND FRIEND THROWING FOOTBALL AROUND FRONT YARD. BOY KICKS FOOTBALL, GOES PAST STREET SIGN CORNER OF HICKORY AND MAPLE. FATHER CATCHES FOOTBALL & RUNS THROUGH THE 2 BOYS WITH THE FOOTBALL. BOYS LOOK CONFUSED.
00:36:08 467.97	BOY IN KITCHEN FIXING SOMETHING. FATHER WALKS IN EATING A BANANA TRIES TO HELP THE BOY. METAL CONTRAPTION BLOWS UP. IRON
00:36:37 497.97	BOY SITS AT PIANO PRACTICES ON THE PIANO FATHER SHOWS HIM NOTES WHEN HE PLAYS OFF KEY. SON GETS ANGRY AND BANGS HIS FIST ON THE PIANO. TROUBLED BOY
00:37:14 533.97	MOTHER COMES IN. HUSBAND BLOWS OFF STEAM TO HIS WIFE. SHE LAUGHS IT OFF
00:37:35 555.97	FATHER SITS IN LAWN CHAIR READING THE NEWSPAPER. BOYS THROW FOOTBALL. SUBURBAN. FATHER IGNORES FOOTBALL WHEN IT LANDS AT HIS FEET.
00:37:59 579.97	ALL AMERICAN EARLY 1960s SUBURBAN FAMILY AT HOME. BOY WORKS ON SOME KIND OF CONTRAPTION. FATHER HOLDS YARN WHILE ROLLS IT UP. KID'S CONTRAPTION BLOWS UP AGAIN. FATHER WON'T HELP FATHER ON STRIKE FROM FATHERHOOD.
00:38:28 607.97	1960s COUPLE IN LIVING ROOM. WIFE KNITS. HUSBAND READS. CHILD PLAYING THE PIANO OUT OF KEY. BOY WANTS TO JOIN THE CUB SCOUTS FATHER SAYS YES. BOY JUMPS UP "YEA!" RUNS OUT ALL EXCITED COMES BACK, SAYS PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO MEETINGS TOO, BUT FATHER SAYS NO. BOY TAKES HIS COAT OFF AND PRACTICES ON THE PIANO. PLAYS OUT OF KEY. FATHER FINALLY GIVES IN
00:41:57 817.97	BOYS DRESSED UP LIKE INDIANS MAKE WHOOPS AND DANCE AROUND BOY BANGING A DRUM. EXCITED YOUNG BOY BOPS IN HIS CHAIR PARENTS ARE HAPPY. PUTTING ON A SHOW. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS
00:42:27 847.97	BOY SCOUT MEETING, 1961. NEW PEOPLE STAND UP AND ARE APPLAUDED. SCOUT LEADER HOLDS UP MODEL ROCKET
00:43:26 906.97	BOY SCOUT ROCKET CONTEST. BOY SCOUTS BUILD MODEL ROCKETS, 1961
00:43:33 913.97	DEN MOTHER APPROACHES MOTHER TO GET HER SON TO JOIN BOY SCOUTS. WOMAN EMBARRASSED. THEIR NEIGHBORS & DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER
00:43:55 935.97	CUB MASTER APPROACHES FATHER TO GET HIS SON TO JOIN CUB SCOUTS. PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO PACK MEETINGS. MAN EMBARRASSED. THEY'RE NEIGHBORS & DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
00:44:46 986.97	BOY RUNS HOME AFTER SCHOOL. COMES BACK OUT IN HIS CUB SCOUT UNIFORM. BOY GOING TO CUB SCOUT MEETING. AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
00:45:04 1003.97	CUB SCOUT RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD STOPS AT OPEN MANHOLE CURIOUS LITTLE BOY PICKS UP BROOM GIZMO THINGY. PUTS IT BACK DOWN & RUNS AWAY
00:45:21 1021.97	SEWER WORKER POPS HIS HEAD UP FROM MANHOLE, BROOM GIZMO AROUND HIS NECK, ANGRY HE THROWS IF OFF.
00:45:30 1030.97	CUB SCOUT MEETING, 1961. CHANGING HATS CONTEST. DEN MOTHER CHUBBY CUB SCOUT. MOTHER BRINGS BOY FOR HIS FIRST CUB SCOUT MEETING. MOTHER TALKS TO DEN MOTHER. SNOBBISH WOMAN GETS IN A RUB "IT'S ALMOST LIKE HAVING AN EXTRA BABY SITTER" DEN MOTHER LOOKS STUNNED
00:46:56 1116.97	BOY SCOUTS SIT DOWN. CHUBBY BOY ACTS LIKE LEADER. HAS BOYS MAKE AN ANIMAL SOUND WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED. BOYS MAKING ANIMAL SOUNDS. DEN MOTHER TALKS ABOUT COSTUMES FOR THE ROCKET CONTEST CHOOSE MEN FROM MARS THEME
00:47:59 1179.97	CUB SCOUTS WORKING ON MODEL ROCKETS. BOY WITH A COWLICK GETS ANGRY AT ANOTHER BOY WHO PUSHES ROCKET IN HIS FACE.
00:48:13 1192.97	DEN MOTHER CHECKS BOY'S WORK ON MODEL ROCKETS
00:48:35 1214.97	WOMAN PLACES ALARM CLOCK ON SHELF. 3:40. PASSAGE OF TIME. CLOCK READS 4:45. WOMAN PLACES HER PURSE ON SHELF BEHIND CLOCK
00:48:43 1223.97	WOMAN COMES BACK FOR HER FORGOTTEN PURSE. DEN MOTHER GETS IT FOR HER. SAYS SON CAME HOME FROM CUB SCOUTS A CHANGED BOY. DEN MOTHER GETS A DIG IN "MAYBE I SHOULD BABY SIT FOR YOU MORE OFTEN" TABLES TURNED, MOTHER EATS CROW "I GUESS I HAD THAT COMING" THEY MAKE PEACE. EXPLAINS WHY SHE BECAME A DEN MOTHER.
00:50:24 1324.97	MOTHER COMES DOWN STAIRS TO GO OUT. SON PLAYS ON THE FLOOR HUSBAND TELLS HER TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. MOTHER PATS BOY ON THE HEAD
00:50:40 1340.97	BOY TRIES TO GET HIS FATHER TO HELP HIM WITH HIS ROCKET FATHER SAYS HE'S TOO BUSY.
00:51:19 1379.97	SAD BOY LEFT ALONE
00:51:28 1388.97	MAN LOOKS IN GARAGE WINDOW. VISITS HIS FRIEND WHO'S WORKING ON HIS CAR. CUB MASTER TALKS ABOUT CUB SCOUTS. MAN-TO-MAN TALK ABOUT RAISING SONS PARENTING
00:55:29 1629.97	FATHER OPENS DOOR CALLS FOR HIS SON, NO RESPONSE, CLOSES THE DOOR
00:55:38 1638.97	FATHER OPENS BASEMENT DOOR LOOKING FOR HIS SON WALKS DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT. FINDS SON'S ROCKET BROKEN IN TWO. BROKEN ROCKET MODEL ON THE BASEMENT FLOOR. FATHER REALIZES HIS MISTAKE OF NOT HELPING BOY RUNS BACK UPSTAIRS
00:56:17 1676.97	MAN WITH GREASE SMEAR ON HIS FACE ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE SORRY WRONG NUMBER. HANGS UP THE PHONE CALLS UP THE STAIRS FOR HIS SON.
00:56:51 1711.97	FATHER ENTERS SON'S BEDROOM, SON ASLEEP AT HIS DESK WITH CRUMPLED UP PAPER IN HIS HAND. FATHER SLIPS THE PAPER FROM HIS HAND. CHILD'S DIAGRAM ON HOW TO MAKE A ROCKET. FATHER HAS A MAN-TO-MAN TALK WITH HIS SON.
00:58:21 1800.97	BOY RUBS GREASE OFF FATHER'S FACE WITH HANDKERCHIEF. TENDER MOMENT. FATHER HELPS SON WITH ROCKET PLANS
00:58:40 1819.97	CU CUB SCOUTS T-SHIRT FROM 1961. BOY IN CUB SCOUT UNIFORM WITH HIS FATHER MAKING MODEL ROCKET. HOUSEWIFE MOTHER BRINGS IN REFRESHMENTS ON A TRAY. ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY.
00:59:09 1848.97	FATHER PLAYS FOOTBALL WITH HIS SON, FATHER KICKS THE FOOTBALL LANDS INSIDE OPEN MANHOLE. FATHER PUTS HIS HAND OVER HIS MOUTH ANGRY SEWER WORKER EMERGES, THROWS FOOTBALL AND PUTS ON HIS HARD HAT. GOES BACK DOWN MANHOLE