- Title: PA-1
- Summary: ACCORDING TO PLAN: THE STORY OF MODERN SIDEWALLS: BEAUTY & FUNCTIONALITY OF ASBESTOS SIDWALLS. VISIT TO LEVITTOWN, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. INTERVIEW WITH NORMAN DENNY, VP OF MATERIALS FOR LEVITT & SONS BUILDERS. 1950s STANDARDIZED BUILDING PROCESSES.
- Description:01:00:28 - YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE CHECK PLANS AS THEY BUILD SCALE MODEL OF THEIR NEW HOME ON LIVING ROOM TABLE. 01:00:30 - CU MAN'S HANDS PUTTING UP PLASTIC WALL SECTIONS OF SCALE MODEL. 01:01:17 - CU FACE SHOT WOMAN SHOWING WHERE SHE WANTS LOCATION OF LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN ON MODEL, SO SHE CAN SEE THE CHILDREN PLAYING IN YARD. 01:01:28 - CU FACE SHOT MAN SAYS, "CHILDREN?, HOW MANY YOU PLANNING ON?" 01:01:50 - YOUNG COUPLE LEAF THROUGH BOOK OF HOME ELEVATIONS. CU VARIOUS SIZE & STYLE OF NEW HOMES, EACH MADE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS. (BRICK, STONE, SHINGLES). IN SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS, 01:02:24 - SCIENTIST IN LAB SWIRLING BEAKER OF CHEMICAL IN HIS HAND, POURS IT IN ANOTHER BEAKER. 01:02:28 - PAN TO LIQUID RAYON BUBBLING IN GLASS BEAKER OVER BUNSEN BURNER. 01:02:33 - WOMAN IN GARDEN CHECKS OUT HER RAYON OUTFIT. 01:02:35 - WOMAN LIFTS ROLLED UP GARDEN HOSE MADE OF PLASTIC 01:02:55 - CU WOMAN'S FEET WALKING ON COLORFUL FLOOR MADE OF ASBESTOS TILES. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS ADVANTAGES OF THIS MATERIAL. 01:03:06 - CU PAN SAFER, MORE DURABLE TILES ON ROOF MADE OF ASBESTOS CEMENT. ATTRACTIVE AND FIRE PROOF. 01:03:10 - CU BUBBLING BEAKER OF CHEMICAL. 01:03:24 - TWO SCIENTISTS WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF SIDEWALLS FOR HOMES MADE OF ASBESTOS-CEMENT MATERIAL. 01:03:54 - CU HAND OF SCIENTIST PULLS APART SMALL PIECE OF ASBESTOS FIBERS. TWEEZER PULLS APART FIBERS IN ASBESTOS MINERAL. 01:04:09 - CU PENCIL TIP POINTS TO FIBERS PROTRUDING FROM ASBESTOS CEMENT 01:04:11 - CU STEEL RODS PROTRUDING OUT OF CONCRETE FOUNDATION. 01:04:15 - CU TONGS PICKING ASBESTOS FIBERS, PLACES IT OVER FLAME SHOWING IT WILL NOT BURN. USE IN FIRE PROTECTION. 01:04:40 - VARIOUS VIEWS SCIENTISTS TESTING SIDEWALL SHINGLES. CU TORCH BEING APPLIED TO SIDING SHOWS IT TO BE FIREPROOF. 01:04:45 - CU PIECE OF SIDING DUNKED IN FISH TANK SHOWS IT IS WATERPROOF, 01:05:08 - ABOVE VIEW MACHINE DUPLICATING EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON ASBESTOS-CEMENT SIDING. 01:05:21 - CU HAND WITH PAINT BRUSH PAINTING SHINGLE TO SHOW IT CAN BE PAINTED. 01:05:25 - ABOVE VIEW MAN WATERING GARDEN ALONGSIDE HIS ASBESTOS CEMENT SHINGLED HOUSE IN SUBURBIA 01:05:28 - CU 15 YEAR-OLD SHINGLE IS COMPARED WITH NEW SHOWS PRACTICALLY NO DIFFERENCE. 01:05:30 - CU HAND TRIES TO SCRATCH OLD SHINGLE WITH A SCRIBER TO NO EFFECT. 01:05:53 - TWO WORKMEN INSTALLING ASBESTOS CEMENT SHINGLE ON HOME. 01:06:19 - MAN WALKING BABY IN STROLLER UP WALK TO RANCH STYLE HOUSE, CIRCA 1950. 01:06:37 - WORKER APPLIES NEW SHINGLES OVER EXISTING SIDEWALLS TO OLD HOUSE UNDER EYE OF APPLICATION CONTRACTOR SIDEWALL. 01:06:57 - PAN SERIES OF SMALL NEW LOOK-ALIKE HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN WOODBURY GARDENS DEVELOPMENT, WOODBURY, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 01:06:59 - MAN EXITS HOME IN SOUTHERN HOMES DEVELOPMENT WHOSE HOMES WERE MADE WITH ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDEWALLS. 01:07:24 - PAN BISTLE HILLS DEVELOPMENT IN ST. LOUIS. CAR DRIVING UP STREET. 01:07:26 - VIEW OF FRONT ENTRANCE AND ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDING ON ONE OF THE HOMES. 01:07:36 - PAN SAME TYPE (COOKIE-CUTTER) HOMES IN GLASGOW VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT. 01:07:49 - CARS, PEOPLE OUTSIDE MODEL HOMES IN NEW EL DURADO RANCHO DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 01:07:55 - VARIOUS VIEWS SIDEWALLS AND COLORED TRIM ON HOUSE. 01:08:17 - MAP OF U.S. MADE UP OF SIDEWALL MATERIAL IN ALL COLORS. SHOWS ALL REGIONS OF COUNTRY, REGARDLESS OF CLIMATES, USING NEW SIDEWALLS. 01:08:38 - RANDOLPH EVANS, NATIONALLY KNOWN ARCHITECT, SEATED AT HIS DRAWING BOARD. ASKED WHAT HE THINKS OF ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDING AS SIDE WALL FOR HOMES HE DESIGNS. 01:08:58 - CU DRAWING OF HOUSE DESIGNED BY EVANS BUILT USING ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDEWALLS. 01:09:01 - VARIOUS ELEVATIONS OF HOMES DESIGNED BY EVANS. EVANS VOICE OVER DESCRIBES THEM. 01:09:37 - CU ROAD SIGN WITH ARROWS: "LEVITTOWN" 01:09:40 - VIEW OF MODERN GARDEN COMMUNITY OF LEVITTOWN. 01:09:42 - CHILDREN ENJOY PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IN LEVITTOWN. KIDS ON DIVING BOARD. ROW OF HOMES OUTSIDE FENCE IN BKGD 01:09:49 - MR. NORMAN DENNY, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MATERIALS FOR LEVITT AND SONS, BUILDERS OF LEVITTOWN. WRITES ON CLIPBOARD OUTSIDE A LEVITT HOME. 01:09:50 - VO ASKS DENNY ABOUT ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDING HE USES IN HIS HOMES. DENNY TELLS WHY. 01:10:13 - VARIOUS VIEWS LEVITT HOMES IN LEVITTOWN AS DENNY VOICE OVER SPEAKS OF ADVANTAGES OF THE SIDEWALLS, 01:10:43 - WOMAN SWEEPING HER WALK IN FRONT OF HOME. VO ASKS HER ABOUT HER "NEW" HOME. SAYS HOME WAS BUILT 30 YEARS AGO AND NEW SIDEWALLS INSTALLED 10 YEARS AGO MAKE IT LOOK NEW. HUSBAND GOT AN FHA LOAN TO HAVE JOB DONE. 01:11:40 - PAGES ON ALBUM TITLED "ACPA" ARE FLIPPED OPEN SHOWING PHOTOS OF BUSINESS BUILDINGS, APARTMENT HOUSES, FARM BUILDINGS, CHURCHES. REMODELLED HOMES, NEW BIG HOUSES AND COTTAGES. 01:12:08 - VARIOUS VIEWS TREES, PALM TREES BLOWING IN HURRICANE. 01:12:12 - FIRE INUNDATING HOME. VIEWS OF HOME MADE WITH ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDEWALLS WITHSTAND HEAT OF BRUSH FIRE 01:12:30 - YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE WORKING ON SCALE MODEL OF NEW HOME ARE HANDED PIECE OF ASBESTOS CEMENT SHINGLE. ZOOM IN ON SCALE MODEL ON LIVING ROOM TABLE. 01:13:11 - 1950s HOME WITH BRICK FRONT, ASBESTOS SIDING. 01:13:42 - MONTAGE PAN VARIOUS VIEWS HOMES IN SUB-DIVISIONS MADE WITH "RUBEROID" SIDEWALLS IN 1940. 01:14:29 - PAN HOMES IN SUBDIVISION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 01:14:49 - CU ASBESTOS CEMENT SHINGLES IN VARIETY OF COLORS. 01:15:38 - VARIOUS CU VIEWS SHINGLES ON HOME. FEATURES THAT ADD TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. 01:15:55 - WORKER INSTALLING SHINGLES OVER OLD SIDEWALLS. SHOWS HOW TO GET DESIRED EFFECTS BY ADDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED SHADOW STRIPS. WORKER LAYS THE SHINGLES. 01:16:03 - CU WORKER STAPLES FELT UNDER-LAYMENT AFTER EACH LINE OF SHINGLES IS LAYED CREATING THE DESIRED "SHADOW EDGE". 01:16:07 - CU FINGER POINTS TO SHADOW CREATED BY RAISED SHINGLE. 01:16:29 - WORKER ADDS WOOD LATH TO GET SAME "SHADOW EDGE" EFFECT. PROVIDES WORKER WITH NAILING EDGE FOR THE NEXT ROW OF SHINGLES. 01:17:21 - CU VIEW STONEWALL BOARD, NEW PRODUCT BY "RUBBEROID". USED AS SOFFIT FOR HOUSE. 01:17:25 - VARIOUS VIEWS DIFFERENT STYLE HOMES COVERED WITH ASBESTOS CEMENT SIDEWALLS. 01:17:45 - WOMAN ENTERS HOME WITH LITTLE BOY IN TOW.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-1