- Title: F-A5537
- Summary: FOREIGN INTRIGUE: SPY DRAMA SET IN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR. WITH: JEROME THOR, SYDNA SCOTT, JOHN PADOVANO
- Description:00:26:19 - JEEP DRIVES PAST LONG LINE OF EUROPEAN REFUGEES WALKING DOWN MUDDY ROAD. 00:26:41 - PEASANTS LINE UP AT TRAIN STATION. POLITICAL REFUGEES. 00:26:48 - GET FOOD FROM RED CROSS WORKERS AT SHIP DOCKS. HOMELESS REFUGEES GETTING READY TO EMBARK ON A NEW LIFE. DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE WEEP, SHUFFLE ALONG 00:27:05 - EXT DISPLACED PERSONS OFFICE. PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT 00:27:19 - SIGN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON DISPLACED PERSONS. MAN WALKS UP TO SIGN, WALKS INTO OFFICE 00:27:27 - INT OFFICE, MAN FILING PAPERS IN CABINET, TAKES OFF GLASSES, SPEAKS TO SEATED WOMAN 00:27:34 - BLONDE WOMAN SITTING AT DESK WHILE MAN SPEAKS TO HER, HE SITS ON DESK, THEY TALK. MAN STANDS UP, WALKS TO DOOR, OPENS IT 00:28:17 - MAN OPENS DOOR TO REVEAL WEARY LOOKING FAMILIES IN WAITING ROOM 00:28:19 - MAN STANDS AT OPEN DOOR, CALLS WOMAN OVER, ASKS HER TO CHOOSE, SHE DECLINES AND WALKS BACK TO DESK 00:28:37 - MAN CALLS TOP FAMILY. HUSBAND STANDS UP INCREDULOUSLY, HE AND WIFE ENTER OFFICE WITH MAN, MAN CLOSES DOOR 00:28:47 - INT OFFICE MAN AND WOMAN INTERVIEWING COUPLE 00:30:07 - WOMAN AGREES TO SEE CAMP, COLLECTS HER COAT AND WALKS TO DOOR. HUSBAND RAISES VOICE TO MAN, HE AND WIFE LEAVE, FOLLOWED BY WOMAN. MAN SHUTS DOOR BEHIND THEM 00:30:41 - INT CRAMPED DORMITORY ROOM WITH SHEETS AS PARTITIONS. HUSBAND AND WIFE ENTER WITH WOMAN REPORTER 00:30:58 - HUSBAND PULLS BACK CURTAIN TO REVEAL THEIR "ROOM". WOMAN, REPORTER WALKS INSIDE, LOOKS AROUND, EXITS AND SITS AT TABLE. HUSBAND SITS DOWN ACROSS FROM HER 00:31:22 - THEY DISCUSS THE PLIGHT OF THE DISPLACED 00:32:03 - WOMAN REPORTER STANDS UP, HUSBAND STANDS UP, SHE SAYS GOODBYE TO COUPLE, WALKS OUT OF DORMITORY 00:32:29 - INT RESTAURANT WITH AMERICAN REPORTERS. MAN REPORTER WALKS INTO WHERE WOMAN IS SITTING WITH A COLLEAGUE AND SUGGESTS THEY TAKE THE WEEKEND OFF. THEY TALK ABOUT IT WILE WOMAN REPORTER LOOKS MISERABLE. TALKS ABOUT HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO BE AMERICANS 00:32:55 - WOMAN COLLECTS HER COAT, GETS UP AND LEAVES 00:33:04 - MAN SITS DOWN ACROSS THE TABLE FROM OTHER MAN. THEY DRINK COFFEE AND TALK 00:33:14 - HUSBAND AND WIFE LIE IN BEDS IN THEIR "ROOM" AT DORMITORY. TALK ABOUT THE REPORTER THEY MET. HE SITS UP TO TALK TO HER. SHE SITS UP. THEY DISCUSS PLAN TO GET HER TO AMERICA 00:34:49 - MS HUSBAND AND WIFE DISCUSS PLAN, CHANCE TO GET HER OUT 00:35:27 - INT JEWELER'S SHOP. COUPLE STANDS WATCHING JEWELER WITH LOUPE ASSESS VALUE OF DIAMOND. MAN TAKES DIAMOND BACK WHEN THE PRICE IS TOO LOW. GOES TO LEAVE, JEWELER CALLS THEM BACK AND MAKES BETTER OFFER 00:36:02 - HUSBAND WITH HAND ON WIFE'S SHOULDER, MOVING THEM TOWARDS EXIT, TURNS BACK TO JEWELER. ACCEPTS NEXT OFFER AND POINTS 00:36:19 - PISTOLS SITTING ON SHELVES, CAMERA ZOOMS IN 00:36:22 - COUPLE AT COUNTER, JEWELER AGREES AND WALKS OUT OF FRAME. RETURNS WITH MONEY AND STARTS COUNTING IT 00:36:41 - OLD MAN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN ACCENT 00:36:46 - COUPLE STANDS AND CONSIDERS OLD MAN'S OFFER. OLD MAN CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT THE APARTMENT. COUPLE AGREES. MAN REACHES IN COAT. PAYS OLD MAN. OLD MAN GIVES THEM KEY AND WALKS AWAY 00:37:51 - INT APARTMENT. COUPLE STANDS AND LOOKS AROUND. HUSBAND SITS DOWN ON COUCH. WIFE SITS DOWN AND PLACES HER HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER. THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR PLAN 00:38:43 - INT RESTAURANT. WOMAN REPORTER SITS WITH HER MALE COLLEAGUES. THEY TALK ABOUT JOURNALISTIC DISTANCE. MAN ENTERS RESTAURANT BEHIND THEM, SPEAKS TO BARTENDER. BARTENDER WALKS TO TABLE, ANNOUNCES HIM TO WOMAN, WOMAN GETS UP AND WALKS OVER TO HIM 00:39:12 - WOMAN REPORTER WALKS UP TO MAN AND GREETS HIM. THEY TALK FOR A MOMENT 00:39:22 - SHE LEADS HIM TO TABLE. THEY SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT HER COMING TO LUNCH AT THEIR NEW APARTMENT. HE HANDS HER ADDRESS 00:40:17 - WOMAN STANDS UP. MAN STANDS UP. THEY SHAKE HANDS. HE LEAVES 00:40:24 - INT RESTAURANT. WOMAN REJOINS HER COLLEAGUES AT TABLE 00:40:43 - CU CHARACTER, WIFE, HUSBAND, WOMAN AS VOICEOVER ANNOUNCES PART 2 00:40:53 - WOMAN REPORTER WALKS UP COBBLESTONE STREET, IN AREA OF CITY POST WAR. TURNS AND WALKS UP OTHER STREET 00:41:04 - INT APARTMENT. HUSBAND AT DESK WRITING. WIFE STANDS NERVOUSLY. HUSBAND GETS UP TO COMFORT HER. HE PROMISES HER HE'LL FIND HER AFTER HE GETS HER OUT 00:41:52 - BUZZER RINGS. BOTH TURN TO DOOR. WIFE GOES TO ANSWER IT, HUSBAND HIDES DOCUMENTS UNDER COAT ON DESK 00:42:00 - WIFE ANSWERS DOOR. WOMAN REPORTER WALKS IN. TAKES OFF SCARF AND COAT, WELCOMED BY COUPLE 00:42:20 - WOMAN REPORTER WALKS THROUGH APARTMENT ADMIRING IT, SITS ON CHAIR. COUPLE STANDS AND TALKS TO HER 00:42:38 - CU HUSBAND SPEAKS. REACHES IN POCKET, PULLS GUN ON WOMAN 00:42:45 - CU WOMAN REPORTER REACTS, BACK AND FORTH AS HUSBAND AND WOMAN SPEAK 00:43:03 - INT APARTMENT. WOMAN SITS AT GUNPOINT, HANDS OVER PURSE TO WIFE. WIFE TAKES OUT PASSPORT 00:43:23 - CU MAN SPEAKS, CU WOMAN SPEAKS, BACK AND FORTH WITH WOMAN 00:43:45 - INT APARTMENT. COUPLE STANDS. WOMAN SITS UP STRAIGHT. MAN WALKS AROUND IN BACK OF HER CHAIR. WOMAN STANDS UP. WIFE SHOWS HER INTO BACK ROOM. SHUTS DOOR BEHIND HER 00:44:09 - MAN SITS AT DESK WORKING. BUZZER RINGS. HE CALLS OUT 00:44:18 - MALE REPORTER IN HALLWAY SPEAKS THROUGH DOOR. LOOKING FOR WOMAN 00:44:21 - MAN COVERS UP DESK WITH JACKET. PICKS UP GUN, WALKS TO DOOR 00:44:25 - HUSBAND HOLDING GUN, WALKS PAST WIFE TO DOOR OF BEDROOM. OPENS DOOR AND SPEAKS TO WOMAN. SHE GETS UP AND WALKS TO THE DOOR, MAN BEHIND HER 00:44:48 - MAN POSITIONS HIMSELF BY THE DOOR. WOMAN ANSWERS DOOR AND TELLS COLLEAGUE TO GO WITHOUT HER. HE ANGRILY STOMPS AWAY, SHUTS DOOR. HUSBAND GESTURES WITH GUN 00:45:19 - WOMAN RETURNS TO BEDROOM. HUSBAND LOCKS DOOR BEHIND HER 00:45:27 - WIFE SITS WHILE HUSBAND STANDS. THEY TALK ABOUT FORGED PASSPORT. WIFE JUMPS UP, HUGS HUSBAND, KISSES HIM, STANDS CLUTCHING PASSPORT. THEY KISS 00:45:55 - HUSBAND WALKS BACK, PICKS UP SUITCASE AND HANDS IT TO WIFE. WIFE HEADS TO THE DOOR QUICKLY HOLDING SUITCASE 00:46:05 - HUSBAND STANDS LOOKING AFTER HER. DOOR CLOSES OFF SCREEN. HE SWALLOWS, LOOKS DOWN SADLY. KNOWS HE WILL NEVER HAVE CHANCE TO FOLLOW HER. TURNS AND LOOKS OUT WINDOW. REACHES IN POCKET, TAKES OUT GUN AND HOLDS IT. SITS DOWN ON COUCH CRADLING PISTOL. SHOVES IT DOWN ON COUCH, COVERS FACE WITH HANDS AND CRIES 00:46:42 - SHADOW OF WOMAN REPORTER IN BACKGROUND. SHE SPEAKS, MAN LOOKS UP TO FACE HER. QUICKLY PICKS UP GUN 00:46:48 - CU WOMAN SPEAKING 00:47:02 - MAN STANDS UP FROM COUCH. SHE WALKS UP BEHIND HIM AND ASKS HIM TO GIVE HER THE GUN. HE REFUSES, SHE WALKS AWAY 00:47:24 - WOMAN WALKS OVER TO COAT RACK, PUTS ON HER COAT 00:47:33 - MAN HEARS HER, TURNS AROUND RUNS TO DOOR 00:47:36 - MAN TRIES HOLDING WOMAN AT GUNPOINT AGAIN. SHE LEAVES ANYWAY. MAN CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO SHOOT HER. CRADLES PISTOL AGAIN. CRIES 00:47:57 - WOMAN WALKING BACK DOWN COBBLESTONE STREET 00:48:09 - INT AIRPORT. PEOPLE MILLING AROUND, LINING UP, GETTING READY FOR FLIGHT 00:48:14 - WIFE WALKS UP TO CHECK-IN. TICKET AGENT ASKS HER NAME, WALKS AWAY. WIFE IS NERVOUS 00:48:43 - ANOTHER MAN WALKS OUT OF BACK ROOM WITH TICKET AGENT. PRAISES WIFE WHOM HE THINKS IS REPORTER. WIFE BANDS HEAD DOWN, LOOKS READY TO CRY 00:48:59 - MAN TELLS AGENT TO GET HER TICKET FOR HER, WOMAN REPORTER WALKS IN BACK DOOR 00:49:13 - WOMAN APPROACHES WIFE, ASKS IF SHE'S REALLY LEAVING. WIFE TURNS AROUND SHOCKED. THEY SPEAK 00:49:37 - WIFE BREAKS INTO A RUN TO STOP HUSBAND FROM SHOOTING HIMSELF. 00:49:41 - AGENT RETURNS TO GIVE HER TICKET. WOMAN THE REAL MISS DAVIS ASKS HIM TO SET IT ASIDE. FOLLOWS AFTER WIFE 00:49:51 - INT RESTAURANT. WAITER POURS TEA FOR WOMAN REPORTER. SHE SIPS GENTLY 00:50:04 - COUPLE ENTERS, RETURN HER PASSPORT. REPORTER SAYS SHE WON'T ALERT AUTHORITIES. COUPLE LEAVES RELIEVED 00:50:47 - WOMAN REPORTER'S MALE COLLEAGUES RETURN. STARE AFTER COUPLE, ENTER RESTAURANT. CHAT WITH WOMAN REPORTER ABOUT CANCELLED SKI TRIP
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A5537