- Title: SC-54
- Summary: A FAMILY PORTRAIT:
- Description:01:27:53 - NEW YORK CITY 01:27:56 - SMALL TOWN TRAFFIC 01:27:59 - SMALL TOWNSHIP IN NEW ENGLAND AREA 01:28:01 - STATUE OF LIBERTY 01:28:11 - BRIDGE 01:28:17 - OLD FASHIONED COLONIAL TYPE HOUSES 01:28:21 - COWS IN THEIR PEN 01:28:25 - FACTORY ON A SHINY, QUAINT POND 01:28:27 - BUILDING IN CITY 01:28:30 - APARTMENT HOUSES 01:28:33 - STATUE OF GORDON ON HORSE WITH IMPRESSIVE BUILDING IN B/G 01:28:34 - OFFICE BUILDINGS 01:28:36 - QUIET TOWN 01:28:39 - BIGGER CITY 01:28:46 - BELL TOWER WITH CLOCK THAT SAYS "9 O'CLOCK" 01:29:17 - BIG BUILDING 01:29:19 - GATES OPEN FOR BIG BUILDING 01:29:23 - LOW SHOT OF BIG BUILDING 01:29:42 - BIG FRONT DOOR OF BIG BUILDING 01:29:50 - CAMERA TRACKING IN TOWARD STATUE 01:30:05 - CU OFFICE DOOR. SAYS "CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS" 01:30:10 - OLD COOT OF A BUSINESSMAN SITS BEHIND DESK AND SPEAKS TO CAMERA. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICES & BUILDING 01:30:49 - LEROY A. LINCOLN (PRESIDENT OF COMPANY) SITS BEHIND DESK AND SPEAKS TO CAMERA 01:31:42 - MAP OF THE USA ANIMATED 01:31:57 - MAP OF USA WITH FOOTAGE OF CROWD OF PEOPLE CUT INTO IT. MANY TYPES OF CROWDS ARE SHOWN 01:32:16 - CONGRESS APPLAUDS 01:32:18 - FOOTBALL GAME 01:32:21 - COURTROOM SCENE 01:32:27 - BRICK LAYERS 01:32:33 - SCHOOL TEACHER IN CLASSROOM POINTING AT MAP OF BLACK BOARD 01:32:35 - WORKERS PLACE OLD SINK IN CABINET 01:32:38 - NURSE TENDS TO SICK WOMAN IN BED, WORRIED HUSBAND LOOKS 01:32:41 - BARBER, MAN IN BARBER'S CHAIR GETS HAIRCUT 01:32:46 - CU MAN ON TELEPHONE 01:32:53 - KIDS ON PLAYGROUND PLAY ON SWINGS 01:32:55 - FAMILY EATS DINNER 01:32:59 - WOMEN IN SHOE STORE, SALESMAN HELPS HER TRY ON NEW SHOES MONTAGE OF CROWDS AT WORK AND PLAY CUT INTO MAP OF AMERICA 01:33:12 - WALL OF FILE CABINETS, MANY FILE CABINETS, WOMAN SEARCHES FOR FILE IN CABINET. CU JOB APPLICATION, FILE CONTENTS 01:33:59 - HIGH ANGLE FAMILY AT BEACH MS 01:34:14 - CU HANDS GO THRU FILE CABINET 01:34:17 - POSTMAN AT FRONT DOOR HANDS WOMAN HER MAIL 01:34:40 - CU FILE CABINET, FOLDER LOOKED THROUGH. COUPLE LOOK AT LETTER, CONTENTS OF LETTER AND 01:34:50 - HAPPILY EMBRACE 01:34:56 - CU WOMEN LOOKS THRU FILE IN FILE CABINET METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE AGENT, SALESMAN 01:35:05 - VISITS FAMILY IN THEIR LIVING ROOM TO DISCUSS INSURANCE POLICY. MAN WITH BROKEN LEG RECEIVES INSURANCE CHECK FROM INSURANCE MAN 01:36:10 - COUPLE SIT ON COUCH AND CONVERSE WITH MAN IN CHAIR 01:36:11 - CITY SCENE, BUILDINGS BORDER PARK. 01:36:27 - MAP OF USA 01:37:10 - MEN IN CLASSROOM, INSTRUCTOR STANDS IN FRONT OF CHALK BOARD, BLACKBOARD 01:37:18 - SECRETARIES BEHIND BANK TELLER WINDOW, OFFICE 01:37:36 - PAN OF REGIONALLY DIVIDED UP MAP OF AMERICA 01:37:50 - MEN WORK AT DESKS IN CROWDED OFFICE 01:38:30 - COUPLE SIT ON COUCH AND HAVE CONVERSATION WITH MAN IN OVERSTUFFED CHAIR 01:38:47 - INSURANCE AGENTS WORK AT THEIR DESKS CROWDED OFFICE MEN WORK AT DESKS 01:39:11 - MEN IN CLASSROOM, TEACHER, INSTRUCTOR STANDS IN FRONT OF BLACKBOARD, DISCUSS INSURANCE POLICIES, WRITES ON BLACKBOARD. TEACHER ASKS STUDENT'S QUESTIONS 01:42:26 - BOOKLETS, LITERATURE PILES UP IN ANIMATED STOP MOTION SCENE. MAGAZINE MONTAGE. NEWSWEEK, MCCALL, FORBES, COMPANION, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CANCER PAMPHLET 01:43:21 - MS OFFICE WORKERS BUSY BEHIND DESKS MS. MAN LOOKS THRU LARGE BOOK. CU FINGER POINTS AT PAGES IN BOOK OF GRAPHS 01:44:00 - GRAPH OF PEOPLE REFLECTING BIRTH RATE DISCUSSION OF POLICY PREMIUMS, MORTGAGE RATES AND INTEREST. SHOWN THRU GRAPHS. 01:45:55 - MS OF SECRETARIES BEHIND DESKS IN OFFICE, SECRETARY POOL CU HANDS PLACE CHECK IN ENVELOPE 01:46:14 - OLD MAN WALKS THRU BANK 01:47:45 - FAST PAN OF SUBURBAN STREET, STORES, OFFICE BUILDINGS PAN UP TALL BUILDING 01:48:00 - FARM MACHINES WORK IN FIELDS, INDUSTRIAL SHOTS, MEN WORK ON FACTORY MACHINES. LABORERS. TRAIN PASSES LEFT TO RIGHT, PASSENGER TRAIN 01:48:15 - MEN LEAVE FACTORY 01:48:20 - FREIGHT TRAIN LEFT TO RIGHT 01:48:51 - CU POT ON STOVE. WOMAN SPEAKS ON TELEPHONE 01:48:58 - LINE OF TELEPHONE OPERATORS. MAN WORKS ON WIRES ON TOP OF TELEPHONE POLE 01:49:05 - TURBINES. MOLTEN STEEL POURED 01:49:26 - CHEMICAL PLANT. MONTAGE OF CALIFORNIA HOUSING PROJECTS 1940s 01:49:49 - AERIAL SHOTS OF PARKCHESTER, N.Y. IN THE BRONX, EARLY SHOTS OF HOUSING PROJECTS 01:50:01 - LINE OF WWII FIGHTER PLANES FLY IN FORMATION 01:50:03 - CANNON FIRES, BATTLESHIP FIRES, TANK ON ASSEMBLY LINE. CU SIGNING OF PEACE TREATY END OF WAR IN THE PACIFIC. MACARTHUR SIGNS PEACE TREATY ENDING WWII 01:51:00 - CU COIN WITH LARGE DOLLAR SIGN. CU OLD MORTUARY REGISTER FOR INSURANCE COMPANY 01:52:25 - COUPLE IN HORSE & BUGGY PASS LEFT TO RIGHT 01:52:38 - POSTMAN DELIVERS LETTER 01:52:52 - MEN WORK IN MAILROOM SORTING MAIL. WOMEN SORT MAIL PAN OF SECRETARY POOL 01:52:57 - CU WOMAN TYPES ON OLD FASHIONED TYPEWRITER SECRETARY POOL 01:53:54 - FLOOD WATERS, HOMES FLOODED, FLOOD WATERS RUN THRU STREET 01:53:57 - HURRICANE WINDS, PALM TREES BEND IN WIND MS WOMAN AT BACK TELLER WINDOW MONTAGE OF CUS OFFICE PEOPLE OPERATING OFFICE MACHINES 01:54:09 - BUTCHER BEHIND COUNTER AT MEAT MARKET WAITING ON WOMAN. CU FINGERS GOING THRU FILES 01:54:26 - CU WOMAN READS LETTER. SECRETARY POOL, BUSY OFFICE WOMEN WORK AT DESKS 1890s WOMAN TYPES AT VERY OLD FASHIONED TYPEWRITER MONTAGE OF 1890s GYM SCENES 01:55:00 - WOMEN DO OLD FASHIONED CALESTHENTIC EXERCISES 1940s WOMEN EXERCISE AT GYM CU DENTIST CHECKS WOMAN'S MOUTH DOCTOR EXAMINES PATIENT WITH STETHOSCOPE NURSE IN FOREGROUND 01:55:13 - COOKS WORK IN CAFETERIA KITCHEN WOMEN ON LINE IN CAFETERIA LUNCH ROOM 01:55:24 - FEMALE CHOIR ON STAGE SING "O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL" CHRISTMAS CAROL 01:56:09 - WOMEN WORK IN OFFICE, SECRETARY POOL, OFFICE WORKERS, ENVELOPES SORTED AND STUFFED BY MACHINE 01:56:41 - BIRTHDAY PARTY. TEENAGE GIRL BLOWS OUT CANDLES OF BIRTHDAY CAKE. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 01:56:55 - CAP AND GOWN GRADUATION 01:56:55 - CU NEWLYWEDS IN LIMO, RICE THROWN IN THEIR FACES. WEDDING 01:57:05 - FAMILY COOKOUT. PICNIC 01:57:21 - MOTHER KISSES BABY. UGLY MAN BEHIND DESK TALKS ABOUT METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY'S DEDICATION TO THE POLICYHOLDER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1947
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: SC-54