- Title: F-A5606
- Summary: THE FUNNY COMPANY: 1960s CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL SHOW
- Description:02:53:02 - KIDS APPROACH HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR ON THE GOLf COURSE, WANT TO MAKE MONEY AS CADDIES. GIRL SHRINKS, SHRINKING VIOLET. CLICHE RICH MOVIE MOGUL TALKS WITH CLENCHED MOUTH. ATHER OWNS MOVIE STUDIO. SOUNDS LIKE JIM BACCUS 02:54:21 - (#70) MOVIE MACHINE: CU RULER AND PIECE OF PAPER, THICK DARK ON ONE SIDE AND LIGHT ON THE OTHER. GLUE, PASTE AND SCISSORS APPEAR. HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE MOVIE MACHINE. DRAW TWO LINES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER THEN DRAW PAIRS OF LITTLE LINES IN BETWEEN. CUT OUT THE STRIPS BETWEEN THE LINES CREATING SLITS OF LIGHT. THEN MAKE A SERIES OF LITTLE DRAWINGS TO CREATE MOVEMENT. 02:55:09 - PICTURES BETWEEN THE SLOTS, ROLL THE PAPER INTO A CYLINDER AND TAPE IT 02:55:22 - PLACE THE CYLINDER ON A PHONOGRAPH RECORD TURNTABLE WHICH TURNS THE CYLINDER CREATING MOVEMENT. PERSISTENCE OF VISION. ILLUSION OF MOTION 02:56:05 - CU 1960s MAGAZINE WITH SCISSORS, MAKING A MOVIE USING CUT OUT PICTURES FROM A MAGAZINE. POV LOOKING INTO MOVIE MACHINE AS IT SPINS AROUND 02:56:19 - CARTOON KIDS AND BIRD WORK AS GOLF CADDIES TO MAKE MONEY. CARTOON INDIANS CARRY GOLFER IN GOLF BAG 02:58:00 - CARTOON INTRO. OILY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB. KIDS FOLLOW GOLFER AROUND AS CADDIES. SINISTER COUNT HIDES BEHIND WEEDS. CLICHE RICH MAN'S ACCENT. MOVIE STUDIO MOGUL. SULTAN AND BODYGUARD ON GOLF COURSE 02:59:32 - (#71) LAWRENCE: ARABIAN DESERT. ARAB LEADS CAMEL THROUGH THE DESERT. 02:59:41 - HOLLYWOOD MOVIE PEOPLE IN THE DESERT FILMING A MOVIE. TECHNICIANS, DIRECTOR, ARTISTS, ETC. TRACKS LAID FOR THE DOLLY. FILMING LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. EARLY 1960s. ACTORS. ANTHONY QUINN. ALEC GUINESS. DIRECTOR DAVID LEAN. FILMING SCENES IN THE DESERT. CREW RAKES THE SAND TO MAKE IT LOOK NATURAL. 03:00:49 - FILMING A NIGHT SCENE, TRIBAL MEETING AROUND CAMPFIRE. 03:01:03 - FILM CREW BREAKING DOWN THE SETS IN THE DESERT 03:01:11 - CARTOON GOLFER SWINGS GOLF CLUB. MOWER CUTS DOWN WEEDS EXPOSING SINISTER COUNT WHO PRETENDS HE WAS LOOKING FOR A GOLF BALL 03:03:01 - CARTOON INTRO. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STUDIO. SOUND STAGES. KIDS. SINISTER COUNT HIDING. TWO GIRLS AUDITION FOR A PART. CLICHE NASTY LITTLE CHILD ACTRESS. DIRECTOR ENTERS, IS CHILD ACTOR'S UNCLE. NEPOTISM. BIG BLAST HEARD, SPECIAL EFFECTS MAN. SINISTER COUNT PLOTS, STEALS A BOX OF DYNAMITE FROM STAGE SET 03:04:32 - (#72) VOLCANO: VOLCANIC ERUPTION, SPEWS LAVA AND ASH UP IN THE AIR. MOLTEN ROCK, STEAM AND GASSES ESCAPING FROM THE OPENINGS IN THE EARTH'S SURFACE THREATENING A TOWN BELOW. 03:04:47 - MOLTEN ROCK, MAGMA FLOWING DOWNHILL RED HOT RIVER OF LAVA 03:05:04 - VOLCANO ERUPTING. 1943, MEXICO. TREES "MELT" AND FALL. FOREST ON FIRE. LS VOLCANO ERUPTING. 03:05:27 - MONTAGE LAVA FLOWING, VOLCANIC MAGMA. NATURAL DISASTERS HOUSE BURNING. 03:05:55 - CARTOON HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR AUDITIONS LITTLE GIRL FOR PART IN HIS MOVIE. CLICHE CHILD ACTOR MAKING DEMANDS. SHY LITTLE GIRL SHRINKS 03:06:28 - CARTOON SPECIAL EFFECTS PEOPLE BLOW UP VOLCANO WITH SINISTER COUNT INSIDE, HE SHOOTS OUT OF THE VOLCANO 03:08:00 - CARTOON INTRO. SINISTER COUNT SPIES ON SHEIK AND BODYGUARD ON BOARD YACHT MOORED AT DOCK. PLOTS TO STEAL FROM OFF. SHEIK HAS SUITCASE FULL OF MONEY ON BOARD. 03:08:35 - CARTOON KIDS ON BOARD MOVIE MOGUL'S YACHT. CLICHE RICH MAN SPEAKS THROUGH CLENCHED JAW. TUG BOATS PASS 03:09:10 - (#73) TUGBOAT: TUGBOAT ON THE WATER. HUGE CRUISE SHIP AT SEA. 639 FOOT SHIP. TUGBOAT DWARFED BY ITS SIZE. TUGBOAT PULLS UP ALONGSIDE THE SHIP, CU CAPTAIN WAVES. CREW SECURES TOW LINES, DOCK WORKERS UNMOOR SHIP'S ROPES, TUGBOAT TOWS HUGE CRUISE SHIP AWAY FROM THE DOCKS. MATSONIA. TUGBOAT GUIDE SHIP THROUGH THE HARBOR. WAVE GOODBYE TO SHIP UNDER HER OWN POWER. 03:11:05 - CARTOON OUTRO. SINISTER COUNT STEALS SUITCASE FULL OF MONEY FROM RICH SHEIK, GETS CAUGHT, BODYGUARD MAKES HIM WALK THE PLANK AND IS CHASED BY A SHARK 03:13:09 - CARTOON INTRO, HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STUDIO SOUND STAGES. COUNT HIDES ON THE SET. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MOGUL SHOWS KIDS AROUND MOVIE STUDIO. EXPLAINS TO THE KIDS THAT ACTOR THAT WAS SHOT WAS MAKE BELIEVE, CREW SPRINKLES KETCHUP ON HIM TO LOOK LIKE BLOOD. MOVIE MAKE BELIEVE. 03:14:33 - (#74) FILM EDITING: SERIES OF OUT OF ORDER MOVIE SCENES GIRL GETS UP FROM PARK BENCH. GIRL PICKS POODLE UP. KIDS ON PLAYGROUND. GIRL PLAYS WITH HER DOG. POODLE. 03:15:27 - EDITED FILM SCENE. GIRL RECLINING ON PARK BENCH GETS UP TO PLAY WITH A DOG IN THE PARK. GIRL WANTS TO KEEP THE DOG, ASKS HER MOTHER WHO SHAKES HER HEAD UP AND DOWN AS IN YES. GIRL CARRIES THE DOG AROUND THE PARK TO SHOW HER FRIENDS. EDITED FILM STORY 03:16:33 - CARTOON FILM CREW SHOOTS A SCENE FROM "SONS OF THE DESERT" SINISTER COUNT HIDING ON THE SET EMERGES AND RECITES SHAKESPHERE, GETS RUN OVER BY ACTORS DRESSED AS ARABS RIDING HORSES IN THE DESERT 03:18:11 - CARTOON INTRO. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STUDIO SOUND STAGE. RECORDING STAGE. SOUND MAN EXPLAINS HOW THEY MAKE SONGS FOR FILMS. 03:18:27 - (#76) RECORDING: CU MIC. SOUND MAN ADJUSTS THE MIC. CU ADJUSTING KNOBS ON MIXING BOARD CONTROL PANEL. SOUND BOARD. CU 1960s RECORDING EQUIPMENT. REEL TO REEL TAPE CU CUTTING A MASTER RECORD. HOW TO MAKE A MASTER LACQUER. 03:18:45 - MASTER LACQUER IS CLEANED, METALIZED AND SPRAYED WITH SILVER. METALLIC COPY IS SEPARATED FROM THE MASTER LACQUER. CU COPY USED TO MAKE RECORDS 03:19:04 - COPIES ARE PLACED IN PRESSING MACHINE 03:19:15 - CU PLASTIC PIECES ARE HEATED. LABELS POSITIONED ON TOP AND BOTTOM. BLOB OF PLASTIC IS PLACED IN PRESSING MACHINE. 03:19:32 - RECORD IS THEN PUT IN A TRIMMING MACHINE. TRIMMED RECORD IS PLACED ON A SPINDLE TO AWAIT PACKAGING 03:19:42 - CU "THE FUNNY COMPANY" RECORD ON RECORD PLAYER. CU PLACING THE NEEDLE ON THE RECORD. PLAYING A 45 RPM RECORD. 03:19:50 - CARTOON OUTRO. KIDS RECORD IN THE STUDIO. CHILD STAR SINGS ABOUT SHRINKING VIOLET.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1963
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A5606