| Automat Gourmets | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1756 |
| Catalog #: | 425638 | |
| Clip Number: | 425638-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-008-05 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. CROWDS: Queue (Line), Food FOOD: Misc FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | The Centrarie del la Chains des Restaurants, one of the oldest gourmet societies in the world, hold a gala dinner at the New York Automat. The reason? To prove that food, not atmosphere, is the important thing. On the menu: Oysters, caviar, filet of beef, and quail. Establishing shot - Woman and a man walking out of a turn-style door in a building. MS - The woman is greeted by another woman and hands are shaken. MS - A small crowd of people members of a gourmet society. MS - A food automat, pies, sandwiches and cakes. CUS - Betsy Palmer. CU - A coat of arms; "Chaine Des Rotisseurs" CU - People in a line with plates, a tub full of oysters. CU - Man and a woman putting food on their plates. CU - Beverages, bottles of wine, High Angle Shot - People enjoying their meal at beautifully set tables. MS - Table 9, people eating and drinking. | |
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