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RURAL FARM FAMILY LIFE IS TRANSFORMED WHEN TEEN-AGE FARM BOY CONVINCES FATHER TO ELECTRIFY THE FARM. ELECTRICITY; RURAL AMERICA; AGRICULTURE; FARMING. MUSICAL SCORE COMPOSED BY EMIL VELAZCO.
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LS ELECTRIC COMPANY TRUCK AND WORKERS INSTALLING ELECTRIC POLE IN RURAL;FARM AREA. CU WORKERS HANDS INSERTING HUGE POLE INTO HOLE IN GROUND. LS WORKER CLIMBING POLE TO HOOK UP WIRES. MS SAME.
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| 01:09:44 34 |
LS PAN HUGE HIGH TENSION WIRE TOWERS WITH WIRES GOING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. VARIOUS VIEWS CAMERA FOLLOWING WIRES ON POLES, PAN TO FARM HOUSES AND BUILDING OF RURAL FARM, AS VOICE OVER TEEN-AGE FARM BOY NARRATES.
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| 01:10:17 67 |
BOY (BOB) WATCHES HIRED HAND (JIM) MILK COWS, THE OLD FASHION WAY, IN BARN. CU FACE SHOT JIM, CU FACE SHOT COW BEING MILKED. CU FARMER REACHING UNDER COW AS HE MILKS IT BY HAND. BOY CARRIES LARGE MILK CANS FROM BARN, PLACES THEM ON WHEEL BARROW, ROLLS THEM AWAY (NIGHT TIME).
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| 01:10:45 95 |
LS LIGHTS ON IN FARM HOUSE WINDOW LIGHT UP NIGHT, COWS IN F/G LOOKING AT HOUSE.
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| 01:11:00 110 |
MS COWS IN AUTOMATIC MILKING STALLS (FARM WITH ELECTRICITY) READY FOR MILKING, CU FARMER BENDS DOWN, VIGOROUSLY WASHES COWS UDDERS WITH CLOTH BEFORE ATTACHING MILKING MACHINE. CU MILKING MILKING MACHINE ATTACHED TO UDDERS. FARMER, BACK TO CAMERA, REMOVES MILKING MACHINE FROM COW'S UDDERS, PLACES IT IN WALK IN REFRIGERATOR ROOM STACKED WITH MILK CANS.
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| 01:11:43 153 |
MS BOY HAND PUMPS PAIL OF WATER FROM OUTSIDE WELL.
(NIGHT SHOT). BOY FEEDING CHICKENS IN SMALL CHICKEN HOUSE. |
| 01:12:00 170 |
TEEN-AGE GIRL FEEDS CHICKENS UNDER AUTOMATIC LIGHTS. OM ELECTRIFIED FARM. CU CHICKENS FEEDING.
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| 01:12:28 198 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FARM WOMAN WITH HEAD SCARF WORKING HARD AROUND NON-ELECTRIFIED FARM. FARM HANDS WASH FACES IN PAN OF WATER OUTSIDE FARM HOUSE.
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| 01:13:02 232 |
HOUSEWIFE WITH HEAD SCARF SETS BREAKFAST TABLE FOR FAMILY AND FARM HANDS, POURS COFFEE IN CUPS
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| 01:13:24 254 |
FARM HOUSEWIFE BREAKS EGGS IN FRYING PAN ON OLD FASHIONED STOVE CLUTTERED WITH PAIL, POTS AND BOWLS.
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| 01:13:32 262 |
LS LARGE BRICK SCHOOL BUILDING. CU CLOCK AND SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE, "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL". CU "HOME ECONOMICS", ON ENTRANCE DOOR OF CLASSROOM. TEACHER WATCHES GIRLS LEARNING HOW TO COOK IN MODERN KITCHEN WORKSHOP. CU GIRLS CHAT AS THEY STIR INGREDIENTS IN BOWLS.
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| 01:13:56 286 |
CU SIGN ON CLASSROOM DOOR, "VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE". GIRL. MS BOY STUDENTS, BACKS TO CAMERA, SEATED AT DESKS WATCHING MALE TEACHER WITH POINTER, STANDING AT BLACKBOARD GIVING CLASS ON "ELECTRIC WATER SYSTEMS", (WRITTEN ON BLACKBOARD BEHIND HIM. POV BACK OF CLASSROOM.
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| 01:14:04 294 |
MCU STUDENTS SEATED, WITH BOY ASKING QUESTIONS.
.MCU TEACHER POINTS TO WRITING ON BLACKBOARD. CU TEACHER'S HAND SHOWS VARIETY OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, ARMATURE MOTORS, ON HIS DESK. |
| 01:14:45 335 |
MS BOY (BOB) BUYS SECOND-HAND ELECTRIC MOTOR IN STORE. CU MERCHANTS HANDS PUTTING MOTOR ON COUNTER. MS BOB AND FRIEND WALK OUT OF STORE WITH MOTOR IN HAND.
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| 01:14:57 347 |
MS CONVERTIBLE AUTO, CIRCA 1940S, DRIVES ONTO LAWN OF FRIEND'S ELECTRIFIED FARM
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| 01:15:05 355 |
BOYS ENTER BASEMENT WHERE WORKERS ARE INSTALLING LARGE WHITE AUTOMATIC WATER HEATER. BOB IS FASCINATED, TALKS TO WORKERS.
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| 01:15:22 372 |
BOB, FRIEND, HOOK UP MOTOR TO GRINDER IN FRIEND'S BASEMENT. LIGHT BULBS OVERHEAD. CU MOTOR ATTACHED TO GRINDERS WITH DRIVE AND PULLEYS. CU BOB'S FACE SHOWING AWE.
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| 01:15:37 387 |
ABOVE VIEW CROWDS AT COUNTY FAIR. VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS SIDE-BY-SIDE FERRIS WHEELS PEOPLE RIDING THEM. TEEN-AGE COUPLE GETTING OFF FERRIS WHEEL, RIDING OTHER TYPICAL CARNIVAL RIDE.
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| 01:16:10 420 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FAIR BUILDINGS SUPER-IMPOSED ON FAIR GROUNDS, INCLUDING. "FARM EQUIPMENT".
"MACHINERY HALL", POULTRY SHOW". |
| 01:16:17 427 |
LS TEEN-AGES, JUDGES, EXAMINING ENTRIES AT "4H CLUB POULTRY EXHIBIT". JUDGES STOP AT BOB'S EXHIBIT, THEN MOVE ON TO BOB'S GIRLFRIEND (SUSAN)
EXHIBIT. |
| 01:16:38 448 |
MCU MALE JUDGE TAKES ROOSTER OUT OF SUSAN'S EXHIBIT, EXAMINES IT, HANDS IT TO ANOTHER MALE JUDGE WHO ALSO EXAMINES THE ROOSTER. HE NODS APPROVAL, PLACES BLUE RIBBON ON SUSAN'S EXHIBIT CAGE. MCU SUSAN'S FACE EXPRESSES HAPPINESS.
contest, contestants. farm animals |
| 01:17:09 479 |
MS TEEN BOY (BOB) EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT, THOUGH HAPPY HIS GIRL FRIEND WON. BOB GOES OVER TO CONGRATULATE SUSAN.
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| 01:17:20 490 |
MLS 1940'S CONVERTIBLE AUTO RIDING ON COUNTRY ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU BOB DRIVING SUSAN, BACKS TO CAMERA. IN CONVERTIBLE POV REAR SEAT. TURNS ONTO FARM. TWO STOP WHERE SUSAN'S FATHER AND BROTHER ARE WORKING AT ELECTRIFIED FENCE. DAD ACCIDENTLY TOUCHES FENCE, JUMPS BACK. ALL LAUGH.
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| 01:17:56 526 |
MCU BOB JUMPS BACK IN CAR, HANDS SUSAN HER BOOKS, THEY SMILE AT EACH OTHER, BOB LEAVES.
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| 01:18:02 532 |
GOOD SHOT FARM BUILDINGS ON ELECTRIFIED FARM, FARM HOUSE. MS SMALL DOG PUSHES HIS WAY OUT OF SCREEN DOOR OF FARM HOUSE, RUNS TO GREET FARMER, WHO IS CARRYING CAT, PUTS CAT DOWN, ENTERS FARM OFFICE
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| 01:18:23 553 |
MS HOUSEWIFE IN MODERN KITCHEN ON ELECTRIFIED FARM USES HER ELECTRIC MIXER AS TEEN DAUGHTER IN B/G ROOM, IRONS CLOTHING WITH ELECTRIC IRON. CU GIRL IRONING CLOTHING ON IRON BOARD.
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| 01:18:35 565 |
MS DAUGHTER TEASES MOM BY PUTTING HER FINGER IN BATTER IN MIXER, TASTING IT AS MOM TRIES TO PLAYFULLY STOP HER
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| 01:18:44 574 |
CU TEAPOT ON STOVE LETS OFF STEAM, PAN TO ELECTRIC BURNER ON STOVE. MS HOUSEWIFE OPENS 1950S REFRIGERATOR DOOR. CIRCA 1950S WASHING MACHINE IN B/G
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| 01:18:51 581 |
TEEN-AGE GIRL FIXES HER HAIR IN BATHROOM MEDICINE CABINET MIRROR.
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| 01:19:02 592 |
FARMER IN OFFICE. CU HAND ADDING FIGURES TO CHART MARKED "DAILY MILK RECORD". FARMER WALKS INTO OFFICE BATHROOM. CU SHOWER HEAD SPURTING WATER.
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| 01:19:12 602 |
HOUSEWIFE REMOVES PANS OF FOOD FROM OVEN, PLACES PAN WITH CHICKENS IN OVEN, CU SAME. CU HAND TURNS OVEN SWITCH ON.
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| 01:19:38 628 |
TEEN-AGE GIRL TURNS ON FAUCET IN BATHTUB.
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| 01:19:49 639 |
CU BEATERS IN MIXER CHURNING CAKE BATTER. CU HOUSEWIFE HAND ADDING CREAM TO LAYER CAKE.
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| 01:20:00 650 |
MS DAD PLACES BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH CANDLES LIT ON DINING ROOM TABLE, KISSES DAUGHTER AS CROWD OF GUESTS WATCH. GIRL BLOWS OUT CANDLES.
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| 01:20:37 687 |
VARIOUS VIEWS TEEN-AGE COUPLES PLAYING PARLOR GAMES, OTHERS DANCE.
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| 01:21:15 725 |
TEEN BOY AFFECTIONATELY KISSES GIRL SEATED ON SWING, OUTSIDE FARM HOUSE. MS GIRL RUNS TO HOUSE PORCH FOLLOWED BY BOY. AS GUESTS BEGIN TO LEAVE PARTY. (NIGHTTIME) KIDS CLIMB INTO JALOPY, WAVE, RIDE OFF.
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| 01:21:50 760 |
BOY DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT IN CONVERTIBLE JALOPY.
PAN ELECTRIC WIRE GRID AND POLES AS SEEN FROM MOVING CAR. BOY THINKS OF HOW LIFE ON HIS PARENT'S FARM IS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. |
| 01:22:09 779 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FARM BOY, DAD AND MOM, WORKING HARD ON HAND POWERED FARM IMPLEMENTS. MOM STOPS TO PUT HANDS ON ACHING BACK. CU FARM HAND PHYSICALLY TURNS GRINDING WHEEL AS FARMER GRINDS AXE ON IT.
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| 01:22:27 797 |
CU HOUSEWIFE, SWEARING SCARF, APRON, SITS ON ROCKS OUTSIDE AS SHE CLEANS GLASS OF KEROSENE LANTERNS.
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| 01:22:30 800 |
HOUSEWIFE HAND SCRUBS CLOTHING ON SCRUBBING BOARD IN VINTAGE METAL TUB WITH WRINGER ATTACHMENT; MS FARM WIFE HAND-BEATING WOOL RUG ON CLOTHESLINE; MS FARMER ON HIS KNEES IN FIELD, SHUCKING CORN BY HAND; MOM LIFTING TWO HEAVY BUCKETS OF HOT WATER OFF OLD-FASHIONED WOOD BURNING STOVE WITH MULTIPLE PAILS, POTS OF WATER FOR BEING HEATED FOR DAILY USE.
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| 01:22:50 820 |
HOUSEWIFE WITH USES HAND POWERED RUG SWEEPER ON LIVING ROOM RUG. FARMER TOSSES HAY WITH PITCHFORK, MOM IRONING CLOTHING WITH OLD FASHION IRON..
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| 01:23:03 833 |
MS FARMER ON KNEES IN FIELD, WIPES HIS BROW WITH SHIRT SLEEVE, MOM AT WASHING TUB STOPS TO FSTRETCH HER ACHING BACK.
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| 01:23:37 867 |
FARM BOY IN LIVING ROOM DOING PAPERWORK AS MOM SEWS ON SEWING MACHINE, BOTH USING KEROSENE LAMPS FOR LIGHT. TIRED FARMER FAST ASLEEP IN CHAIR NEXT TO THEM. CU BOY WRITING AT DESK WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR HE BOUGHT SITS ON DESK NEXT TO HIM.
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| 01:23:44 874 |
CU HOUSEWIFE'S FOOT PUMPING PEDAL ON MANUAL SEWING MACHINE, TILT UP TO HER DOING SEWING, TIREDLY SIGHING, EXPRESSION OF HOPELESSNESS ON FACE. SHE WIPES BROW, GETS UP, WAKES UP DAD, KISS BOY GOODNIGHT. CLOCK ON MANTLE, 8:10 PM.
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| 01:24:42 932 |
BEFORE TIRED DAD GOES TO BEDROOM, BOY SHOWS HIM FIGURES HE WORKED OUT FOR ELECTRIFYING FARM. DAD SITS DOWN AND LISTENS. CU PAPERWORK, PICTURES OF ELECTRIC IMPLEMENTS, INCLUDING MILKING MACHINES, MODERN KITCHEN, COSTS. CU DAD RUBS CHIN AS HE LISTENS WITH INTEREST.
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| 01:26:32 1042 |
LS POWER COMPANY WORKER CLIMBING POLE. OTHERS AND TRUCK HELP. CU MAN ON POLE MAKING CONNECTIONS. LS WORKERS HOOKING WIRES TO FARM BUILDINGS AS FARMER, BOY, WATCHES. PAN OVERHEAD WIRES GOING TO FARM HOUSE.
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| 01:27:16 1086 |
MS FARMER BACK TO CAMERA STOOPED OVER MILKING COW BY HAND.
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| 01:27:21 1091 |
MS FARM BOY CARRIES ELECTRIC MILKING MACHINE IN BARN LINED UP WITH COWS. EXITS BARN WITH MACHINE AND CAN FULL OF MILK, POURS IT INTO LARGE CAN, STORES IT IN BIN.
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| 01:27:54 1124 |
FARMER SHARPENS AXE ON NEW ELECTRIC POWERED GRINDER.
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| 01:28:00 1130 |
CROWD OF SMALL CHICKS RUN ABOUT AS HUGE HEATING LAMP IS RAISED.
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| 01:28:10 1140 |
VARIOUS VIEWS HOUSEWIFE USING MODERN APPLIANCES IN KITCHEN. MS HOUSEWIFE USING ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANER ON LIVING ROOM CARPET..
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| 01:28:19 1149 |
BOY. BACK TO CAMERA SETS ELECTRIC TIMER ON BARN WALL
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| 01:28:25 1155 |
FARM BOY RUNS ELECTRIC WINCH TO LIFT HUGE PILE OF HAY TO BARN ATTIC. MS DAD LEANS ON FENCE, LOOKS UP AT HIM AND SMILES.
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| 01:28:54 1184 |
FARM DAUGHTER TAKES FOOD OUT OF NEW REFRIGERATOR STACKED WITH ITEMS. GIRL MOVING ABOUT IN MODERN KITCHEN
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| 01:29:10 1200 |
HOUSEWIFE, DAUGHTER SET KITCHEN TABLE FOR DINNER.
TAKES POT BEANS FROM STOVE POURS IT INTO SERVING BOWL. CU ELECTRIC CLOCK ON WALL, 5:50 PM. |
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DAD WEARING SHIRT WITH TIE ENTERS KITCHEN, SITS AT TABLE, FOLLOWED BY SON' WIFE AND DAUGHTER. D THEY ALL BOW HEADS AS DAD LEADS IN PRAYER. religion.
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| 01:29:56 1246 |
CU MOM'S LEGS UNDER SEWING MACHINE NO LONGER HAS TO USE PEDAL, TILT UP MOM SEWING ON ELECTRIC-POWERED MACHINE.
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| 01:30:03 1253 |
SISTER, BROTHER, SEATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER READING UNDER ELECTRIC LAMP. DAD DOING SAME ON EASY CHAIR.
MS DAUGHTER KISSES DAD ON FOREHEAD AS HE SITS WITH MAGAZINE. CU CLOCK ON MANTEL, "6:55 PM. |
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ABOVE BOY, GIRL, IN JALOPY RIDING ON ROAD AT NIGHT . LS MOVIE MARQUEE LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT.
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| 01:30:56 1306 |
VARIOUS VIEWS ELECTRIC WIRES ON POLES AND HIGH TENSION STEEL TOWERS.
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