Focus on the 50's - How we lived
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MS's of men enlisting at a navy recruiting center. MS's of recruits receiving a routine physical. MS's of nurses in uniform posing for camera. CU's of enlisted women being sworn in. MS of a chief reserve officer meeting w/ President HARRY S. TRUMAN. MS of the officer speaking. MS's of an unidentified Communist spy (handcuffed) being led from booking, a large press contingent in tow. Wide LS of a United States A-bomb test. Tight LS of a house being destroyed in the bomb's wind swell. LS of President Truman speaking at a college graduation ceremony. "The new age of atomic energy oppresses upon us. Mark that well. (cut to MS's of destroyed mannequins inside a house at a nuclear test site) Civilization can not survive an atomic war. Nothing will be left, but a world reduced to rubble. Gone will be man's hopes for decency. (more MS's of mannequins at test site) Gone will be our hope for the greatest age in the history of mankind. An age in which you and I know can harness atomic energy for the welfare of man and not for his destruction. " MS's of men inspecting a home bomb shelter. MS's & tLS's of throng of men walking from a factory after quitting' time. Quick auto assembly line montage. Gas station montage: tLS of a station wagon pulling into an Esso; MS's & CU's of attendants at work on car.
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Models posing at an auto show (deSotos and Cadillacs). Sleek cars with tailfins. Cars driving from gas stations, clogging highways.
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COLOR suburbia montage: rapid tLS's & MS's of home construction (exploiting the architectural sameness). LS's of a bustling shopping center; MS's of children playing on 25 cent amusement rides including a "Sputnik".
DO NOT USE Stills of suburban mothers and their growing families.
MS's of 2 spring fashion models on a beach; ends w/ them actually dropping trou, revealing underwear(?!). MS of corporate wives modeling formal fashions by a polite pond... charming. MS's of men modeling the latest in corporate suit wear.
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MS's of men modeling the latest in corporate suit wear.
COLOR montage of neon signs glittering at night, advertising everything from insurance to beer.
MS's of people eating at diners. CU of soda jerk pulling lever. MS girl devouring a sundae. CU's of people using vending machines (soda, coffee and candy). CU's of people preparing or using artificial foods: french fries, whipped cream, cereal, TV dinners, etc. MS's of teenagers at drive-in diners and movie theaters. MS of suburban high school students
DO NOT USE Still Photo suburban high school students at various school-sponsored events.