- Title: VM-297
- Summary: THE TOWN: SOCIAL & CIVIC LIFE IN SMALL TOWN AMERICAN TOWN OF MADISON, INDIANA. ARTIST JOSEPH VON STERNBERG
- Description:00:30:22 - PAN BUILDINGS & TREES ALONG BANK OF RIVER. AMERICAN COUNTRYSIDE 00:30:55 - ENGLISH-TYPE TOWER WITH FLAG 00:30:59 - ITALIAN-TYPE BELL TOWER 00:31:02 - GOTHIC DOORWAY OF CHURCH 00:31:04 - EUROPEAN-TYPE SLATE ROOFS 00:31:08 - CU ANCIENT GREEK COLUMN 00:31:14 - RENAISSANCE-TYPE FOUNTAIN WITH CHERUBS 00:31:17 - ROMAN TEMPLE-TYPE BUILDING 00:31:29 - MONTAGE BUILDING WITH ENGLISH TOWER. HOUSES, SHOPS & HALL 00:31:33 - ITALIAN TOWER IS PART OF FIRE STATION 00:31:36 - FIRE TRUCK EXITS BUILDING 00:31:40 - FINANCIAL BUILDING WITH GREEK COLUMNS 00:31:47 - CHILDREN SPLASH EACH OTHER IN FOUNTAIN 00:31:55 - STEAMBOAT SAILS DOWN RIVER AMID SCENIC LANDSCAPE 00:32:07 - CU NEWSMAN AT DESK TYPES & ANSWERS PHONE 00:32:22 - CU OLD WOMAN & OLD MAN CHAT WITH DRINKS ON TABLE 00:32:33 - CU SMALL BOY IN HIGHCHAIR EATS SPAGHETTI 00:32:38 - MOTHER SERVES FOOD TO CHILDREN AT DINNER TABLE 00:32:50 - AERIAL HEART OF TOWN OF MADISON, MAIN STREET USA 00:32:54 - STATUE BUST OF JAMES MADISON 00:33:04 - FIELD OF HAYSTACKS 00:33:06 - BARN & SILO 00:33:11 - CU HANDS PICKING GRAPES 00:33:16 - MONTAGE FARMERS PICK TOBACCO LEAVES 00:33:24 - FARM WIFE CARRIES BASKET OF EGGS FROM HEN HOUSE 00:33:29 - FARMER LOADS MILK CANS ON FARM TRUCK 00:33:37 - FARMER LOADS LIVE CHICKENS IN BOXES ON CAB TOP AS WIFE LOOKS ON 00:33:42 - FARMERS HOLD OPEN MARKET IN FRONT OF COURT HOUSE 00:33:49 - FARMER FILLS BAG IN HANGING SCALE 00:33:54 - CU SCALE & FARMER WITH CHICKEN CAGES IN BKGD 00:34:04 - MONTAGE TRAFFIC ON MAIN STREET 00:34:30 - CU BOWLING BALL STRIKES PINS LEAVING ONLY ONE LEFT. BOWLING ALLEY. 00:34:32 - MEN & WOMAN ROLL BALLS DOWN ALLEYS 00:34:38 - MEN SIT AT BAR 00:34:40 - MEN WITH CUE STICKS AT POOL TABLE IN POOL HALL 00:34:42 - MEN & WOMEN LOCK HAND IN VIRGINIA REEL TYPE DANCE 00:34:45 - CU MAN WITH CIGAR MAKE MOVE ON CHECKER BOARD. PLAY CHECKERS. 00:34:48 - EXTERIOR MOVIE THEATER. LINE AT TICKET BOOTH. PEOPLE BUY TICKETS FOR MOVIE 00:34:55 - PEOPLE WATCH MOVIE IN DARK THEATER. 00:35:01 - PEOPLE AT TABLES IN CORNER DRUG STORE, SODA SHOP. MALT SHOP, DINER. WAITRESSES. 00:35:11 - TEACHER CONDUCTS SCHOOL BAND IN PARK 00:35:15 - CU YOUNG BOY & GIRL PLAYING VIOLIN 00:35:19 - BRASS SECTION BOYS & GIRLS 00:35:28 - QUIET TREE-LINED STREET 00:35:35 - MONTAGE CHURCH STEEPLES OF VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS 00:35:46 - MAN "GOING FISHIN'" WITH LONG FISH POLE ON SHOULDER 00:36:06 - STUDENT ON SCHOOL BUILDING ENTRANCE STEPS 00:36:11 - CU CLASSROOM DOOR 00:36:14 - YOUNG STUDENTS AT THEIR DESKS 00:36:21 - MALE TEACHER AT BLACKBOARD 00:36:42 - CU PAN OF ADULT STUDENTS AT THEIR DESKS 00:36:43 - MONTAGE CHILDREN DIVING OFF BOARDS & SLIDING INTO PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS 00:36:50 - CU YOUNG GIRL EXITS POOL ON LADDER AS OTHERS AWAIT THEIR TURN 00:36:52 - MONTAGE CU YOUNG SMILING GIRLS' FACES WITH WET HAIR 00:37:07 - MONTAGE YOUNG BOYS & GIRLS IN SCHOOL YARD PLAYING CHILDHOOD GAMES 00:37:12 - YOUNG GIRL PLAYS HOPSCOTCH WITH OTHERS 00:37:15 - CU YOUNG BOY SHOOTS MARBLES 00:37:17 - YOUNG GIRL LEAPS AT HOPSCOTCH & FALLS ON HER BUTT 00:37:19 - CU YOUNG BOY HITS CANDY STICK 00:37:21 - CU YOUNG KITTEN PLAYS WITH GIRLS' FINGERS 00:37:28 - CU YOUNG MAN WALKS & READS BOOK IN LIBRARY 00:37:36 - CU MAN PULLS BOOK FROM LIBRARY SHELF 00:37:41 - MONTAGE VARIOUS PEOPLE READ PENSIVELY 00:37:57 - CU YOUNG BOY PATS HEAD OF DOG WHILE READING 00:38:01 - CU YOUNG MOTHER READS BOOK AS INFANT APPEARS TO ALSO BE READING 00:38:16 - PAN LIBRARY BOOK SHELVES 00:38:29 - CU MAN PULLS PAPER FROM PRESS AND HANDS IT TO EDITOR FOR INSPECTION 00:38:38 - CU NEWSPAPER ROLLS THRU PRESS 00:38:42 - BEAUTIFUL SCENIC TOWN ON LAKESIDE 00:38:42 - GOVERNMENT COURT BUILDING WITH STONE PILLARS 00:38:52 - CU TOWN MAYOR PUFFS ON CIGAR 00:39:02 - SPECTATORS IN COURTROOM 00:39:10 - CU JUDGE PERUSES PAPERS AT HIS BENCH 00:39:11 - LAWYER STANDING IN LAW OFFICE SPEAKING 00:39:16 - CU PAN PANEL OF JURORS 00:39:34 - JUDGE CLASPS HIS HANDS & SMILES 00:39:41 - LAWYER STANDING & SPEAKING 00:39:50 - LOCAL CANDIDATE MAKE CAMPAIGN SPEECH 00:40:08 - PEOPLE LINE UP FOR CREDENTIAL CHECK AT VOTING HALL. GO INTO VOTING BOOTH 00:40:29 - SCENIC TOWN IN DISTANCE 00:40:30 - CU VARIOUS CITIZENS OF TOWN: OLDER MAN WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH, OLD LADY READING, OLDER MEN SITTING AROUND HANGING OUT 00:40:37 - FLAG POLE ATOP CASTLE TOWER 00:40:41 - TREE-LINED SIDEWALK NEXT TO PROPERTY WITH IRON FENCE 00:40:43 - TREE-LINED RESIDENTIAL STREET 00:40:47 - YOUNG WWII SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH LIBERATED EUROPEAN TOWNS TO CHEERS OF TOWNS PEOPLE 00:40:57 - PAN OF AMERICAN TOWN BY POND
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1944
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-297