- Title: V-1410
- Summary: A THOUGHT FOR YOUR PENNIES: NEW YORK CITY, NYC. TRAIN STATION IN SUBURBS. SUBURBIA. TRAIN PULLS UP TO PLATFORM. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, LIRR? PERHAPS NEW JERSEY OR CONNECTICUT? COMMUTER, COMMUTING TO WORK. BUSINESSMAN. NEW YORK CITY NEWSSTAND. MAN BUYS NEWSPAPER. KID, BOY, CHILD KICKS OVER TRASH, GARBAGE CAN ON SIDEWALK. JUVENILE DELINQUENT. CHEST X-RAYS TAKEN. X-RAY MACHINE. DOCTOR WITH X-RAYS. HOSPITAL. BRIEF NYC STREET SCENES AT END. AERIAL.
- Description:00:22:03 - MAN, 1950s BUSINESSMAN IN OVERCOAT AND FEDORA WAVES GOODBYE AS HE LEAVES HIS SUBURBAN HOUSE, WALKS DOWN STREET IN SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN AUTUMN 00:22:11 - MAN AND OTHER COMMUTERS CONGREGATING COMING TOGETHER AT TRAIN STATION 00:22:12 - PLATFORM OF TRAIN STATION. COMMUTERS WAIT AS TRAIN PULLS IN 00:22:15 - MAN ON PLATFORM STANDS, TAPS GUM MINT OR SNACK INTO HIS HAND, PUTS IT IN HIS MOUTH 00:22:18 - STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY, BUSINESSPEOPLE WALKING ALONG 00:22:21 - MAN STOPS AT NEWSSTAND, BUYS NEWSPAPER 00:22:26 - MAN IN OFFICE, HANGS UP HIS OVERCOAT ON COAT RACK, TAKES OUT PAPER, PUTS IT INTO HIS SUIT JACKET, STROLLS AROUND TO FRONT OF DESK, SITS ON DESK AS SPEAKS TO CAMERA 00:22:42 - CU HAND HOLDING TWO PENNIES, BACK TO MAN SITTING ON DESK EXPLAINING WHY HE CONTRIBUTES EVERY DAY TO GREATER NEW YORK FUND TO KEEP NYC STRONG AND HEALTHY, HOLDS UP FINGERS TO DEMONSTRATE EASEOF SMALL CONTIBUTIONS, HOLDS UP SINGLE PENNY 00:23:27 - CU FINGER HOLDING PENNY, ONE CENT 00:23:30 - SHOT OF RED DOOR OF CHILDRENS SERVICES 00:23:32 - INT CHILDRENS SERVICES. WOMAN WITH BABY SPEAKS TO WOMAN WITH CLIPBOARD. SHOTS OF BABY IN WOMANS ARMS, WOMAN CONSIDERING ADOPTION 00:24:08 - DOCTORS EXAMINING ROOM. DOCTOR AND NURSE EXAMINE BABY, STETHOSCOPE 00:24:14 - WOMAN HOLDS BABY, PLAYS WITH HIM BEFORE GIVING HIM BOTTLE, BABY WITH BOTTLE 00:24:34 - YOUNG BOY SITS DOWN AT THE RIVERFRONT 00:24:47 - BOY KICKS OVER GARBAGE CAN, JUVENILE DELINQUENT, WALKS OUT OF STORE HAVING STOLEN, SHOPKEEP COMES OUT AND YELLS AT HIM, CHASES HIM, BOY THROWS STOLEN OBJECT AT HIM AS HE FLEES 00:24:56 - CU SIGN COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 00:24:58 - COUPLE IN OFFICE TALKING TO WOMAN ABOUT THEIR DELINQUENT SON 00:25:10 - SHOT OF MOTHER, VO ABOUT HER RESPONSIBILITY 00:25:18 - SHOT OF FATHER, VO ABOUT HIS RESPONSIBILITY 00:25:26 - SHOT OF WOMAN, SOCIAL WORKER, COUNSELOR 00:25:34 - COUPLE IN SOCIAL WORKERS OFFICE 00:25:41 - OLD PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCHES 00:26:02 - OLD PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY CENTER WORKING ON CRAFTS AND SUCH 00:26:08 - OLD MAN PAINTS 00:26:12 - OLD MAN WITH WELDING FLAME, WELDING 00:26:16 - OLDER FOLKS PAINTING 00:26:18 - OLDER GENTLEMAN SCULPTING 00:26:20 - BARBER CUTS GENTLEMANS HAIR 00:26:28 - BLACK GIRL SITS ON STEPS OF BUILDING LOOKING MISERABLE, WATCHES PEOPLE GO BY JEALOUSLY, WHITE GIRL WITH GROUP OF CHILDREN STOPS, INVITES GIRL TO GO WITH THEM, GROUP WALKS OFF TOGETHER 00:26:51 - SIGN HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT 00:26:53 - INT SETTLEMENT HOUSE. WOMAN SHAKES BLACK GIRLS HAND. MAKING NEW FRIENDS. TAKES OFF COAT TO JOIN GROUP 00:27:05 - GROUP OF CHILDREN SITTING AT PIANO, WELCOME NEW GIRL TO SING WITH THEM 00:27:13 - CHILDREN SINGING 00:27:38 - FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF GIRL ON NIGHTSTAND, PAN OVER TO SAME GIRL NOW BEDRIDDEN BY POLIO 00:27:52 - AWNING OF INSTITUTE FOR CRIPPLED AND DISABLED 00:27:56 - YOUNG WOMAN ON EXAMINING TABLE, DOCTOR EXAMINES HER 00:28:00 - SPECIALIST FITTING GIRL FOR BRACES 00:28:07 - ANOTHER SPECIALIST TRAINING GIRL TO UTILIZE HER HANDS, SORTING PAPERS 00:28:10 - GIRL LOWERING HERSELF INTO WHEELCHAIR 00:28:12 - OLDER WOMAN SUPERVISING GIRL SORTING FILE CARDS 00:28:14 - CHILDREN VICTIMS OF POLIO PLAYING PING PONG 00:28:24 - DINING ROOM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIGN, PAN DOWN TO EMPTY TABLE 00:28:30 - SIGN IN HOSPITAL FLASHING NUMBERS, PAN DOWN TO FAMILY WAITING ANXIOUSLY IN HOSPITAL WAITING AREA 00:28:39 - WOMAN IN OXYGEN TENT 00:28:49 - HOSPITAL ROOM, NURSE SERVING PATIENTS FOOD 00:28:56 - WOMAN LYING IN HOSPITAL BED, DRINKS WATER 00:29:06 - VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION SIGN ON DOOR, WOMAN WALKS UP, OPENS DOOR TO FIND WOMAN BEHIND DESK, ENTERS OFFICE 00:29:10 - WOMAN BEHIND DESK SMILES IN GREETING AS WOMAN WALKS UP, SORTS PAPERS, HANDS HER THE CASE SHELL BE WORKING ON 00:29:16 - INT HOME, NURSE SHOWS FAMILY HOW TO PREPARE HOME FOR MOTHERS ARRIVAL WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF HOSPITAL. FAMILY PUTS CHAIR BY SINK FOR WASHING DIHSES. 00:29:26 - VISITING NURSE TAKES WOMANS TEMPERATURE, POT OF WATER BROUGHT OVER 00:29:40 - EMPLOYEES BEING GIVEN CHEST X-RAYS. FIRST MAN IN UNDERSHIRT HELPED TO MACHINE BY NURSE. OTHER MEN WAIT THEIR TURN. JOKING, COCKY EXPRESSIONS. NEXT MAN HELPED INTO MACHINE 00:30:04 - DOCTOR EXAMINES X-RAYS, POINTS AT X-RAY WITH PENCIL 00:30:23 - MAN IN DOCTORS OFFICE WITH HIS X-RAY ON DISPLAY. DOCTOR GENTLY EXAMINES HIM. MAN SHAKES HEAD IN DISBELIEF 00:30:28 - MAN IN HOSPITAL BED. NURSE HELPS MAN SETTLE HIMSELF, TAKES HIS TEMPERATURE 00:30:50 - CU FINGERS HOLDING PENNY, ONE CENT 00:30:54 - MAN SITTING AT DESK IN HIS OFFICE TALKING ABOUT GREATER NEW YORK FUND, FLIPS PENNY & CATCHES IT, PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AS HE TALKS 00:31:22 - CU FINGER ON PAGE POINTING OUT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THE FUND HELPS 00:31:55 - MAN SITTING AT DESK SPEAKING, HOLDS LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THE FUND HELPS FOR EMPHASIS 00:32:07 - CU PENCIL WRITING ON PAPER. DOING EQUATION OF HOW MUCH HIS CONTRIBUTION HELPS 00:32:19 - STREETS OF NYC WITH PEOPLE WALKING 00:32:27 - AERIAL NYC STREET, PEDESTRIANS, TRAFFIC 00:32:42 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-1410