| It's A Whale Of A Catch For Miss Sea Food | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1638 |
| Catalog #: | 355113 | |
| Clip Number: | 355113-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-078-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:49:23 - 00:49:54 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MARINE MAMMALS: Whales LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Misc | |
| Description: | Poor image quality. San Francisco marks the opening of the sea food season with a parade through the city featuring a dead whale that washed up on the beach . The whale is 42-feet and 42 tons of blubber. Establishing shot - There's a dead whale laying on a flat bed and a gal in shorts, rubber booths and a fishing pole trying to give the impression that she caught the whale and reeled it in with her fishing pole. MCUS - Miss Seafood. CUS - Whale's head. MCUS - A dock worker with a cigarette hanging out the side of his mouth patting the whale making the blubber move like Jell-O. CUS - The barnacles on the whale. CUS - Two policemen holding their noses. MCUS - The people of San Francisco make a float around the whale and Miss Seafood sitting on a lawn chair fishing pole still in hand. MCUS - Crowd of people gather to watch this smelly spectacle. | |
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