Master 1490 - Tape 1 MS white male teenager wearing white t-shirt & blue jeans selling Los Angeles Examiner on street corner across street from Crescent Drugstore (newspaper boy, newsboy). Flood-rise jeans, what with the cuffs cut to about his lower calf. Boy holds stack of newspapers in each arm, wanders about as late model 1950s cars (tailfins, tail fins, chrome) pass in BG. Prototypically 1950s.
Master 1490 - Tape 2 Nice over the shoulder MS several pre-teen or teenage white girls playing a strange version of baseball in open field at camping ground: a pitcher tosses a volleyball at a batter who's choking the holy heck out of a battered wooden baseball bat; slugger connects, runs to first base while the pitcher & two teammates & a cute cocker spaniel chase after the ball; a runner wearing an Edgejumbe varsity jacket passes home plate & picks up bat. Note that most of the girls wear long skirts. Recreation, fun, sports, amusement. Great TLS Dad (wearing driving cap & khakis) tossing baseball underhand to pre-teen white boy wearing red cap, white t-shirt, blue jeans; batter connects for single, perhaps double after third baseman buddy bobbles ball.
CUs Snail moving around. MS young boy in red shirt and blue jeans sitting on pavement in backyard looking up. CU fingers picking up snail and turning it over to look at underside. MS backyard bordered w/white picket fence, elderly man (grandpa) uses a shovel to dig in garden, boy (grandson) is seated on pavement looking at ground, a small dog lies next to the boy. GV boy and elderly man digging in garden. MS boy and dog. GV elderly man and boy working in garden. GV elderly man and boy digging in garden under fruit tree w/white blossoms. MS boy and elderly man in garden, boy frantically waves his arms in air as if swatting at a flying bug (bee?), boy calms down, he and grandpa bend down to look at flower. MS boy and grandpa bent over looking at flowers in garden. MS boy and grandpa removing dog from garden bed, grandpa points to bug on plant. MS as elderly man and boy follow bug as it flies away from garden.
Panning for Gold MS man squatting in shallow creek, using gold pan for mining. MS man dressed in 1950s attire with cap panning at river edge. CU knife pushing grains of gold in pan. CU man wearing hard hat. CUs pan with gold flakes in the bottom. MCUs hands swirling rocks and silt in gold pan. CU fingers pulling gold nugget from creek.
Gold Miners WS forty-niner wading in stream, using gold pan to sift through sediment, very scenic river location with mountains in BG. CUs gold pan with water swirling, hands checks fine silt for gold. MS miner placing gold nuggets into leather bag as he stands on bank of scenic river, he tucks the pouch into his shirt and walk out of frame.
Rose Parade Spectators MSs men, women & children standing in front of park fence along parade route, looking straight ahead w/smiles, some shielding their eyes from the sun, boys in front seen flinching as something off screen is thrown toward them, candy perhaps. MCU two young men dressed in similar outfits, striped T-shirts with jeans, man on left squeezes his girlfriend, man on the right holds his toddler aged daughter. GV pan parade showing man in Mexican Gaucho type costume riding camel led by Arabic-looking man dressed in long robe with scarf over his head, crowd seen lining the route.
Master 13 - Tape 1 MS grandmotherly type elderly woman in a day dress watering flowerbeds in front of an older bungalow. GV young blonde woman in dressed in a 1940s halter top and shorts, watering extensive flowerbeds in front of ranch style house. MS/GVs young woman (teens/twenties) wearing jeans and plaid shirt as she waters a nonexistent lawn in front of brand-new 1950s tract home.
Master 3 - Tape 2 A prospector (49er, probably, or just a gold digger) is ankle-deep in a mountain stream panning for gold with what looks like a tin plate. He wears a plaid shirt, blue jeans, hat. Brings water int pan and swishes it around. CU of swishing tin pan, hand reaches in and explores for a few nuggets. Doesn't seem to find any. Gold mining. panning for gold.
Rapid pans across backyard of suburban home, across trees and shrubbery. MS Caucasian boy and girl standing at picnic table in backyard, playing together, making big bubbles with large soap wand, part of Looney Balloony bubble kit-- boy wears blue jeans and flannel shirt, girl wears ensemble best described as 1950s Western cowgirl chic with fringe & bandana; fun, amusement, bubbles. Cut to title card for "Loony Baloony Bubble Kit," which costs 98 cents.
Opening montage: CU/ECUs of a Caucasian boy counting & stacking $5.20 in U.S. currency change and worn dollar bills; placing money into pocket of blue jeans; white tennis shoes skipping along pavement; boy windowshopping outside sporting goods store, entering establishment; taking leather Spaulding baseball glove from display on wall, testing it out by smacking the palm with his fist; price tags on glove, baseball bat & softball, boy shaking head in disbelief. CUs cheerful & rather zealous sports store employee (middle-aged white male) greeting boy as he walks to the counter. ECUs hands rifling through pockets of jeans & orange vinyl jacket for money; placing money on counter; sale being rung out on old analog cash register, buttons being pushed & numbers appearing in sale window ($5.00); man announcing he has to collect five percent sales tax for the government; a nickel being placed atop two dimes; sale window reading $5.25; man places money into register till. MS male employee at register, zoom in to ECU of a calendar behind him; reads: PAY TAX.
MS older white man wearing flannel & blue jeans chopping wood with ax in backyard. CU ax head (wooden handle) in stump. Hand-crafted chair & furniture making: MS/CUs older white woman wood carving in studio. MS man gluing & hammering parts of chair back. MSs white women sanding (powersander or sandpaper) wood furniture. MCU/MS African American women upholstering chairs, moving finished products in warehouse. Industry, production, skilled labor.
MSs African-American and some Caucasian biker folks (male & female) dancing the Electric Slide on the dance floor to the strains of Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen"; shimmying undulation of black leather & dark blue jeans. MS lighted box reading "Hollywood on the Air" on DJ booth; tilt up to DJ Hollywood-- very muscular 30ish black man wearing orange tank top & white baseball cap, sporting Jeri-curlish locks-- rapping, changing records on turntable, scratching rather remedially. MS Doctor D rapping something called the "Round the House Get Down" while DJ Hollywood wipes sweat away, waves massive arms in the air, complements the rap; Dr. D skips off, allowing Hollywood to pick up the rap, but the Dr. D returns to rap about a girl who likes to freak-- ah, "the freak of the week." Good footage of rap in its formative (teenage) years.
Master 1804 - Tape 1 Slow motion high angle MSs white cowboy riding bull at rodeo. TLSs spectators at indoor rodeo. MS cowboy riding Brahmin bull, rider falling off. MS cowboy wrestling calf, bringing it down violently. Low angle TLS ribbons, banners & flags hanging from rafters. Quick MS white cowgirl in sequined blue & white outfit on white steed passing cam.
Traveling shot of bleak Australian Outback. MS/CUs Aborigine man wearing jeans and hat creating painstaking Aboriginal painting, numerous bugs buzzing about him.
Master 1777 - Tape 2 Low angle panning LS buzzard (vulture) flying in sky, tilt down to TLS white male cowboy riding horse through semi-arid desert marked by cactus and chaparral. Like a cheap, forgotten Western; tilt up to two vultures circling in sky.
Train speeding past. CU of feet. A young woman walks barefoot near the railroad tracks. She is wearing jeans & a t-shirt. CU of a patch on the back pocket of her jeans. She talks about the bad experiences she has had with men (physical abuse & psychological abuse). She can not talk to her parents.
More harvesting lettuce & celery. Great panning MS Hispanic migrant labor crating Romaine lettuce in field, using conveyor crating machine. MS celery traveling on conveyor. Great MS worker harvesting celery in field. MS celery traveling along conveyor in factory, white workers sifting through wet fresh produce. TLS workers placing wood support slats on corners of flatbed truck on which are stacked numerous crates of produce. CUs worker harvesting celery. MSs young white men wearing white t-shirt, blue jeans or khakis using steel claws to move bushels. MS/CUs banded celery ready for sale. MS workers watching washed celery traveling on conveyor. Great DOF MS field labor picking through celery stalks traveling on conveyor in field. MS/TLSs Hispanic men (migrant labor) crating celery in field, loading wood crates onto truck. Panning LS sprawling produce field, laborers picking celery. Rear view MS male worker wearing dark blue jeans w/ rolled cuffs picking large celery stalks from field. TLSs Latino men picking & packing celery in field. MSs Hispanic men wearing pith helmets, khaki uniforms while using machetes to cut base of celery stalks in field. MS harvested celery being stacked in field. (LB-13)
Master 1825 - Tape 1 LS American Quarter horse herd grazing in semi-arid pasture, American Southwest. MSs buckish colt. Panning TLS colt & horse racing in field. LSs cowboys riding horses over ridge, then down into dusty valley, spooking the herd. TLS horse herd being rustled through gate, into ranch. TLSs cowboys riding horses through herded horses in corral. TLS cowboy wrestling colt to ground; MSs cowboy soothing, petting wrestled colt; colt is inoculated, released. MS colt rejoining spotted mare in corral. TLS horse herd leaving ranch, walking through gate. Nice TLS/MSs horse standing on rock ledge overlooking horse herd in valley. LS cowboys on horseback wrangling horse herd. MS horse bucking in corral. MS/TLSs colt bucking in corral, trying to release lasso around snout; TLS/MSs cowboy struggling w/ rakish colt. Nice low angle TLS horse herd walking past cam. TLS colt & mare in corral, horses passing in FG. MS two American Quarter horse colts in pasture. MCU three horses grazing. MS horse grazing, colt laying in grass, then standing up. TLS/LSs horses grazing. MS/CUs horses grazing. Tilting TLS horse herd running from dusty corral on ranch. Panning TLS horse herd kicking up dust, entering corral. MS/TLSs horses drinking water from trough. TLSs colt bucking, kicking, running around mare, then nursing. Panning TLS horses exiting stable barn; rear view TLS horses exiting stable. TLS/MSs horses grazing. MS mare nursing colt outside barn. Panning TLS horse herd running through pasture. MS white man warming, heating up branding iron over fire at ranch. TLS ranch hand branding haunches of American Quarter horse. MS branding. TLSs horse herd grazing in grassy pasture.
Master 1825 - Tape 1 Panning LS cowboy riding white horse through hilly field. TLS white male cowboy riding white horse while holding rifle; cowboy slows horse, which bucks in response, then cowboy fires weapon. TLS bad cowboy rolling along roof after being shot. MS white male cowboy running cautiously to corner of building, peeking around, being shot at. MS burly cowboy in black hat leaning out window with revolver.
Master 1825 - Tape 1 TLSs white male cowboy riding bucking horse (bronc) in wood stall at ranch. MSs cowboy dismounting horse, removing saddle carefully, loosening ropes & bridle, all the while talking to animal.
Master 1482 - Tape 1 Excellent TLS children playing on blacktop in schoolyard during recess, two white boys wearing blue jeans cuffed at the leg, plaid shirts, slicked hair running in FG. LS two white boys playing basketball, tetherball crossing frame in FG, African-American (black) girls running around building in BG. An integrated elementary school. TLS white boys playing with ball on blacktop playground. Very 1950s.
Master 1486 - Tape 1 TLS Southwestern-styled rural brick house (cabin) with chimney & two paned windows. (22-1) TLS rustic shack with stove pipe emerging from flattop roof and sparse vegetation in even more sparse yard, American Southwest. Poor, economics. (22-2) TLS rustic shack, archetypal white male cowboy wearing blue denim clothing while riding American Quarter horse into frame from FG; cowboy dismounts from blond mane steed, hitches horse to post, enters compound. (22-2)
Master 1486 - Tape 1 Scenic LS silhouette of cowboy riding horse through river during sunset, sun hiding behind mountains in far distance, colorful clouds in vastness overhead. Americana.
Master 1486 - Tape 2 Bronc riding competition at rodeo in Salinas, California. Very colorful material. TLS green Gate 13 being opened, young white man wearing blue jeans light blue shirt with white straw cowboy hat while riding bucking bronco horse; horse bucks the holy heck out of the rider shortly after time start, man falling ignominiously-- and painfully-- to the hard dirt. TLS Gate 14 being opened, young white male rider wearing bright yellow shirt, blue jeans, black cowboy hat while riding bucking bronc; good, long though violent ride, mounted officials coming to his aid after 8 seconds, but the bronc tosses rider to ground before they can assist him. Excellent TLS white male rider & bronc emerging from Gate 2, gorgeous mountains in BG; successful ride, officials coming to help rider off, but rider jumps off, walks away. Great TLS Gate 3 opening, men trying to tug horse out of gate, finally coaxing the beast & rider out; long, successful ride, horse bucking violently to camera, rider hanging on. Panning TLS rider and bronc emerging from gate 4; another successful ride, rider leaping off at end. TLS Gate 5 being opened, bronc & rider emerging with quick start; rider holds on, rides by spectator stands. TLS Gate 7 being opened, horse & rider busting out quickly; another successful ride by the spectator stands. TLS Gate 8 being opened, rider of smaller horse (looks like a mustang, almost) emerging, riding; officials assist man, who leaps off, walks away from successful ride-- love those chaps, mack!
Master 1862 - Tape 1 Low angle LS All-American Soap Box Derby track bridge and empty racetrack, Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio; young white boy wearing red t-shirt, cuff-rolled blue jeans, and white sneakers literally marches from beneath bridge & toward camera, passing by. Panning low angle MS/TLS boy walking along empty racetrack, passing camera.
Traveling MS white boy inspecting Elk's Lodge of Santa Ana, CA, soap box car, All-American Soap Box Derby, Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Rear view MS white men lifting & taking away purple torpedo-shaped boxcar, carrying it through crowd. Rear view traveling shot white boy wearing red & black striped shirt & cuffed blue jeans while walking through crowd comprised mostly of boxcar drivers outside Derby Downs; kid walks against the flow of traffic, one inattentive fella getting in cameraman's way. Nice rear view TLS/LS boy walking, then running along broken traffic line, empty racetrack. MS boy walking across frame. Panning MS boy's feet as he walks along broken yellow line, tilt up to rear view TLS boy walking, empty racetrack. LS boy walking from Top Side entrance gate, through empty parking lot, toward camera.
Rear view TLSs white boy wearing striped red & black shirt with cuffed blue jeans walking onto starting line, passing beneath gate, traveling onto empty racetrack, Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Nice high angle LS boy sitting in empty bleachers, post-event garbage (debris, refuse) littering stands. Panning MS/TLS boy walking to starting line, kneeling down into crouch, then pretending to be a boxcar racer, taking off running down empty racetrack. MS Soap Box Derby sign on overhanging gate, tilt down to boy walking to cam, passing. H/a MS standing on littered bleachers, then walking out of frame. Tilting h/a LS boy walking along empty racetrack, empty bleachers lining track.
LS three soap box cars racing, crossing finish line, competing in All-American Soap Box Derby, Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Panning TLSs white boy wearing red shirt, cuffed blue jeans while walking past red, white, and blue painted picket fence, heading toward Top Side service pits, cars passing in FG. LS/TLS main entrance to Top Side, cars passing through gates. High angle LS boxcar drivers marching, carrying flags noting their local affiliation. Panning LS/TLSs boxcars racing, competing, crossing finish line.
MS/CUs entertainer and motor sports enthusiast DICK SMOTHERS wearing trippy red, white & blue racing helmet, sunglasses, white racing suit while talking with actor and fellow motor sports enthusiast JAMES GARNER -- wearing nifty sunglasses, white butterfly collar dress shirt, dark blue jeans and smoking filtered cigarette -- in pits during Pro-Am race at Ontario Motor Speedway outside Los Angeles, California.
Panning TLS white man wearing white safety helmet riding motorcycle beside white Mercedes-Benz car on busy street, coming to stop in traffic. MS young white man sporting muttonchop sideburns, blue flight jacket, blue jeans while stopped in traffic on Norton motorcycle, lady-friend on back. Panning MSs young white man wearing white t-shirt, dark blue jeans, long sideburns while riding Triumph motorcycle with young white woman on back.
MSs heavy ice encrusting tree branches, limbs in West Texas. TLS setting sun behind tree, mound of snow near base. TLS car driving along unpaved, slightly snowy road. MS windshield wipers crossing snowy windshield of car parked by side of road, tree in BG. TLS three white men, three bulky 1970s cars on street-- cleaning snow from cars, jump-starting another ride. High angle LSs cars traveling along snowy rural highway. Panning TLS white man walking, slipping, sliding, having fun on icy road. Panning TLS elderly white man wearing dark colored overcoat, hat, pants while walking gingerly, crossing street. LS/TLSs scenic winter streets, residential arterial roads. MS white man lifting hood of car outside house. TLSs snow-covered trees, fields, creek. MCU snowman holding lily or tulip on college campus. TLS/MS young white woman with long blond hair, beige overcoat, dark-colored bell bottom blue jeans while throwing snowballs at camera on college campus.
Tape 21 - Part 2 CU of hands sifting water through a gold pan. MS prospector crouched on riverbank with gold pan in the water. CUs dirty fingers holding a small nugget of gold. CUs of prospector sifting water through his gold pan. MS hand holding a gold nugget. Slightly elevated MS of prospector crouched at riverbank with his gold pan. CUs water being sifted through a gold pan. MS prospector in river with gold pan. CU gold pan as water is sifted through the river sediment that has been collected.
See catalog #524449 for similar footage. Master 1832 - Tape 1 TLS small group of pedestrians crossing the street. MS two attractive young women walking up to the "Golden Nugget" sign on the building facade. TLS three young women strolling. MS sign reading "Rex Bell's". TLS the three women being greeted by cowboy Rex Bell with wide cuffed jeans. MS Rex Bell talking to the women. CU Rex Bell. MS Rex talking to women. Nice TLS three attractive women lounging and chatting while dressed in bathing suits. CUs each of the women. MS two men conversing (director and choreographer). Several TLSs and CUs of young women parading for the men during a casual audition, great look at fashion and hair styles of the late 1940's. MSs of women chatting and showing off their clothing.
Family in Yard United States CU Group of adults - two men and two women in various casual clothing - sit outdoors. There is a small garden and trees in the background. The woman in the center of the screen is wearing a short-sleeved blue plaid dress (typical 1940s fashion) and the men wear blue button-down shirts and slacks or jeans. The other woman is relatively obscured, but she wears a dark blue outfit (most likely a dress). The woman in the blue plaid dress opens a small present (package? birthday party?). A little girl (toddler, c. age 2) in a white dress and dark, curly hair comes running up to the woman and the woman shows the item to the small child. The woman breaks off a portion of the gift and hands it to the man on her right. He places the item in his left pocket (keeping it away from the small child?).
Slightly angled TLS block of residential/suburban houses with long stretch of white picked fence, a young boy rides his green tricycle on sidewalk toward camera as his dog runs alongside, shot continues with a young woman in cuffed jeans and ponytail walking toward camera with two brown paper grocery bags in her arms.
GV families standing in line, many are dressed in western wear including: cuffed blue jeans, cowboy boots & cowboy hats. Rear MS of two young boys kneeling on the ground using a bench as a table while they eat their BBQ lunch, they turn to look at the camera. GV folks standing in line, the crowd consists of both Caucasian and Hispanic families. MS young boy holding a plate of food. GV man & woman seated at picnic table eating food. TLS people standing in line, a huge sign behind them reads "L.M. Lockhart - We Sell Everything". LS concession stand reading "L.M. Lockhart - We Sell Everything", people carry plates of food away from the building. MS baby seated in buggy crying while a bright red purse rests in the front basket, a male hand w/wrist watch enters the frame to sooth the baby.
Panning MSs bushy-haired young white man wearing denim jacket and blue jeans while riding Triumph motorcycle along street; pulls beside several bikes parked on street, parks bike, then pulls away.
MS young white man sporting handlebar moustache, dark sunglasses, denim jacket and blue jeans while seated on motorcycle, talking with young white man wearing headband, ugly striped shirt & blue jeans standing on curb. MS young white men wearing fisherman's cap, blue jeans, eyeglasses while seated on Norton street bike motorcycle stopped at traffic light. Panning TLSs young white men riding motorcycles along bustling L.A. streets, most with safety helmets and passengers.
MS three men standing while wearing cowboy hats, white t-shirts & blue jeans. MS charger pulling into pit. GV VW Bug charger pulling from pit in desert. MS pit crew tightening wheel. TLS silhouetted trucks on desert cliff as sun sets on the horizon, zoom out to LS.
Pedestrians on the street in Lansing, Michigan. Most people wearing blue jeans.
Kids Playing Baseball in Driveway MSs young boy in white sweatshirt & blue jeans up to bat, taking several swings. MS boy in white sweatshirt hitting the ball, he runs to first base. GV kids playing baseball in residential driveway, boy up to bat swings high & misses, boy playing catcher is taking his job seriously & ready for anything.
Several MSs boy watches for the pitch & takes the swing, the ones he misses are returned by a second boy dressed in a very similar fashion of flannel & cuffed denim jeans, in the last shot the boy finally gets a run to 1st base. MSs as young woman take a shot at batting.
MS young Caucasian man riding motorcycle, weaving his way through heavy automobile traffic, using hand signal to turn left. MS young Caucasian man riding motorcycle along freeway ramp, he is dressed in blue jeans & denim coat, his shoulder length hair is seen coming out from under a yellow/green knit cap (hat), he wears lightly tinted sunglasses. Tracking MS through chain-link fence of Caucasian man dressed in blue jeans, denim vest & thin headband riding motorcycle with closed fist in the air. GV three men riding motorcycles in group, two wear white helmets. Tracking MS young Caucasian man riding by on orange bike, he looks like the student type dressed in blue jeans, grey sweatshirt, hat & khaki bag on his back. GV tracking two Caucasian men on one bike, riding with automobile traffic. Tracking MS of cool leather fringe couple riding together on one bike.
School Children Crossing Street MS group of school children facing away from camera, waiting to cross the street. GV kids crossing the street, girls seen walking bikes, an elderly male crossing guard stands in the intersection wearing a bright yellow jacket and cap.
Kids Playing Baseball MS profile of young boy in t-shirt & blue jeans winding-up & pitching. GV kids playing baseball in residential driveway, boy drops bat & runs the makeshift bases. MSs young boy in white sweatshirt & blue jeans up to bat, taking several high swings & missing the ball. MS profile boy in t-shirt pitching. MS boy in sweatshirt running toward camera carrying bat & glove, he tosses the glove & steps up to bat. MCU baseball bat capped w/leather glove leaning against house, boy runs into frame grabbing his gear, pan out to GV as the boy runs across the lawn with his bat & glove, cool 1950's era car seen parked in the street.
MS young boy in flannel shirt & denim jeans running into frame, picking up baseball bat. Several MSs boy concentrating very hard as watches for the pitch & takes the swing, the ones he misses are returned by a second boy dressed in a very similar fashion of flannel & cuffed denim jeans, in the last shot the boy finally gets a run to 1st base.
MS people crossing street on a hot summer day, woman walks with her two young sons - one is in a stroller - the other is shirt-less and wearing shorts, they are followed by women in casual day dresses, 1950s era cars seen passing in BG. MS people crossing street on hot summer day, rear view of woman in rolled jeans holding hand of her young son dressed in shorts, two older women in skirts & wide rim sun hats walks toward camera - one eating an ice-cream cone, 1950s era cars & trucks passing in BG.
RANCH GV old delivery truck parked in front of rural home, man wearing fedora hat and woman in denim pants (jeans) approach the property.
Woman in Parking Lot - Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. MCU/MS young woman dressed in white t-shirt & jeans posing in front of red pick-up truck. MS woman standing on platform (camera mount) attached to front of truck. Woman is part of the film crew, shots are most likely camera tests.
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. MSs man (head purposefully framed out) wearing gray sweatshirt, blue jeans, loading grocery bags from metal shopping cart into trunk of red Chevy Blazer in parking lot of grocery store.
Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. Great (but strange) MSs prototypical male Texan wearing red & black flannel shirt, blue jeans, sunglasses, pinchfront straw cowboy hat, and sporting a pronounced beer gut practicing Tai Chi beside quaint river (talent released).
