- Title: F-A4630
- Summary: A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR THE HOMELESS MAN: PHILADELPHIA SKID ROW. ALCOHOLIC HOMELESS MAN. STREET PEOPLE & AN URBAN HALFWAY HOUSE REHAB PROGRAM. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT SKID ROW HOBOS DYING FROM DRINKING "CANNED HEAT", HOMEMADE ALCOHOL FROM STERNO CANS. FOOTAGE OF SAME. WOOD ALCOHOL POISONING. SLUMS. FRANKLIN DIAGNOSTIC & RELOCATION CENTER. LEGLESS MAN IN WHEELCHAIR. PHYSICALLY & EMOTIONALLY DISABLED. LOOKS AT FOOD IN RESTAURANT WINDOW. SITTING ON SIDEWALK & CURBS. HOMELESS SELL NEWSPAPERS. MISSION DORMITORY. SALVATION ARMY. FLOP HOUSE. SOUP LINE. DINER. COP PICKS UP OLD MAN SLEEPING ON SIDEWALK. DERELICT. COUNSELING CENTER. RESTORING HOUSE. MAN SPACKELS CEILING, PAINTING WALLS & DOORS. PUTTING BEDS & MATTRESSES INTO ROOMS. MAN SHAVING. SIMPLE BEDROOM. MEN WASHING DISHES. WOMAN COOKS BAKES POTATOES. MEN EATING DINNER TOGETHER. CONSTRUCTING BEDS. PLASTER CEILING.
- Description:07:30:00 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT WOOD ALCOHOL POISONING ON PHILADELPHIA'S SKID ROW: WOOD ALKY KILLS 20; SUPPLIER HUNTED, WOOD DEATH TOLL HITS 26, DERELICTS BALK PROBE 07:30:25 - CU OF HANDS MAKING CANNED HEAT FROM STERNO CANS, PAN OF STERNO CANS IN RUBBISH 07:30:50 - MEN HANGING OUT IN SKID ROW, TITLE CARD SUPER IMPOSED "A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR THE HOMELESS MAN" 07:31:14 - CONCEPT SHOW TITLE 07:31:32 - BLACK SCREEN 07:31:39 - FOOTAGE OF PHILADELPIA'S SKID ROW AND ITS INHABITIANTS: MARCIA ROSE NARRATES 07:32:37 - BUILDING SIGN, FRANKLIN DIAGNOSTIC AND RELOCATION CENTER 304 ARCH ST., 07:32:40 - MEN IN SUITS SIT IN CROWDED OFFICE 07:32:52 - MAN ON CRUTCHES CROSSES STREET 07:32:54 - MAN WITHOUT LEGS SITS IN WHEELCHAIR ON SIDEWALK 07:33:02 - MAN ON CRUTCHES IN DOORWAY 07:33:05 - MAN STARES AT HOT DOGS IN JERRY'S RESTAURANT WINDOW. NARRATION CONTINUES 07:33:25 - NO WATER CUSTOMERS SIGN 07:33:30 - FOOTAGE OF HOMELESS MEN SITTING IDLY, DEPRESSION, HOPELESSNESS 07:33:49 - MEN GETTING ADVERTISING CIRCULARS TO DISTRIBUTE. 07:34:05 - NEON SIGN: FRASER MISSON JESUS SAID "YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN" 07:34:09 - EPISCOPAL CHURCH SIGN WITH DORMOTORIES 07:34:14 - EIGHTH ST. WAYSIDE MISSION BUILDING WITH JESUS SAVES SIGN. 07:34:18 - THE SALVATION ARMY SIGN 07:34:22 - MAN LADLING OUT SOUP 07:34:35 - INT VIEW OF MISSION, FLOPHOUSE 07:34:59 - FOOTAGE OF HOMELESS MEN DRINKING 07:35:14 - OLD MAN PASSED OUT DRUNK ON SIDEWALK, COPS PICK HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN POLICE VAN 07:35:49 - FACADE OF FEDERAL STYLE BUILDING, RELOCATION CENTER 07:36:08 - MEN WORKING AND MEETING IN OFFICES OF RELOCATION CENTER 07:36:45 - SOCIAL WORKER AND HOMELESS MAN WALK IN HALLWAY AND DOWN STAIRS 07:37:10 - DIAGNOSTIC AND RELOCATION CENTER SIGN 07:37:24 - HOMELESS MEN AND STAFF EAT TOGETHER IN DINING ROOM OF CENTER 07:37:45 - HOMELESS MAN SITS AT DESK AND TALKS TO COUNSELOR 07:38:04 - OLD MAN GETS A PHYSICAL, CHEST XRAY? 07:38:34 - PICTURES FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST 07:38:58 - BALD MAN IN SUIT SITS AT DESK 07:39:13 - MEN SIT AT TABLE WITH COFFEE MUGS AND TALK 07:39:42 - MAN ON SIDEWALK LOOKS AT PAPER AND BUILDING AND WALKS UP STAIRS AND SHAKES HANDS WITH MAN 07:40:08 - BLACK SCREEN, CONCEPT SIGN AND BLACK SCREEN 07:40:20 - INTERVIEW WITH IRVING SHANDLER, WITH PIPE, AND MARCIA ROSE, NARRATOR, DISCUSS HALFWAY HOUSES AND SUCCESS WITH VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION. 07:43:57 - EXT VIEW OF HALFWAY HOUSE, BROWNSTONE BUILDING IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA 07:44:12 - INT VIEW OF APARTMENT IN HALFWAY HOUSE 07:44:29 - HOMELESS MEN SPACKLE AND PAINT HALFWAY HOUSE 07:44:59 - MEN MOVES MATTRESSES INTO ROOM 07:45:29 - RESIDENT AT HALFWAY HOUSE IS INTERVIEWED BY MARCIA ROSE, ABOUT JOB HUNT AND DRINKING 07:47:08 - MARCIA ROSE INTERVIEWS BLACK RESIDENT OF HALFWAY HOUSE ABOUT REASONS HE BECAME HOMELESS AND HIS FUTURE 07:49:49 - MAN SHAVING IN MIRROR 07:50:02 - PAN OF HALFWAY HOUSE BEDROOM WITH TWO SINGLE BEDS 07:50:34 - MEN WASHING DISHES 07:50:51 - WOMAN AT OVEN, BAKED POTATOES 07:51:10 - MEN SIT AT CROWDED TABLE EATING DINNER 07:51:45 - BLACK SCREEN, CONCEPT SIGN AND BLACK SCREEN 07:51:58 - VIEWS OF RUBBISH AND MEN SITTING ON SIDEWALKS IDLY. SKID ROW 07:52:14 - MAN ON SIDEWALK TALKS ABOUT DRINKING AND FLOPHOUSES 07:52:41 - MAN AT HALFWAY HOUSE TALKS ABOUT THE HELP HE HAS RECEIVED AND HIS FUTURE, POSITIVE 07:53:12 - MEN AT DESK, MEETING 07:53:18 - MEN ASSEMBLING BED FRAMES, PLASTERING CEILING IN HALFWAY HOUSE 07:53:43 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A4630