1955AUTOMOTIVE
CARS, AUTOMOBILES. BAD 1950s SCI-FI CLIP. AUTOMOBILE ENGINE ASSEMBLY LINE. "ROCKET ENGINE"
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FILMING A CAR COMMERCIAL IN STUDIO. 1950s COUPLE SINGING WHILE DRIVING. CAMERA PULLS BACK REVEALING CAR WITH SET IN B/G. ROAD BACKDROP
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DIRECTOR CLICHE: "OK KIDS, WE'RE OFF THE AIR"
TAKES HEADPHONES OFF "KILL THE LIGHTS" "LETS GET READY FOR THE NEXT SHOW". CREW CLEARING EQUIPMENT FROM SET |
| 00:16:55 73 |
MAIL BOY BRINGS FAN MAIL TO COUPLE, WOMAN GETS EXCITED, "OH" & GRABS LETTERS. LEAFING THROUGH FAN MAIL, OPENING LETTER, READING LETTER
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| 00:17:55 133 |
MAN WAITING FOR DATE, LOOKS AT WATCH, PACES, GOES INTO CONTROL ROOM
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| 00:18:13 151 |
MAN LOOKS AROUND BEFORE ENTERING ROOM "CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, RADIO-TELEVISION EXPERIMENTAL & RESEARCH LABORATORY" TALKS TO WORKER INSIDE
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| 00:19:12 210 |
MAN LEFT ALONE IN EXPERIMENTAL & RESEARCH LAB SNOOPS AROUND. RECORDING EQUIPMENT CIRCA 1950s TURNS ON EQUIPMENT, FUTURISTIC FILM COMES ON 1950s SCI-FI. MAN WATCHES IN AMAZEMENT AS "MEN FROM MARS" HAVE CONVERSATION. "WE MUST STOP THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INVASION FROM EARTH BY ROCKETS"
"YOUR JOB IS TO GO DOWN TO EARTH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE" |
| 00:23:00 438 |
MAN TURNS OFF MACHINE, RUNS TO TELEPHONE, "HELLO OPERATOR, GET ME THE FBI, NO MAKE IT THE UNITED STATES ARMY & HURRY, WAIT GET ME THE PRESIDENT..."
GETS NOWHERE "OH NEVER MIND, SHE'D NEVER BELIEVE ME ANYWAY". HANGS UP TELEPHONE DISCOURAGED, DISAPPOINTED. SITS DOWN, WIPES HIS BROW WITH HANDKERCHIEF. NERVOUS SWEATING MAN |
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WOMAN, DATE ENTERS "JOHNNY I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU". HE TRIES TO EXPLAIN, GIVES UP "OH WHAT'S THE USE, EVEN YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THIS"
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| 00:24:09 507 |
LATE PASSENGERS RUNNING TO BOARD 1950s PLANE.
CAPITAL PLANE TAXIING, IN FLIGHT, LANDING. PASSENGERS DEBARKING GETTING OFF PLANE |
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MID 1950s CAR ON SUBURBAN HIGHWAY
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COUPLE ENTERING URBAN BUILDING
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WOMAN HANDS PAPERS TO RECEPTIONIST, "HAVE A SEAT PLEASE" WAITING ROOM. COUPLE WAITING, MAN HAS SOMETHING ON HIS MIND, LOOKS PUZZLED
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| 00:25:40 598 |
CU AUTOMOBILE "ROCKET" ENGINES SPINNING SLOWLY ON TURNTABLE. HIGH COMPRESSION ENGINES
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| 00:26:05 623 |
MAN LOOKS UP, EYEBROWS RAISE, MOUTH FORMS AN O.
POINTS TO MAN AT RECEPTION DESK. MAN'S OUTFIT SUDDENLY CHANGES TO MAN |
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GROUP INTRODUCED, MS TWO MEN SHAKING HANDS, MAN WHISPERS TO THE OTHER
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| 00:27:30 708 |
MAN HANDS OUT EYE GLASSES & VISITORS PASSES.
TOURING AUTOMOBILE PLANT |
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TOUR GUIDE SHOWING PEOPLE SCALE MODEL OF THE PLANT
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| 00:29:39 837 |
PEOPLE TAKING TOUR OF AUTOMOBILE PLANT CIRCA 1955. INDUSTRIAL FLORESCENT LIGHTING. TINTED GLASS WINDOWS. AIR EXHAUST SYSTEM. MAN PUTS HANDKERCHIEF UNDER EXHAUST SYSTEM TO SHOW POWER.
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| 00:31:21 939 |
CONVEYORS UNDER THE FLOOR TAKE AWAY CHIPS OF METAL AS THEY FALL
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| 00:31:45 963 |
NERD GOOBER ON PLANT TOUR TAKING NOTES ON NOTE PAD
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| 00:32:07 985 |
WORKERS USING AUTOMATIC TRANSFER MACHINE, ROUGH CASTINGS GO THROUGH MILLING, DRILLING & REAMING
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| 00:32:36 1014 |
CU BLINKING LIGHTS ON CONTROL PANEL. CU 5 MILES OF INTRICATE WIRING
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| 00:33:07 1045 |
CU MACHINE TURNING 90 DEGREES. MONTAGE MACHINERY
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| 00:33:54 1092 |
PEOPLE ON TOUR OF PLANT ASKING QUESTIONS
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| 00:34:18 1116 |
INSPECTION MACHINE, BLOCK LOCKED INTO PLACE GAUGING SPINDLES. CU FLOATS IN GLASS TUBES, PISTONS, CYLINDER BORES, INSPECTION DEVICE, CYLINDER HEADS, CU GAUGES, MASTER GAUGE
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| 00:36:08 1226 |
WORKERS USING PLANT MACHINERY, ASSEMBLING ENGINES
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| 00:36:56 1274 |
PEOPLE TOURING PLANT, MAN REALIZES ANOTHER MAN IS MISSING FROM TOUR, RUNS TO FIND HIM
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| 00:37:18 1296 |
NERD TOURING PLANT PULLS OUT NOTE BOOK, TAKING NOTES NERD PUTTING PENCIL IN JACKET POCKET
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| 00:37:35 1313 |
MAN CHASE ANOTHER MAN PULLS HIM BY THE ARM, MAN SHRUGS HIM OFF, BUYS CANDY BAR FROM VENDING MACHINE. MAN EATING CANDY BAR
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| 00:38:34 1372 |
LOW ANGLE CONVEYOR BELT
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MAN TAKING PICTURE IN PLANT
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MAN TURNS AROUND, "HE'S GONE AGAIN, I GOTTA CATCH HIM"
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WOMAN TOURING PLANT. CU CONVEYOR FLUSH WITH THE FLOOR. ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS ASSEMBLING ENGINES
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| 00:40:16 1474 |
CRANK SHAFT FLY WHEEL ASSEMBLY.
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MAN BORROWS ANOTHER'S NOTEBOOK, TEARS OUT PAGE &
PUTS IT UP AIR EXHAUST SYSTEM. STEALING MAN'S NOTES |
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PEOPLE GETTING TOUR OF ENGINE ASSEMBLY PLANT WORKERS ASSEMBLING ENGINES
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| 00:42:20 1598 |
NERD TAKING NOTES IN PLANT, MAN STEALS HIS CAMERA & HIDES IT. THINKS MAN IS FROM MARS. NERD EXPLAINS HIMSELF, OTHER MAN, CAUGHT BEING FOOLISH LOOKS EMBARRASSED. APOLOGIZES.
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| 00:44:30 1728 |
DINAMOMETER TESTING MACHINE, CAR ENGINES TESTED HERE.
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MAN FEELING BAD ABOUT HIS ACTIONS TRIES TO APOLOGIZE TO NERD, NERD TELLS HIM IT'S OK
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| 00:45:26 1784 |
MS TRIO WALKING DOWN WIDE STEPS OF URBAN BUILDING
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1955 AUTOMOBILE OLDSMOBILE DRIVING IN UPPER MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. LARGE HOMES
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POV IN CAR, SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
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CU OLDSMOBILE BACK BUMPER DRIVES AWAY FROM CAMERA DOWN RURAL FARMLAND ROAD
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TAPE ENDS
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