- Title: F-6661
- Summary: C'MON ALONG AMERICA, THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO GO: ALL POSSIBLE THINGS GO WRONG WHEN MAN DECIDES TO TAKE FAMILY TO "THE LAKE" FOR VACATION. FILM GOES IN REVERSE, SHOWS HOW MUCH BETTER IF FAMILY HAD PLANNED VACATION THROUGH TRAVEL AGENCY WITH TOUR GUIDE AND GREYHOUND BUS. SIGN-OF-THE-TIMES ENERGY CRISIS. "NO GAS" SIGNS. FAMILY ON ROAD TRIP FROM HELL. BAD FAMILY ROAD TRIP. BEVERLY GARLAND PLAYS TRAVEL AGENT. FAMILY TAKES GREYHOUND BUS TOUR.
- Description:01:56:17 - DUSK, LIGHTS TURNING ON INSIDE UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS HOME 01:56:37 - FAST MOTION FAMILY PACKING, PREPARING FOR VACATION, TRIP, CIRCA 1974. BOY SITS IN MIDDLE OF STAIRCASE, FATHER HAS TO JUMP OVER HIM. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BRING SUITCASES, GOLF BAG, THINGS FOR TRIP. COOLER. SPORTS EQUIPMENT. GIRL SITS ON INFLATED RAFT BRUSHING HER HAIR. TEENAGE GIRL WEARING STRIPED GYM SHORTS. 1970s FASHIONS 01:57:11 - FAMILY LEAVES THE HOUSE WITH VACATION TYPE BELONGINGS. FATHER DROPS GOLF CLUBS. FATHER LEADS AS FAMILY WALKS DOWN BRICK PATH TO CAR. 01:57:32 - FAMILY PACKS 1970s STATION WAGON FOR FAMILY TRIP FAMILY VACATION 01:57:50 - FAMILY LEAVING DRIVEWAY, BARKING SOUND, THEY STOP THE CAR, FORGOT FAMILY PET DOG COMES RUNNING, JUMPS IN CAR. FAMILY LEAVES ON VACATION 01:58:22 - INTERIOR CAR, FATHER DRIVING. NERD SON CALCULATING HOW LONG TRIP WILL TAKE. FATHER TURNS AROUND, ROLLS HIS EYES BUT SMILING 01:58:37 - FAMILY ON VACATION PULLS STATION WAGON INTO GAS STATION. IMPATIENT FATHER TAPS FINGERS ON STEERING WHEEL. GAS STATION ATTENDANT CU FILLS GAS TANK. FATHER WEARS FISHING HAT 01:59:14 - 1970s STATION WAGON, CARS ON HIGHWAY. INSIDE THE CAR, MOTHER SLEEPS, KIDS IN THE BACK LEANING ON FRONT SEAT, TRAVELING CHILDREN BOARD, HOT, SWEATING PEOPLE, BROKEN AIR CONDITIONING 01:59:21 - DRIVER POV ON HIGHWAY BETWEEN TWO BIG TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS 01:59:28 - WHINEY, HOT TEENAGER DAUGHTER WHINES FROM BACK SEAT BAD FAMILY ROAD TRIP. 01:59:36 - STATION WAGON PULLS OFF ROAD TO CAFE. FAMILY EATING IN DINER. 1970s. 01:59:55 - SLOPPY, DISHEVELED, TORN TEE SHIRT WEARING, CIGAR SMOKING WAITER SAYS "WHAT'LL IT BE FOLKS?" 02:00:20 - FAMILY MOSEYS OUT OF DINER. 02:00:28 - CRANKY FAMILY ON A BAD ROAD TRIP. SWEATING, BROKEN AIR CONDITIONER. FATHER TRIES TO BRINGS SPIRITS UP TO NO AVAIL 02:00:49 - CU GAS GAUGE DROPPING NEAR EMPTY 02:00:50 - 1970s GAS CRISIS. ENERGY CRISIS. STATION WAGON PULLS INTO GAS STATION. SIGN "PUMPS CLOSED". POV DRIVING UP TO ANOTHER GAS STATION, "NO GAS" SIGN. SIGN-OF-THE-TIMES. 02:01:09 - FINALLY PULL INTO TO GAS STATION WITH GAS, DRIVER SAYS "WOULD YOU FILL HER UP?". GAS STATION ATTENDANT PUMPS GAS. CU GAS METER REGISTERING GALLONS AND DOLLARS. CU TAKING PUMP OUT, SCREWING CAP BACK ON GAS TANK. ATTENDANT ASKS FOR MONEY, EXPENSIVE $32.00 FOR TANK OF GAS IN THE 1970s WON'T TAKE CREDIT CARD OR CASH. DRIVER SHAKES HIS HEAD, RUNNING OUT OF CASH 02:01:57 - 1970s CAR ON HIGHWAY PACKED WITH VACATION ITEMS, RAFT ON ROOF RACK. CAR BLOWS A TIRE. ANGRY FATHER PULLS OFF THE ROAD. CU FLAT TIRE. FATHER UNLOADS EVERYTHING FROM BACK OF CAR TO GET TO SPARE TIRE. ANGRY MAN KICKING COOLER 02:02:23 - NIGHT TIME, FAMILY PULLS INTO HOTEL, NEON "NO VACANCY" SIGN LIT UP, CAR PULLS OUT 02:02:34 - FAMILY ON VACATION PULLS INTO HOTEL FOR THE NIGHT 02:02:41 - FOUR STUNNED FAMILY MEMBERS LOOK AROUND RUN-DOWN MOTEL ROOM. 02:02:50 - FATHER AND MOTHER PACKING UP CAR, BRAT SON WHINES "HOW MUCH LONGER DAD?" MOTHER TELLS SON TO LEAVE FATHER ALONE, "HE'S IN A BAD MOOD THIS MORNING" 02:03:10 - 1970s STATION WAGON ON A BACK ROAD, DUFFLE BAG FALLS OF ROOF RACK, DRIVER STOPS CAR, PICKS UP DUFFLE BAG, PUTS BACK UP ON ROOF RACK 02:03:33 - CU MISERABLE FAMILY, HOT AND SWEATY IN CAR ON VACATION FROM HELL. BAD FAMILY TRIP. CAR OVERHEATS, SMOKE POURING OUT. CU CONCERNED FAMILY. CONCERN TURNS TO RELIEF. 02:03:50 - FAMILY DRIVING ALONG LAKE, COTTAGES ALONG THE ROAD, STARTS TO THUNDER. 02:03:58 - FAMILY FINALLY ARRIVES AT COTTAGE ON THE LAKE, GET OUT OF THE CAR, WALK UP TO RICKETY, RUN DOWN COTTAGE, FATHER FALLS THROUGH STEP, WIFE CATCHES HIM. 02:04:33 - RED-NECK MOTORCYCLISTS DRIVE ON PATH BEHIND COTTAGE. QUINTESSENTIAL BAD BOY MOTORCYCLE DUDES. 02:04:38 - FAMILY CRANES THEIR NECKS ON STEPS CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE 02:04:42 - HIPPIE MOTORCYCLE CHICK BEINGS 1970s BOOM BOX OUT ON PORCH, CRANKS THE MUSIC, SITS ON STEPS DRINKING A BEER. NEXT-DOOR-NEIGHBORS FROM HELL 02:04:52 - FAMILY GETS BACK IN CAR, GOES BACKWARDS, REVERSES THROUGH EVERYTHING TO THIS POINT, END UP BACK HOME TO START OVER AGAIN 02:05:22 - FAMILY GOES INTO TRAVEL AGENCY, TRAVEL AGENT, BEVERLY GARLAND TELLS THEM ABOUT MOTOR TOURS. 02:06:39 - FAMILY AT DELTA AIR LINES TICKET COUNTER CHECK IN, FATHER TAKES TICKETS. FAMILY ON VACATION FLYING TO DESTINATION. 02:07:00 - DELTA PASSENGER PLANE TAKES OFF. IN FLIGHT OVER CLOUDS 02:07:27 - CU LUGGAGE ON AIRLINE ON BAGGAGE CAROUSEL, FAMILY MEETS TOUR GUIDE. 02:07:45 - PASSENGERS BOARD GREYHOUND AS LUGGAGE IS STOWED. 02:08:08 - PASSENGERS GREET EACH OTHER ON BOARD BUS. 02:08:14 - GREYHOUND BUS LEAVES TERMINAL. TOUR GUIDE TALKS THROUGH MIC. PASSENGER RECLINES HIS SEAT, GETTING COMFORTABLE FOR LONG ROAD TRIP. BUS TRAVELS WITH FLASHBACKS FROM ROAD TRIP FROM HELL. 02:09:04 - PRE-TEEN STARES OUT THE WINDOW, WOMAN IN ROW BEHIND HIM POKES HIS ARM, ASKS IF HE WANTS A MINT FRIENDLY PASSENGERS 02:09:15 - BUS TRAVELS THROUGH DESERT. CACTI DOTTED LANDSCAPE. TOUR GUIDE TALKS THROUGH MIC, POV PULLING UP TO NICE HOTEL, WITH FLASHBACKS FROM TRIP FROM HELL. 02:10:05 - PEOPLE AT DESERT RESORT, HOTEL POOL 02:10:20 - FAMILY HAVING DINNER TOGETHER IN HOTEL DINING ROOM 02:10:25 - FATHER AND SON FISH TOGETHER IN SERENE LAKE. 02:10:27 - WOMAN PULLS ON COWBOY BOOTS IN SHOP TRYING ON COWBOY BOOTS. SHOPPING ON VACATION. 02:10:34 - RED-NECK MOTORCYCLISTS RIDE AROUND COTTAGE ON LAKE 02:10:37 - CU HORSE'S HOOVES, STAGE COACH. FRONTIER TOWN. "RAWHIDE, ARIZONA" FAMILY ON VACATION TAKES A RIDE IN OLD FASHIONED STAGE COACH. 02:10:55 - PEOPLE IN LINE FOR OLD FASHIONED BARBECUE. CU STEAKS COOKING ON THE GRILL. CU PLATE OF STEAK AND BEANS AND POTATO SALAD. ALL-AMERICAN GRUB 02:11:12 - PEOPLE ENJOY EATING FOOD ON PICNIC TABLE. FLASHBACK TO CIGAR SMOKING, GRUBBY COOK FROM HELL. TEEN BOY AND GIRL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 02:11:18 - EXTERIOR NIGHT: COWBOY GIVES LASSO ROPING DEMONSTRATION. HE LASSOS TWO WOMEN WHO THROW THEIR HEADS BACK LAUGHING. TICKLED PINK 02:11:41 - WOMAN JOINS FAMILY SEATED AT TABLE, LAUGHING, HAVING FUN ON VACATION 02:11:58 - BUS ON ARIZONA HIGHWAY. INSIDE, TOUR GUIDE TALKS. BUS ARRIVES AT SMALL AIRPORT, PASSENGERS GET OFF BUS AND ON SMALL PLANES. 02:12:50 - PLANES TAKE OFF, FLY OVER THE GRAND CANYON 02:13:39 - BUS ON RURAL ROAD, INSIDE TOUR GUIDE TALKS 02:13:51 - FAMILY ON VACATION. THEME PARK, ON STAGE, DANCERS IN PATRIOTIC DRESS DANCE AROUND FLASHING AMERICAN FLAG. AUDIENCE MEMBERS CLAP. FAMILY EATING LUNCH OUTDOORS UNDER UMBRELLA. GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WEARING CIVIL WAR ERA COSTUMES. ON AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES. 02:14:09 - GREYHOUND BUS ON THE ROAD. 02:14:13 - CU COUPLE ON BUS, WIFE STIFLES A YAWN. TIRED AFTER A FUN FILLED DAY ON VACATION. 02:14:21 - LS PASSENGERS BOARD GREYHOUND BUS. BUS ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY. TOUR GUIDE TALKS 02:14:40 - POV DRIVING DOWN DRIVEWAY TO ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S HOMES. INSIDE GUIDE DRESSED IN PERIOD CLOTHING GIVES TOUR 02:15:11 - GREYHOUND BUS TRAVELS AT NIGHT THEN DAY 02:15:22 - EQUESTRIAN DISMOUNTS IN FROM OF PRESIDENTIAL HOME 02:15:30 - PRESIDENTIAL MONUMENTS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MOUNT. RUSHMORE, OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, WHITE HOUSE 02:16:02 - POV DRIVING IN FALL FOLIAGE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: F-6661