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CU VIEW TOP OF DELEWARE BRIDGE TILT DOWN CABLES,
STEEL UPRIGHTS TO ROAD, POV CAR DRIVING OVER
BRIDGE, BACKS OF CARS IN FRONT OF VIEWER.
01:00:10 10
TILT UP HUGE FACTORY BUILDING WITH SIGN ON WATER
TOWER ON ROOF."CAMPBELL'S SOUP" IN CAMDEN, NEW
JERSEY
01:00:15 15
LS PAN SHIPYARD WITH FOUR HUGE COVERED PIERS MADE
WITH STEEL BEAMS.
01:00:21 21
AERIAL VIEW LEVITTOWN , ONE OF 10 LARGEST CITIES
IN PENNSYLVANIA. PAN VARIOUS VIEWS COOKIE CUTTER
HOMES SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OF LEVITTOWN,.
01:00:35 35
AERIAL VIEW TRENTON CITYSCAPE, STATE CAPITAL OF
NEW JERSEY.
01:00:39 39
VARIOUS VIEWS DOWNTOWN TRENTON WITH HEAVY AUTO,
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
01:00:50 50
DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON, DELEWARE BUSINESS DISTRICT
WITH BUSY INTERSECTION AUTO, PEDESTRIAN, CIRCA
1950S AUTO, ELECTRIC BUS TRAFFIC.
(OVERHEAD CABLES)
01:01:00 60
LS RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH CLUSTER OF ATTACHED HOMES
IN BETHLEHEM. PENNSYLVANIA.
01:01:05 65
VARIOUS SHOTS ABOVE PAN HUGE STEEL MILLS OF
BETHLEHEM WITH SMOKE SPEWING FROM STACKS, COVERING
LARGE AREA OF BETHLEHEM. OTHER STRUCTURES, STACKS,
TANKS. GOOD SHOTS. COAL ELEVATORS FEEDING STEEL
FURNACES. LONG STRING OF GROTESQUE TANK CARS OF
VARIETY OF SHAPES BEING PULLED BY DIESEL ENGINE.
OTHER HUGE STRUCTURES, STACKS TANKS. AT STEEL
PLANTS VOICE OVER, "READING, ALLENTOWN, EASTERN,
POTTSVILLE, ALL NEIGHBORS OF INFANT WHO SLEEPS IN
PHILADELPHIA". good shots
01:01:36 96
SMALL "HESS BROTHERS" DELIVERY VAN RIDING TOWARDS
CAMERA. PAN TO LARGE "HESS" SIGN ON STORE IN
BUSINESS DISTRICT, ALLENTOWN, WHERE A SINGLE TOY
CAN COST $5000. (POV CAR DRIVING DOWN AVENUE).
01:01:55 115
CU BABY IN BASSINET MOVING AROUND, TILT UP TO
DECORATIVE CHILDREN'S ROOM WALL PAPER.
01:02:05 125
AERIAL MS FREIGHTER SAILING ON DELEWARE RIVER.
MLS SMALL BOY STANDS ON PILE OF CRATES IN FRONT OF
CARGO SHIP TIED UP AT PHILADELPHIA PORT, LARGEST
FRESH WATER PORT IN WORLD. CU BOY WAVES TO SHIP.
01:02:23 143
PAN VARIOUS VIEWS CARGO SHIPS TIED UP AT BUSY
PHILADELPHIA PORT. FREE FROM STORMS AND FREE FROM
STRIFE. LESS MAN HOURS LOST BECAUSE OF LABOR
DESPITES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
01:02:50 170
VARIOUS VIEWS VARIETY OF CARGO BEING LOADED AND
UNLOADED VIA WINCH. MLS LONG LENGTHS OF PIPES
BEING CARRIED BY TWO FORKLIFT TRUCKS RIDING SIDE
BY SIDE.
MCU WORKERS PILING HUGE LENGTHS OF PIPE
01:03:10 190
AERIAL VIEW BUSY STREET IN FRONT OF PORT. TRUCKS
AT LOADING PLATFORMS, TRUCK, AUTO TRAFFIC ALONG
PIERS. LONG BRIDGE IN B/G. MCU HUGE TRAILER TRUCK
PASSES MOVING DIESEL ENGINE ALONG PORT SIDE.
DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE TOWARDS CAMERA. TILT DOWN TO
TRACKS, TRAILER TRUCKS ALONG ITS PATH.
01:03:33 213
MLS PILE OF CRATES ON PALLET BEING LIFTED ONTO
SHIP BY WINCH. GOOD.
01:03:47 227
VARIOUS VIEWS PRODUCE BEING UNLOADED FROM TRAILER
TRUCKS BY BLACK LONGSHOREMEN, PILED ON PIER.
01:04:05 245
PAN REFRIGERATOR, TRAILER, TRUCKS BACKED UP TO
LOADING PLATFORM, UNLOADING PRODUCE, FOOD STUFFS.
01:04:17 257
CU BABY IN BASSINET, MOVES AROUND, FALLS ASLEEP.
01:04:24 264
CU OLD CLOCK TOWER AS SEEN FROM GROUND LOOKING UP.
01:04:28 268
ABOVE LS "FAIRMONT PARK", THE LARGEST CITY OWNED
PARK IN THE WORLD.
01:04:36 276
LS INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, landmark,
american history, revolutionary war.
01:04:41 281
TILT DOWN FROM CLOCK TOWER ON HIGH RISE NEWSPAPER
BUILDING. "SCHLITZ" "THE BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE
FAMOUS" SIGN ON ROOF OF LOWER BUILDING IN FRONT OF
NEWSPAPER BUILDING..
01:04:44 284
CU IN CONTRAST TO LARGE BUILDING, SMALL HANGING
SIGN "PHILADELPHIA JEWISH MORNING JOURNAL".
"AMERICA'S ONLY JEWISH MORNING DAILY".ethnic
01:04:49 289
PAN VARIOUS HIGH RISE MULTI-STORIED APARTMENT
BUILDINGS FROM GROUND LOOKING UP, PAN DOWN SMALL
OLD HOUSE IN SHADOW OF THE NEW.
01:04:59 299
CU BABY IN BASSINET CRYING.
01:05:05 305
LS OLD THEATER BUILDING WITH SIGN ABOVE MARQUEE
"LOCUST ST. THEATRE".
01:05:09 309
THE WALNUT THEATER BUILDING ON CORNER, NATION'S
OLDEST. CAB TURNS CORNER TO SIDE OF THEATER.
01:05:16 316
TILT DOWN "LATEST" HIT PLAYING AT WALNUT THEATER.
"EVA CALIENNE, MARY ASTOR IN "THE STARCOSS STORY".
hollywood, movies.
01:05:21 321
MS FOOTBALL GAME IN PROGRESS AT FRANKLIN FIELD.
QUARTERBACK BEING SACKED. MS MAN IN CROWDED STANDS
STANDS, CHEERS..sports
01:05:37 337
GOOD ABOVE VIEW "CONNIE MACK STADIUM
".
01:05:41 341
BOSTON RED SOX JIMMY PIERSALL AT BAT HITS, ROUNDS
BASES FOR DOUBLE IN FIRST GAME OF 1954 SEASON
AGAINST PHILADELPHIA A'S".
01:05:52 352
MS AUTO TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1950S, (ALL GM CARS?) ON
TREE-LINED BOULEVARD, TOWARDS CAMERA, TURNING R
TO L.
01:06:01 361
LS CHURCH WITH STEEPLE, MS PARISHIONERS EXITING
CHURCH AFTER SUNDAY MASS.
01:06:14 374
"MUMMER'S PARADE" - CU MAN IN CLOWN COSTUME, CIGAR
DANGLING FROM LIPS, DANCES IN STREET ALONG WITH
OTHER MUMMERS. IN COLORFUL COSTUMES COSTING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,
01:06:21 381
MS ACCORDION, BANJO PLAYERS, AND OTHERS IN INDIAN
CHIEF COSTUMES DO THEIR STRUT, DANCE TO CHEERFUL
MUSIC.
01:06:29 389
SMILING YOUNG BLACK MEN AND WOMEN ENJOYING THE
TRADITIONAL PARADE
01:06:33 393
MS SAXOPHONE PLAYERS IN GREAT WHITE FEATHERED
PLUMES AND SILKEN COSTUMES, MARCH, PLAY TOWARDS
CAMERA. MS REAR VIEW OF SAME COLORFUL COSTUMES.
01:06:48 408
MS BANJO, ACCORDION PLAYERS IN ORNATE, COLORFUL
EXPENSIVE, COSTUME. TOWARDS CAMERA. MAN ON ALL
WHITE SILK COSTUME WITH WHITE SILK TOP HAT STRUTS
TO THE MUSIC.
01:06:54 414
CHILD ON DAD'S SHOULDERS, BLOWS HORN.
01:06:58 418
CROWD OF MUMMERS IN VARIETY OF OUTLANDISH,
COLORFUL COSTUMES DANCE, STRUT, IN STREET.
01:06:58 418.68
WOMAN EATING PHILLY CHEESE STEAK
01:07:00 420
CU BABY IN BASSINET SOUND ASLEEP.
01:07:09 429
ROOF TOPS MANY TV ANTENNA ATTACHED TO CHIMNEYS.
01:07:14 434
LS ANGLE VIEW OF "WESTINGHOUSE, KYW - WPTZ RADIO
AND TELEVISION CENTER" BUILDING
01:07:21 441
TV CHEF CUTS PINEAPPLE IN KITCHEN AS WOMAN HELPS.
TV CAMERA IN F/G TAKES THE SHOTS FOR TV COOKING
PROGRAM. VARIOUS OTHER CHILDREN PROGRAMS BEING
TELEVISED. MCU SIDE VIEW CAMERAMAN POINTS WPTZ
CAMERA.
01:07:36 456
VARIOUS SHOTS NEON SIGNS AT NIGHT, "WELCOME TO
PHILADELPHIA AND GIMBELS"; "HOWARD'S"; "SCHMIDTS
BEER"; "BUDWEISER BEER"; "WESTINGHOUSE"; GOLDMAN".
01:07:58 478
LIT UP "FOX" THEATER MARQUEE. MS MEN WOMEN ON
LINE FOR THEATER TICKETS.
01:08:04 484
MARQUEE WITH "CINERAMA" ON IT. "STOUFFER'S, OTHER
NEON SIGNS, INCLUDING "HORN & HARDART".
01:08:08 488
LONG ROW OF ATTACHED HOMES SAME EAVES, FACADES,
EACH WITH ROOF TV ANTENNAS. CU ROOF ANTENNAS
ATTACHED TO CHIMNEYS. MCU PAN ROOF TO ROOF
ANTENNAS.
01:08:24 504
MCU MAN WITH GLASSES, PUFFING ON HIS PIPE.
01:08:35 515
CU BABY IN BASSINET , TILT UP TO COLORFUL
CHILDREN'S WALLPAPER.
01:09:20 560
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Year: 1946  Color: Color
Genre: NORTH AMERICA

Description: Philadelphia as seen across Delaware River. Great shot from car on Delaware Bridge. Pan up industrial building in Camden, NJ; Campbell’s soup water tower on top of building. Aerial of Levittown, Pennsylvania suburbs; pan over Levittown suburbs. Aerial Trenton, NJ.; VS bustling streets in 1950s downtown Trenton, New Jersey. VS downtown Wilmington, Delaware in 1950s. High-angle Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; pan over steel mill, large smoke stacks and smoke rise from mill. Hess Brothers van drives down street; shot from car driving toward Allantown’s Hess Brothers toy store. CU baby cries in crib; camera pans up to drawing of Fulton steamship painted on wall above baby; cut to aerial of steamship freighter on Delaware River. LS little boy climbs up on pile of wood planks along pier and waves to Fernsrove cargo ship; low-angle of boy in matching jacket and hate waving at cargo ship. VS cargo ships in Port of Philadelphia. Ships include the Exiria and Angelina; VS Port of Philadelphia workers drive forklifts and move large pipes, cranes lift cargo into ships, trucks deliver produce. High-angle of trucks delivering produce in shipyard; VS Black dockworkers pass sacks of potatoes down line off of Dock St.; Great shot of Dock St. Pan over row of parked delivery trucks for Joyce Delivery Service, Food Fair Stores Inc. with ad on side of truck for “Super Speed Shopping”, Snow Crop Frozen Foods. CU newborn baby in crib tossing and turning in sleep. VS Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, largest city park in the world; Independence Hall. Pan down newspaper building with clock tower on top, billboard for Schlitz beer on side of building. Great shot of sign hanging from brick building for Philadelphia Jewish Morning Journal “American’s Oldest Jewish Morning Daily.” Low-angle looking up at large Philadelphia buildings. Newborn baby in crib crying. Locust St. Theatre in Philadelphia showing Mardi Gras with Lenore Ulric; the Walnut theatre, oldest in United States; CU pan down movie poster for The Starcross Story with Eva Le Gallienne and Mary Astor. Play in football game shot from sideline of Franklin Field; 1950s audience in stadium. High-angle Connie Mack Stadium; player hits double in baseball game in Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Great shot of 1950s cars pass camera driving along tree-lined street. Crowd outside of old stone church in suburban Philadelphia; people exiting gothic church doors dressed in coats and hats in 1950s fashion. Great shot, CU clown smoking a cigar with face painted white with smears of red like blood dancing in Mummers Parade; men dressed as Indians with colorful headdresses and feathery costumes marching in parade while playing accordions and banjos; Black members of parade audience along street cheering, laughing, having good time; VS colorful carnival-like costumes of people marching in parade. CU 1950s woman wearing 1950s style glasses and with scarf wrapped around head takes big bite of pastry; VS Mummer Parade and audience. CU newborn baby asleep in crib. Tilted angle shot of building, CU sign for Westinghouse KYW-WPTZ Radio & Television Center. Great shot on set of 1950s cooking show, WPTZ camera and disembodied arm of cameraman on side of camera films chef cooking with woman; gray haired man on set of children’s show talks to squirrel puppet; great shot on set of TV commercial shoot with WPTZ camera along left edge of frame and man and woman seated at table in front of box of Instant Fels Naphta, boom microphone hangs above and between man and woman; CU cute baby in pink frilly dress; great shot cameraman in Hawaiian style shirt looking into large WPTZ television camera. VS neon lights at night: Welcome to Philadelphia and Gimbels, Howard, Schmidt’s of Philadelphia Beer Ale “None better since 1860,” Budweiser “Those who know…buy bud,” Westinghouse “Listen to KYW, Television, Ranges-Lamps,” Goldman, Fox Theatre, Cinerama, Stouffer’s, Horn & Hardart. Great VS of row of houses all with large antennas ;CU antennas on house roofs; CU single antenna on roof of house, blue sky behind it, camera pans to neighboring houses antenna, then to the antenna on the next house; CU antenna on house roof. CU man with maroon sweater tied over shoulders smokes wood pipe gazing upward deep in thought.

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