- Title: F-A4133
- Summary: THE PLEASURE SEEKERS: A SURF ODYSSEY: FILM PARALLELS SURFING WITH THE PROBLEMS IN A RAPIDLY GROWING ASIA. OVER-POPULATION ISSUES. ASIAN NARRATOR LISTS STATISTICAL FACTS ABOUT WAR AND POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT. FEATURING BOB FERRO, BYRON SPRADLIN, MITZIKO SUZUKI.
- Description:00:18:23 - TWO MALIBU SURFER GUYS PULL UP TO CURB IN RED CONVERTIBLE WITH SURFBOARDS STICKING OUT OF CAR 00:18:49 - GUYS WALK UP TO HAMBURGER STAND & ORDER 2 HUGE OVER- SIZE ICE CREAM CONES 00:19:33 - HUGE SURF WAVE. SINGLE SURFER RIDES WAVE 00:20:34 - TWO SURFER DUDES BOARD "JAPAN AIR" PLANE FROM RUNWAY. ASIAN-ACCENTED VO NARRATES THE START OF THEIR ADVENTURE 00:20:50 - PLANE TAKES OFF FROM RUNWAY, CLEAR BLUE SKY 00:21:54 - SMALL ASIAN SHANTY TOWN-VILLAGE. OLD NARROW STREETS HOBBLY BUILDINGS. GENERAL SHOT OF LOCALS WALKING THROUGH MARKET. EATING WITH FAMILIES. 00:22:00 - CU OF YOUNG CHILDREN, DIRTY FACES, POOR PEOPLE 00:22:50 - TWO SURFERS RIDING HUGE WAVE 00:23:01 - TWO TOURISTS STANDING ON WATERS EDGE IN SHANTY VILLAGE. SMALL BAY. TRADITIONAL ASIAN FISHING BOATS FLOATING IN WATER 00:23:46 - SURFERS ARRIVE IN OKINOWA KOREA. WALK PAST LOT FULL OF MILITARY VEHICLES, JEEPS, TANKS FROM WAR. LOT FULL OF BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES 00:24:05 - VARIOUS SURFERS RIDING WAVE. COUPLE OF SURFERS FALL OFF BOARDS, SWALLOWED BY WAVE 00:24:12 - MONTAGE OF ARMY TRUCKS, TANKS, JEEPS WITH BULLET HOLES & BROKEN WINDSHIELDS COLLECTED ON BEACH. 00:24:20 - MONTAGE OF SOLDIERS FIGHTING, WOUNDED AND DYING IN WAR (VIETNAM?) 00:24:47 - PAN OVER WATER FILLED WITH LARGE SHIPS-VESSELS INTO ASIAN CITY HARBOR, HAZY SKY 00:25:00 - WS PAN OF SHANTY TOWN BUILT ON SLANT OF HILL, POOR VILLAGE 00:25:23 - SURFER GUYS WITH SURFBOARDS RIDING THROUGH CITY STREETS ON BICYCLE TAXIS. OUT OF PLACE TOURISTS 00:25:56 - LITTLE ASIAN GIRL WITH DEFORMED FACE, PRODUCT OF WAR, SHRAPNEL WOUNDS, SKIN DISEASE, SEVERE FACIAL BLEMISHES 00:25:59 - CROWD OF ASIAN LOCALS WANDERING, BICYCLING THROUGH MARKET COBBLESTONE STREETS 00:26:17 - POOR ASIAN CHILDREN, DIRTY FACES, LOOKING DESTITUTE AND SAD 00:26:34 - CROWDED ASIAN, OKINOWA CITY STREET. CARS, TAXIS, PEDESTRIANS, BAR-RESTAURANT SIGNS. SHORT SHOT 00:26:37 - MASS GROUP OF HUNDREDS OF WATER TAXIS, FISHING BOATS 00:27:18 - FISHERMAN-TRADESMAN WORKING IN BOAT YARD AT WATER EDGE. VO DISCUSSES GENERAL POPULATIONS INABILITY TO FEED FAMILY ON AVERAGE INCOME. POOR FAMILIES LIVING ON SMALL, CRICKITY BOATS 00:28:24 - TWO SURFER GUYS-TOURISTS WALK INTO AIR TERMINAL. COMMERCIAL AIRLINE. LOAD SURFBOARD THROUGH BAGGAGE CHECK 00:28:29 - GROUP OF CHILDREN ON BEACH AT SURF SIDE. ZOOM INTO KIDS LOOKING AROUND. WINDY DAY, TOURISTS-TRAVELLERS WITH SURF BOARDS WALK THROUGH SHOT 00:28:50 - STATUES OF RELGIOUS ASIAN GODS FOR WORSHIP. VARIOUS GOD-LIKE STATUES OUTSIDE TEMPLES FOR PRAYING 00:29:24 - SHOT OF ELEPHANT WALKING. TOURISTS TRAVELLING ON ELEPHANT'S BACK. 00:29:36 - CU ELEPHANTS FEET MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD 00:29:44 - OVER CROWDED CITY STREETS, STARVING PEOPLE LYING ON STREETS, POOR FAMILIES IN SHACKS. CU OF STARVING CHILDREN 00:30:34 - WS SHANTY TOWN 00:30:53 - SURFER GUYS WALKING THROUGH DIRTY VILLAGE STREETS. GROUP OF CHILDREN CHASING, FOLLOWING AND TOUCHING THEM 00:32:23 - ROWS OF WHITE CROSSES IN AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY IN KOREA. TWO GUYS WITH SURFBOARDS WALKING THROUGH CEMETERY, OUT OF PLACE TOURISTS 00:34:00 - MONTAGE OF CLIPS SHOWN THROUGHOUT FILM, SURFERS, POVERTY STRICKEN FAMILIES, SOLDIERS OF WAR, RELIGOUS STATUES OF GODS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A4133