- Title: F-A4187
- Summary: BORN TO WITNESS:
- Description:00:51:20 - SHOW OPEN, BUSY MERCHANT STREET IN TOWN. TREES LINE STREET, VERTICAL STORE SIGNS READ "YOUSEN PLUMBING / HEATING" AND "PET CO." ANYTOWN AMERICA. 00:51:23 - CU STORE FRONT FOR "QUALITY ELECTRONICS". SHOP BOY WORKS BEHIND COUNTER IN SHOP. SHOT THROUGH STORE FRONT WINDOW. NAME ON WINDOW ARCHES ACROSS GLASS. 00:51:30 - INTERIOR - SHOP OWNER AND ASSISTANT WORK BEHIND COUNTER, CUSTOMER (YOUNG BLOND WOMAN) BRINGS IN EQUIPMENT FOR REPAIR. BOY SMITTEN WITH GIRL. ASKS HER OUT ON A DATE. 00:52:18 - OWNER OF ELECTRONIC SHOP SENDS BOY ON CUSTOM INSTALLATION RUN. VINTAGE ELECTRONIC LINGO ( HI-FI, TAPE DECK, EXTENSION SPEAKERS) 1950'S HI-TECH TALK. 00:53:27 - MIDDLE AGE MAN STANDS IN LIVING ROOM OF HOME SORTING THROUGH BRIEF CASE. FEDORA ON TABLE. SMALL TREE STANDS IN LOBBY NEAR FRONT DOOR. PERIOD WALL CABINET IN LIVING ROOM. DOOR BELL RINGS. 00:54:34 - MOTHER AND SERVICE (INSTALLATION) BOY ENTER CHILD'S BEDROOM. GIRL AGED ABOUT 12. WHEELCHAIR SITS BESIDE BED. YOUNG GIRL PROPPED UP IN BED WEARING NIGHT GOWN READING A BOOK. DOLLS PRESENT ON THE HEAD BOARD. GIRL UN-RESPONSIVE TO ADULTS ATTENTION. 00:55:19 - GRIEVING MOTHER. MOTHER TELLS STORY OF HER DAUGHTERS DISABILITY. MOTHER STARTS TO CRY. MOTHER RAN OVER DAUGHTER RIDING BIKE IN DRIVE WAY. WOMAN IN DISTRESS. 00:56:08 - FAMILY WITH TEEN SON SIT AROUND TABLE IN KITCHEN. FAMILY TALKS OF TRAGIC EVENT SURROUNDING YOUNG GIRLS DISABILITY / ACCIDENT. FAMILY TALK ABOUT HARD WORK VALUES AND GIVING TO LESS FORTUNATE 00:57:48 - BOY INSTALLING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN FAMILY HOME SITS ON FLOOR TO EAT LUNCH. BOY BOWS HIS HEAD IN PRAYER, GRACE. SMALL GIRL IN WHEEL CHAIR ROLLS AROUND CORNER. 00:58:03 - YOUNG GIRL SPEAKS TO BOY ABOUT HIS BELIEF IN GOD. GIRL ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT PRAYER. 00:59:29 - MOTHER CALLS ON DAUGHTER TO COME FOR LUNCH AT TABLE. GIRL ADAMANT ABOUT WHEELING HER CHAIR INDEPENDANT OF HELP. PERSERVERENCE OVER DISABILITY. 00:59:54 - BOY PREACHES THE BIBLE TO WOMAN IN HOUSE. WOMAN GETS UPSET ABOUT THE INTRUSION. WOMAN ANGRY AND UPSET, DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GOD. AGITATED WOMAN TELLS-OFF BOY IN A 1950'S POLITE / SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE KIND OF WAY, PUTS BOY IN HIS PLACE. 01:01:46 - YOUNG COUPLE SIT IN PARKED CAR, CITYSCAPE VIEWED THROUGH BACK WINDSHIELD. NIGHT TIME. COUPLE DISCUSS FAMILIES BELIEF IN GOD. YOUNG PREACHERS / CHRISTIANS. 01:02:54 - ELECTRONIC SHOP ASSISTANTS WORK AT BENCH IN STORE REPAIRING GOODS. OLDER MAN AND YOUNGER BOY TALK ABOUT RELIGION AND POLITICS. OLDER MAN HOLDS SCREW DRIVER AS HE WORKS. 01:03:41 - CU TAPE TO TAPE 1/4" AUDIO DECK. ZOOM OUT TO REVEAL COUPLE LISTENING TO RECORDING. CHOIR SINGERS, CHURCH SONGS, HYMNS 01:04:25 - MCU "HI FI" AUDIO/STEREO SYSTEM INSTALLED IN HOME. TAPE TO TAPE MACHINE PLAYS CHURCH HYMNS THROUGHOUT HOME. 01:05:03 - SMALL GIRL LAYS IN BED, HOLDS DOLL IN HER ARMS AND ROCKS THE DOLL. 01:05:11 - WOMAN WALKS INTO LIVING ROOM. LOOKS AT STEREO SYSTEM INSTALLED IN BOOK CASE. 1/4" TAPE TO TAPE, VINYL TURNTABLE. FIREPLACE BURNING IN LIVING ROOM. PERIOD DECORATIONS AND FURNITURE FILL ROOM. 01:06:52 - FATHER SITS ON EDGE OF DAUGHTERS BED. FATHER PASSES VINYL ALBUMS TO HIS DAUGHTER TO LOOK AT...GIFTS OF MUSIC. BIBLE STORIES PLAY IN THE BG AS GIRL LOOKS AT HER NEW GIFTS SMILING. 01:07:19 - ANGRY WOMAN RIPS 1/4" TAPE FROM THE REELS THEY PLAY FROM. WOMAN VERY UNHAPPY WITH RELIGOUS CONTENT OF TAPE. TAKES THE REELS AND PLACES THEM IN THE FIREPLACE TO BURN. EERIE MUSIC ORCHESTRATED IN THE BG TO REFLECT THE AWFUL MOOD OF THE WOMAN. MAN WALKS INTO THE ROOM IN TIME TO WATCH THE TAPE GO UP IN FLAMES IN FIREPLACE. 01:08:01 - YOUNG GIRL IN WHEELCHAIR TALKS ON PHONE TO SHOP OWNER. GIRL SITS IN FRONT OF FIREPLACE DRESSED IN PYJAMAS. EXPLAINS TO PERSON ON OTHER END OF PHONE THAT A TAPE SHE HAD BEEN LENT WAS BURNED IN FIREPLACE. GIRL STUTTERS OVER SOME OF HER WORDS. 01:09:02 - FATHER YELLS AT SON FOR "SPOUTING" RELIGION TO CUSTOMERS. ANTI-RELIGOUS SPEECH. SON QUITS JOB BECAUSE OF HIS INABILITY TO SHARE HIS BELIEF IN GOD WITH OTHERS. 01:10:36 - HUSBAND AND WIFE GREET EACH OTHER AT BREAKFAST TABLE. WOMAN WEARING BATH ROBE CLEARS TABLE OF DIRTY DISHES. MAN DRESSED FOR WORK. 01:11:15 - TWO MEN AT WORK IN ELECTRONICS SHOP. MAN DISCUSSES ORDER PICK UP BY NEW EMPLOYEE. ASSISTANT IN WORKSHOP COMPLAINS ABOUT NEW EMPLOYEE. 01:12:51 - FAMILY OF THREE SIT AT BREAKFAST TABLE TO EAT. WOMAN WEARS NIGHT GOWN AND ROBE, MAN DRESSED FOR WORK. DAUGHTER IN WHEELCHAIR SITS AT TABLE. WOMAN SERVES MEAL TO FAMILY, PLATES FOOD. 01:13:33 - MCU YOUNG GIRL TALKING ABOUT HER BELIEFS IN GOD. GIRL REITERATES LESSONS FROM BIBLE STORIES. 01:16:29 - WS CAR LINED STREET IN LARGE TOWN. WHITE TWO AND THREE STORY BUILDING IN BG. AMERICAN FLAG FLYS FROM POLE ON ONE BUILDING. ANYTOWN AMERICA. 01:16:36 - LUNCH ROOM AT FACTORY. TABLES AND BENCHES SET UP, LOCKERS IN BG. LUNCH BOXES SET OUT AND OPENED ON TABLE TOPS. APPROX SIX MEN EAT LUNCH. CORK BOARD WITH POSTINGS IN BG. 01:17:49 - YOUNG MAN SITS DOWN AT TABLE TO EAT LUNCH WITH TWO OTHER MEN. BOWS HEAD TO SAY GRACE AND THANKS FOR FOOD. TWO MEN QUESTION HIS BELIEFS AND ACTIONS. BOY STARTS PREACHING TO MEN ABOUT BELIEF IN GOD. 01:18:30 - END OF PROGRAM
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A4187