1975AMERICANA
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HEY LOOK AT ME:
YOUNG WOMAN HANDS MOVIE CAMERAS TO BLACK, WHITE CHILDREN IN WEST VIRGINIA WOODED AREA, WHO TAKE PICTURES OF WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO SEE. MONTAGE BLACK, WHITE CHILDREN EXAMINE THEIR CAMERAS, OPEN THEM UP, PLACE FILM IN THEM, RUN THROUGH THE WOODS WITH FILM ROLLING. |
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BLACK BOY AIMS CAMERA AT TREES. SHOTS OF TREE BRANCHES BEING SCANNED BACK AND FORTH. LITTLE BLONDE GIRL WALKS THROUGH WOODS WITH CAMERA IN HAND, AIMING AS SHE WALKS. SHOTS OF TREE TRUNK, BRANCHES.
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| 00:54:10 70.14 |
BOY HOLDS CAMERA IN ONE HAND PICKS PINE CONE OFF BRANCH. CU SHOT OF BOYS HAND ON PINE CONE. MONTAGE KIDS AIMING CAMERA AT CAMERA. KIDS AIM CAMERAS AT TEACHERS HAND HOLDING SMALL OBJECT. LITTLE GIRL PICKS UP INSECT. CU SHOT OF INSECT CRAWLING ON HER HAND AS TAKEN BY CHILDREN.
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| 00:55:17 137.14 |
BOY RUNS THROUGH WOODS AIMING CAMERA. RESULTING FILM SHOWS, JUMBLED, JUMPING, MESS.
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| 00:55:41 161.14 |
STUDENTS WITH CAMERAS VISIT FIRE HOUSE. LITTLE BOY TAKING SHOTS. LITTLE GIRL TAKES SHOTS OF FIRE ENGINE. CHILDREN CLIMB ALL OVER FIRE TRUCK, CAMERAS IN HAND. BOY HOLDS OUT CAMERA TOWARDS FIREMAN. CU RESULTING SHOT OF FIREMAN.
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| 00:56:00 180.14 |
GIRL SHOOTS. CU RESULTING SHOT OF BOY'S HEAD PEERING OVER FIRE TRUCK. BOY SITTING AT WHEEL OF ENGINE TAKING SHOTS. LITTLE GIRL POSES AT WHEEL OF TRUCK. PAN TO FIREMEN. KIDS SLIDE DOWN FIRE POLE.
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| 00:57:00 240.14 |
BOY WEARING FIREMAN'S HELMET, BOOTS, WHICH REACH HIS WAIST. ALL SHOTS TAKEN BY KIDS.
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| 00:57:17 257.14 |
HIGH SPEED TEST CENTER:
BARREN COLORADO FLATLANDS. ZOOM IN ON BUILDINGS OF UNUSUAL TEST CENTER, WORKING TOWARD EASING TODAY'S CONGESTION. ITS SPECIALTY IS TRAIN. IT DEVELOPS, TESTS, GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE INDUSTRY'S RESEARCH VEHICLES. |
| 00:57:40 280.14 |
PASSENGER TRAIN SPEEDING ON TRACKS AT CENTER.
TRAIN SPEEDS TOWARDS CAMERA. SEEN GOING AWAY. ZOOM IN, CRANE LOWERS ROOF SECTION ONTO PASSENGER CAR. WORKERS MOVE IT IN PLACE. SHOT OF UNDER CARRIAGE OF TRAIN AS IT SITS ON TRACKS. WORKER INSPECTING IT. |
| 00:58:04 304.14 |
WORKERS SIT, HAVE LUNCH, IN NEW YORK SUBWAY CAR AS IT IS FITTED WITH NEW FLYWHEEL SYSTEM. MODERNISTIC TRAIN THAT CRUISES AT 180 MPH, SPEEDS ON TEST TRACK. WORKERS INSIDE SIT AT PRINT OUT MACHINE, AS IT SENDS OUT READINGS ON SHEET. TRAIN SPEEDS TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 00:58:39 339.14 |
CANADIAN ENGINEERS SIT, CHAT, HAVE STEAK DINNER IN DINING CAR AS IT SPEEDS ALONG SO SMOOTHLY, THEY CAN HAVE DINNER ABOARD, WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING THEIR STEAKS OR APPETITE
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| 00:59:06 366.14 |
CU PAN OF SUPER TRAIN BEING DEVELOPED BY FRENCH AND AMERICAN COLLABORATION. PAN INSIDE WITH SEATS RESEMBLING SUPERSONIC PLANE. ENGINEERS WORK AT CONTROL PANEL. SEES OUTSIDE ON TELEVISION SCREEN.
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| 00:59:40 400.14 |
AT PUSH OF BUTTON, THE VEHICLE GLIDES FORWARD ON MONORAIL, LIKE A HOVERCRAFT ON THIN LAYER OF AIR.
IT WILL CRUISE AT 240 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. ABOVE VIEW OF ENGINEERS CONNECTING WIRES. |
| 01:00:05 425.14 |
TWO ENGINEERS WORK ON ANOTHER POWERFUL LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR FOR VEHICLE. VEHICLE WITH JET-TYPE ENGINES MOUNTED IN TOP, REAR. CAPABLE OF REACHING SPEEDS OF 480 KILOMETERS PER HOUR.
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| 01:00:47 467.14 |
CU NEW "LIMRV" TRAIN, PROPELLED BY LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR MOVES SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA ON THREE RAILS. LOOKING LIKE A PLANE WITHOUT WINGS.
ENGINEER SITS IN CONTROL ROOM, GIVES INSTRUCTION OVER MICROPHONE. |
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PILOT AND CO-PILOT OF VEHICLE DON HELMETS. FIREMEN WITH EYE SHIELDS, EAR PROTECTORS, STAND READY OUTSIDE VEHICLE AS IT IS READIED FOR TEST. CU PILOT'S HAND MOVES ACCELERATOR FORWARD AS IN A PLANE.
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| 01:01:39 519.14 |
PILOT PRESSES VARIETY OF BUTTONS IN COCKPIT. VIEW OF TRACKS AS SEEN THROUGH FRONT WINDOW AS CAR SPEEDS UP. COMPUTER TAPES TURN.
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| 01:01:47 527.14 |
LIMRV SPEEDING UP, LOOKING LIKE JET PLANE WITHOUT WINGS. TWO JET ENGINES IN BACK. AERIAL VIEW OF SLEEK VEHICLE SPEEDING ALONG TEST TRACK IN DESERT.
HAND OF ENGINEER ACCELERATING THE CONTROLS. |
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FERRY CAPTAIN:
CAR WITH HEADLIGHTS ON, SPEEDS ON COUNTRY ROAD ALONG COASTAL AREA, ON LOOMEY ISLAND, ONE OF MANY ISLANDS ALONG NORTHWEST COAST OF WASHINGTON STATE. TUG BOAT SOUNDS ITS HORN. |
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LOOMEY FERRY BOAT WITH NO VEHICLES ABOARD SAILS TOWARDS ITS SLIP ON LOOMEY ISLAND. LOCALS DRIVE CARS, PICK-UP TRUCKS, TO SLIP FOR TRIP TO MAIN LAND. CU FERRY PULLS UP TOWARDS CAMERA. CU FERRY CAPTAIN FLOYD TUTTLE, DECK HAND BILL HOLLY, FERRY'S TWO-MAN CREW, DIRECTS VEHICLES ONTO FERRY.
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SMALL STRAGGLY DOG IS LAST ONE TO JAUNT ABOARD.
CAPTAIN TUTTLE TRIES TO CATCH HIM. DOG WALKS OFF FERRY, STOPS, LOOKS BACK. FERRY PULLS AWAY FROM SLIP AS SEEN FROM BACK OF FERRY. |
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CU CAPTAIN TUTTLE AT HELM. NARRATES, TELLS ABOUT FERRY. CU WOMAN IN PICK-UP TRUCK APPLIES LIPSTICK AS SHE RIDES ACROSS. FERRY LOADED WITH VEHICLES SAILS TOWARDS CAMERA, AND INTO SLIP AT MAINLAND.
SEAGULL FLIES OFF PILING. CARS RIDE OFF FERRY. |
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TUTTLE WATCHES AMBULANCE FROM WINDOW OF CABIN, ALARM SCREAMING, RIDE ACROSS PIER, DIRECTED ONTO FERRY BY HOLLY. YOUNG WOMAN ABOUT TO HAVE BABY, SITS IN PASSENGER SIDE OF AMBULANCE. CAPTAIN SOUNDS HORN, PULLS AWAY FROM SLIP. AMBULANCE PULLS OFF FERRY ON OTHER SIDE, SOUNDS ALARM.
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SHOT OF SEA, WITH DUCK FLYING ACROSS. SKIMMING INCHES ABOVE. CAPTAIN'S HAND ON LEVER, DECK HAND TYING FERRY TO PIER, SWEEPING DECK. CAPTAIN LEAVES CABIN, LOCKING IT, THERMOS IN HAND. TWO WALK ASHORE.
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| 01:07:30 870.14 |
VERTICAL CITY:
MONTAGE VARIOUS CAMERA VIEWS OF LARGE SKYSCRAPERS TAKEN AT VARIOUS ANGLES, FROM GROUND, LOOKING UP. PAN OF TALL BUILDING OF HANCOCK CENTER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. TOWERING OVER 330 METERS OVER THE CITY. ZOOM AWAY TO OTHER BUILDINGS IN FOREGROUND. |
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AERIAL VIEW OF TRAFFIC IN STREETS LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN FROM TOWER. CHICAGO CITYSCAPE WITH HANDCOCK AMID OTHER TALL BUILDINGS. ZOOM IN, OUT SHOTS OF BUILDING FROM OTHER ANGLES.
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| 01:08:11 911.14 |
PEOPLE RIDING ON UP, DOWN ESCALATORS INSIDE LOBBY.
PEOPLE PERUSING ALPHABETICAL NAME DIRECTORY IN ELEVATOR LOBBY, OTHERS ENTER ELEVATORS TO OBSERVATORY ON NINETY-FOURTH FLOOR. YOUNG COUPLE LOOK OUT GLASS WINDOWS TO PANORAMIC VIEW OF CHICAGO. |
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AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE JOHN HANDCOCK BUILDING AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MAN PEERS THROUGH TELESCOPE IN OBSERVATORY. MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN ENJOY VIEWS.
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| 01:08:33 933.14 |
AERIAL VIEW SHOWS ROOFS OF SKYSCRAPERS, CURVING HIGHWAY BELOW, WITH CARS LOOKING LIKE ANTS. PAN TO CITY OF CHICAGO ALONG COASTLINE. AS SEEN FROM OBSERVATORY. LS TWIN ANTENNAS AND TV DISKS BELONGING TO TV STATION WGN, ON BUILDING'S ROOF.
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| 01:08:43 943.14 |
"9, WGN TELEVISION" ON DOOR AS IT OPENS TO CONTROL ROOM OF STATION. TV SHOWING SHOW IN PROGRESS.
VARIOUS SHOTS OF TV'S AND TELEVISION EQUIPMENT. |
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ZOOM UP FROM PEOPLE SITTING AT TABLES IN RESTAURANT WITH WINDOWS OVERLOOKING CITY. BLACK, WHITE YOUNG WOMEN, SITS BY WINDOW ON 95TH FLOOR, IN RESTAURANT CALLED SIMPLY, "THE 95TH."
EVENING VIEW OF LIT UP CITY. |
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COUPLE SITTING BY WINDOW ARE TREATED WITH FLAMING DISH BY WAITER. MONTAGE PEOPLE PERUSING BOOK, WOMAN TRYING ON FUR COAT IN STORE, OTHERS SEATED AT RESTAURANT, OFFICE WORKERS AT DESKS, OTHER BUSINESSES, ALL AT HANCOCK CENTER.
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SECRETARY WITH HER BOSS IN OFFICE, PAN TO PHOTO OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ON DESK. SAME WIFE WITH DAUGHTER SHOPPING IN SUPER MARKET, LOCATED IN BUILDING, DAUGHTER IN CART WITH GROCERIES.
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BUSINESS MAN COMES HOME, KISSES WIFE DAUGHTER IN KITCHEN. HOME ALSO LOCATED IN HANDCOCK BUILDING.
SEVEN HUNDRED-TWO PRIVATELY OWNED HOME, ARE LOCATED IN UPPER PART OF BUILDING. |
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MAN DIVES INTO POOL, VIEW OF CITY FROM WINDOWS IN BG. KIDS JUMP INTO POOL LOCATED ON 44TH FLOOR.
AERIAL VIEW OF CHICAGO "LOOP" AS SEEN FROM HANCOCK BUILDING. |
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WOMAN OPENS DOOR OF FREEZER SECTION AT HIGH ALTITUDE SUPER MARKET IN BUILDING, PICKS OUT ITEMS
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TWO CATS GET VIEW OF CITY THROUGH HUGE WINDOWS.
VIEW OF STREET BELOW. |
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PETER HURD:
COWBOY, PAINTER. TWO HORSES ON WIDE OPEN RANGE OF SENTINAL RANCH, SAN PATRICIO, NEW MEXICO, TROT OVER, EAT FROM FEED BAG HELD BY RANCH HAND. RANCH HAND BRINGS IN HORSES. CU ELDERLY COWBOY, PETER HURD, CARRIES SADDLE FROM RANCH HOUSE TO HORSES, HE, RANCH HAND SADDLES HORSES. |
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HURD, RANCH HAND, MOUNT HORSES, RIDE OFF, DOG FOLLOWS ALONG.
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PETER, HIS DOG, ENTERS HIS STUDIO. MUSKETS, SWORDS MOUNTED ON WALLS, PAINTING OF RANGE SCENE ON EASEL PETER TAKES OFF COWBOY HAT PUTS ON PAINTERS APRON.
IN 1924 PETER STUDIED PAINTING UNDER RENOWNED ILLUSTRATOR N. C. WYATT. HE MARRIED WYATT'S DAUGHTER, ALSO A PAINTER. |
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CU PETER'S HAND MIXING COLORS ON HIS PALETTE WITH PALETTE KNIFE. PETER WORKS ON PAINTING OF OUTDOOR SCENE. FACE SHOT AS HE PAINTS. CU SELF PORTRAIT OF HURD'S FACE AS YOUNGER MAN, PAINTED IN 1956.
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OTHER HURD PAINTINGS INCLUDE HURD'S HOME, RANCH, HIM BURNING BRUSH WITH HIS FIELD HAND, HIM RIDING RANGE, FARMER PLOWING FIELD WITH HORSE-DRAWN PLOW WITH WIFE TAKING HIM WATER. BAPTIST MINISTER BAPTIZING A GROUP IN WAIST DEEP WATER AS PEOPLE WATCH FROM SHORE.
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PETER'S WIFE ANRIE WYATT, HIS TEACHER'S DAUGHTER INSTRUCTS THEIR YOUNG GRANDSON DAVID, AS HE PAINTS ON EASEL IN LIVING ROOM. SHE NARRATES. ANRIE GOES TO HER OWN EASEL WHERE SHE WORKS ON HER PAINTING OF STILL LIFE.
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PETER AND WIFE SING AS HE PLAYS GUITAR, WHILE SITTING ON PATIO. GRANDSON WATCHES WITH ADMIRATION
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PETER, HIS RANCH HAND, RIDE THROUGH SMALL BROOK AS THEY LOOK FOR AN INSPIRING SCENE TO PAINT. DOG FOLLOWS, BARKING. PETER STOPS, DISMOUNTS, SITS ON GROUND, SKETCHES SCENE WITH SMALL PORTABLE PAINT SET. PAN TO SCENE.
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