Visual History of 1969
Visual History of 1969
Master 1793 - Tape 2 A visual history of the year 1969, narrated by Martin Agronsky. Oil spill in Santa Barbara Channel; Hurricane Camille; SS Manhattan steers through ice for Alaskan oil; the Boeing 747 is introduced; nudity in the theaters; Operation Intercept; Apollo XI & XII. It's 1969!
Visual History of 1969
Oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, Feb 1969: panning high angle TLS oily waves rolling ashore; MCU duck covered in oil; environment, pollution, oil slick. Aftermath of Hurricane Camille: aerial shot devastation, destruction; TLS/MSs homeless people sitting on cots in shelter; traveling shot destroyed commercial building.
Visual History of 1969
SS Manhattan cuts through thick ice of Northwest Passage, Sept 1969: TLS commercial oil tanker SS Manhattan sailing; MS crew leaning over rails; MS thick ice; aerial shot of SS Manhattan sailing through unencumbered waters. The birth of the Boeing 747: panning TLS 747 taxiing, newsreel cameramen filming in FG; rear view TLS passengers & crew scattered about main cabin; TLS 747 taking off.
Visual History of 1969
MS glass-encased theater poster for mistakenly pornographic foreign film, "I Am Curious (Yellow)." MS white urbanites standing in line outside theater. MS Biltmore Theater marquee advertising the musical, "Hair."
Visual History of 1969
DO NOT SELL: Photo ad from 'Hair'. MS posted bill for musical, "Geese."
Visual History of 1969
TLS/MSs Eden Theater marquee advertising musical, "Oh, Calcutta!"
Visual History of 1969
DO NOT SELL: Photo ads for "Oh, Calcutta!".
Visual History of 1969
Operation Intercept (the Nixon administration's unilateral attempt to halt the flow of drugs from Mexico into the U.S.): panning LS snarled traffic at departure terminals at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX); MS inspector looking in vase of young white man; MCU hands of white man running through sack of ground coffee; MSs Mexican soldiers cutting massive sacks of marijuana, tossing gasoline on piles, U.S. agents lighting massive pile of marijuana; LS thick smoke rising from burning pot mound.
Visual History of 1969
DO NOT SELL: Var scenes from Woodstock Festival, 1969
Visual History of 1969
Apollo XI & Apollo XII lunar missions. Apollo 11: high angle slow-motion TLS Saturn V rocket blasting off from gantry; view of distant planet earth, moon horizon in FG; CU Apollo 11 astronaut EDWIN E. ALDRIN JR (Buzz Aldrin) wearing headset in space; MS Apollo XI astronaut MICHAEL COLLINS shaving in space; subjective shot of capsule hovering over lunar surface; satellite feed of astronaut NEIL ARMSTRONG descending ladder of Eagle module, uttering famous line, "One giant leap for mankind."
Visual History of 1969
DO NOT SELL: Still photo of American flag planted on lunar surface, astronaut admiring.
Visual History of 1969
Aerial shot of U.S. Navy frogman leaping into ocean from helicopter to recover Apollo XI space capsule & astronauts; aerial shots of successful recovery mission; nice high angle MS astronaut being lifted to copter via cage; TLS Apollo XI astronauts aboard USS Hornet, waving while walking to decontamination chamber; CU Buzz Aldrin smiling; MS Neil Armstrong smiling, talking on red telephone; CU Michael Collins sporting thin moustache, nodding & smiling while talking on red phone. Apollo 12: MSs Apollo XII astronauts CHARLES CONRAD JR, ALAN BEAN, and RICHARD GORDON laughing, smiling, posing in space suits; great traveling aerial shots of pock-marked lunar surface; sideview MS Apollo 12 astronauts working in space; high angle TLS astronaut descending steps of lunar module, walking on moon. Moon missions, lunar missions, aeronautics, space exploration, NASA.