1940-1958AMERICANA
SOME NITRATE DECOMPOSITION AT HEAD. PATRIOTIC MUSIC.
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MONTAGE: PATRIOTIC AMERICAN PARADE SCENES.
MARCHING BAND, MUSIC HEARD. CROWDS. TICKER TAPE. |
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GREAT SHOT, MANY AMERICAN FLAGS CARRIED IN PARADE. CROWDS OF SPECTATORS. TRACKING SHOT OF PEOPLE. MORE FLAGS. OLD GLORY. MEN IN UNIFORM.
MILITARY, ARMY. VETERANS. MEMORIAL DAY, 4TH OF JULY, THE FOURTH, HOMECOMING FROM WAR. |
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LITTLE BOY DRESSED AS MILITARY OFFICER, SOLDIER WITH TOY RIFLE OVER SHOULDER SALUTES AT CAMERA.
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GREAT SHOT TYPICAL WHITE, MIDDLE AMERICAN FAMILY CIRCA LATE 30S, EARLY 40S. SIT TOGETHER AT TABLE FOR DINNER, HEADS RISE FROM SAYING GRACE, PRAYING. THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, ETC. SUNDAY DINNER.
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DAD, FATHER CUTTING AND SERVING POT ROAST, BEEF.
FAMILY SERVES, HELPS THEMSELVES, GET READY TO EAT. |
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QUICK SHOTS: OLDER COUPLE SIT AT HOME TOGETHER LISTENING TO RADIO. CABBIES, ONE IN CAB, LISTENING TO RADIO.
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GREAT RADIO MONTAGE: RADIO ANNOUNCERS SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONES SUPERIMPOSED OVER TILT UP RADIO TOWER. BROADCASTING. COMMUNICATION. NEWS.
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QUICK SHOTS: CROWDED SIDEWALK, NEWSBOY HAWKING NEWSPAPERS, ROMAN COLOSSEUM, NAZI GERMANY BUILDING.
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SWASTIKA ON BUILDING EXPLODES! CUT TO LIBERTY BELL RINGING.
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HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT, RECREATION OF SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ALMOST A STILL. BEN FRANKLIN WITH HAND HELD UP AS IF TAKING OATH. VOW. JULY 4, 1776. INDEPENDENCE DAY.
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READING DECLARATION TO ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.
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CU DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. SUPERIMPOSED WORDS SCROLL UP. TEXT OF DOCUMENT.
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RE-ENACTMENT OF RINGING LIBERTY BELL AT INDEPENDENCE HALL. IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
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CU BELL RINGING. SHOT FREEZES. BELL RINGS AGAIN.
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MONTAGE: REVOLUTIONARY WAR RE-ENACTMENTS.
BATTLES, DEFENDING FORT AGAINST BRITISH SOLDIERS. QUICK SHOTS: BARRICADING DOOR. SOLDIERS ATTACHING BAYONETS TO RIFLES. DOORS OUTSIDE FORT. CANNONS FIRING, BOTH AT AND FROM FORT. SOLDIERS BEING SHOT, FALLING, DYING. |
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CU LIBERTY BELL RINGING.
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CU UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WITH SILHOUETTE OF STATUE OF LIBERTY ON IT.
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REENACTMENT OF ADDING AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION.
MAN READS DOCUMENT TO HALL OF PEOPLE. CU BILL OF RIGHTS WITH SILHOUETTE OF STATUE OF LIBERTY ON IT. |
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STILL, ETCHING OF COLONIAL ERA MEN LISTENING TO MAN SPEAK. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. ANIMATED HAND STAMPS WORD ON SCENE: GUARANTEED. SAME HAPPENS WITH STILL DRAWING OF MAN BY PRINTING PRESS.
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SAME, WITH DRAWING OF PEOPLE ASSEMBLED. MAN BY LOG CABIN.
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SAME, WITH DRAWING OF HAND HOLDING SCALES.
JUSTICE. SAME, WITH SKETCHES OF HOUSES OF WORSHIP. CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUE. |
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MONTAGE: CLOSE UPS OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, U.S. CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS.
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MONTAGE: SHOTS OF AMERICAN WILDERNESS, THEN SCENES OF PIONEERS CUTTING DOWN TREES, CHOPPING WOOD, BUILDING. OXEN, AXES, SAWS.
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SCENES OF HARD WORK, LABOR, BUILDING. MAN STANDING ON LOG, USING LARGE SAW TO CUT IT. HE STOPS SUDDENLY. FREEZE FRAME, THEN STARTS AGAIN.
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PIONEERS BUILDING LOG CABIN. MAN USING MALLET TO HAMMER IN SPICE, WEDGE.
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CU BLACKSMITH HAMMERING PIECE OF HOT METAL ON ANVIL. VARIOUS CU SHOTS OF HIS GRIMY, SWEATY, BULGING MUSCLES AS HE WORKS.
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CU PICK AX - HITTING AND BREAKING EARTH, CU SHOVEL, DIGGING. CU SAW AND AXE BLADES CUTTING LOG.
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HUGE TREES BEING CUT DOWN, FALLING. TIMBER!
LUMBER. CU HANDS HAMMERING NAILS INTO WOOD. |
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CU BLACK HANDS PICKING COTTON. CU SLEDGEHAMMERS HITING RAILROAD SPIKES. MEN, SECTION GANG CARRYING, LAYING SECTIONS OF RAIL FOR RAILROAD.
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CU BRICKLAYERS AT WORK, LS SAME. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, CARPENTERS.
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VARIOUS VIEWS OF SKYSCRAPERS BEING BUILT.
GIRDERS LIFTED BY CRANES. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. |
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MONTAGE: NATURAL LANDSCAPES COMPARED TO BUILT UP URBANIZED ENVIRONMENTS. DESERT TO CITY, RIVER TO DAM, SHORELINE TO HARBOR.
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MORE SCENES OF BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION. EXPLOSION ON SIDE OF CLIFF, STRIP MINING. CRANES LIFTING ORE, MINERALS. WORKERS USING SLEDGEHAMMERS, BUILDING DAM.
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WORKER USING RIVET GUN, CU SAME, CUTS TO SOLDIER IN BATTLE FIRING MACHINE GUN.
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WAR SCENES: G.I. FIRES BAZOOKA, PLANES DROP BOMBS. BATTLE SHIP FIRES CANNONS, SHIPS AT SEA, MARINES STORM BEACH.
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MARINES ON BEACH FALL TO GROUND WITH WEAPONS, INTO FOXHOLE, RUNNING.
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PARATROOPERS JUMPING FROM PLANE, PARACHUTES FILL SKY, LAND ON GROUND. G.I.s RAISING AMERICAN FLAG ON IWO JIMA. CLASSIC, HISTORIC SHOT.
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ABOVE SHOT FADES TO XLS STATUE OF LIBERTY, FADES TO PAN OF BEAUTIFUL, HILLY, MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRYSIDE.
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MONTAGE: TREES IN FOREST, MOUNTAINS, BEACH-FRONT HOMES AND HIGHWAY (SANTA MONICA?)
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CAR DRIVING THROUGH DESERT. DESERT PLANTS.
XLS CAR DRIVING PAST MOUNTAINS. |
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NATURAL STONE ARCH. XLS MOUNT RUSHMORE.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF BEACH AS A SEA OF PEOPLE, SUNBATHERS. CROWDS OF SPECTATORS, IN STANDS AT SPORTS ARENA, STADIUM.
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OLDER MAN WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH AND BAG OF GOLF CLUBS WALKS TO CONVERTIBLE. MAN COOKING STEAKS AT OUTDOOR BARBECUE. COOK OUT.
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LITTLE KIDS ON SWING-SET, ETC. AT PLAYGROUND, PARK. HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF BUSY CITY STREET SCENE.
CROWDS ON SIDEWALKS, ETC. BUS STOPS. |
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EARLY VOTING SCENES. BALLOT BOXES, REGISTERING.
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SCENES OF CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES(?)
XLS TRUMAN. |
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CAMPAIGN SCENS. PEOPLE IN STREETS. PEOPLE SOUND OFF ON PODIUMS. SOAPBOX SPEAKER
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GREAT SHOTS OF NEWSPAPER PRINTING PRESSES.
BUNDLES OF NEWSPAPERS ROLLING OFF CONVEYOR BELT. NEWSBOY. |
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CAMERA CLOSES IN ON COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPERS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. VIEW DOWN NEW YORK CITY STREET NEAR NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
MS LIBRARIAN CHECKS BOOKS OUT FOR GIRLS. |
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YOUNG MAN SITTING AT DESK WRITING, LOOKING IN BOOK, USING DICTIONARY, STUDY, HOMEWORK, WRITING PAPER, RESEARCH. HIGH ANGLE SHOT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK CITY. GOTHIC. CHRISTIAN.
CATHOLIC. |
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PEOPLE EXIT CHURCH ON SUNDAY AFTER MASS, SERVICE. INTERIOR SYNAGOGUE, RABBI, JEWISH WORSHIPPER.
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INTERIOR CLASSROOM WITH SMALL CHILDREN, TEACHER.
EXTERIOR SCHOOL. KIDS WALK PAST LARGE RING-SHAPED BELL. |
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EXTERIORS: HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. CAMPUS.
HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS ON GROUNDS. |
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INTERIOR: COLLEGE LECTURE HALL, LARGE CLASSROOM.
STUDENTS. |
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EXTERIOR: STUDENTS EXIT UNIVERSITY BUILDING.
LARGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS CONGREGATE OUTSIDE COLLEGE BUILDING. |
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CROWD OF SPECTATORS LOOK AROUND, ALMOST STARTED.
THEY STAND. MARCHING BOOTS ARE HEARD. |
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PARADE WITH MARCHING AMERICAN FLAGS. SHOT OF LARGE GROUP OF STAR SPANGLED BANNERS. OLD GLORY.
STARS AND BARS. STARS AND STRIPES. |
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HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF SPECTATORS, CROWD ON SIDEWALK WATCHING PARADE. SUNBATHERS BEACH SCENE,UMBRELLAS, LIGHTHOUSE IN BACKGROUND.
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LS OLD COUPLE IN FRONT OF THEIR SUBURBAN HOME.
MAN WATERS GARDEN WITH HOSE. SHE HOLDS FLOWERS. |
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CHILDREN RUN FROM CAMERA, PLAYING. SILHOUETTE OF STATUE OF LIBRARY ON CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BILL OF RIGHTS.
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PEOPLE LEAVE VOTING BOOTH, WOMAN HANDS BALLOT TO OLD LADY.
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LS HIGH ANGLE, CAMPAIGNERS ON FLOOR AT POLITICAL CONVENTION. CU SIGNS OF VARIOUS STATES.
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CAPITOL BUILDING, DOME. WASHINGTON, D.C.
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IMAGE BECOMES BLURRY, AS IF A DREAM SEQUENCE, FADES TO TATTERED DOCUMENT DISINTEGRATING IN FIELD OF DUST. KIND OF WEIRD.
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FADES TO XLS STATE OF LIBERTY. CLOSER VIEW, SAME. CU OF TORCH, SMOKE POURS OUT.
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MONTAGE: PEOPLE LOOK UP RELIGIOUSLY, REVERENTLY, PATRIOTICALLY (AT WHAT IS NOT REVEALED).
MEN TAKE OFF HATS. CLOUDS BEHIND THEM. ONE WELL-DRESSED MAN IS BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN. |
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NURSE. CONSTRUCTION WORKER TAKES OFF HIS HELMET.
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OLDER FARMER COUPLE TOGETHER. LOVE.
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LITTLE BOY WEARING OVERALLS STANDS SMILING IN FIELD. CU SAME.
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CU RINGING LIBERTY BELL. CLAPPER.
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