Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles. Lifestyles of the 1920s: daredevils, aerial antics, barnstorming, flappers, amusement parks, Miss America pageant, Boy Scouts, children at play.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
DO NOT USE Opening Titles Still of three flappers in swimsuits posing on beach.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
Excellent montage of men & women performing daredevil stunts: two flappers wearing overalls & high heels dance atop covered steamstack; another flapper dances the Charleston while riding on biplane in flight; man is blindfolded, scales skyscraper building; barefoot man in tank top does one-armed handstand on ledge high above busy city street; MS man sitting in precariously balanced chair stacked onto another chair high above city; great shot of man balancing atop building billboard, large American flag billowing in wind in BG; man walks on stilts on steel beam over city; great montage of cars & motorcycles being driven through burning walls, into water hazards or through debris; biplane is flown into a small house; cars leap over other cars or buildings, only to crash or flip splendidly. Barnstorming and other reckless behavior meant to cheat death.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
Great, wacky montage of people aboard crazy amusement rides at Coney Island: Over the Top roller coaster, scaled-down locomotive, fun-looking spinning top that hurtles riders off and over side of ride, the Human Pool Table, etc. LS beachgoers tanning on beach; LS crowd gathered by water.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
The first Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1921: TLSs contestants in short knee-length skirts, swimsuits, strutting their stuff on boardwalk; MS two horny old white men passing binoculars; MS winners drinking out of trophy cups, offering the camer randy glances; MS Miss Pennsylvania posing atop building, skyscrapers in BG; CU Miss Pennsylvania removing hat, showing off bobbed haircut-- ah, the flapper look.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
DO NOT USE Stills and illustrations of flappers modeling the fashion of the day. Illustrations of flappers & college boys of the day (flaming youth). Stills of suburban communities. Stills & illustrations of the interiors of suburban homes (life at home).
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
TLSs two men driving a Ford Model A to the woods for a camping excursion; MSs taking supplies from built-in storage cabinet on car, pouring coffee, setting up grill, cooking; the men go so far as to use the car as a tent. Excellent montage of Boy Scouts of America troop roughing it out in the woods: MS Boy Scout blowing bugle, American flag unfurled behind him; TLSs Scouts setting up tent, camp; CU Scouts starting fire by rubbing two sticks together; MS/CUs Scouts cooking over campfire; CU happy Scout eating sandwich; TLS Scouts swimming in lake; MS two Scouts practicing first aid on drowning victim. Great TLS uniformed Boy Scout leading a mother & her kids across a busy intersection. TLS Boy Scouts marching in parade, armed with musical instruments & the American flag. Good MS/TLSs white boys playing baseball in sandlot. TLS steady stream of white kids sliding down log slide at playground; TLS/MSs kids swinging on swings & rings.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
DO NOT USE Stills.
Focus on the 20s - Lifestyles
DO NOT USE End Credits