- Title: P-212-49
- Summary: LOOKING AT LIFE: SHORT THAT FOCUSES ON THE UNUSUAL, THE INTERESTING AND THE BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD AROUND US. THE SUN AND THE EARTH.
- Description:00:41:23 - SNOW MOUNTAIN. 00:41:28 - PEOPLE ON SKIS. 00:41:34 - HUGE TELESCOPE. CORNOGRAPH. 00:42:00 - FOOTAGE OF THE SUN FLARES. THE MCMAT-HOLBERT PROCESS. 00:42:30 - ERUPTING ARCHES. FLAMES. SCIENCE. THE MYSTERY OF THE SUN. 00:42:48 - NEW MEXICO. MOVIE CAMERA PUT ONTO ROCKET. 00:42:57 - ROCKET TAKES OFF. 00:43:13 - STRATOSPHERE. 00:43:14 - SHOWS EARTH. RIO GRANDE RIVER VISIBLE. EL PASO, TEXAS. 00:43:19 - CIRCULAR MOVEMENT OF THE CAMERA SHOWS 22 STATES AT THE SAME TIME. DIZZYING SPIRAL 00:43:41 - PANORAMA OF EARTH. 00:44:07 - SOUTHERN ITALY. HOLE IN THE EARTH. 00:44:14 - HUGE UNDERGROUND CAVERN. 00:44:29 - THE WHITE GROTTO. 00:44:32 - STALACTITES. 00:44:40 - STALAGMITES. 00:44:48 - CRYSTALS THAT LOOK LIKE FLOWERS. 00:45:00 - GEOLOGISTS AT WORK EXAMINING FORMATIONS. 00:45:07 - DRIPPING WATER HAS MADE A STALAGMITE LOOK LIKE A FLOWER. 00:45:23 - POOL OF WATER SO CLEAR IT'S HARDLY VISIBLE UNTIL A DROP OF WATER HITS IT. 00:45:33 - MANY FORMS OF STALAGMITES. 00:45:38 - FORMATION LOOKS LIKE A TOAD STOOL. 00:45:40 - HEAD OF A WAR CLUB. 00:45:44 - INTRICATE FORMS CLOSE UP. 00:45:46 - LONG LADDER DOWN. CLIMBING UP TO THE SURFACE. BEAUTIFUL. 00:46:11 - TOOLS ON TABLE. HOLLAND. 00:46:18 - MAN SHOWN WITH TOOLS AND BOTTLE. 00:46:22 - BUILDS A GARDEN RESTAURANT INSIDE A BOTTLE. INTENSE WORK. 00:46:28 - CU OF MAN GLUING THE CURVE OF A WIRE TO PUT INSIDE; USED TO HOLD PIECES IN PLACE. 00:46:38 - PUTS A SHADE UMBRELLA INSIDE. 00:46:53 - SEASCAPE INSIDE A LIGHT BULB. 00:46:56 - PUTS A LIGHTHOUSE IN THE LIGHT BULB. MOTOR BUILT INSIDE BOTTLE. 00:47:12 - MACHINIST IN A FACTORY INSIDE A BOTTLE. 00:47:19 - SHIP IN A LIGHT BULB. 00:47:30 - MOTOR ILLUSTRATED INSIDE BOTTLE. 00:47:36 - FACTORY INSIDE A BOTTLE MADE OF 900 SEPARATE PIECES. LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT. 00:47:44 - ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OF TREES AND A CAR MOVING. 00:47:54 - OLD FASHIONED RECREATIONS OF THE FIRST CARS. 00:47:56 - PEOPLE IN WHITE DUSTERS AROUND ROAD SIGNS. POINTING. LOOKING AT MAPS. VINTAGE FILM OF EARLY CARS. 00:48:04 - COUPLE NEAR THEIR CAR. 00:48:08 - WOMAN PREPARING TO DRIVE. WRAPS A HAT ON. 00:48:09 - CU OF WOMAN'S SHOE ON PEDAL. 00:48:12 - WOMAN DRIVING. 00:48:18 - COUPLE DRIVING. 00:48:28 - PEOPLE IN TOWN CROWD AROUND TO SEE CAR. TOUCHING. GAWKING. PEOPLE RUSHING TO SEE. 00:48:47 - KIDS SCRAMBLE TO GET INSIDE. 00:48:50 - CAR STARTS UP. SMOKES. TAKES OFF. 00:48:54 - CROWD IN TOWN RUN AFTER CAR. 00:49:17 - SILLY CAR RIDE. BOUNCES. 00:49:22 - SCARES HORSES. 00:49:32 - CAR PULLED BY HORSE. 00:49:40 - RACE BETWEEN CAR & HORSE. 00:50:00 - MAN TAKES WOMAN FOR A RIDE. 00:50:08 - MAN CRANKS CAR. 00:50:17 - MAN CLEANS AND SHINES UP CAR. OTHER PEOPLE GET IN. 00:50:30 - CLOUD OF SMOKE AS CAR STARTS. 00:50:35 - TWO-SEATER RUN-ABOUT. 00:50:40 - MAN CRANKS THE CAR. IT SMOKES. 00:50:45 - TAKES OFF. 00:50:52 - SQUEEZING BULB HORN. TAKES OFF BACKWARDS. 00:51:07 - MAN PUMPS UP TIRES. 00:51:17 - RUMBLE SEAT IN FRONT IN A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CAR. 00:51:30 - ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY CAR. 00:51:45 - STREETS OF TOWN FILLED WITH CARS. 00:51:57 - CARRIAGE PARADE. 00:52:01 - OLD FASHIONED CARS GO PAST "MODERN" CARS. ON HIGHWAY. 00:52:37 - LOUIS BRAILLE. SCULPTURE OF HIM. 00:52:40 - MODERN BRAILLE MACHINES. 00:52:47 - PEOPLE RUNNING MACHINE. 00:52:55 - BLIND PEOPLE READING BRAILLE. 00:53:00 - YOUNG GIRL READS BRAILLE OUT LOUD. 00:53:12 - COUPVRAY IN FRANCE. BRAILLE'S BIRTHPLACE. 00:53:22 - MONUMENT IN FRONT OF CHURCH. 00:53:34 - CROWD GATHERS AS BRAILLE'S BODY IS REMOVED FROM GRAVE. 00:53:44 - BLIND PEOPLE TOUCHING GRAVE AND PUT DOWN FLOWERS. 00:53:55 - SLOW PROCESSION TOWARD PARIS. 00:54:09 - HELEN KELLER RECEIVES FRENCH MEDAL OF HONOR. AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE. 00:54:30 - PARADE OF BLIND PEOPLE. 00:54:39 - BLIND CHILDREN PARADE AND MARCH. 00:54:45 - INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF BLIND PEOPLE MARCHING IN TRIBUTE. 00:55:00 - PAMPION IN PARIS. 00:55:05 - COFFIN IS CARRIED IN THE GREAT HALL. HUGE HONOR. 00:55:14 - FRANCE'S HIGHEST DIGNITARIES HONOR BRAILLE. 00:55:39 - VALLEY FORGE. SNOWY HILLS. 00:55:48 - CANNONS ON FIELD . 00:56:04 - WOODEN FENCES , FORERUNNER OF BARBED WIRE. 00:56:12 - GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS. HOUSE. 00:56:17 - ARTILLERY. CANNONS. 00:56:23 - ILLUSTRATION OF VALLEY FORGE. 00:56:44 - SOLDIERS HUTS. LOG CABINS, 00:56:57 - SCHOOL HOUSE. 00:57:04 - ILLUSTRATION OF WASHINGTON VISITING AILING MEN AT HOSPITAL. 00:57:12 - FLAG WITH CIRCLE OF 13 STARS ON FLAGPOLE. 00:57:18 - MORE ILLUSTRATIONS. 00:57:42 - WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ARCH. 00:57:48 - CU OF INSCRIPTION. 00:58:01 - INSCRIPTION READ. 00:58:17 - STIRLING REDOUBT SIGN. 00:58:20 - FORT WASHINGTON SIGN. 00:58:23 - LANDSCAPE SHOTS OF GROUNDS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-212-49