Victory Over Polio The Salk vaccine gave promise of the conquest of dread polio. Millions of hopeful parents shepherded their children to hastily set up inoculation centers all over the nation. Establishing shot - Polio vaccine bottles line shelves. MCUS - Dr. Jonas Salk and two other men. CUS - Dr. Jonas Salk. MCUS - Boxed of the vaccine being shipped out. MLS - Parents and children queue in line for the Polio Shots. CUS - Nurses inoculating little children MCUS - A little boy getting injected with the vaccine and as he gets injected he looks up at the ceiling and rolls his eyes. Closing shot.
LS cityscape, area of Fifth Street & 34th Street, apparently prior to construction of the Empire State Building (is that the old Waldorf-Astoria in the BG?). MS unidentified VIP speaking at NBC microphones at press conference (John Jacob Raskob?). MS two unidentified Caucasian men in business suits. Construction of Empire State Building: good panning LS construction site scene (girders galore); high angle MS worker; TLS men on girder being lowered; tilt up TLS base and several floors of building under construction; TLDS girder being raised; high angle wide MS worker handing hammer to man on side of building (the height!); MSs American flag being raised, men cheering & waving their hats as the Stars & Stripes is being raised at the construction site. Low angle LSs Empire State Building under construction.
Miracle Team: Giants Enter Series With Homer In Ninth. Baseball's miracle team of 1951, the stretch-running New York Giants, come from behind in a dramatic ninth inning drive to beat the Dodgers in the final game of the pennant play-off. Bobby Thomson's three-run home run off Ralph Branca turns the tide and the Giants earn the right to battle the Yankees for the World Series crown. People pour out of subway onto sidewalk, make their way to Polo Grounds. Ticket takers work rapidly. Leo Durocher and the team walk along on field. Lorraine Day (?), apparently Durocher's wife, watches from the stands, her fingers crossed. Sal Maglie pitches to Jackie Robinson, who singles and Pee Wee Reese comes in for a run. Whitey Lockman sacrifice bunt, Monte Irvin slides into third just in time. Bobby Thomson (alt spelling Thompson) hits a pop fly, giving Irvin time to tag up and run home. Ralph Branca replaces Don Newcombe as pitcher. Thomson homers, Branca looks dejected, the Giants rejoice. Close shot of team celebrating their win. Throughout the story are close shots of various fans (spectators), often excited, other reactions, too. These fans are mostly male but one is an old woman (elderly), and there seems to be a mix of white (Caucasian) and black (African American) people in the stands.
NASA Mission Control in Houston, Texas; Cape Kennedy, Florida; Moon. NASA film entitled "Apollo XI...The First Step." Apollo on launching pad at dawn. CU Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and "Buzz" Aldrin in space suits. Apollo XI blasting off. Workers at Mission Control. Astronauts in capsule during flight. Tracking LS of Apollo XI in flight. Excellent shot of earth from space at 00:05:44:00. Shots of the moon's surface from orbiting capsule. Narration from Neil Armstrong as lunar module sets down on Tranquility Base on the moon's surface: "The Eagle has landed." Shots of workers in Houston. Various shots as Armstrong sets foot on the moon: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Excellent shot of Armstrong on the moon at 00:07:00:00 with module reflected in the visor of his space suit. Shot of earth from over the lunar module. Armstrong and Aldrin planting American flag at 00:07:22:00. (cont.)
Similar to catalog #311816 Master 23 - Tape 1 Miss Oregon footage, contestants on the beach, etc. Interior MS as young female contestants walk toward camera dressed in evening gowns, some hold trophies, all flash a smile. MS/CUs of contest winner - Miss Beaverton - in bathing suit and cape with roses and tiara, smiling. LS stage with beauty contestants seated and posed, winner sits in the middle on her thrown.
1960 Republican National Convention: triptych of Eisenhower, Nixon & Abraham Lincoln hanging from rafters; "We Want Nixon" sign; man announcing nomination of Nixon as GOP candidate; delegates with "Nixon for President" banner; Vice-President Richard M. Nixon w/ running mate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1960 Democratic National Convention: U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy walking through crowd; convention floor, delegates with JFK placards; Kennedy smiling from podium w/ Rose and Eunice Kennedy; JFK at podium with Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson. Candidates on campaign trail, Pat Nixon and Jacqueline Kennedy in tow. Nixon & Kennedy shaking hands after national TV debate in Chicago, WBBM-TV studio; TV screen, flickering images of JFK & Nixon debating. Woman voting, placing ballot in box. Pierre Salinger at print-out machine. Scrolling ticker, night: "Kennedy Takes Lead." Nixon delivering concession speech, Pat at his side. JFK walking through crowd at campaign HQ; Patricia, Eunice & Jean Kennedy listening to speech; JFK speech after winning election: "To all Americans I want to say the next four years are going to be difficult & challenging years for us all. The election may have been a close one but I think there is general agreement that a supreme national effort will be needed in the years ahead to move this country safely through the 1960s."
MS young white woman sporting short blond hair, red top tied at waist, red go-go boots, and white hot pants (short shorts) while standing & posing beside large trophy at Riverside International Raceway outside Los Angeles, California. MS Winston Golden State 400 sign, zoom out to TLS trophy girl standing on platform with trophy. TLSs Holman-Moody pit crew & racing team riding atop '70 Dodge #12, riding into winner's circle after winning Winston Golden State 400 stock care race. MS/TLSs winning driver BOBBY ALLISON posing with trophy girl and trophy in winner's circle, both drinking from cans of Coca-Cola... until someone hands Bobby Allison a bottle of champagne; a red-headed trophy girl wearing just-as-revealing clothing enters frame, Mr. Allison feeding her champagne straight from the bottle-- that's hot. TLSs Bobby Allison and Holman-Moody racing team posing with trophy girls, trophy, winning stock car in winner's circle.
Montage of CHARLES LINDBERGH and his historic 1927 flight across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis (some great shots of newspapers rolling off the press and being distributed to newsboys and then onto the streets; good shots of the plane taking off and landing; great shots of the New York celebration, of the blizzard of confetti)
Premier Zhou Enlai (Chou En-lai) announces success of the first nuclear bomb (atomic bomb) test to the public
Funny end shot shows drill coming up through floor, making way for the sales chart line to come back up, much to the delight of all employees.
