Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: F-6662

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02:17:20 12.17	BUS PULLS INTO ABANDONED OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATER. LS HITCHING POSTS WITH MICROPHONES ATTACHED. BUS PULLS UP, TOWARDS CAMERA, STOPS. CHARACTER ACTOR CHILL WILLS. TOUR GUIDE AND BUS DRIVER WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, WILLS SAYS, "YOU KNOW BOYS, I SPENT HALF MY LIFE FLASHING ACROSS THAT SILVER SCREEN THERE". MS WILLS, OTHERS BACKS TO CAMERA,
02:18:12 64.17	MS WILLS SAYS HE PLAYED IN SOME 175 MOVIES. THE FIRST ONE CALLED "BLOOM TIME", WITH CLARK GABLE, SPENCER TRACY, WILLS TELLS OF OTHERS WITH GARY COOPER, JUDY GARLAND, WALLACE BEERY.SUSAN HAYWARD, THEN THE BIG ONE ABOUT TEXAS, "THE ALAMO". "I GOT AN ACADEMY NOD FOR THAT ONE WITH BIG JOHN WAYNE"
02:20:00 172.17	MS WILLS TALKS ABOUT STAGE COACHES. MORE OF CHILL WILLS FOLKSY TALK, REMINISCENCE.
02:20:03 175.17	MS TITLE FLASHES ON OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREEN: "GET ON TO SOMETHING GREAT". FOLLOWED BY CREDITS.
02:20:38 210.17	MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENIC VIEWS AMERICA'S ROCKY SHORE LINE, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS, FIELDS OF WHEAT, AND POPPIES, OTHER PICTURESQUE SCENERY. CHILL WILLS NARRATES IN HIS FOLKSY, DELIBERATE WAY.
02:21:16 248.17	LS WILLS CARRIES LUGGAGE FOR TEENAGE GRANDDAUGHTER AS HE WALKS ALONG PICTURESQUE ROAD TO BUS STATION WITH HER, ARMS AROUND HER SHOULDER, TALKING CONTINUOUSLY, "WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE....". "THAT WAS THE DAYS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES". MAILMAN PASSES EXCHANGES GREETINGS WITH WILLS.
02:22:51 343.17	WILLS WITH DAUGHTER IN F/G, PEOPLE WAITING TO BOARD TOUR BUS IN B/G. GRANDDAUGHTER KISSES WILLS ON CHEEK GOES TO BUS. TEENAGE GIRL POSES FOR CAMERA SHOT, TWO GIRLS PLAY WITH BULLDOG HELD IN ARMS BY TEENAGE BOY, TEEN BOY TRIES OUT GRIP ON TENNIS RACKET. LONG HAIR STYLES CIRCA 1870S.
02:23:22 374.17	MS TOUR GUIDE INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO DOCTOR LORD (PLAYED BY WILLS). CU MALE TOUR GUIDE EXPLAINS TOUR TO WILLS. GUIDE INTRODUCES BUS DRIVER TO "DR. LORD", WHO FEELS REASSURED OF GRANDDAUGHTER'S SAFETY. TEEN GIRL WAVES GOODBYE AS SHE BOARDS BUS. CU BULLDOG TURNS, WALKS AWAY.
02:24:57 469.17	MCU WILLS TO DOG, "C'MON BOZO, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR". CU BOZO. BUS ROLLS AWAY, L TO R. CU WILLS (TO DOG) "YOU'RE SUCH A HAM, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PEA, C'MON".
02:25:34 506.17	MS VIEW OF ROAD, TRAFFIC THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD OF BUS. LS BUS PASSING UNDER UNDERPASS OF HIGHWAY. TOWARDS CAMERA.
02:25:49 521.17	MS TWO TEEN AGE GIRLS UNPACKING SUITCASES IN HOTEL ROOM. MCU FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER, BACK TO CAMERA RETURNS SERVE OVER NET TO TWO GIRLS FACING CAMERA. MONTAGE TEENAGERS IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. TEEN AGE BOY, AFRO STYLE HAIR (CIRCA 1970S), HITTING TENNIS BALL, PAN TEENAGERS AT TABLES (BOOTHS) IN RUSTIC STYLE DINETTE.
02:26:05 537.17	MONTAGE TWO TEEN BOYS SPLASH WATER ON GIRL FLOATING ON RUBBER RAFT IN POOL. CU GIRLS SIPS SODA POP. HAND GRABS PIECE OF PIZZA FROM TRAY . TEENS HAVING GOOD TIME AT SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. sports, tennis, swimming.
02:26:20 552.17	MS SCENIC VIEW OF COUNTRYSIDE FROM FRONT BUS WINDOW. TOUR GUIDE TELLS PASSENGERS TO CHANGE SEATS TO ALLOW THEM TO SEE DIFFERENT VIEWS. LS BUS COMING DOWN ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. GUIDE TELLS OF APPLE ORCHIDS OF BEN JACOBS UP AHEAD.
02:26:47 579.17	MLS MAN RELAXING ON CHAIR OFF ROADSIDE, NEXT TO RACKS WITH BAGS, BUSHELS OF APPLES FOR SALE. CU YOUNG MALE VENDOR, LEANS BACK ON CHAIR, BITES INTO JUICY APPLE, STANDS UP, GREETS BUS DRIVER AS HE PULLS UP TO STAND. HE WELCOMES TOURISTS AS THEY EXIT BUS. RINGS LARGE BELL TO FETCH HIS DAD TO THE SITE.
02:27:36 628.17	MS OLD PICK-UP TRUCK PULLS UP, APPLE FARMER BEN JACOBS (PLAYED BY CHILL WILLS) EXITS TRUCK "WELCOME FOLKS, WELCOME TO THIS BEAUTIFUL APPLELAND". WILLS IN OVERALLS MAKES TYPICAL WILLS COUNTRY STYLE COMMENTS.
02:28:01 653.17	TOURISTS GRABBING, APPLES, BOTTLES OF APPLE CIDER FROM STAND. BEN HANDS APPLE TO TOUR GUIDE, CHATS WITH HIM, BUS DRIVER
02:28:30 682.17	MS MIDDLE AGED ENGLISH WOMAN AND HUSBAND WITH BUSHY BEARD, ARE INTRODUCED TO WILLS. AS "NEWLY WEDS, 40 YEARS THIS SATURDAY". WILLS TELLS OF HIS TOUR OF ENGLAND ON MOTOR COACH.
02:29:33 745.17	WILLS LOOKS BEWILDERED AS HE CATCHES APPLE THROWN TO HIM BY "SON". CU "SON" TAKES HIS PHOTO WITH FLASH CAMERA, CATCHING THE BEWILDERED LOOK (CU)
02:29:42 754.17	MLS BUS ENTERING CITY TOWARDS CAMERA L TO R, PASSES CITY HALL BUILDING. MONTAGE PEOPLE ENJOYING NIGHT CLUB, BAND PLAYING, SHOTS OF FOOD, SHOTS OF THEATER DISTRICT AT NIGHT.
02:29:58 770.17	MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENIC VIEWS OF COUNTRYSIDE AS SEEN FROM TOUR BUS. WATERFALLS.
02:30:00 772.17	LS ABOVE VIEW CROWD TOURISTS IN CAVERN WITH HUGE STALAGMITES, OTHER ROCK FORMATIONS HANGING FROM CEILING OF CAVE. CU WAITERS HANDS SPREADING DRESSINGS ON SALADS AND OTHER GORME PLATES. MS TOURISTS HAVING DRINKS AT BAR. LS AERIAL SPRAWLING VIEW CITY WITH BRIDGE SPANNING RIVER.
02:30:05 777.17	LS CROWD WATCHING POLE VAULTING AND INDIAN DANCE AT INDIAN VILLAGE. CU INDIAN WOMEN, MAKING, SELLING, POTTERY, SKIERS ON SKI LIFT AT SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN RESORT. LS SKIERS GOING DOWN HILL. CU SKIER SPREADS LEGS AS HE FLIES OVER CAMERA. LS CABLE CAR GOING DOWN HILL. sports.
02:30:20 792.17	MONTAGE CLAY POT SPINNING ON POTTERS WHEEL, INDIAN CHIEF WITH WAR PAINT, FOUNTAIN, TOWN HALL BUILDING IN B/G. VARIOUS LANDMARK BUILDINGS, BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, BOTH WAYS ON BRIDGE. PARADE IN TOWN, BOY WITH LARGE STRAW HAT WATCHING PARADE. VARIOUS OTHER AMERICANA SCENES.
02:30:50 822.17	CU VIEW TOUR GUIDE AS IF ANYONE HAD THE "BROILED SCROD LAST NIGHT?" MS PASSENGERS WITH HANDS RAISED FACING CAMERA.
02:31:25 857.17	VIEW OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE SHOP AS SEEN THROUGH FRONT WINDSHIELD OF BUS AS IT POLLS IN,
02:31:38 870.17	OWNER OF ANTIQUE SHOP, MR. MELLONBRINKS (CHILL WILLS) TWIRLS CANE AS HE HAWKS HIS WARES LIKE CIRCUS BARKER. GREETING TOURISTS TO HIS SHOP. "..... AND I'M THE ONLY ANTIQUE NOT FOR SALE".
02:32:09 901.17	WILLS USES FEATHER DUSTER ON ANTIQUES AS HE TELLS TOURIST HISTORY OF SHOP.
02:32:56 948.17	WILLS WITH TWO ELDERLY LADIES EXAMINING DINNER WARE ITEMS. WILLS SPEWS FOLKSY PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS TO ELDERLY WOMEN AS HE MAKES SALES, TALKING CONTINUOUSLY.
02:34:59 1071.17	CU CHILLS SITS IN CHAIR, LIFTS HIS CUP OF TEA TO CAMERA, "SALUT, LUKIAM, SKOLL, AS COWBOYS SAY, DOWN THE HATCH".
02:35:11 1083.17	TOUR BUS PULLS UP TO SOUTHERN PLANTATION HOME TOUR GUIDE ASSISTS TOURISTS OUT OF BUS, AS DRIVER IN B/G OPENS LUGGAGE HATCH ON SIDE OF BUS, PASSES OUT LUGGAGE
02:35:44 1116.17	PLANTATION OWNER RALEIGH EVANS (CHILL WILLS) DRESSED IN BOW TIE, VEST. SLEEVES ROLLED UP, MAKES HIS WELCOME PITCH ON LAWN. ".....YOUR HOME THIS EVENING IS THE HISTORIC "PEAKY PIN" PLANTATION, .....". "WE'RE HERS TO GIVE YOU COMFORT AND SERVE YOU THE BEST SOUTHERN VITTLES YOU EVER FLOPPED A LIP OVER". WILLS GOES ON AND ON.
02:36:35 1167.17	MS WILLS DRESSED AS SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, SITS NEXT TO TWO OLD LADY TOURISTS IN ROCKING CHAIRS, TELLS THEM STORIES OF PLANTATION. THEY TELL OF THEIR TOUR EXPERIENCES.
02:37:46 1238.17	LS CHILLS WALKS INTO LIVING ROOM CROWDED WITH GUESTS, ASKS, fOLKS, HOW DID YOU LIKE JOSEPHINE'S CORN BREAD...." CU WOMAN, EYES CLOSED,. SEATED IN SOFA, WITH EARPHONES, LISTENING TO MUSIC. WILLS TELLS TOURISTS OF DAY'S MENU AND MORE STORIES.
02:38:50 1302.17	MONTAGE VARIOUS QUICK SHOT SCENES OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, SCENERY, EVENTS, SMALL WESTERN TOWNS.
02:39:22 1334.17	LS TOUR BUS PULLS INTO SMALL TOWN GAS STATION AT NIGHT. OWNER, MECHANIC CHILL WILLS GREETS BUS DRIVER AS OLD FRIEND. TWO GO INTO SHOP, SIT DOWN FOR CUP OF COFFEE, REMINISCE ABOUT OLD TIMES. WILLS GIVES DRIVER 30TH ANNIVERSARY CALENDER, BALL POINT PEN. DRIVER OPENS CALENDER, "A 1945 BETTY GRABLE CALENDER.....".
02:41:50 1482.17	TOURISTS IN BUS SHARING ADDRESSES. CU TOUR GUIDE ADDRESSES THEM.
02:43:00 1552.17	MCU WILLS SEATED IN CHAIR, COWBOY HAT ON, BIG JUICY APPLE IN HAND, MAKES FINAL PITCH, BITES INTO APPLE. LS "THE END" ON OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREEN.