1950-1959AMERICANA
FILM ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS "IN WHAT WAY DOES AMERICANS ENJOY A WAY OF LIFE THAT NO OTHER COUNTIES HAVE?" :"HOW DO AMERICANS LIVE?" FILM SHOWS THE MANY AREAS OF THE U. S. THAT YOU MAY LIVE. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY TYPES OF LAND AND CLIMATE PEOPLE WITH MANY DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND IDEALS, AND HAVE GREAT NATURAL RESOURCES, MAKING US LESS DEPENDENT ON OTHER COUNTRIES, MOST PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. WE ARE CLOSELY UNITED IN A COLORFUL HISTORY. VARIOUS VIEWS OF LANDMARK AND PICTURESQUE AREAS, VARIOUS VIEWS EVERY DAY LIFE OF TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILIES, AND HOW THEY HANDLE THEIR FREEDOMS.
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LS PAN NEW ENGLAND FARM, HUGE TREE WITH COLORFUL FALL LEAVES, FARM HOUSE WITH MANY ROOMS ADDED OVER THE YEARS BY ANCESTORS. PAN ROWS OF QUAINT OLD TWO,THREE STORY HOMES, RICH IN AMERICAN FOLKLORE, IN SALEM, MASS.
TREES IN F/G |
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LS NEW YORK CITYSCAPE,
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LS ABOVE VIEW RESIDENTIAL AREA CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. LS ABOVE VIEW OF CHARLESTON'S HISTORICAL HARBOR. MS TYPICAL COLONIAL HOMES ON CHARLESTON STREET.
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PAN TO ROW OF PLANTATION TYPE SOUTHERN HOMES ON PLUSH GROUNDS WITH PALM TREES..
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LS MIAMI FLORIDA COTY SCAPE BEACH WITH PALM TREES IN F/G. MS PLUSH RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH NUMEROUS PALM TREES
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LS MID-WEST FARM WITH FARM HOUSE, BARN IN B/G, COWS GRAZING IN F/G.
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LS HOMES IN WEST WITH DESERT MOUNTAINS IN B/G. ;S HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL COLORADO SPRINGS WITH TREES, SNOW COVERED GROUND IN F/G. MLS TWO STORY
RESIDENTIAL HOME, WITH SNOW COVERED ROOF, IN DENVER. |
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LS SPRAWLING ONE STORY FLAT ROOF DESERT HOME NEAR TUSCON, ARIZONA, BUILT TO WITHSTAND DESERT HEAT.
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MS TILE ROOF HOME IN CALIFORNIA.. HOME IN LARAMIE, WYOMING.
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MS GREAT GOLDEN WHEAT FIELD, PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN STREAM.
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LS NUMEROUS OIL DERRICKS IN OIL FIELD.
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LS VIEW CAPITAL CITY OF HELENA, MONTANA. MS DOMED STATE HOUSE.
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LS STATE HOUSE HIDDEN BY HUGE TREES IN CAPITAL CITY OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF DOMED STATE HOUSE.
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LS ABOVE VIEW CAPITAL CITY OF FRANKFURT, KENTUCKY.
LS DOMED STATE HOUSE BUILDING. |
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LS VIEW TEXAS STATE CAPITAL BUILDING IN AUSTIN, AT END OF BUSY AVENUE, DECORATED FOR FESTIVAL.
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LS MULTIPLE OLD BRICK BUILDINGS AROUND STATE HOUSE IN PROVIDENCE, CAPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND. BUS, AUTO TRAFFIC IN F/G CU CLOCK TOWER OF CAPITAL BUILDING.
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LS ABOVE VIEW AUSTIN, TEXAS WITH BRIDGE CROSSING RIVER. CU QUAINT OLD STONE BRIDGE, TUG GOAT SAILING UNDER ONE OF MULTIPLE ARCHED BRIDGE SECTION.
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LS ABOVE VIEW FAMOUS BOSTON COMMON, MS HANGING SIGN ON HOME, "HOME OF PAUL REVERE, FROM 1770 TO 1800". LS VIEW OF OLD HOME. LS NORTH CHURCH WITH ITS HIGH STEEPLE, SITE WHERE PAUL REVERE WARNED PEOPLE, THE BRITISH WERE COMING TO ATTACK. MS STATUE OF PAUL REVERE ON HORSE. CHURCH IN B/G
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LS FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHER LEADS HER CLASS OF YOUNG STUDENTS DOWN STREET TO VISIT BELOVED CHURCH.
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MS GROUP OF ELDERLY MEN SIT 0ON STONE BENCHES IN CHURCH COURTYARD, DISCUSSING POLITICS. GROUP OF MEN ON LEAN AGAINST CAR ALONG CURBSIDE ON NARROW BOSTON STREET, DISCUSS POLITICS.
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SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS IN GLAZIER NATIONAL PARK.
PAN PICTURESQUE VIEW, LAKE WITH MOUNTAIN IN B/G, TILT DOWN PINE TREES IN F/G. |
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TYPICAL (CARR) FAMILY OF FIVE AND DOG, SIT IN AND AROUND SANDBOX IN YARD OF HOME ON CHERRY ORCHARD FARM. MOTHER HOLDS CHILD AS TWO OTHER MALE CHILDREN FIGHT OVER TOY IN SAND BOX. MCU MR. CARR PUTS SMALLER SON ON LAP, TRIES TO COMFORT HIM.
BOYS PLAY WITH TOY TRUCK IN SAND BOX WITHOUT FIGHTING. CU MECHANICAL TOY TRUCK |
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LS TWO FARM FAMILIES JOIN IN PICNIC ON FARMHOUSE BACK YARD. MOM POURS CUP OF COFFEE FOR NEIGHBOR.
BOY AND GIRL SITTING AT PICNIC TABLE QUARREL OVER POTATO CHIP PACKAGE. DAD LECTURES THEM. |
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MS DAD TELLS DAUGHTER SEATED AT PICNIC TABLE, TO SIT UP STRAIGHT. DAUGHTER STIFFENS IN CHAIR. LS ALL SEATED AROUND PICNIC TABLE IN YARD.
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CARR WATCHING CHILDREN PLAY BADMINTON IN BACK YARD, CALLS THERM TOGETHER, SHOWS THEM HOW TO HOLD RACKET AND SERVE THE BIRD. MS BOY SERVES BIRD GAME PROCEEDS, DAD DIRECTS. GAME IN PROGRESS. LS DAD PLAYS DAUGHTER. sports.
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LS TEEN DAUGHTER ON FAMILY HORSE. BROTHER WANTS HORSE. DAD LECTURES DAUGHTER. DAUGHTER DISMOUNTS, SON TAKES HORSE.
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MS TILT DOWN FROM U. S. FLAG IN CLASSROOM TO SCHOOL TEACHER, FACING CAMERA, TEACHING CHILDREN, BACKS TO CAMERA AT DESKS. MCU LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN, MAL, FEMALE, SEATED IN TWO ROWS OF , FACING CAMERA.
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CU TEACHER BENDS TO SCOLD KIDS MISBEHAVING IN PLAYGROUND. THREE BOYS WRESTLING EACH OTHER TO GROUND IN PLAY GROUND. ROLL AROUND, GET UP RUN AWAY. OTHERS PLAYING IN B/G
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MLS MR. CARR SHOWS SMALL SON, WIFE, WHICH CHERRIES ARE RIPE AND JUST HOW TO PICK THEM OFF TREE IN ORCHID. CU HAND PULLING CHERRY OFF STEM.
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MR. CARR WALKS OVER TO FOUR MALE CHERRY PICKERS (PAILS HANGING ON THEIR CHESTS), GETS INTO DISPUTE. CARR ASKS THEM IF THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA, ALLOWS FREE THOUGHT. MEN RETURN TO THEIR WORK IN ORCHID.
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WORKERS STAND ON FRAME OF HOUSE, PASSING STUDS AROUND AT CONSTRUCTION SITE, BLACK WORK FOREMAN IN F/G. CU BLACK WORK FOREMAN CHATS WITH HEAD FOREMAN. MS BLACK FOREMAN LAYS OUT HOUSE PLANE ON PILE OF LUMBER BEAMS.
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PAN WORKERS LIFT SECTION OF FRAME WORK INTO VERTICAL POSITION. MAN AT TOP HAMMERS FRAME TO SECURE IT. MLS ABOVE VIEW WORKERS PUTTING ON ROOF SHEATHING. VARIOUS SCENES WORKERS BUSY WOOD FRAMING OF BUILDING.
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ROOFERS LAYING DOWN SHINGLES, TAR PAPER. CU YOUNG WORKER HAMMERS IN ROOFING NAILS. CU CARPENTER PITTING IN WINDOW FRAME. CU VARIOUS SCENES, PLASTERER, BACK TO CAMERA, LAY ON ROUGH COAT OF STUCCO WITH TROWEL.
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LS MONTAGE HARBOR MEN AT WORK ON BARGE, PENNSYLVANIA STEEL PLANT WITH SMOKING STACK, OIL OIL REFINERY PLANT ON TEXAS. LS BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM STACKS AT MATCH PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT NIGHT. LS LONG BEACH FORD PLANT. ABOVE VIEW CARS IN PARKING LOT, POL DERRICKS IN B/G.
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MCU ELECTRIC STOVE, CU FRONT LOADING WASHING MACHINE, SHELF FULL OF APPLIANCES CIRCA 1950S
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LS TEEN AGE STUDENTS ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. LS UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING BUILDING AND CAMPUS. LS TWO VIEWS UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LS TWO VIEWS UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LS PAN UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CAMPUS education
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LS CLOCK AND BELL TOWER O DARTMOUTH (PRIVATE COLLEGE) DARTMOUTH
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MONTAGE VARIOUS CHURCHES INCLUDE, HISTORIC CHURCH IN SOUTH CAROLINA, PRESBYTARIAN CHURCH IN WICHATA, KANSAS, ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK. religion.
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LS PAN LARGE INDIAN VILLAGE OF ADOBE HOMES NEAR GALLOP, NEW MEXICO. LS LARGE FORTRESS-LIKE STONE CHURCH WITH CROSSES ON TWO FLAT TOP BELL TOWERS USED BY INDIANS.
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CHILDREN OF MANY NATIONALITIES ON MERRY-GO-ROUND AND OTHER RIDES AT STREET FAIR IN GALLOP, NEW MEXICO. VARIOUS SCENES MERRY-GO-ROUND. melting pot.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES TEEN AGE BOYS WORKING IN GROUPS, PREPARING SCHOOL GROUNDS, CARRYING, PLACING LARGE PICNIC BENCHES, AND OTHER CHORES FOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE
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MS TEEN AGE BOY CARRYING LONG TABLE OVER HIS HEAD, R TO L. BOYS NAIL LARGE NUMBERS ON STICKS.
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MLS CROWD OF TEEN AGE BOYS AND GIRLS VACATE STAGE AFTER COMMENCEMENT REHEARSAL.
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GROUP OF BOYS IN GOWNS, CAPS IN HAND, PREPARE FOR COMMENCEMENT. MS YOUNG BOY CHATS WUTH TWO POLICE OFFICERS ABOUT CAR PARKING FOR COMMENCEMENT. VOICE OVER, "HOW DIFFERENT FROM COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE FEAR THEIR POLICE".
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MCU TEEN BOY, GIRL, IN CAP AND GOWN, CHAT. CU SAME. GIRLS IN WHITE, BOYS IN GREY, FORM LINE TO ENTER STAGE. LS PROCESSION OF GRADUATES LINING UP ON STAGE. LS ABOVE VIEW CROWD SEATED IN STANDS.
MS PAN SAME. |
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LS SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS, SNOW FROM MOUNTAIN FORMING WATER FALLS DOWN SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. LS TILT DOWN PICTURESQUE WATER FALLS, STREAMS RUSHING DOWN MOUNTAIN, BECOMING RAGING TORRENTS WHICH BECOME RIVERS.
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LS VARIOUS VIEWS NIAGRA FALLS. CU SAME. LS PEOPLE ON ROCKS BELOW WATCH GREAT FALLS FLOWING DOWN IN B/G.
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U. S. FLAG FLIES ABOVE BLACK FAMILY AND OTHERS ON EXCURSION TOUR BOAT LOOKING OUT AT TUG, OTHER TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK HARBOR. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE IN BKGD
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