- Title: F-6641
- Summary: THE TOWN THAT CAME BACK: MEMBERS OF A 4-H CLUB IN A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN RALLY AND REBUILD ABANDONED SCHOOLHOUSE. YOUTH PROGRAMS. YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. SOCIAL CIVIC CLUBS. COMMUNITY SERVICE.
- Description:01:00:40 - POV OF CAR DRIVING ON RURAL ROAD. WOMAN IN CAR DRIVING. PULLS UP TO ABANDONED HOUSE. WAVES TO SCHOOL BUS DRIVING BY. QUEEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 01:01:34 - WOMAN GOES INTO HOUSE. BROKEN WINDOWS. OLD BROKEN FURNITURE. PLAYS ABANDONED OLD PIANO. 01:02:15 - MAN IN DOORWAY LISTENS. COMES IN, TALKS TO WOMAN 01:02:32 - PAN ABANDONED OLD SCHOOLHOUSE. 01:02:50 - MAN PUMPS WATER PUMP. WOMAN TALKS TO TWO TOWNSMEN. 01:03:37 - PAN EXTERIOR ABANDONED OLD SCHOOL HOUSE 01:04:02 - 1950s CAR PULLS UP TO BARN. FARMER & SON CARRY POTATO SACKS. MAN TALKS TO FARMER AND SON. FARMER SHARPENS FARMING IMPLEMENT WHILE TALKING TO MAN 01:04:43 - WOMAN LEANS ON CAR TALKING TO DRIVER 01:05:12 - LADY PEELING POTATOES IN KITCHEN TALKING TO WOMAN STIRRING CUP OF TEA. DAUGHTER LISTENS IN BACKGROUND. 01:05:50 - EXTERIOR, NIGHT, FAMILY LEAVES HOME. FARMER TENDS PREGNANT COW. PREPARES TO DELIVER CALF. ROLLS UP SHIRT SLEEVES 01:06:34 - 4-H CLUB MEETING, 1950s. YOUTH PROGRAMS PEOPLE IN THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE. HUSBAND ARRIVES LATE, GESTURES TO HIS WIFE EVERYTHING A-OK, COW GAVE BIRTH. SHE SMILES. VOTING FOR CLUB PRESIDENT. 01:07:48 - EVERYBODY STANDS. RECITE THE 4-H PLEDGE 01:08:04 - ARRIVING LATE, FARMER TAKES OFF HAT, WITH TWO SONS, WAIT AT DOOR GROUP TO FINISH PLEDGE 01:08:17 - 4-H MEMBERS AT TABLE FILLED WITH FOOD. SERVED REFRESHMENTS. 01:08:29 - MEN SHAKE HANDS. SONS LOOK ON. 01:08:45 - SHY LITTLE GIRL SHAKING HER HEAD. 01:09:06 - PEOPLE EATING. COMMUNITY MEETING. MEN LOOK OUT WINDOW AT THE SOUND OF THUNDER 01:09:25 - MAN PLAYS PIANO, EVERYBODY SINGS "SWANEE RIVER" TWO FATHERS FEED THEIR CHILDREN. FATHER BOTTLE FEEDS BABY 01:09:55 - MAN TOUCHES HIS HEAD, RAIN DROPS FALL ON HIS HEAD. LEAKY CEILING. RAIN COMES INTO SCHOOLHOUSE ALL OVER FLOOR & CUPCAKES. 01:10:25 - COMMUNITY MEMBERS FIXING UP SCHOOLHOUSE, NAILING SHINGLES, CUTTING WEEDS. MEN ON LADDER PAINTING. WASHING WINDOWS. REMOVING BROKEN GLASS. 01:11:30 - BOY ON HORSE GALLOPS ACROSS FIELD. JUMPS OFF IN FARM YARD, BOY FEEDING SHEEP. 01:12:13 - CHILDREN GIRLS CUTTING OUT PATTERNS. MOTHER SUPERVISES. HOME ECONOMICS LESSON. TEACHING GIRLS HOW TO SEW. 1950;S SEWING MACHINE. 01:12:30 - MAN LEADS COW OUT OF BARN. TEEN BRUSHING COW. 01:12:56 - KIDS BY TRACTOR. BOYS LEARNING HOW TO FIX IT. 01:13:20 - GIRLS WEAVING BASKETS. OLDER GIRL SHOWS YOUNGER HOW TO WEAVE. BASKET WEAVING. CRAFTS 01:14:12 - BOY CARRIES BUCKET OF WATER. TEENS ASK MEN TO GIVE UP SEAT ON PARK BENCH. KIDS PAINTING PARK BENCH. MAN LOOKS OUT OF LUNCHEONETTE WINDOW. MUFF'S LUNCH. TEENS FIXING UP PUBLIC PARK. ADULTS PAUSE TO WATCH. 01:14:57 - LS OF CHILDREN AT TOP OF HILL ACROSS FIELD. 01:15:11 - PEOPLE AT SMALL TOWN CHURCH. BOY READING ALOUD FROM BIBLE. GIRL PRAYING AT ALTAR. CONGREGATION SINGING HYMN FROM HYMN BOOK. PROTESTANT CHURCH. 01:16:44 - WHEAT FIELD BLOWING IN THE WIND. PAN UP TO TREES & SKY. 01:17:08 - KIDS WASHING COW. GROOMING COWS 01:17:31 - CHILDREN SHOWING THEIR COWS, COUNTY FAIR. A LOT OF COWS. CATTLE. COUNTY FAIR. SMALL TOWN FUN. SACK RACE. WATERMELON EATING CONTEST. MEN IN OVERALLS RUNNING. MERRY-GO-ROUND. AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES. KIDS SITTING ON BELL. MARCHING BAND. KIDS BLOWING BUBBLE GUM. SQUARE DANCING. CHILDREN WATCHING. BOY PULLING COW'S TAIL. 01:19:50 - BOY RINGS FIRE BELL. GETTING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. 01:20:04 - HUGE FIRE AT NIGHT. POLICEMAN. TOWNSPEOPLE CONSOLE OLD MAN UPSET THAT HIS BARN BURNED. HAND ON MAN'S SHOULDER 01:21:29 - PEOPLE PUTTING UP WALL. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. RAISING BARN WALL. EVERYBODY IN TOWN HELPS TO BUILD A NEW BARN. WOMEN SERVING FOOD. HAPPY MAN. BOY NAILING WITH HAMMER. BARN RAISING 01:23:27 - TOWNSPEOPLE PRAYING AT DEDICATION OF BARN. TABLE FILLED WITH FOOD. "IT WAS MORE THAN A MEAL, IT WAS A SOCIAL EVENT." PEOPLE EATING. FARMERS IN COVERALLS 01:24:40 - PAN OPENS FIELDS. LS LONE HORSE GRAZING 01:24:58 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-6641