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A Harbour Goes To France
From the British Ministry of Information. This is a film about an engineering feat put about by the British army: before and during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944, Allied forces built a series of floating causeways and bridges in the English Channel creating a man-made harbor(code name 'mulberry').
Wimbledon Finals: Santana Tops Ralston; Billie Jean Beats Bueno
Manuel Santana of Spain wins the Men's Single Title at Wimbledon beating America's Dennis Ralston. America comes back, however, as Mrs. Billie Jean King tops three-time Wimbledon Women's Single Champ, Maria Bueno of Brazil. Wimbledon tennis stadium and crowds walking around on the outside . Mens Final: America's Dennis Ralston serving to Manuel Santana of Spain. Various shots between the two men. Ralston misses at match point. The win goes to Manuel Santana. High Angle Shot of cheering and applauding tennis fans. Women's Final: Billie Jean King serves to Maria Bueno of Brazil. Applauding audience. Various shots of the women volleying the ball. Billie Jean King serves for match point and wins. They shake hands as the crowds cheer and applaud. High Angle Shot - Billie Jean King receiving her trophy from Princess Marina. CU of Sports fans applauding Billie Jean. CUS - Billie Jean King in retro 60s glasses holding up her trophy above her head.
Airlines Strike: Major Air Tieup Creates Havoc
Five major domestic airlines are struck by machinists asking for wage increases tied to cost of living. 150,000 passengers daily are effected in 231 U.S. cities and 23 foreign countries. Secretary of Labor, Wirtz has stepped into negotiations. Planes sitting on the tarmac abandoned, the whole air field is abandoned with no activity. On strike picketers walk the picket line. Interior of an empty airport's luggage area and terminals. Wide Angle Shot of an empty airport Passenger waiting area. Seat Selection counter is empty. Medium CUS - Passenger seating area, with maybe five or six people sitting and reading waiting out the strike for their flights. CUS - Husband and wife, leaning on each other asleep in passenger waiting area. Exterior of TWA terminal, a few cars parked in the drop off/pick up area. No incoming or outgoing traffic. Strikers with signs strapped to their chests walk oustide the airport. A two man crew, skeleton crew, are seen at the reservation area of the airport. A Blank Departures Board. CUS - "Curbside Check In" sign. TWA carts rest against the wall as their is nothing happening. Crowds of people at American Airlines, a domestic carrier not on strike. People sitting and people standing waiting to be checked in or board flights. Some look unhappy and tired as some are waiting up to 24 hours. Passengers boarding planes. TWA Passenger boarding area is abandoned. Northeast Air Lines planes are parked on the tarmac.
French A-Bomb: Pacific Blast First Of Test Series
The French set off an Atomic bomb, the first in a series, in the Pacific. Both America and Britain deplored the testing. Moscow had no comment. France has not signed the Atomic Test Ban Treaty. They insisted radiation would not be increased. Aerial shot - Moruroa, a small atoll in the Southern Pacific Ocean. It was chosen as a atomic test sight in the Pacific by Fance. Interior shot of Control block. High Angle Shot of a man standing behind a glass mapping the blasting area. The back of technicians sitting at controls with headphones and radar screens in front of them. CU of a man's face counting the final seconds of the countdown. The blast is heard. The screen is white, a glow of brightness and then the forming of the atomic cloud. LS of The sky going black and the mushroom cloud is clearly seen. A crowd of frenchmen watch the explosion of the A-Bomb. The mushroom like cloud forming off the small atoll of Moruroa. Various shots of crowds watching from a distance.
US Soprano Wins: Jane Marsh Tops In Soviet Contest
Image Quality will not improve upon mastering. At the Moscow Conservatory, artists from all over the world perform in what is considered the toughest music contest in the world, the Tchaikovsky Competition. 24 year old, Jane Marsh, New York soprano, wins first prize. She is the first American to win a top honor since Van Cliburn in 1958. People walking to and queuing up in line at Moscow Conservatory to see artists from all over the world perform in the International Tchaikosvsky Competition. CU of a statue outside. Wide Angle Shot of a packed theatre, every seat looks filled. CU - 16 year old Gregory Sokolov playing Moonlight Serenade on the piano accomplained by the cello. (That's the modern name for the piece he played). He wins first place and is applauded by the crowds.. New York Soprano, Jane Marsh walking on to the Conservatory's stage. CU of her singing a Tchaikovsky Aura. Miss Marsh recieving her first place trophy. Theatre audience applauding. Sokolov walking on to the stage to accept his award. 00:49:15 to 00:49:18 A horizontal distortion is present.
International Trot: Favored Armbro Flight Wins By A Neck
In a thrilling two-horse duel at the finish, Canada's "Armbro Flight" is able to hold off a hard charging "Roquepine" of France, to win the international trot by a neck. Exterior of Roosevelt Raceway in New York State. The starting gate car has all the trotters in line and the harness racers are off and trotting. Crowds watching as a man rests his head in his folded arms. The horses are trotting and pulling their jockeys. CU of Horseracing fans. Medium LS - The favorite, Ambro Flight No. #2 is making his move and goes to the front. Roquepine, the horse from France is moving up and the horses are neck and neck. Ambro Flight, the Favorite and American horse wins. Ambro Flight in the winning circle getting petted by his trainer. He was just 1/5th of a second of a world record.
Nation Sizzles In Heat Wave: Record Heat Wave Staggers US
The worst July heat wave in history grips the entire nation east of the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures in the high nineties are common and 100 degrees is topped several times. Many deaths have been traced to the heat wave in both New York City and St. Louis, and there is no immediate end to this weather in sight. St. Louis, Missouri People that look like they re on their lunch hour take a break in a nearby park and are seen relaxing on park benches. MS People sitting around the circumference of a water fountain. MS - A young lady getting some comfort from running her hand in the cool pool. CUS - A heavyset (plump, obese) gentleman drinking a soda and wiping the sweat off of his forehead. MS - A man diving off of a diving board and into a pool, a few other people in the pool are swimming around. New York City, New York MS - A rooftop pool in New York City, you can see the Empire State Building to the left side of the screen. CUS - A large panel of dials and knobs that help to forecast the weather (before Doppler radar). Camera panning - Large computer weather forecasting system control panel. Aerial shot - Down below you see throngs in the water and on the beach trying to cool down from the heat wave that has engulfed a huge area of the states. CU - Lady in bathing suit, wearing a swimming cap and carrying an umbrella. CUS - Thermometer at about 105 degrees. High Angle Shot - Five little boys kneeling on the sand with a huge block of ice, licking the ice block (block of ice). MS - Boys and a dog jumping into a lake. CUS - Little boy sitting at the edge of the water eating an ice cream cone, looks like four scoops of ice cream (4 scoops).
Wingless Aircraft: Future Space Ferry Tested
A wingless metal capsule....a future space ferry...gets its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It drops from beneath the wing of a bomber at 45,000 feet, maneuvers, flattens into a glide, and comes in for a perfect landing by NASA test pilot Milton Thompson. A space ferry in development. MS pilot entering unique, small craft. VS military cargo plane in flight. LS space ferry in flight after being deployed from cargo plane; it has a successful landing. Milton Thompson is seated in his metal capsule. Ground to Air - Underbelly of the plane. CUS - The capsule is tucked under the wing of the plane. Ground to Air - The pilot in the large plane releases the capsule and the pilot. At first, it drops straight down, but then it starts to glide. It safely lands on the air strip (airstrip) at Edwards Air Force Base.
All-Star Football: West Beats East, 24 to 7
In Atlanta Stadium, Georgia, the sixth annual Coaches All America East West Game thrills a crowd of 38,000 fans. Randy "The Rifle" Johnson of Texas A&I throws three TD (touchdown) passes and runs a fourth over himself. The west wins, 24 to 7. Atlanta, Georgia Aerial shot of a jam-packed (jammed, packed) stadium that's filled to the top with football fans. High Angle Shot - The kicker has the ball. It's a high kicked (high-kicked) ball, but not a long one. High Angle Shot - The ball is passed, thrown, and moved down the field. High Angle Shot - The players in the white uniforms are getting dirty, but they have the ball and they seem to be doing a good job moving it down the field. MS - The ball is thrown and it is run in for a touchdown. The West wins 24 - 7.
All-Star Baseball
50,000 fans sizzle in 100 degree temperatures at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis for the 37th major league All-Star game. In the bottom of the tenth, a single by McCarver, a sacrifice bunt, and a single by Maury Wills breaks a 1-1 (1 to 1) tie and wins it for the Nationals, 2 to 1. St. Louis, Missouri Exterior shot of Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. High Angle Shot - Throngs of baseball fans fill up the stadium. MS - The ball is pitched and the batter hits it and runs, the short stop (shortstop) misses the ball. MS - The ball is pitched, the catcher misses the ball, and a home run is scored. The game goes on... It looks like the National Baseball League won, 2-1 beating out the American League.
Miss Universe: Swedish Beauty Wins Title
In the 15th annual Miss Universe" beauty pageant in Miami Beach, 18 year old Margaretta Arvidson of Sweden wins the title. First runner up is Satu Charlotta Ostring, "Miss Finland". The new "Miss Universe" is a typical blonde, blue-eyed Nordic beauty. A parade of beauty queens on the runway. Medium CUS - The panel of judges. CUS - Miss Costa Rica. CUS - Miss USA. CUS - Miss Sweden. CUS - Miss Thailand. MS - Back to the judging panel again. CUS - Miss Colombia in a bathing suit. MS - The beauty queens wearing evening gowns. CUS - Miss Finland is first runner up and Miss Sweden is crowned Miss Universe.
4 Hits And A Mister
PREVIEW CASSETTE # 212174 From Universal Pictures comes this bizarre yet sexy set of Cinebox music videos of traditional jazz songs performed by Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band. As the title suggests there are four musical vignettes. The following are some of the shots within each "video". 1) "Stranger on the Shore" - CU of a man's hands (wearing fingerless gloves-- aka bum mittens) playing a clarinet. Cut to CU of man, Acker Bilk, dressed as a hobo and playing a soft introspective number on a set made out to be a foggy London night, a Rolls Royce parked beside him. He's serenading a woman, her reflection visible in a cottage window. A distant Bell Tower rings midnight; Bilk stops, gets into the Rolls, drives away. 2) "In a Persian Market" - CU's of a trap kit drummer playing fills on a snare. CU's of the bells of a trombone, a clarinet and a trumpet. This is an Arabic-tempered traditional jazz piece on a set dolled up to be an Arabian marketplace. The jazzbos are dressed in fezes and barber shop vests. CU's and MS's of belly dancers. CU's of tom-toms, the musicians, the dancers, their breasts, their hips, their hands...etc. 3) "Gotta See Baby Tonight" - Another traditional jazz number. Opens with CU of a fake tiger skin rug complete with grimacing head as a young blond lady lies on it and looks about the room wistfully, seductively before turning on the record player. CU's of Acker singing into the camera, the girl's tender foot playing with the tiger's teeth and mouth, the girl petting the head while giving the camera a come-hither stare, and finally, the record being turned off. 4) "Creole Jazz" - The band gets jiggy in a Southern concert Hall/ Mansion styled set. MS's and CU's of the band playing, two young black kids dancing in the doorway. Ends with tight LS's of the band and the kids' family dancing happily. Very evocative of Bourbon Street jazz, the whole New Orleans flavor. The film ends with the credits being part of a storybook, then the book being closed, ending the film.
Swinging Majority
This is (allegedly) a hip glimpse into the American youth culture of the mid to late 1960's. Everyone is present: the hipsters, the mods, the beatniks and the hippies, but the focus seems to be more on cultural aesthetics than on the substance-- ie. it's much more fun to show a couple of kids dancing in a dim discotheque than at a political rally or coffeehouse. Nevertheless there is some fantastic camerawork here to lighten the breezy feel-- or to accentuate it, your choice.
Time Capsule
115-1 In Tulsa Oklahoma, a Plymouth was buried in a time capsule, to be unearthed after the year 2000. The car will belong to the person who most closely guesses the population of the town on the day the capsule is opened. Great shots of the car being lowered into the cement box.
Auto Thrill Riders Day
078-1 Test track shots, misc views of ramp jump, driver POV, cars jump ramp, misc. stunt car shots, dual ramp jump, driver POV, misc stunt driver car shots, track jump shots, reverse angle car jump,
Auto Show (Can 1 of 2)
108-7 Car show crowd, misc. Dodge car show shots, more car show shots, ladies car product line, closeup of dodge
Requiem For A Heavyweight/ It Happened One Night
Twentieth Century (Fox?): Requiem For A Heavyweight/ It Happened One Night THIS IS A SUPER 8MM FILM. WE DO NOT HAVE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT TO VIEW THE CONTENTS SO NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
Gulliver's Travels
THIS IS A SUPER 8MM FILM. WE DO NOT HAVE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT TO VIEW THE CONTENTS SO NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
The Vanquished
DO NOT SELL. There are two reels to this film. From Paramount Pictures. Starring John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray and Lyle Bettger. Color by Technicolor. Directed by Edward Ludwig. A small Southern town during the post-Civil War era is occupied and run by a handful of ruthless Union carpetbaggers. Law is not justice and justice is strict. Folks are hanged for no binding reason, right in front of their wives and children. The requisite stranger rolls into town and incites the locals to revolt. Standard fare.
Those Redheads From Seattle
DO NOT SELL. From Paramount Pictures, in Technicolor. Starring Rhonda Fleming, Gene Barry and Agnes Moorehead. Directed by Lewis Foster. Good guys try to run a lawless and controlling bunch out of a small Western town circa late 1800's. Opens with a town storehouse burning to the ground at night as the locals try to extinguish it, then it's revealed that the bad guys set it intentionally to further their stranglehold on the townspeople. Basically a gangster flick set during late 1800's.
CBS Pilot: "Funny Face"
DO NOT SELL. CBS Pilot for "Funny Face", based upon the feature film of the same name. Starring Sandy Duncan, Nita Talbot and Frank Aletter. Directed by Jerry Paris.
Sneezing Beezers/ The Junior Lunch Club
This is a Chicago-produced children's afternoon television show from the mid to late 1960's. It stars Uncle Johnny Coons, a portly, balding, middle aged man whose fashion sense dips into the perpetually hopeless: thick and dark rimmed glasses, a bowler hat, a bowtie, and a checker-patterned sport jacket. Wackiness and a general who-cares attitude pervails as Uncle Coons sings, talks, amuses, and eats with the kids on the opposite side of the television screen. This particular episode opens with a brief scene from a silent Pathecomedy/ Mack Sennett comedy he shows later in the program: MS's of the immortal Joe Henke riding recklessly (talentlessly) down a ski slope, eventually crashing into and through the side of a secluded winter woods cabin, the owner of which, wearing a nightcap and gown, leaps from the damaged facade and into the adjacent woods (silly, eh?). FO/FI to title ard bearing the name and likeness of the show and host, cut to JOHNNY COONS (JC) standing a kitchen and talking to the camera. He sings a little ditty about hygiene (brush your teeth, wash your hands and face), proper distance from the TV (6 feet), and drinking milk "with delight". Then he moves offscreen to another room where he welcomes his old pal George, a paper-mache doll standing over 6' tall and dressed as a farmer beneath a regal crown, scepter and robe...? Yes, bizarre, but Uncle Coons tries to make the save by explaining it all away-- this is a kids show, after all. JC promises to keep the prized items safe from the evil hands of the "Revolutionists". George exits, JC tries on the items for good measure. Lo and behold, through the window enters a Revolutionist, some guy dressed in black, looking a cross between a thief and a Spanish priest (the hat); the Revolutionist produces a large U-shaped magnet and steals the items (funny MS of the monarchy items flying through the air, exchanging possessive hands several times). In the end the Revolutionist seals the theft and retreats through the window-- but he left the magnet! JC uses it only to be pelted by a lianty of small items (okay, it's stagehands throwing small bits of trash at JC and onto the set-- very silly). JC goes back to the kitchen. It's lunchtime! Today's menu is the "Cowboy Lunch". He takes a sip of milk, says, "Mmm, mmm, that's good. And good for you, too. You should have a glass with every meal of the day." He places a bowl of soup, a ham and cheese sandwich and a bowl of ice cream with fruit topping before him. 200' JC introduces the day's featured film, a Pathecomedy/ Mack Sennett silent comedy. There is a decent score (produced more than likely by the Chicago producers) as well as unobtrusive commentary by JC. The following are some of the shots within. MS's of a young woman throwing plates at the customers of a tamale truck (funny MS's of the customers, all men, getting smashed by the plates). MS of the King of Anchovia standing on a balcony, proclaiming to his people; some bad guys throw a bomb at him-- an explosion and the king is reduced to a crown and dusty robes, following which a servant picks them up as a whole and dusts them off, bringing them inside. CU of Joe Henke standing by the tamale truck and literally sucking in the smells (reverse motion shot of Joe blowign smoke through his nose). He then steals a bowl of soup, putting in in his pants and walking away. MS of an involved bookworm taking bites from an empty plate. MS of the soup thief getting collared by the law. MS's of old man, his daughter and Joe taking a rough cabride through the countryside (the old man flops helplessly around the cab as Joe and daughter get sweet). CU of Joe's hat getting shot off while sitting in the cab. CU of a bad guy's foot getting rolled over by a car tire. MS's of Joe inflating a flat tire; CU of a rubber bubble expanding, eventually exploding. MS of Joe getting shot at by Anchovia riflemen. MS's of a passenger balloon being inflated, taking off. LS's of a biplane (monoplane?) taking off from a country airfield. Later still, tight LS of the plane landing in a snowfield. Tight LS of a snowman and the attractive daughter; the cutie takes off her coat to reveal she is wearing an "Eskimo Chorus Girl Outfit" (?). CU of the snowman turning his head to get a better look. MS of the snowman melting. Chase through the snow as the bad guys chase the girl and the good guys chase the bad guys. Funny tight LS;s of the old man riding a horse outfitted with snowshoes. Series of comedic tight LS's of pratfalls in the snow during the chase: by snow ski spills, tobagan crashes, dogsled slips, leaps, jumps, etc. The plane takes off with the bad guy and the captured girl while Joe, still on skis, leaps from a lift and catches up (silly, ridiculous). MS of the plane crashing into a snowbank. End, happily ever after. Back to the TV studio as Uncle Johnny gives the kids info on how to join the Junior Lunch Club and all the goodies they'll receive-- cute material, very dated. Ends with MS's of JC chasing a blackbird (a stuffed animal on strings) as it flies around the studio.
US Navy: River Patrol
From the United States Navy comes this amazing documentary of life on the Mekong Delta River Patrol, circa June 1967. It is a very somber and quiet testament to the loneliness of life as an American soldier on the River Patrol.
Ceylon - misc.