Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles. Lifestyles of the 1920s: daredevils, aerial antics, barnstorming, flappers, amusement parks, Miss America pageant, Boy Scouts, children at play.
DO NOT USE Opening Titles Still of three flappers in swimsuits posing on beach.
Excellent montage of men & women performing daredevil stunts: two flappers wearing overalls & high heels dance atop covered steamstack; another flapper dances the Charleston while riding on biplane in flight; man is blindfolded, scales skyscraper building; barefoot man in tank top does one-armed handstand on ledge high above busy city street; MS man sitting in precariously balanced chair stacked onto another chair high above city; great shot of man balancing atop building billboard, large American flag billowing in wind in BG; man walks on stilts on steel beam over city; great montage of cars & motorcycles being driven through burning walls, into water hazards or through debris; biplane is flown into a small house; cars leap over other cars or buildings, only to crash or flip splendidly. Barnstorming and other reckless behavior meant to cheat death.
Great, wacky montage of people aboard crazy amusement rides at Coney Island: Over the Top roller coaster, scaled-down locomotive, fun-looking spinning top that hurtles riders off and over side of ride, the Human Pool Table, etc. LS beachgoers tanning on beach; LS crowd gathered by water.
The first Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1921: TLSs contestants in short knee-length skirts, swimsuits, strutting their stuff on boardwalk; MS two horny old white men passing binoculars; MS winners drinking out of trophy cups, offering the camer randy glances; MS Miss Pennsylvania posing atop building, skyscrapers in BG; CU Miss Pennsylvania removing hat, showing off bobbed haircut-- ah, the flapper look.
DO NOT USE Stills and illustrations of flappers modeling the fashion of the day. Illustrations of flappers & college boys of the day (flaming youth). Stills of suburban communities. Stills & illustrations of the interiors of suburban homes (life at home).
TLSs two men driving a Ford Model A to the woods for a camping excursion; MSs taking supplies from built-in storage cabinet on car, pouring coffee, setting up grill, cooking; the men go so far as to use the car as a tent. Excellent montage of Boy Scouts of America troop roughing it out in the woods: MS Boy Scout blowing bugle, American flag unfurled behind him; TLSs Scouts setting up tent, camp; CU Scouts starting fire by rubbing two sticks together; MS/CUs Scouts cooking over campfire; CU happy Scout eating sandwich; TLS Scouts swimming in lake; MS two Scouts practicing first aid on drowning victim. Great TLS uniformed Boy Scout leading a mother & her kids across a busy intersection. TLS Boy Scouts marching in parade, armed with musical instruments & the American flag. Good MS/TLSs white boys playing baseball in sandlot. TLS steady stream of white kids sliding down log slide at playground; TLS/MSs kids swinging on swings & rings.
DO NOT USE Stills.
DO NOT USE End Credits