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| Catalog #: | 459430 | |
| Clip Number: | 459430-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 1553 | |
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| Location: | Various Locations, Mostly In A Hardware Store | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Corporate / Industrial Films | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98312 A promotional film for Sakrete brand products, specifically concrete cement mix. The following are a few shots within.... .....tight LS of a Ralph, a hardware store employee in his mid to late fifties (and also our salesman/ narrator) standing in an aisle of the hardware store, inspecting the displays and products. .....MS of Ralph trying to make a sale to a male customer in his thirties; unique shot in that it is in fast motion, complete with speeded up dialogue. .....MS of Ralph lighting a fat cigar in the store after allegedly making a sale .....tight LS of add-on sale items (rakes, wheel barrows, brushes, etc.) in store .....tight LS of a dapper man in his fifties wearing a navy blue sweater entering the store through the front door; looped three times to suggest he is a repeat customer. .....MS of Ralph stocking a pegboard display of conventional implements (hammers and hacksaws) .....high angle MS of freshly cemented walkway, someone writing the word "Cost" into it .....CU's of a do-it-yourself'er mixing cement and applying it in a domestic setting .....tight LS of two men filling a bright yellow GMC pick-up truck with bags of cement mix .....tight LS of a forklift with a raised palette of Sakrete rolling in reverse in a factory/ warehouse .....tight LS of Ralph walking a wheel barrow towards the camera in a large, open suburban backyard .....MS's of brick mortar being set (building a small wall) .....lab monatge (testers, engineers, etc) .....CU of several national newspapers being stacked so as only the mastheads are visible (NY Times, Houston Post, Washington Post, etc.) | |
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