Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1518B

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00:27:07 4.43	WALTZ OF THE MANNEQUINS: AERIAL ZOOM IN NEW YORK CITYSCAPE.
00:27:27 24.43	PAN FROM SKYSCRAPER TO ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, TO CROWDS OF PEDESTRIANS, WINDOW SHOPPERS, TRAFFIC NEAR CHRISTMAS TIME IN NEW YORK CITY. ROCKEFELLER CENTER, CROWDS, CHILDREN, HUGE LIT UP CHRISTMAS TREE, PAN TO PEOPLE ICE SKATING IN ROCKEFELLER PLAZA RINK.
00:27:54 51.43	TRAFFIC, HORSE AND CARRIAGE, PEOPLE WINDOW SHOPPING ALONG FIFTH AVENUES FAMED DEPARTMENT STORES. MONTAGE BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED, ANIMATED MANNEQUINS IN STORE WINDOW.
00:28:31 88.43	PAN COLORFUL CHRISTMAS DRAWINGS OF ANIMALS, PIXIES, FAIRIES, IN ELABORATE COSTUME CREATED BY LUCKY ELROD, PRESIDENT OF BLISS CONSTRUCTION AND HIS ART DIRECTOR JOHN DARKNESS. THEY CREATED ANIMATED DISPLAYS FOR DEPARTMENT STORES FOR TWENTY YEARS. CU ELROD LOOKS OVER DARKNESS DRAWINGS.
00:28:37 94.43	MANNEQUIN HEADS LIE ON FLOOR IN SHOP. WORKER PLACES WINGS ON FAIRY. FEMALE WORKER DRESSES FAIRY MANNEQUIN. THIS YEARS THEME IS, "THE YEAR OF THE FAIRY."
00:29:06 123.43	CU MALE WORKER AT SEWING MACHINE, MAKING COSTUMES FOR MANNEQUINS. CU OF MACHINE SEWING. MANY COME OUT OF THEATER. SCULPTORS, CARPENTERS, ANIMATORS, COSTUMERS. CU BLACK FEMALE WORKER CUTS MANNEQUIN'S HAIR. MALE SEWS ON DRESS
00:29:30 147.43	CU WIDE EYED MANNEQUIN NO HAIR, WITH BLOND WIG. CRAFTSMAN WORKS ON MECHANISM CONTROLLING, ANIMATING FIGURES LIKE A LARGE MUSIC BOX. HE PAINTS DETAILS ON SMALL FAIRY-LIKE FIGURES.
00:30:07 184.43	ANIMATED FIGURES INCLUDE GROUP OF MUSICIANS, FIGURE WITH FISH-LIKE FACE SPINNING, BRIGHTLY COLORED, ORNATE, BACKGROUNDS IN EXQUISITE DETAIL, ALL DEPICTING THE DARKNESS' DRAWINGS.
00:31:13 250.43	CHILDREN LOOK AT ANIMATED EXTRAVAGANZA THROUGH STORE WINDOW. CROWDS TRYING TO GET A LOOK, FORM LINES OUTSIDE. CU MONTAGE CHILDREN FACES EXPRESSING AWE, VARIETY OF EXQUISITE ANIMATED DISPLAYS
00:32:08 305.43	AERIAL ZOOM OUT, NEW YORK CITYSCAPE, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN CENTER.
00:32:22 319.43	LIKE HAVING NEW EYES: CU RED TIPPED WALKING STICK, LEGS OF BLIND WOMAN, AS SHE WALKS. HIGH PITCHED BEEP OMITS FROM SMALL ELECTRONIC UNIT AROUND HER NECK. ANOTHER BLIND MAN WALKING WITH UNIT IN HAND, MAKING A DIFFERENT SOUND. (HF-YTV)
00:32:44 341.43	CU FINGERS ON TYPEWRITER, TYPING BRAILLE. MACHINE READS, RECITES, LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS IN ELECTRONIC SOUNDING VOICE.
00:33:07 364.43	WELL DRESSED BLIND MAN TAPS ALONG WITH HIS CANE ALONG BUSY DOWNTOWN NEW YORK CITY SHOPPING AREA.
00:33:37 394.43	INVENTOR LINDSAY RUSSELL, WORKS AT HIS DRAFTING TABLE WORKING ON NEW DEVICE FOR THE BLIND. HE QUIT HIS JOB TO DEVOTE FULL-TIME TO THE PROJECT.
00:33:49 406.43	CU YOUNG BLIND MAN WITH LINDSAY'S DEVICE CALLED PATH FINDER, ON HIS CHEST, TESTS THE DEVISE AS LINDSAY WALKS BEHIND HIM. THE DEVISE SENDS OUT SOUND WAVES TELLING HIM WHEN AN OBSTACLE IS IN THE WAY. BLIND MAN RECEIVES SIGNAL FROM DEVISE, GRABS POLE BEFORE HE WALKS INTO IT.
00:34:20 437.43	PAN OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BUILDINGS WITH HUGE MODERN SCULPTURE ON CAMPUS.
00:34:31 448.43	BLIND MAN WALKS WITH SMALL DEVISE IN HAND, WHICH GIVES OFF SIGNAL AS HE APPROACHES CONCRETE COLUMN ON CAMPUS.
00:34:45 462.43	CU BLIND WOMAN TYPES ON KEYBOARD OF BRAILLE EMBOSS MACHINE WHICH CONVERTS ELECTRONIC SIGNAL INTO BRAILLE, VICE VERSA. IT COMMUNICATES OVER ORDINARY TELEPHONE LINES. WOMAN CHECKS WORK WHICH IS TYPED INTO BRAILLE, BY RUNNING HER FINGERS OVER IT.
00:35:11 488.43	CU BLIND PERSONS FINGER RUNS OVER TINY BUTTONS OF MOVING BRAILLE DEVICE PRODUCES TACTILE REPLICA OF ELECTRONIC NUMBERS. TELEPHONE IS PLANNING TO INSTALL THEM AT LONG DISTANCE STATIONS.
00:35:44 521.43	RESEARCHER AT CONTROL ELECTRONIC PANEL, WITH ANOTHER INSIDE BOOTH SITTING WITH HAND ATTACHED TO DEVICE, AS THEY TRY TO LEARN HOW TO SEND TOUCH INFORMATION TO BLIND, DEAF. LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SEND PAINLESS SENSATIONS
00:35:58 535.43	CU CURRS REEL READING MACHINE SCANS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, RECITES IT WITH ITS ELECTRONIC VOICE. IT MAKES PRINTED WORD AVAILABLE TO BLIND. WITH AIDE OF SMALL COMPUTER, TRANSLATES TEXT INTO SPOKEN WORDS. CU RESEARCHER WORKS KEYBOARD ON COMPUTER.
00:36:46 583.43	WORKER AT LIGHTHOUSE OF NEW YORK, PLACES A LINDSAY RUSSELL DEVICE AROUND NECK OF BLIND WOMAN, SHOWING HER HOW IT WORKS. BLIND MAN SITS WITH THEM, LISTENS. HE IS HANDED THE DEVICE.
00:37:35 632.43	CU WOMAN DEMONSTRATES LASER CANE. BLIND MAN TRIES IT. HE WALKS THROUGH TWO POLES WITH ROPE ATTACHED AT NECK HIGH. AS HE WALKS TO POLE WITH CANE, HE LIFTS ROPE BEFORE HE RUNS INTO IT. HE WALKS BACK LIFTING ROPE AGAIN.
00:38:09 666.43	BLIND MAN, CHEWING GUM, WALKING DOWN BUSY NEW YORK STREET WITH LASER CANE. WALKS HEAD ON INTO BLACK WOMAN USING CANE. HE CHEWS GUM AS HE WALKS DOWN SUBWAY STAIRS WITH NO HESITATION.
00:38:43 700.43	YALE UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS: CAMPUS AT YALE UNIVERSITY, WITH ITS CATHEDRAL. STUDENTS WALKING TO CLASSES ON SNOW-BOUND CAMPUS GROUNDS.
00:38:59 716.43	YALE'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC BUILDING. STUDENT ORCHESTRA PLAYS ON STAGE AS STUDENT CONDUCTOR WITH EARPHONES, BATON, LEADS. OF THE MANY COURSES OFFERED ON THE MUSIC CURRICULAR, COMPOSING FOR MOTION PICTURE IS THE MOST UNUSUAL.
00:39:29 746.43	PAN OF MALE, FEMALE MUSICIANS WHO ARE ALL STUDENTS OF MUSIC SCHOOL, PLAYING A SCORE WRITTEN BY STUDENT COMPOSER FOR FILM PROJECT SHE HAS CHOSEN FOR HER GRADUATE THESIS.
00:40:08 785.43	HAND FULL OF STUDENTS SIT, LISTEN TO FRANK LEWIN, WELL-KNOWN COMPOSER OF MUSIC SCORES THAT INCLUDE OPERAS, FILMS, TELEVISION DRAMAS.
00:40:24 801.43	STUDENT RUNS 16MM MOVIE CAMERA AS OTHERS WATCH MOVIE WITH NO SOUND, SO EACH CAN PROVIDE IT WITH HIS, HER OWN VERSION OF SCORE BY END OF SEMESTER.
00:40:49 826.43	LEWIN SITS WITH STUDENT, DEMONSTRATES HOW DIALOG, NARRATION, SOUND, CAN BE USED WITH MUSIC TO CREATE DRAMATIC EFFECT. CU STUDENT TAKES NOTES.
00:41:18 855.43	LEWIN SITS AT PIANO WITH GARY SMART, CONCERT PIANIST, COMPOSER, WHO HAS CHOSEN FILM CALLED WATERS EDGE, BECAUSE FLOW OF SILENT IMAGES APPEAL TO HIS MUSICAL SENCE. CU SHOT OF WATER SPRAYING UP FROM FOUNTAIN HEADS. HE MUST DECIDE WHAT INSTRUMENTS TO USE IN HIS MUSIC.
00:41:52 889.43	MONTAGE FOUNTAINS OF ALL SORTS, SPRAYING WATER AS SOUND OF GARY PLAYING PIANO TO DRAMATIZE SCENES.
00:42:03 900.43	CU GARY WATCHES TELEVISION SCREEN OF FILM EDITING MACHINE, SHOWING WAVES CRASHING ON SHORE. TAKES NOTES. ZOOM OUT FEMALE PLAYING HARP. ANOTHER ON VIOLIN. FACE SHOT OF STUDENT COMPOSER AS HE DIRECTS WITH BATON. CU MALE CLARINETIST, GIRL PLAYING VIOLA. MALE PIANO PLAYER WATCHING CONDUCTOR. PAN FROM STRINGS ON BASS TO MALE WITH BOW PLAYING. HAND POUNDING CYMBALS.
00:43:14 971.43	AS GARY, LEWIN WATCH FROM CONTROL STUDIO AS FILM OF FINAL MARRIAGE OF MUSIC, IMAGE SHOWN. WAVES POUND ROCKY SHORE DRAMATIZED BY MUSIC CREATED BY GARY. CU FACE SHOT OF GARY FOLLOWING SCORE.
00:43:50 1007.43	COMPUTERIZED SUPERMARKET: MONTAGE IMAGES BEING DEMONSTRATED BY LASER BEAMS, WHICH IN 1960s WAS VIEWED BY SOME AS FASCINATING RESEARCH TOOL, BY OTHERS A SCIENCE-FICTION TOY. (HF-YTV)
00:44:11 1028.43	PAN OF SUPER MARKET SHELVES WITH WOMEN IN AISLES FILLING THEIR FOOD CART.
00:44:24 1041.43	CU CLERK AT CASH REGISTER SCANS EACH ITEM FOR PRICE ON LOW POWERED LASER BEAM CONNECTED TO COMPUTER. CONVEYOR BELT MOVES ITEMS FORWARD. CU MONTAGE COMPANY NAME, ARM AND HAMMER, LA CHOY, GREEN GIANT, BUMBLE BEE, OTHERS, AND PRODUCT CODE FOR EACH COMPANY IS SHOWN.
00:45:11 1088.43	CU FEET OF SHOPPERS, HANDS TAKING PRODUCTS WITH FAMILIAR BRAND NAMES, BARING BAR CODES, OFF SHELVES, PLACING THEM IN CARTS. YOUNG COUPLE WITH YOUNG DAUGHTER STACK CART. LITTLE GIRL SKIPS DOWN AISLE, COMES ACROSS TOY, PULLS IT OUT.
00:46:22 1159.43	WOMAN PICKS ORANGES FROM HUGE BIN IN PRODUCE DEPARTMENT. YOUNG COUPLE, DAUGHTER, COME TO CHECK-OUT COUNTER, PLACE ITEMS, TOYS, ON CONVEYOR, ARE RAPIDLY SCANNED BY CASHIER.
00:46:50 1187.43	CU PRICE, BRAND NAME, TIME OF PURCHASE, IS PRINTED ON PRINT-OUT SHEET. CU COMPUTER SAYS, "THANK YOU."
00:46:56 1193.43	VACHEL LINDSAY'S SPRINGFIELD: PAN OLD SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH PORCHES IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND POET, VACHEL LINDSAY. (HF-YTV)
00:47:15 1212.43	CU "A. LINCOLN OFFICE AND COURT", WRITTEN ACROSS ENTRANCE TO OLD BRICK AND STONE BLOCK LONG BUILDING IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE LINCOLN PUT OUT A SHINGLE, PRACTICED LAW. STATE CAPITAL WHERE LINCOLN SERVED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IS SEEN ACROSS STREET, FROM OFFICE WINDOW. CAPITAL BUILDING
00:47:41 1238.43	BUST SCULPTURE OF VACHEL LINDSAY, POET, ARTIST, DREAMER OF AMERICAN DREAM. LINCOLN MADE DEEP IMPRESSION ON LINDSAY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
00:47:59 1256.43	ZOOM IN ON LINDSAY'S HOME, AS NARRATOR QUOTES FROM 1922 LINDSAY WRITINGS ABOUT HIS LIFE. PAN OF INSIDE HOUSE WITH ITS OAK STAIRWAYS, MOULDINGS, WOOD FLOORS, FURNISHINGS. ZOOM IN ON OLD CHANDELIER. HOME WAS BOUGHT FROM MRS. C. M. SMITH, SISTER TO LINCOLN. 'PARTIES WERE GIVEN TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN THERE" QUOTED LINDSAY.
00:48:42 1299.43	PAN MONTAGE OF QUAINT OLD HOME OF JOHNSON LINDSAY, UNCLE TO VACHEL. LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO LINCOLN'S HOME. PAN OF LILAC BUSH, USED AS CHRISTMAS TREE IN SHADOW OF LINCOLN'S HOME. PAN SHUTTERED WINDOWS, IRON BALCONY RAILING ON UPPER PORCH.
00:49:02 1319.43	CU SIGN ON LAWN, "HOME OF ILLINOIS POET NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY, 1879 - 1931". YOUNG VOLUNTEERS OF SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, CLEAN AND CULTIVATE LAWN AND GROUNDS OF HOME. PAN OF STAINED GLASS WINDOW.
00:49:33 1350.43	CU FACE OF BESPECTACLED TEENAGE BOY READING LINDSAY'S POETRY IN LINDSAY'S LIVING ROOM. PAN TO TEENAGE GIRL, ELDERLY ELIZABETH GRAHAM, SITTING, LISTENING. GRAHAM TELLS WHY SHE LIKED POETRY, GESTURING WITH HER HANDS.
00:49:54 1371.43	GRAHAM, FORMER TEACHER OF ENGLISH AT SPRINGFIELD HIGH, SITS, SPEAKS TO GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS, TEENS, SPEAKS. DETERMINED TO KEEP UP LINDSAY'S WORK IN FINDING OUT, SOUNDING OUT, ABOUT WONDERS OF SPRINGFIELD. SHE DEVOTES ALL TIME TO PRESERVE WORKS, LEGACY OF LINDSAY, AS WELL AS HIS HOME.
00:50:17 1394.43	DENNIS KEMP, PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AT SAGALON STATE COLLEGE, SITS IN LIVING ROOM, CHATS WITH MRS. GRAHAM. HE IS COMPILING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COMPLETE WORKS OF LINDSAY. MRS. GRAHAM IS IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR KEMP.
00:50:40 1417.43	CITIZENS GATHER IN LINDSAY LIVING ROOM, MAN RECITES HIS POETRY, AS OTHERS SIT IN CIRCLE, LISTEN. CU PAN TO EACH PERSON IN ROOM. NARRATOR RECITES LINDSAY POETRY AS CAMERA PANS BUSHES, HOME, FURNISHINGS IN COURT HOUSE, LEGISLATURE, OLD OFFICE DESK WITH QUILL PEN IN INK WELL, CANDLE, SEAT, WHICH LINCOLN ONCE USED, LIVED.
00:52:14 1511.43	PAN STATUE OF LINCOLN STANDING, HUGE BUST OF LINCOLN ALONGSIDE STATUE.