- Title: F-6644
- Summary: A US COMMUNITY & ITS CITIZENS: TAKES A LOOK AT A SMALL TOWN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE LATE 1940s. AMERICANA.
- Description:00:00:18 - GLOBAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA. ZOOM IN ON NORTH-EAST BOSTON. NEW YORK 00:00:33 - TOWN OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT. SMALL TOWN AMERICA. NEW ENGLAND. CLOCK TOWER. MAIN STREET. REVOLUTIONARY ERA SOLDIER STATUE. 00:00:55 - NICE SMALL TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. BEAUTIFUL. TOWN HALL. PARK WITH LITTLE WATERFALL. 00:01:18 - MILKMAN DELIVERS MILK TO LARGE THREE STORY MIDDLE CLASS HOME. MAN RUNS 00:01:29 - CHILDREN WAKE UP. OPENS SHADE. BOY LOOKS AT MODEL HOME HE BUILT FOR CLASS ASSIGNMENT 00:01:40 - MOTHER BRINGS IN MILK BOTTLES LEFT ON STOOP. 00:01:49 - FAMILY EATS BREAKFAST. FATHER READS PAPER. MILFORD NEWS. 00:02:11 - MOTHER GOES UPSTAIRS FOR SON. MOTHER LOOKS AT MODEL BOY MADE. BOY UNDRESSES. 00:02:25 - BOY LATE FOR SCHOOL RUNS ACROSS MAIN STREET. TRAFFIC COP, MORNING RUSH. STOPS TRAFFIC FOR BOY. BOY RUNS TO SCHOOL. BOY CROSSES STREET. 00:02:49 - SCHOOL CHILDREN ARRIVING AT SMALL TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 00:02:57 - IN CLASS, GIRL WRITES ON BLACKBOARD. CU GIRL WITH HEAD IN HAND CONCENTRATING ON SCHOOL WORK. CU MOVIE CAMERA CIRCA 1948. TEACHER READS. CHILDREN AT DESKS LISTEN TO TEACHER. 00:03:22 - HISTORY OF THE TOWN. MAP OF HOW TOWN DEVELOPED. WEPAWAUG RIVER. 00:04:47 - CHILDREN PUT AWAY BOOKS AND PENCILS IN DESK. CHILDREN LEAVE SCHOOL. 00:05:10 - BUS STOPS AT BUS STOPS AND CHILDREN GET ON. 00:05:23 - AT AIRPORT. CHILDREN GO UP TO HELICOPTER. GIRL GETS SEAT BELT PUT ON. GIRL GETS RIDE IN HELICOPTER. MAN IN CONTROL TOWER FLASHES LIGHT. 00:05:36 - AERIAL OF TOWN. FLYING PAST FARM, SUN BEHIND CLOUD, POWERHOUSE ON RIVER. FACTORY WITH SMOKE STACKS. CENTER OF TOWN. TOWN HALL. GIRL HAS HAND-DRAWN MAP. RAILROAD. 00:07:50 - TRAIN GOES PAST POND. CHILDREN AT FREIGHT STATION UNLOADING SACKS FROM BOXCAR. 00:08:15 - DAIRY FARMER LOADING BACK OF TRUCK FROM LOADING DOCK. KIDS GET INTO BACK OF PICK-UP TRUCK. 00:08:48 - BOY AND DOG RUN UP TO TRUCK. KIDS VISIT DAIRY FARM. COWS. KIDS PET COWS. 00:09:33 - TRACTOR DRIVES RIGHT TOWARDS CAMERA. BOY RIDES ON BACK OF TRACTOR. IN FIELD. CUT GRASS HARVESTED FOR HAY. BALING MACHINE. BUNDLES OF HAY. HAY ON TRUCK. KIDS RUNNING IN FIELD. 00:10:32 - KIDS RUN TO TRUCK, GET IN BACK. 00:10:49 - BRICK YARD. CLAY PIT. BRICK MAKING. STEAM SHOVEL IN DISTANCE AND CU. DIGS UP CLAY. DUMP TRUCK GOES TO MOLDING MACHINE. DRYING RACKS. MAKING BRICKS. LOADING AND UNLOADING CONVEYOR BELT. ASSEMBLY LINE. PILES OF BRICKS. 00:12:21 - FARMER PAYS WITH CASH. FARMER AND BRICKMAKER SHAKING HANDS. CU MONEY EXCHANGING HANDS 00:12:36 - CU CASH REGISTER. CASHIER COUNTING CHANGE, MONEY EXCHANGING HANDS. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AT DRUGSTORE SHOPPING. GIRL WRITES THE WORD TRADE IN HER NOTEBOOK 00:12:57 - SMALL TOWN MAIN STREET USA, 1948.PRODUCE SHOPPING CENTER. BASKETS OF FRUIT. 00:13:19 - HARDWARE STORE. GENERAL STORE. SHIRTS IN STORE FRONT WINDOW. SHOE REPAIR. COBBLER. BAKERY. NEWSSTAND. BUYING AND READING NEWSPAPER. 00:14:07 - MILFORD CITIZEN. ESTABLISHED 1894. MAN PULLS UP BLINDS. PRINTING NEWSPAPER. PRINT SHOP. BOYS LEARN HOW NEWSPAPERS ARE PRODUCED. 00:15:16 - PAPER BOYS DELIVER NEWSPAPERS ON BICYCLES. BOY THROWS DOWN BIKE, RUNS UP STEPS TO THE COURT HOUSE. OPENS DOOR MARKED TOWN COURT. TAKES HAT OFF IN DEFERENCE. WATCHING AS MAN SWEARS IN TO TELL THE TRUTH...BOY IN SAILOR HAT TAKES NOTES OF COURTROOM SCENE. SWEARING IN. 00:16:04 - PAPER BOY RUNS DOWN STEPS OF THE COURT HOUSE, JUMPS ON BICYCLE, VILLAGE GREEN, ACROSS MEMORIAL BRIDGE, INTO NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:16:42 - PAPER BOY ON BICYCLE SPOTS BARN ON FIRE. SMOKE POURING OUT OF BARN. BOY RIDES UP TO FIREBOX, PULLS FIRE ALARM. 00:16:59 - CU FIRE ALARM. IN FIREHOUSE, FIREMEN SLIDE DOWN POLE, RACE TO FIRE TRUCKS. GOOD LOW ANGLE FIREMEN SLIDING DOWN POLE SHOT FROM UNDERNEATH. CU MAN TAKES STREET SHOES OFF AND QUICKLY PUTS ON FIREMEN'S BOOTS. FIREMEN UNIFORMS 00:17:24 - FIRE TRUCKS RACE OUT OF FIRE STATION. POV IN FIRE TRUCK. CU TRAFFIC COP BLOWS WHISTLE. CLEARS STREET FOR FIRE TRUCKS. ARRIVE AT FIRE. FIRE HYDRANT. PUTS OUT FIRE. HOSES. CHILDREN WATCH. CHIEF SHAKES BOYS HANDS. BOY IN SAILOR CAP WRITES CIVIC SERVICE. FIRE DEPARTMENT IN HIS NOTEBOOK 00:18:44 - IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM. CHILDREN DO THEIR COMMUNITY PRESENTATION. WATCHING FILM IN CLASS. TEACHER PULLS DOWN SCREEN. PROJECTOR. 00:19:26 - BOY DRIVES TRACTOR. ON FARM. 00:19:33 - CLAY PITS. NATURAL RESOURCE. BRICK MAKING 00:19:46 - SMALL TOWN GAS STATION. MAN TALKS ON PAY PHONE. TELEPHONE OPERATORS. 00:20:05 - CORNER DRUG STORE. SODA SHOP. DINER. KIDS EAT AND DRINK WITH STRAWS. 00:20:18 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GEOGRAPHY CLASS. WATCHING FILM. LIGHTS COME BACK ON. CLASS DISMISSED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-6644