| The Heart of the Harris | ||
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| Catalog #: | 447058 | |
| Clip Number: | 447058-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 1462 | |
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| Location: | Chicago, IL | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUSINESS: Banks | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW TAPE # 991887 This infomercial for Harris Bank in Chicago IL opens with an office montage of 2 business suited gentlemen talking about Harris (located across the street from them); montage of several old sepia-toned photos of the bank and the surrounding area as well as portraits of the bank's founders; one of the aforementioned suits just happens to possess significant knowledge of the bank's history. The rest of the film runs as so: wide LS of a construction pit as they lay the cement and steel honeycombed base of the future Harris Bank (includes an aerial shot of the same) .... LS of a construction elevator going up scaffolding ... construction montages galore (virtually every aspect is depicted) ... a tilt up, tight LS of the completed Harris Bank (includes a few CU's as well) ... a tight LS of people waiting for and getting into an elevator inside the Harris lobby ... tight LS of man in business suit going up an escalator in Harris lobby ... a description and depiction of the bank's features and services ... several tight LS's of bank offices on a typical operating day ... MS of a woman using an automated cueing machine (a device that forwards envelopes and paper material to other offices) ... tight LS of a man operating a "large scale computer" in a machine room (it is a very big machine); CU's of machines functions and electronic components (lots o' blips and spinning data wheels) ... a tight LS of a busy employee cafeteria (round tables and suits pushing lunch trays) ... tight LS and CU of several older men wearing suits sitting at a table and playing cards in a recreational facility; pan L to see a filled room ... tight LS and CU of bank library being used ... tight LS of a traditional dining room being prepared by men in fancy tuxedos ... LS of men getting out of taxi on a busy urban street and entering the Harris bank (pan L). There are numerous shots not described but the ones that are will give you a decent introduction to the film. | |
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