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| Catalog #: | 447899 | |
| Clip Number: | 447899-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 1489 | |
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| Location: | Chicago, IL | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Voting | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW CASSETTE #20270 at end of tape ALSO ON PREVIEW CASSETTE # 212560 This film is about voting: the how, why, and where. After a brief introduction by Judge Thaddeus V. Addesko, standing in a makeshift balloting office (okay, so it's really a lighting studio) there are drawings of Revolutionary and Civil War battles, World War I footage of doughboys fighting on the front, and WWII footage of a bomb being dropped from a plane's bay, exploding on the ground. Then there is an excellent shot of a rocket taking off at night, followed by a MS of a busy urban street corner, and then CU of a hand pulling a polling lever. The following are a few ensuing shots... 100' to 200'........ description/depiction of voter registration process... MS of woman in registar's office taking her oath... MS of the American flag flying outside a polling office. 200' to 300'........CU's of a woman operating a model polling booth... 300'.................. CU's and MS's of actual polling booth and the opertion thereof... 530'.................. MS of blind man being led into polling booth... MS of woman getting help from polling officials after forgeting how to operate booth. 620'................... CU of the famous 3 patriots playing fife and drum... CU of the raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi @ Iwo Jima photograph, WWII ... MS of the statue of Abraham Lincoln@ the Lincoln Memorial... tight LS of Mt. Rushmore. | |
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