Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1510B

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00:30:37 1.3	MAGIC CASTLE: PAN OF OLD VICTORIAN MANSION, HIGH ABOVE MODERN HOLLYWOOD, AND HIDDEN BY TREES. THE MAGIC CASTLE IS PRIVATE CLUB FOR MAGICIANS, BOTH AMATEUR & PROFESSIONAL, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:30:50 14.3	DOOR OPENS MAGICALLY FOR CAMERA, ZOOMS IN SLOWLY TO WOMAN IN BLACK AT DESK, PAN TO BUTLER WITH FOLDED ARMS, THEN TO LIBRARY SHELVES WHICH SLIDE OPEN TO HIDDEN PASSAGE.
00:31:05 29.3	CU WOMAN IN BLACK, FACING CAMERA, BLOWS ON UNLIT CANDLES ON CANDELABRA, WHICH MAGICALLY LIGHT UP WHEN BLOWN ON. SHE WALKS UP DARK STAIRCASE, TO ROOM WITH STRANGE CHARACTERS.
00:31:22 46.3	MAN DRESSED LIKE DRACULA, CHAMPAGNE GLASS IN HAND, TURNS TO CAMERA WITH WAVE OF HIS CAPE. PAN FROM STAINED GLASS CEILING TO CLUB MEMBERS, SEATED AT DINING ROOM TABLE, EATING. MAGICIAN AT HEAD OF TABLE SHOWS CARD TRICK TO CHILDREN SEATED NEXT TO HIM.
00:31:45 69.3	CU WHITE GLOVED BUTLER SERVES ELEGANT DINNERS TO MEMBERS. AMATEUR MEMBERS COMPARE TRICKS AT DINNER TABLE. CU FACE SHOTS AT MALE, FEMALE LAUGHING. PAN OF ORNATE ELEGANCE. PAN OF SILVER TRAYS, BOWLS, FULL OF AN ELEGANTLY PREPARED BUFFET TABLE WITH GOURMET FOOD.
00:32:14 98.3	CU HAND OF GROTESQUE MONSTER GRABS MORSEL OF FOOD, HE LOOKS INTO CAMERA, WOMAN SCREAMS. WOMAN IN BLACK WITH CANDELABRA, CLIMBS STAIRCASE TO ANOTHER FLOOR. PAN TO ANIMAL TROPHIES OF GORILLA, DEER, TWO HUMAN HEADS WITH BULGING EYES.
00:32:35 119.3	MONTAGE MAGICIAN PERFORMING ON STAGE, FIRE EATER PLACES FLAMING BALL IN MOUTH. MAGICIAN SPREADS DECK OF CARDS ON TABLE AS OTHERS LOOK ON. MONSTER GRABS FOR CAMERA WITH HANDS.
00:32:55 139.3	WOMAN IN BLACK CLIMBS TO ANOTHER FLOOR WITH CANDELABRA IN HAND PROVIDING LIGHT. CU HER WHITE GLOVED HAND OPENING DOOR, REVEALING MASTER MAGICIANS SEATED AT SMALL TABLE, COMPARING MAGIC.
00:33:07 151.3	CU MAGICIAN SITS BEFORE LIGHTED CANDLE, BLOWS IT OUT AND HE DISAPPEAR.
00:33:30 174.3	AERIAL LOGGING: LUMBERJACK WITH HARD HAT, CUTTING INTO HUGE TREE WITH CHAIN-SAW, ANOTHER USES AXE. HUGE TREE SLOWLY TOPPLES TO GROUND. AS SEEN FROM GROUND LOOKING UP. AERIAL VIEW OF TREE FALLING AMID OTHER TREES. EVERY YEAR 38 MILLION BOARD FEET OF LUMBER IS CUT FROM AMERICAN FORESTS.
00:33:49 193.3	LARGE OVERHEAD BOOM LIFTS LOGS FROM PILES OF DOWNED TREES. LOGS DRAGGED UPHILL IN TRADITIONAL IN "HIGH YARD" METHOD, RIPS UP THE EARTH, CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO WATERSHED. AS NEED FOR WOOD PRODUCTS BECOME MORE INTENSE, POTENTIAL AREAS TO BE HARVESTED BECOME MORE DIFFICULT.
00:34:12 216.3	EXPLOSION IN MIDST OF FOREST HURLS ROCKS, DEBRIS IN AIR. AERIAL VIEW OF BARREN, DESTROYED MOUNTAINS, UNABLE TO RESTORE THE TIMBER CROP.
00:34:17 221.3	CU FACE SHOT OF HELICOPTER PILOT LOOKING DOWN AT PLUSH MOUNTAINS AT FRANCE'S CREEK AREA OF CASCADE MOUNTAINS, OREGON, WHERE YEARS OF "BALLOON LOGGING" HAS LEFT ENVIRONMENT RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED.
00:34:28 232.3	AERIAL HUGE BALLOON SITS IN MIDDLE OF CLEARING IN FOREST. IT HOLDS 530,000 CUBIC YARDS OF HELIUM IS 113 FEET HIGH, 105 FEET IN DIAMETER, HELD DOWN BY GUY LINES.
00:34:37 241.3	BALLOON HOVERS ABOVE THE TREE TOPS. LUMBERMEN CUT TREES WITH CHAIN-SAWS, AXES IN CONVENTIONAL WAY. CU LUMBERMAN ATTACHES CABLE TO DOWNED LOGS. BALLOON LIFTS LOGS OFF GROUND, STRAIGHT UP, NO DRAGGING, THUS AVOIDING DAMAGE TO GROUNDS. BALLOON FLYING OVER FOREST, LUGGING TIMBER IN AIR.
00:35:41 305.3	CU CRANE DRIVER HANDLING ALL SORTS OF LEVERS. LOGS BEING LOWERED TO LOADING AREA BY BALLOON. CU HEAVY GEARS OF WINCH OTHER HEAVY DUTY MACHINERY USED IN PILING LOGS. FLAT BED TRAILER SIMPLY BACKS UNDER LOAD OF LOGS, WORKER STRAPS IT WITH HEAVY CHAINS.
00:36:31 355.3	TRAILER WITH HEAVY LOAD OF TIMBERS ROLLS OUT. LUMBERMAN RUNS DOWN TO EDGE OF STREAM, FILLS CANTEEN WITH DRINKING WATER. FISH SEEN SWIMMING IN CLEAR WATER OF STREAM. THREE YEARS OF BALLOON LOGGING DID NO DAMAGE TO STREAM.
00:36:59 383.3	CHUCK HUNTINGTON: ARTIST, SCULPTOR. HIGH ANGLE OF CHARLES STANDING IN FOYER OF RAMSEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ST. PAUL MINNESOTA, HANDS IN POCKETS, LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM. TEENAGE STUDENTS LOOK DOWN AT HIM, FROM RAILING, ON FLOOR ABOVE
00:37:15 399.3	CHUCK BEGINS TO CONSTRUCT STEEL SCULPTURE, IN CENTER OF ROOM, WITH HELP OF NINTH GRADERS, WHO LUG IN STEEL SECTIONS. IT IS PART OF PROGRAM SPONSORED BY NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS.
00:37:30 414.3	SURROUNDED BY STUDENTS, CHUCK LIGHTS HIS WELDING TORCH HANDS, IT TO FEMALE BLACK STUDENT, GUIDES HER IN WELDING. CU TIP OF TORCH, FLYING SPARKS.
00:37:51 435.3	CU FACE SHOT AS HUNTINGTON TELLS ABOUT HIS LIFE. SAYS, ".....I WENT TO FIXING CARS." CU MONTAGE OF OLD CAR PARTS, BEAT UP RADIATOR, JUNKED ENGINE, BUMPER PARTS.
00:38:24 468.3	PAN SPARKS FLYING ON FLOOR, TO FACE SHOT OF CHUCK, GOGGLES ON, WELDING.
00:38:50 494.3	PAN OF MODEST HOUSES IN RESIDENTIAL AREA OF MINNEAPOLIS, ONE OF WHICH HE RENTS ONE FLOOR, USES BASEMENT. PAN OF LIVING AREA, TABLE CLUTTERED WITH PAPER WORK, SMALL MODERN METAL SCULPTURES DECORATE ROOMS.
00:39:42 546.3	HUNTINGTON SPEEDILY RIDES HIS STATION WAGON OFF DRIVEWAY ONTO STREET. HE BITES INTO TOAST WHILE DRIVING.
00:39:49 553.3	TEENAGE STUDENTS JUMP OUT OF CHUCKS WAGON AT AUTO WRECKER YARD, ENTHUSIASTICALLY RUMMAGE THROUGH WRECKED CARS FOR INTERESTING PARTS. LARGE CRANE SWINGS ITS HUGE MAGNET IN AIR ACROSS YARD. PAN FROM PILES OF WRECKAGE TO CHUCK STANDING BY, ENJOYS WATCHING MALE. FEMALE, STUDENTS. CU FACE SHOTS OF STUDENTS PERUSING JUNK PIECES.
00:40:29 593.3	CU SNEAKERED FEET OF BOY WALKING ON JUNKED CONVEYOR PIECE. ABOVE SHOT OF STUDENTS, CHUCK, LIFTING HIS HUGE CROSS LIKE SCULPTURE IN SCHOOL. CU CHUCKS HANDS USING HEAVY DUTY HAND-HELD GRINDER ON STEEL, SPARKS FLYING.
00:40:53 617.3	STUDENTS LIFT ANOTHER LARGE STEEL SECTION TO BE WELDED ON. CU WELDING MASK ON FACE, CHUCK WELDS ADDED PIECE ONTO SCULPTURE. STUDENTS LIFT HEAVY STRUCTURE AS MORE PARTS ARE WELDED ON.
00:41:37 661.3	CU SMILING FACE SHOT OF CHUCK EXAMINING FINISHED PRODUCT. PAN OF SCULPTURE. CHUCK CLIMBS STAIRS TO SECOND FLOOR TO GET A LOOK AT THAT VANTAGE POINT.
00:41:56 680.3	MALE, FEMALE STUDENTS CLIMB, SWING ON STRUCTURE, LIKE MONKEY BARS. CHUCK SEEN ENJOYING IT FROM SECOND FLOOR BALCONY. "IF THE KIDS LOVE IT, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF A CURATOR LIKES IT OR NOT." CU HE SMILES BROADLY AS HE WATCHES KIDS ENJOY.
00:42:29 713.3	BRAIN PACEMAKER: HANDS OF SURGEON SCRUBBING FOR OPERATION. CU FACE SHOT OF DOCTOR ROBERT RAND WITH FACE MASK ON, AS HE SCRUBS FOR OPERATION WHICH TEN YEARS AGO WAS UNTHINKABLE, FIVE YEARS AGO UNACHIEVABLE. IMPLANTING ELECTRICAL STIMULANTS IN THE BRAIN, TO ALLOW PATIENTS TO CONTROL SEIZURES OF EPILEPSY.
00:42:50 734.3	CU NURSE TIES GOWN FOR DOCTOR RAND. DOCTOR SLIDES HANDS INTO RUBBER GLOVES BEFORE OPERATION. CU ZOOM IN ON SHAVED HEAD OF PATIENT WHO SITS UP WITH BACK OF HEAD TO CAMERA. CU SHOT OF TINY ELECTRODES TO BE IMPLANTED AT BASE OF SKULL. CU BATTERY DRIVEN POWER UNIT WHICH IS CARRIED AT THE WAIST.
00:44:23 827.3	PATIENT IS PREPARED IN SIT-UP POSITION. JOAN, A MOTHER WITH THREE CHILDREN AND HUSBAND, SIT IN LIVING ROOM OF HOME. SHE TELLS STORY OF HER EPILEPSY BEFORE OPERATION.
00:44:54 858.3	JOAN SITS UP IN HOSPITAL BED, IS WHEELED BY NURSE FOR EXHAUSTIVE SERIES OF TESTS BY DOCTORS. A BUBBLE OF PURE OXYGEN IS INJECTED INTO LOWER SPINE, IT RISES THROUGH SPINAL FLUID TO HEAD. CU X-RAY MACHINE ON SWIVEL, ROTATES AROUND HEAD, TAKES PICTURES OF BRAIN.
00:45:35 899.3	JOAN IS ROTATED IN SEAT UNTIL SHE IS UPSIDE DOWN AND BACK UP. DOCTOR RAND ATTACHES WIRES OF EEG TO HEAD. MACHINE RECORDS BRAIN WAVES ON SHEET OF PAPER. JOAN IS TAKEN BY WHEELCHAIR TO ROOM BY NURSE.
00:46:32 956.3	MONTAGE DAD, KIDS, PLAY BASKETBALL ON DRIVEWAY OF GARAGE WHERE HOOP IS ATTACHED. MOTHER BEING WHEELED FOR TEST AT HOSPITAL, DAUGHTER TURNS ON MICRO-WAVE TO HEAT FOOD, OTHER DAUGHTER SETS TABLE, POURS BAG OF FROZEN POTATOES INTO FRY PAN,
00:46:55 979.3	DAD FEELS FOREHEAD OF SON, SICK IN BED, MOM SITS IN WHEELCHAIR WAITING RESULTS OF X-RAYS. DOCTORS PERUSE SERIES OF X-RAYS ON WALL VIEWER. DECIDE TO IMPLANT TWO ELECTRODES IN TEMPLE LOBES.
00:47:15 999.3	PAN OF KIDS AT DINNER TABLE WITH DAD, PASSING THE FOOD. MOM SITS IN BED EATING HOSPITAL FOOD AS DOCTOR RAND EXPLAINS PROCEDURE. MOM SADLY LEANS BACK IN BED GLANCES AT PHOTOS OF CHILDREN ON END TABLE.
00:48:19 1063.3	FAMILY VISITS BEFORE OPERATION. SHE EXPLAINS PROCEDURE TO THEM. CU DAD HAS WORRIED LOOK ON FACE. KIDS KISS MOM GOODBYE, LEAVE ROOM. DAD EMBRACES MOM WITH AFFECTION.
00:49:14 1118.3	CU FACE SHOT OF JOAN AS HER HAIR IS SHAVED OFF WITH ELECTRIC CLIPPERS BY WOMAN. SHE SMILES AS HAIR IS CUT OFF. CU BARBER DROPS HAIR INTO PAIL.
00:49:30 1134.3	WITH JOAN IN SITTING POSITION, OPERATING TEAM GATHER AROUND, OPERATE ON BACK BASE OF SKULL. CU SHOT OF HOLE CUT IN BACK OF SKULL, EXPOSING BRAIN. CU INTENSE FACE SHOTS OF SURGEONS.
00:50:30 1194.3	PACEMAKER BEING ASSEMBLED IN SKULL, PLUGGED IN. AFTER TWO HOURS OF SMOOTH SAILING, AN EMBOLISM DEVELOPS, IS CORRECTED, ALL RETURNS TO NORMAL.
00:51:15 1239.3	JOAN SLEEPING IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, OXYGEN UNIT ATTACHED TO NOSE, INTRAVENOUS IN HER ARM. JOAN WITH WOOLEN HAT COVERING HEAD STARTS TO PACK SUITCASE FOR TRIP HOME. ZOOM IN TO BATTERY UNIT ATTACHED TO WAISTBAND.
00:52:10 1294.3	DAD CARRIES LUGGAGE AS MOM, THREE KIDS EXIT HOSPITAL, TOWARDS CAMERA. ZOOM OUT TO HOSPITAL BUILDING IN BG.
00:52:21 1305.3	OLD TIME FIDDLERS: CU FACE SHOT OF SEVENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD MAN, WITH FARMERS STRAW HAT, WARMS UP VIOLIN THEN GOES INTO A TUNE, ZOOM OUT AS GROUP OF MUSICIANS, YOUNG AND OLD INCLUDING GUITARS, MANDOLINS, VIOLINS, JOIN IN, CREATING FULL SOUND OF LIVELY COUNTRY MUSIC. FAMILIES SIT, WATCH IN WOODED PICNIC AREA. PAN OF MUSICIANS AS THEY PLAY
00:53:38 1382.3	OLD, YOUNG WOMEN SIT ON ALUMINUM CHAIRS, CROCHET, KNIT AND WATCH, TAPPING THEIR FEET.
00:54:02 1406.3	CU OLD WOMAN PLAYS ACCORDION. ANOTHER APPROACHES MUSICIANS WITH TRAY OF REFRESHMENTS. CU FACE SHOT OF YOUNG VIOLINIST.
00:54:28 1432.3	FARMER SITS IN CHAIR UNDER TREES, PLAYS VIOLIN. TWO KIDS IN TREES, PAN DOWN TO MAN SITTING AGAINST TREE, PLAYING GUITAR.
00:54:36 1440.3	MS TWO OLD LADIES PLAYING VIOLINS AS THEY SIT ON PICNIC TABLE. ZOOM OUT FOR LONG SHOT. CU YOUNG BOYS WATCH OLD-TIMERS PLAY, PAN TO YOUNG BOY JOINING IN WITH VIOLIN.
00:55:04 1468.3	OLD-TIMER AND YOUNG VIOLINIST HOLD UP VIOLINS FOR SIZE COMPARISON.
00:55:10 1474.3	ALL GO TO BUFFET ON PICNIC TABLES, FILL PAPER PLATES WITH FOOD. BALD VIOLINISTS SIPS CUP OF COFFEE. PEOPLE EAT FROM PLATES ON THEIR LAP AS THEY SIT.
00:55:39 1503.3	MUSIC BEGINS AS OLD-TIMERS GATHER UNDER TREE, BELT OUT LIVELY COUNTRY TUNE.
00:56:06 1530.3	OLD-TIMER DOES COUNTRY DANCE WITH YOUNG, OLD WOMAN. CU COWBOY BOOTS TAPPING TO THE MUSIC.