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Archival Film Footage on Post War Prosperity on Footage Farm Video Masters

1940s / 50s 220390 220390 220390 Footage Farm Col Sd 22:31:24 - 22:49:55 Mainline USA
Statue of Liberty against blue sky. Scenic / stock shots USA including mountains, coastline, Mount Rushmore - Capitol - Church like building - waterfall -New York skyline - city street scenes - night shots neon lights. Short shots work related - combine harvester - digger - smoking chimneys of factory - train through countryside. Production shots - Interior steel mill - tractors. Following to represent the historical development of transportation. Scenic shots fields, waterfall - tracking shot through farm land. Pony express rider - stagecoach - horse drawn wagon - cornfield - horse drawn wagon loaded with barrels. American Indian on horseback. Chopping tree with axe. Early trains. Train over bridge. Farming shots - cities - diesel train towards camera -CU wheel on rail
22:35:39 Freight yards - moving pipes - coal - docks - short shots industry - mining - family at dinner - trying on jacket in shop - putting coal on domestic fire - cars on highway
Wheat field - grocery shelf - consumables - family at dinner. Pennsylvania coal mine - coal transported by train. Copper mine - Iron mine - tree felled for lumber - cattle in water hole - oil transported by train.
Section dealing with the railroad transportation of people rather than goods. New York Grand Central - Interior railway station. Various shots different passenger trains, interior carriages - dining cars, lounge and club cars - sleeping cars - domed observation car. Man typing on train. Tracking shot from train through countryside. Short sequence vacations - men riding horses - fishing in lake - crowded beach - horse riding - in motor boat - water skiing
22:39:40 Section on the rail industry's importance to the National economy as a buyer of goods. Top tracking shot over railway yard - moving train wheels by magnetic crane. Various shots different trains. Oil and coal - iron and steel - Loading food onto train - interior dining car. Huge workshop - machinery - steel press.
22:41:25 RR Central Research Labortory - tests. New welded rails laid. Mechanical track layers. Machinery used for track work. Machine scooping ballast.
22:43:00 Freight yard - push button - electronic - switching yard. Weigh bridge - coupling. New technology.
22:44:17 Centralised traffic control - operator at panel with flashing lights. Various manoeuvres of trains.
22:45:00 Perishable transportation - refrigerated cars - loading ice. Freight train en route
22:46:00 New development in freight transportation, "Piggy Bac " container lorries - truck trailers moved on flat bed cars.
22:46:36 City street scene - shoppers - banks - short shots RR operations and improvements. Various shots trains. 22:48:02 Things that RR taxes help pay for - armed forces - tanks transported by rail - Fire department - highways - waterways and airports. Various trains. Montage previous shots.

1940s late / 1950s 220353 220353 220353 Footage Farm col Sd 05:27:02 - 05:44:55 Nickel Plate Story, The (195?) Dudley Pictures Corp.
Middle America - Pan over farmland. POV from train. boats on lake, corn harvesting, Map of America picking crops & POV past freight cars, appliances crated, harvesting grain, pouring steel, family at table. 05:29:29 Crating appliances - tractors. Diesel train into station. Loading freight cars. Steam train towards camera and runover. Diesel passenger train. View in dining car, black waiters. 05:31:00 Grain harvesting Soya beans. Coal loading into open cars. Coal dock at Huron Ohio - coal loaded. Ore docks at Huron, unloading ore. Freight trains Various short shots industries which rely on freight transportation. Cattle off cars. Various freight train past. 05:34:47 Map with animated diagrams. Night shot Steam train PV 12 leaving Peoria. St Louis Terminal ST 96 Steam Train leaving station. Animated map. PV 12 arriving Frankfurt Indiana. Switch engines - Railway yard. ST 96 arriving. Switching cars brief shot army trucks on flatbed. Making up freight trains. PV 12 pulls out of Frankfurt. ST 96 continues journey towards Toledo. 05:37:18 Belle Vue Ohio shot of RR yards. CB 12 from Chicago arriving Belle Vue. Various shots relating to freight and freight terminals - switch engines. PV 12 arrives Belle Vue. Animated map - on screen details of time for journeys. Railway tracks. Interior offices - RR workers repairing and improving tracks. Cleveland, Northern Ohio food terminal, trucks and lorries. Loading, unloading. Niagara Frontier food terminal. Loading and unloading freight car. Interior offices of Industrial Development Department of Nickel Plate Road. Hands turning charts. Engineer and family out of house. Interior traffic offices. Passenger etc. RR workers. Travel shot through fields. Freight train runby.

1945 - 50 LN 501-197 220652 220652 B/w SD 17:09:13 - 17:14:04 Ten Minutes in America - New York City Housing Renewal
Montage Americana. Tenements - demolishing buildings with breakers ball and bulldozer. Piledrivers - construction work - apartment blocks. Men on girders, welding. Brick laying. Pan round new housing - tower blocks. Black worker in factory - relaxes at home as wife cooks meal in new kitchen. Girls using roneo machines / copiers in office - same girls relaxing in comfortable home. Draughtsman and garage mechanic at work. Mother bathing toddler. Pan over modern apartment blocks.

1949 LN 501-213 220670 220670 COL SD 22:17:56 - 22:30:49
A Step Saving Kitchen - re U shaped kitchen.
Woman with plans showing husband and wife re labour saving kitchen. Woman talks about design for new kitchen over shots - girl cutting out cookies - counter or worktop has measurements printed on - this is used to plan the amount of counter space needed for cooking requirements. Three girls using mixing bowls at different heights. Carpenter building revolving corner cupboard. Man building lighting strip. Plan of kitchen.
Finished kitchen - chrome - plastic - white goods - venetian blind. Woman answers wall telephone, sits at table next to cooker. Housewife working in kitchen, shows all different shelf designs and storage areas. Preserving fruit - preparing vegetables. Cooking and serving meal. Dishwashing / washing up. Putting away utensils and crockery into specially designed cupboards. Wife serving chocolate cake to family seated at table.

1947 LN 501-031 LN 501-031 LN 501-031 / B/W Si 02:27:40 - 02:37:12 Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Brooklyn from Manhattan; traffic; buildings & rooftops. High angle views & street scenes. Lofts, ethnic signs. Indian smoking pipe. Street signs, Mayor (?). Colonial houses; residential & junk man. St. signs. harbor, canal; art museum. Brooklyn College gates & buildings. Plymouth Church; statues; steeples of various churches & synagogues. Cemetery. Street scenes; stores; pawnshop; bargain shops. Brooklyn dodgers sandwich .15 Vendors & carts; fish weighed. Tenements; stoops; laundry hanging. Houses w/ trees & wide thoroughfare. Park & horseriding. Zoo. Family feeding animals. Botanical garden. Subway & crowds at Coney Island. Beach & sunbathing. Parachute drop w/ several women watched by soldier. POV on cyclone & looking at people. Night & lights w/ carousel. Ebbets field & Dodgers playing. Fans yelling. CUs.

1947 ? LN 501-207 220656 220656 B/W SIL 22:25:52 - 22:28:07 Circus Family Practice
Woman walking on tightrope. Parents teaching children to walk rope - CU bare feet gripping rope. Man riding bicycle on rope with boy balanced on shoulders. Man climbing to highwire - performing with pole - does headstand. Neon sign lights up "Sensational". Man riding bicycle across highwire using balancing pole. Top shot as man slides down rope to ground. Family pose for camera.
Stunts.

1947 LN 890-001 220298 220298 b/w SIL 22:21:39 - 22:23:43 New York Scenes
Empire State building. Slate - Manhattan - people walking on sidewalk, pedestrians past shops .
22:22:33 New York skyline from harbour - tug passes in foreground - docks. Brooklyn college - campus shots. Plymouth Church. Statue, Henry Ward Beecher - incomplete

1947 SN 901-015 220296 SN 901-012-016 B/W Sd 18:04:34 - 18:07:54 News in Brief - Cheer from Santa Claus
St Nicholas on horseback - cheers from crowd - Royal family waving from balcony - Princess Juliana and daughters - Queen Wilhemina and Prince Bernhardt on balcony. Page in black face hands out sweets to children. Royal family mingle with crowd to meet St Nicholas - Various shots children.
18:05:29 New York - Father Christmas is Babe Ruth playing Santa to polio patients. He has trouble with his beard which keeps falling off - children not looking too happy. Children with presents sing Jingle Bells. Various shots children - one toddler pokes dog in eye who proceeds to lick her. Babe Ruth takes off beard and wishes children all over the World a very merry Christmas

1948 LN 501-148 LN 501-148 LN 501-148 col Sd 22:33:25 - 22:44:00 Research for Better Living
A Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Service film on research work performed by the USDA in the fields of food and nutrition, textiles and clothing, housing and household equipment, and family economics.
22:33:59 Chief of the Bureau Hazel Spively speaks from her desk explains the work of the bureau.
Exterior Research centre - interiors women working in laboratory carrying out experiments on fruit preserved in jars - some injected with bacteria.
22:35:25 Cooking experiment - braising meat with and without water. Woman holding cooked turkey leg. Testing different potatoes. Line of people eating frozen strawberries to test for flavour etc. Lab experiment to discover the tenderness of a berry. In a school kitchen like laboratory - large amounts of carrots prepared for creamed carrots. Children testing food - eating at table, drinking from school milk bottles.
22:37:47 Laboratory test for nutritive value of foods using lab animals - chick weighed on scales - rat fed with tube. Lab cultures of micro-organisms. Chemistry experiments - vitamins.
22:39:11 Textile and clothing research. Elasticity of wool - knitted fabrics. Material stretched. Elderley lady checking seams of finished dress. Lab experiments to find out best ways of sewing for greatest durability. Buttonholes tested by machine. Pocket testing. Design of housedresses and aprons for the housewife.
Pattern cut. Woman hand sewing garment. Woman models dress designed for ease of movement.
Machine for soiling lengths of material - this is for testing detergent.
Washing machines tested with soiled material - washed laundry tested with reflected light.

1948 LN 501-148 LN 501-148 LN 501-148 col Sd 22:44:01 - 22:50:50 Research for Better Living
A Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Service film on research work performed by the USDA in the fields of food and nutrition, textiles and clothing, housing and household equipment, and family economics.
22:44:01 Testing cake recipe - to test baking performance of lectric ovens. Woman pouring cake mix. Cakes into oven. Finished cakes judged. Home freezers tested. Kitchen like area where fuel efficiency of gas and electric cooking is tested. Woman taking bottled / canned fruit from preserving pan.
22:45:39 Architect seated at desk drawing farmhouse. Men looking at plans for house.
22:46:24 Family economic staff - women in office. Social worker with mother. Teachers with class of young girls (Domestic Science). Office meeting of businessmen.
22:47:30 Woman interviewing housewife on doorstep for survey. Bureau rep with woman in kitchen - weighing celery. Women working in office. Family seated at table eating. Chief of the Bureau Hazel Spively speaks from her desk showing publications. Press information - radio scripts - slides and film.

1948 LN 501-277 220778 220778 B/W SIL 16:00:05 - 16:06:15 [Grossinger Country Club - Plane Arrival & Hotel Check-in]
Aug48
Grossinger plane lands. Limo waiting at airfield. Elegant women passengers out of plane. Their luggage is loaded on the taxi and they board.
Limo arrives at entrance Grossinger. Sign Grossinger. Exterior hotel and guests out of limo. Guests check in in lobby. Young woman and middle-aged woman talking. Guests shake hands with owner?
Holiday camp. Leisure

1949 / 1950s ? LN 501-127 LN 501-127 LN 501-127 b/w Sd 18:00:45 - 18:13:18 A Seed is Sown
Shows exchange initiated through Marshall Plan in which farm youths lived and worked in other countries, sharing ideas and techniques in agriculture.
AV Capitol, crowds at 4-H club gathering - young european farmers who had attended camp financed by Marshall Plan
18:01:13 Young boy takes 4-H club oath. Young boys educated in farming / agriculture. Washing and combing bull for show. " Girls have their own tasks such as preserving and other home making tasks " - girl with jar of preserves / home dressmaking.
18:02:05 Washington, outdoor meeting of 4-H club.
18:02:32 Young American farmers at airport leaving for Europe. Goodbyes. Plane takes off.
18:03:11 Denmark - agricultural fair - Marshall Plan exhibit. (ECA) Young US farmer visits pig and dairy farm. Chicken farming. Cows milked by machine. Weeding sugar beet field.
18:04:50 France - Young woman farmer from Kentucky visits farm in France. French family with baby. Girl joins in harvesting of wheat by machine and with hand scythe. Threshing. Farmer showing grain to girl. American combine harvester at work.
18:06:43 Girl visits blacksmiths shop. Visits fruit orchard - fruit being bagged on tree for protection. French farmers custom at end of harvest. Drinking toast.
18:08:00 West Germany - Young Kansas farmer visits pig and potato farm. Tractor lifting potatoes, women picking and placing in baskets. Pigs in pen. Pigs suckling. Cooking potatoes for pigs. Feeding pigs. Young farmers relaxing - swimming.
18:09:50 4-H club members return to US. American farm which is being visited by English girl Alison Reeve. Girl shown printed information pamphlet. Young boys and Alison being taught about bull.
18:10:53 Connecticut - 4-H club sign New London County. Girl looking at tractor. Girl with family having dinner in open air. Ext church and interior service in progress. Square dancing.
18:12:18 Montage shots of above - reprise and short shots farming around Europe.
1949 LN 501-112 LN 501-112 LN 501-112 col Sd 09:00:00 - 09:11:05 Los Angeles - City of Destiny - Colour
Car POV through desert towards mountain ranges. Scenics - palms - orchards, vineyards. Spanish style buildings. Beaches - housing. Los Angeles stockshots - street scenes - buildings. Roads and traffic. LA civic centre - City Hall - Hall of justice - Federal building - County General Hospital. Hotels and apartments. Modern architecture. Public library. Old town - street market - local working with wrought iron. Hispanic man playing harp. Girl doing Spanish dancing - flamenco. Spanish fiesta - xylophone and guitars provide music.
09:05:47 Old Plaza Church - fountains - High Sierra mountains - aqueduct system - waterways and canals. Pipeline through desert - reservoirs.
09:07:17 Suburban housing and gardens - mansions. More suburbs and flowers. Eucalyptus tree - bougainvillea - jacaranda tree - poinsettias
09:03:01 AVs highways and road network around Los Angeles - traffic, cars. Wilshire boulevard - travelling shot POV. University of LA - students on campus. University of Southern California.

1949 LN 501-276 220777 220777 B/W SIL 15: 07:39 - 15:18:28 [Grossinger: Latin Band - Bar Scenes - Magician]
Mar49
Couples dancing; as Latin band playing; diners ordering from waiter, talking. Singer performing with maracas. Waiters serving drinks at bar. Magician comes on stage with pretty assistant: fake guillotine trick. Audience laughing and ducking as something is thrown at them.
Holiday camp. Leisure. Entertainment

1949 LN 501-276 220777 220777 B/W SIL 15:18:40 - 15:27:38 [Grossinger: Lake; Tennis; Volleyball; Outdoor pool]
Mar49
People rowing gently on lake.
Men and women playing tennis
Men and women playing volleyball
People milling about round swimming pool.; couples; sitting on deckchairs or chairs. Women playing cards at table with small crowd observing game; lounging in sun. Man and woman laughing together. Diving into pool.
Holiday camp. Leisure

1949 LN 501-277 220778 220778 B/W SD 16:13:36 - 16:21:22 [Grossinger Country Club - Exercises, Dancing, Outdoor Bar Scenes]
Outdoor exercise class with people sitting on chairs; instructor makes them clap hands& stretch arms.
Passing ball around in a circle. Dance class. Patio bar with people drinking and chatting under parasols.
Holiday camp. Leisure
Bad sound

1949? LN 501-277 220778 220778 B/W SD 16:06:26 - 16:13:27 [Grossinger country club - Golf course instruction]
Golf course overlooking hotel. Woman plays. Man gives woman instructions as group watches. MCUs people watching.
Holiday camp. Leisure
Bad sound

1950s LN 501-136 220611 LN 501-136 B/W SD 02:48:10 - 02:51:40 President Reagan - The General Electric Theater Advertisements 2 - Living Better Electrically
Don Herbert G.E. Progress reporter - intros Ronald and Nancy Reagan in new home. Nancy and Ronnie at breakfast table with daughter Patty. Nancy talks re new electric toaster. Nancy demonstrating automatic skillet / frying pan. Ronnie pouring coffee from electric percolator. Patty and father see how many electrical appliances they can find in the house. Various white goods in kitchen.

1950s ? 220543 220543 220543 Footage Farm Col Sd 01:29:35 - 01:56:21 How Green is Your Garden (Agrico trade / advertising film)
Panning shots round beautiful gardens and flowers in wealthy detached houses. Grass / lawn - trees. Family walking along suburban road.
01:31:35 Graphic detailing needs of plants - food elements. Garden specialist at University shows test tomato plants all grown from same seed but with different plant food.
01:34:06 Couple looking at new house being built and planning garden. Couple making purchases at small hardware store / shop. Purchases loaded into boot of car. Man planting shrub in garden. Woman watering and man adding fertilizer. Couple putting down top soil and adding lime - peat spread over topsoil. Man spreading fertiliser and sowing grass - woman using watering hose.
01:38:40 CU lawn - man repairing won lawn - couple gardening - adding fertiliser - little girl playing. Lovely suburban houses and front lawns. Sprinkler.
01:41:18 Graphic explaining how trees need fertiliser. Young man making holes in grass and adding fertiliser for tree. Fertiliser added to plants and lawns. Spring blossom and flowers. Shrubs and flowering bushes. Woman planting annuals. CU roses and other summer flowers.
01:46:00 Vegetables. Girl on pony rides up to house. Girl runs down steps of large house and jumps into roadster / sports car. Drives off. Very wealthy home with river running through grounds, family group having drinks by water. Different house, men practice golf putting. Garden party.
01:48:15 Municipal parks and gardens - swimming pool - funfair - tennis court - amateur baseball. Golf course being mechanically fertilized. People playing golf. Tournament golf with crowds of spectators. Horse race track - race in progress on grass track. Cadets / marching band display on grass.
01:51:03 Autumn - man raking lawn - adding fertiliser and grass seed. Spring - man mowing lawn.
01:52:05 Phosphorus / phosphate mine in central Florida - mine of the American Agricultural Chemical Company. Phosphate rock mined and processed into phosphate pebbles. AVs Agrico fertiliser factories in various locations. Laboratory technician carrying out tests on phosphate.
01:54:05 Product bags showing various Agrico fertilisers.
01:54;25 Hardware / garden centre. Suburban houses and front lawns. Man riding lawn mower. Suburban road.
01:55:24 Family barbecue - garden party. Children playing in garden. Tracking shot suburban street.

1950s ? SN 797-001 220307 220307 B/W Sd 08:14:34 - 08:16:42 Modern Living - 21st Century House - Inventions
Children playing in garden - parents indoors watching on close circuit television. Cameras inside and out placed to watch children's activities. Cordless electric lamps - Kitchen - cooker which has magnetic coils causing pots and pans to float above cooking surface. Electro magnetic bacon and eggs !! Automatic closing windows that close automatically when it rains.

1950s ? SN 797-001 220307 220307 Col Sd 08:27:25 - 08:30:11 New Baby (Sections)
Suburban America - Family life - Poor quality
Father and son getting ready to collect new sister from hospital. Mother bathing baby watched by son and friend. Little boy feeding baby sister with bottle. Little boy doing show and tell in school class.

1950s ? SN 797-001 220307 220307 Col Sd 08:18:35 - 08:21:18 Jean's Birthday & A Surprise for Jean (Sections)
Children playing in the garden at birthday party - running in and out of washing hanging on line - shadows. Children given crayons and paper - Jane has made sign to hang round little boys neck saying Measles - keep out. Suburban America - Family Life

1950s ? SN 797-001 220307 220307 Col Sd 08:21:31 - 08:27:24 A Surprise for Jean (Sections) - Suburban America - Family life
Jean and Frank, little boy and girl sent by mother to pick up parcel. Children walk off down street. Other small children, all Jean's girl friends carrying presents. Girls hide in garden. Frank and Jean carrying package return. Frank carries birthday cake out to garden. Children hiding behind trees. Jean is surprised by her friends with party and presents. Kids at tea part table. Jean opens presents - blows out candles on cake. Little girl blowing paper toy. Children get birthday cake. Mother brings out tray of ice-cream and bowl for Fluff the cat. Cat eating ice cream.

1950s 220261 182610 &170195 / B/W Sd 22:15:00 - 22:25:31 Better Communities 50's
Woman cutting flowers outside farm house; boy plays w/ puppies. Family in lawn chairs. Atlanta & other Chamber of Commerce. Street scenes. Newspaper headlines. Map of counties. Meetings, only Whites. 4-H club meeting. tending cemetery, paint church, clean up school yards. School cafeteria kitchen w/ Black cook, kids eating & drinking milk. Nurses giving shots to children. Welcome signs. Farmer & hired hand (Black) fertilising field w/ manure & chemical fertiliser. Washing bottles, drying. Men unloading feed bags, chickens eating. Gathering eggs. Chicks, pigs, beef cattle. Dairy barn & Holstein cows into stalls; cutting clover(?). Community meeting. Extension class teaching cooking. Man hosing garden & women picking berries. Man spraying orchard. Fruit jars put on shelf. Freezer. Boy gets paper out of mail box. Church letting out (all White). CU of kids outdoors & indoors. Young family in living room.

1950s 220351 220351 220351 Footage Farm col Sd 02:01:08 - 02:13:00 Washington - Tourist Day Out
Family travelling in car at night, children sleeping.
Rock Creek Park Zoo - animals - chimp - lion - elephants - bear.
02:02:09 Exterior sign Department of Justice - Board with criminals captured by FBI - tour of FBI crime lab - FBI agents on firing range. National Gallery of Art exterior and interiors with tourists - Exterior and interior Library of Congress - CU Guttenberg Bible.
Exterior and interior Folger Shakespeare Library with tourists - bust of Shakespeare and model of Globe Theatre - costumes from Shakespeare plays
Water Gate Inn - terrace cafe - various interiors different Washington restaurants - Exterior Tommy's Hamburger bar. Exterior sign Bureau of Engraving and Printing, visitors entrance - interiors currency / money being printed. Tourists watching as dollars cut up. Money counting machine
02:06:10 Exterior buildings / complex US Naval Observatory - interiors - machinery - telescope as roof of observatory opens. Exterior and interiors Smithsonian Institution. Engineering exhibit - Aircraft The Spirit of St Louis on display - Alan Shepards space capsule.
02:07:56 National Historical Wax Museum exteriors and interiors - shots of models - tourists pose for photographs with models. Exterior Islamic Centre (only Mosque in the US at that time). Tourists remove shoes before entering mosque. Washington Cathedral - interiors showing stained glass windows. Foreign Embassies of Canada - Tunisia - British - Russian
02:09:42 AV Pentagon - tourist helicopter landing.
02:10:02 Back to family in car travelling home from their day trip to Washington. Wife relives her memories. Boat trip down Potomac - husband visits Arlington Cemetery - tracking shot past graves. Monument to flag raising on Iwo Jima. Cut in film.
Mount Vernon - Interior old fashioned house - Kitchen - exterior tourists wandering around estate where George Washington lived. Stables with coaches. Porch with two rocking chairs - exterior Washington's house and grounds.

1950s LN 501-103 LN 501-103 LN 501-103 col Sd 01:38:35 - 01:47:39
The Atom Comes to Town Reel 1 of 3
Interior Atomic plant with engineers and technicians & film noir music.
Arch N. Booth, Executive Vice president American Chamber of Commerce introduces standing in office - re importance of nuclear energy for US economy.
VS American city. Street scenes. Suburbs & residential houses. People in various situations discuss atomic power - for or against: Housewife in apron with friend in modern kitchen: "What would we do without all this atomic energy". 01:41:12 Factory worker with machine says atomic power is a long way off. 01:41:28: Women play cards. Gentlemen's club, old men play chess, middle-aged men play snooker. Pool balls used to explain atomic energy & split atom.
Animation: Ancient Egyptians at work, city, Einstein, electric power shown then atomic electricity; family by mod cons. Houses representing various countries. Narration celebrates increasing use of power by America & atomic power to ensure abundance of electricity.
Futuristic machinery. Ecology. Environment. Consumerism.

1950s SN 750-001 220316 SN 750-001 Footage Farm B/W Sd 02:27:50 - 02:32:39 What to Do On A Date Partial
Jeff looks at notice board in youth club to get ideas for fun. A bike trip - shots on two couples on bicycles. Weenie roast - two couples round camp fire roasting Weenies. Two couples at baseball game. compilation of things you can do on a date - swimming - country dancing - picnics. Double dating at the cinema. Conversation between two teenage boys re how do you know what a girl wants to do. Two girls preparing refreshments discussing the boys. Boy comes in and takes crate of coca cola in to other room. Girls carry in food - group round table. Jeff and girl at makeshift table drinking coke and discovering they both like doing the same things. Make date for Friday to go to Weenie Roast.
American Youth.

1950s SN 750-001 220316 SN 750-001 Footage Farm B/W Sd 06:12:40 - 06:20:07 Going Steady - American Youth
Teenage girl Marie complaining to mother about her boyfriend Jeff taking her for granted. Jeff on telephone asking a different girl out - she says she is going steady with Hal and tells Jeff he is going steady with Marie. Jeff talks to Mother and Father about going steady with a girl. Marie and girl friend, one is doing the others hair while they talk about boys - she tells Marie about Jeff asking her for date. They discuss the benefits of going steady. Jeff preening in front of mirror thinks about playing the field. Marie waits by telephone, Jeff knocks on door. Incomplete

1950s SN 750-001 220316 SN 750-001 Footage Farm B/W Sd 06:24:00 - 06:34:10 How do you ask for a Date
Woody ponders on how to ask Anne for a date. Older brother comes in and goes to telephone - Woody asks mother if it is alright for him to have a date, he listens to older brother making date on telephone. Woody phones Anne, several different versions of Woody asking Anne out, succeeds on third attempt.
Anne deciding what to wear on date, younger sister Judy comes into bedroom, they discuss Anne's date. Woody leaves house. Couple having fun at indoor carnival / fete, lots of other teenagers. Couple walking home in dark - How do you say goodnight ? Woody lunges at Anne for a kiss - big mistake. Second version - Woody walks off, Anne disappointed. Third attempt they talk about next date and how much fun they had. Woody walks along street whistling. - American youth

1951 LN 501-292 Automotive - Trucks and Tires Pass Rigid Tests
New puncture-proof device. Tyres demonstrated at Indianapolis speedway. CU spinning tyre.
Amphibious army truck tested in Florida - truck filmed underwater; gag with two 'mermaids' hitch-hiking underwater.
Road safety

1951 LN 501-292 220795 220795
B/W SD 14:45:19 - 14:46:41 Sports - 100-mile Bridgehampton Auto Race
Souped-up sports cars 100 mile auto race at Bridgehampton, LI. - race through country roads. Winner.

1952 LN 501-296 220799 220799 B/W SD 20:59:07 - 21:07:50 Women And The Community - Reel One
re Women's community organisations
Aerials Monroe, NY. Train arrives at station. City planners look at map. Binman dumps rubbish into truck. Postman delivers mail to colonial style houses. Family at breakfast table with husband reading newspaper. Mother opens sample balotting sheet. Scene at grocery store. Dentist waiting room. Old couple pick up post from exterior mailbox.
21:03:14 High school students in biology classroom. Local bus and people queuing at polling station. League of Women Voters office interior. Mothers with kids at creche. Mother with pram in street. Women distribute leaflets door-to-door and glue electoral posters on lampposts. Women on telephone superimposed w/ electoral lists. Candidates give talk in classroom - women gives thumbs-down to one and applaud another.

1952 LN 501-296 220799 220799 B/W SD 21:07:50 - 21:16:12 Women And The Community - Reel Two
re Women's organisations - League of Women Voters' activities and other community associations
Parent-teacher association meeting planning new school dance hall. School Square dance and buffet with clean-cut teenagers. Anatomy class. Food served to kids at canteen. Dentist on school visit. Nurse looks after children in hospital beds and convalescence room. Fundraising violin concert and audience - poster re fundraising for hospital. Teenagers tidy up play area. Dodge truck. Charity clothes shop. Garden club - women in greenhouse. Girl scouts. Church choir singing; music sheet. Blood donation - Bottle filling up. Women at polling station working and voting.
Suburbia. Americana

1953 LN 501-271
220769 220769 B/W SD 02:00:07 - 02:00:59 Freedom and You - Part 1 of 6 (a.k.a. The Red Nightmare)
Anti-Communist propaganda film made for Department of Defense - what would happen if the Communists took over
Narrator presents in all- American town surrounded by barbed wire barricades and Russian soldiers
soldiers. Jack Webb tells us "it may be assumed that such a town does exist, shrouded in secrecy and protected by utmost security, deep behind the Iron Curtain". According to Webb, it is used to train Russian students in "espionage as a science" and "propaganda as an art" in order to destroy American freedoms. Supermarket, baseball, CU hot dogs. Russian spies by barbed wire complain about Americans having "too many freedoms". Espionage class.
Narrator then launches into our main story, that of a typical complacent American, Jerry Donovan. At the factory, we see him blowing off a meeting of his Civil Defense committee because his favorite TV show is on. Donovan's teenage daughter watches her boyfriend car racing on USAF air strip. Boyfriend asks for a postponement to get married and his chief lectures him about duty and responsibility.
Suburbia. Americana
Cold War

1953 LN 501-271
220769 220769 B/W SD 02:10:00 - 02:19:39 Freedom and You - Part 2 of 6 (a.k.a. The Red Nightmare)
Anti-Communist propaganda film made for Department of Defense - what would happen if the Communists took over
Jerry Donovan declines to attend a PTA meeting because it's his bowling night. Donovan at home plays with his kids, then argues with his wife about missing PTA meeting.
At family dinner, Jerry talks football with his daughter's boyfriend and the daughter is teased by her younger siblings. They announce their engagement and Jerry reacts badly. He thinks they're too young. Jerry talks it over with his wife .
Suburbia. Americana
Cold War

1953 LN 501-271
220769 220769 B/W SD 02:19:40 - 02:26:07 Freedom and You - Part 3 of 6 (a.k.a. The Red Nightmare)
Anti-Communist propaganda film made for Department of Defense - what would happen if the Communists took over
Jerry's forgets his son expected them to go to a banquet together - son goes to bed and cries. Jerry gets irritated when his wife reminds him he missed his last Reserve meeting. Jerry argues with daughter's boyfriend re Reserve service & marrying daughter.
Narrator explains what will happen next...
Suburbia. Americana
Cold War

1953 LN 501-271
220769 220769 B/W SD 02:26:20 - 02:38:33 Freedom and You - Part 4 of 6 (a.k.a. The Red Nightmare)
Anti-Communist propaganda film made for Department of Defense - what would happen if the Communists took over
The next day Jerry awakes in a Red Nightmare. In a drugstore, he can't make a phone call without a permit, then witnesses an outdoors indoctrination meeting - man in uniform on soapbox. His wife & children are automatons. His daughter's boyfriend turns up as is a Communist soldier who transports Linda to a farm collective in order to free her "from the lingering bourgeois influence of family life". At the factory he finds he has to fulfill production quotas. The children are getting sent away to a state school; he tries to take them to Sunday School but finds the church has been turned into a people's museum.
Suburbia. Americana
Cold War

1953 LN 501-271
220769 220769 B/W SD 02:38:34 - 02:50:02 Freedom and You - Part 5 of 6 (a.k.a. The Red Nightmare)
Anti-Communist propaganda film made for Department of Defense - what would happen if the Communists took over
Jerry is tried in court and convicted of crimes against the state for complaining of lack of warrants, churches being replaced with displays of Communist inventions [like the telephone], work quotas set by a commissar, his children being sent to a state school to make up for his failure to indoctrinate them, etc.
02:43:48 Jerry is brought into a dark room by men in Russian uniform and executed by gunshot.
Jerry awakens from his Red Nightmare with new dedication to the defense of liberty. Bill and Linda have decided to wait to get married until after Bill completes his hitch in the service.
Montage American values: group of young people running about at picnic; signs for polling stations and elections. Aerial motorway; LS suburban houses; wedding ceremony; family picnic; campus; meeting; church; Congress.
Suburbia. Americana
Cold War

1953 LN 501-271
220769 220769 COL&B/W SD 02:50:31 - 02:57:03 Freedom and You - Part 6 of 6 (a.k.a. The Red Nightmare)
Anti-Communist propaganda film made for Department of Defense - what would happen if the Communists took over
Montage military parade; bus crash; riot. Montage Americana, tractor in field, people at work.
02:50:32 Colour - Stars and Stripes; American servicemen and women walk arm in arm; triumphant military montage incl. parades, weapons, tanks, battlefield action, paratroopers jumping off plane, helicopters, guns, battleships, fighters off carriers, missiles, submarine, marines off helicopters, troops, explosions and planes drop bombs. Good space rocket launch.
Cold War

1954 LN 501-277
220778 220778 B/W SD 16:33:43 - 16:34:57 News in Brief - Kids in Sports - Junior Rodeo
At John Day, Oregon. Teenage girls and children riding steers and bucking broncos.

1954? LN 501-102 LN 501-102 LN 501-102 b/w SIL 03:52:15 - 03:54:55 [Kitchen of the Future]
Woman demonstrating futuristic kitchen w/ oven out of counter & roast turning. Stainless steel panels opening out of top. Blender raises out of counter. Motors turn electric units over to conceal. Serving tray hanging from ceiling, loaded with food from large refrigerator.

1955 220275 170043 / B/W Si 05:11:57 - 05:13:56 Ike Meeting 4-H Kids on White House Lawn
Pres. Eisenhower, walks out & speaks to 4-H club kids on White House lawn. Receives gift of letter opener & has picture taken by kids. Kids leaving grounds in white shirts, ties and dresses. American rural youth. Silver anniversary of National 4-H Club Camp.

1955 230067 220602 220602 TRD B/W Si 10:39:07 - 10:41:14 Miss Universe tour
LS Main gate to Universal as girls walk to gate from buses
Actor George Nader and Lex Barker greeting girls - kisses - autographs
Girls pose for cameras

1956 ? LN 501-206 LN 501-206 LN 501-206 B/W SIL 05:23:29 - 05:24:12 International Motor Show
Top shot crowds at auto show. Various shots different stands including Peugeot, concept cars, Mercedes. Good shots American cars (gas guzzlers) with chrome fins and radiators. Brief shot line of tyres.

1956 230068 220290 220290 B/W sd 06:41:36 - 06:43:16 1957 Auto Drama - First National Show in 16 Years
Various int GVs auto show with cars displayed with models
Includes big close ups of various accessories. One car has " office " space for secretary to type
Hard top convertable - solid roof fold away automatically
Statement by L. Colbert industry leader on future
1957 c SN 501-015 220298 220298 colour SIL 21:13:46 - 21:15:15
Drive In
Traffic & congestion sign. Slowly past cars; drive-in bank; counting money. Man making deposit. Pulling into drive-in hamburger cafe. Woman serves; three teenage women in car; waitress gives tip from change holder. Drive-in movie.
Americana

1957 LN 501-206 LN 501-206 LN 501-206 B/W SIL 04:26:55 - 04:36:00 Night Premiere of My Man Godfrey
Tracking shot down red carpet along line waiting to greet stars. Crowd waves to camera. Crowds in stands waiting for movie actors. Graumans Chinese Theater with My Man Godfrey in lights. Crowd reactions, waving and smiling. Wide shot cinema and more crowd waving etc.
04:28:10 Movie stars arriving including June Allyson. Three young women starlets arrive with man in evening dress - pull out board My Man Godfrey. Many unid stars arrive. Dick Powell. Various shots stars brought to microphone after they leave theatre. (mos)
04:34:29 Three female stars of film pose - June Allyson, Eva Gabor and Martha Hyer. Exterior theatre. June Allyson signs autographs.

1957 SN 797-001 220307 220307 B/W Sd 08:00:23 - 08:01:20 California - House of the Future
Mon Santos house of the future opened to the public at Disneyland. "Hollywood" family mother, father and two children tour house which is primarily made from plastic. Kitchen has storage units for irradiated foods - supersonic dishwasher. Bathroom with height adjustable wash basin. Plastic bed - settee.
Inventions

1959 LN 501-265 220758 220758 B/W SD 23:34:45 - 23:35:25 News in Brief - Detroit
King Baudouin of Belgium arrives at Chrysler motor factory. King touring - sees automated production line. King sitting in convertible auto. Young woman presents King with miniature replica.

1960 220272 220272 182756 + 170199 B/W Sd 03:40:37 - 03:41:17 News In Brief (Weeping Madonna Enshrined)
Procession out of Long Island, New York suburban home carrying picture of Virgin Mary that woman claims to have had weep. Interior of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in Hempstead. (religion). Icon; religious art. Belief; believers.

1960 220272 220272 182756 + 170199 TRD B/W Sd 03:41:17 - 03:42:34 'Snow Queen's' Home-Coming
Multistory PS School #3 in Bayonne, NJ welcomes Sandra Dee with assembly. People inside cheering and 4 generations get together. Store stampeded as she signs autographs on pictures. Snowstorm in Kleig lights. She waves. Celebrities; Movie stars; Promotion Stunts; Police guarding. Moving lights on marquee.

1960 LN 501-294 220797 220797 B/W SD 18:02:41 - 18:03:47 News In Brief - Boy Scout Jamboree
5th National Boy Scout Jamboree at Colorado Springs. Gathering of scouts from "all over the free world" Aerial huge camp. Raising countries' flags. Big cake for 50th birthday of scouting in the USA. Boys exchange badges or insignia. Mexican and Venezuelan scouts. Flags

1960s LN 501-116 LN 501-116 LN 501-116 col Sd 05:52:00 - 06:02:11 Levittown - The Miracle City
AVs Suburbia. Montage suburban life - family - gardens.- washing cars. Children off to school.
05:53:48 Top shots and tracking shots suburban housing - families gardening. Baseball - schoolboys.
05:55:08 Swimming pool - diving - couples by pool. Night shots barbecue. People leaving offices. Church ext.
05:56:45 Boy in dentist's chair having treatment - nursery - Ofiice - draughtsmen at desks / boards. Man and woman standing in front of map of Levittown. Architects with drawings
05:57:52 Top shot wooded areas. Exterior Bucks County Playhouse - park scenes. AVs industrial area. Sign Levittown Station Pennsylvania - train pulling into RR station.
05:58:43 Shopping precinct with gardens.
05:59:18 Three young women sitting and talking in house / home. Various groups in family home - lifestyle. Children sitting at table having drinks.
06:00:16 Construction / building site - new suburban homes. Finished single story houses. Family returning home
06:01:06 Montage shots from above - Swimming pool - dentists - office workers - family home / life.
06:01:38 AVs Suburban sprawl - roads.

1960s early LN 501-102 LN 501-102 LN 501-102 col Sd 03:00:00 - 03:13:47
Road to Prosperity
Aerials of interstate highways. Man talks about plants coming in because of highway. Truck traffic, city & rural. Superimposed map of US w/ highways over traffic. Housing, malls & sprawl. Suburbs. Parking lots. Construction of apartments over George Washington bridge highway. POV along highways. Motel. Recreation. Picnicking. Twins. CU signs.
Some talking heads re economic advantages of highway, new jobs etc.

1960s LN 501-103 LN 501-103 LN 501-103 col Sd 01:31:40 - 01:38:10 Atom and Eve
The benefits of atomic power. Ultra modern, futuristic household goods and equipment.
Reel Two
Woman holds up map. Animated map and artist's sketch of plant & nuclear reactor. Animation nuclear submarine. Nuclear plant in Massachusetts. Inside Yankee Row control room. Connecticut Yankee offices. Talking heads managers re safety, preservation of site & harmonious landscaping. They show model of new plant.
01:35:3 Chair lifts & skiing in Vermont. Milking w/ machine. Classroom. Stadium lit at night. Jazz musicians w/ base, trumpet, saxophone. Airport landing strip lights. Metal workshop. Helicopter takes off, sign 'Sikorsky Aircraft". Residential houses. Docks w/ boats. Electric towers. 01:36:47 Roasting chicken & zoom out to family makes barbecue at night. Views city buildings. Woman sings as reel to reel projector runs, then dances amidst household appliances. Refrigerator. Oven. Egg beater. Clock. Baby on floor.
Environment. Ecology. Consumerism.

1960s SN 797-001 220307 220307 B/W SIL 08:13:22 - 08:13:54 Chicago Illinois, Kitchen Style Show
Queen Calico reigns - Indoor modes are newest wrinkle in unique Kitchen Style Show.
Women's fashions - models wearing day dresses - culottes - trousers. Two women at sink washing up showing fashions. Women doing various things in kitchen showing fashions.

1962 220263 220263 182757 + 181727 & 181728 / B/W si 19:07:04 [Stagg 100th Birthday Party]
Walking with two children down street. Looks at girls baby mouse. Bronze plaque in National Football Hall of Fame. Large stack of mail handed by mailman. Birthday cake cutting. CU outside. With family inside. Looking at plaque.

1950s LN 501-177 LN 501-177 LN 501-177 B/W SIL 15:35:50 - 15:42:33 Stress Situations - Tranquilizers
Globe spinning - close ups of various men looking stressed / unhappy - globe turns. Montage problem areas in World. Empire State building. Interior - meeting of National Association for Mental Health - first annual forum on anxiety and tension. Speakers (mos)
15:37:17 Tree lined suburban street. Gardens with man lying in hammock. Staged - businessman runs out of house - stops - forgotten something - runs back in - into car and away. Business lunch - working over dinner. Smoking.
15:38:32 Road rage - taxi driver shouting - Man using pneumatic drill ( noise )
15:38:58 Man at home being nagged by wife. Sits in chair showing signs of stress.
15:39:24 Swans on lake - tranquility. Polar bear in cage - father with son at zoo - Father watching bear while son pulling at trousers to gain attention.
15:40:03 Interior factory - pill manufacture - Milltown tranquilizers. Production process - women workers - bottles of pills on production lines./ conveyor belts. Boxes on conveyor with export destination - countries all over the World. Globe spinning.

1950s LN 501-103 LN 501-103 LN 501-103 col Sd 01:57:10 - 02:07:55 The Atom Comes to Town Reel 3 of 3
01:57:10 Peanut harvest at farm operated by North Carolina University, Blacks working. Peanuts from seeds radiated in reactor to boost acreage use. Giant peanuts. Kid buys giant peanuts at stand. Car engine. Factory laboratory radiating car parts to check wear. Tyres checked. Rubber coating. Atomic thickness gauge. Rubber mill. Cars on suburban street.
02:00:25 Kid brushes teeth. Toothbrush brushes teeth in tube for radioactive fluoride toothpaste test. Teeth measured in Geiger counter. Man off plane with atomic suitcase. Atom ray machine. Narration re increased business use of atom for product manufacture.
02:02:28 Drilling at oil well. Oil gushing through. Labour. Row of houses w/ sign "caution, radiation area". Minerals tested for reaction to radiation. Graphs on computer screen. Engineers experiment w/ portable radiation measuring implement to be used on site. Coil. Device to preserve crude oil: covered with water in pool; Pool glows. Engineer smiles.
02:06:00 Montage re benefits of atomic power.
Futuristic machinery. Ecology. Environment. Consumerism.

220688 220688 COL SIL 21:41:25 - 21:42:18 [UFO Sighting]
Suburban back garden with flowers. Couple with baby in doorway. Man in cowboy hat in garden by white picket fence. Play archery in garden. Small child by flower bed. Strange red lights on screen.
Very soft focus and grainy

220688 220688 COL SIL 21:49:24 - 21:50:52 [UFO Sighting]
Tiny wobbly in sky. Home movie - small child runs about and is made to pose with its mother outside suburban house.
Very grainy and blurred.