- Title: PA-6
- Summary: 122 EYES: HARDCASTLE FILMS - TELLS HOW THE 122 SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED FUND (122 EYES) COMES TO THE AID OF PEOPLE IN NEED IN ST. LOUIS WHEN HARD TIMES HIT. VOICE OVER ASKS YOU TO GIVE TO UNITED FUND IN YOUR COMMUNITY..
- Description:00:59:54 - LS VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS GREATER ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SPREADING FROM MCARTHUR BRIDGE OUT PAST MISSOURI AND MERIMACK.. POV AIRPLANE.. CU SPEEDING RUNWAY AS SEEN FROM PILOT POV AS HE LANDS, LS HANGARS AND TERMINAL, POV PLANE APPROACHING. 01:00:46 - MCU PEOPLE, BACK TO CAMERA, RIDING ESCALATOR, GETTING OFF AT TOP. 01:00:49 - LONG ROW OF STORE FRONTS, SIGNS, ON BUSY BUSINESS DISTRICT. WITH GOODS ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE STORES SHOPPERS, PEDESTRIANS. 01:01:00 - MLS ALLEYWAY WITH MAN LOADING TRUCK, BACK YARDS SLUM AREA WITH CLOTHESLINES, DEBRIS SCATTERED ON GROUND. MS WOOD STAIRCASE LEADING FROM BACK YARD TO SLUM APARTMENT 01:01:09 - MS LITTLE GIRL SLEEPING IN DISHEVELED BED WITH STEEL FRAME, IN FILTHY, RUN DOWN BED ROOM. DIRTY FACED LITTLE GIRL, SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA, RISES, REACHES FOR GLASS OF WATER ON NIGHT TABLE. 01:01:38 - MS ELDERLY WOMAN WITH CANE, LIVING ALONE IN APARTMENT, SITS AT SMALL TABLE, POURS DRY CEREAL FROM BOX INTO BOWL. CU SPOONING CEREAL IN TOOTHLESS MOUTH. 01:02:07 - WOMAN IRONING CLOTHING IN KITCHEN AS MENTALLY RETARDED BOY SITS WITH LITTLE SISTER AT KITCHEN TABLE. POTS AND PANS SIT ON OLD STOVE, VIEWS TENEMENT HOUSES WITH BUICK, CIRCA 2950S PARKED AT CURN, FACING CAMERA, IN SLUM AREA, LITTLE KIDS ON SIDEWALK RUNNING TOWARDS CAMERA.. 01:02:41 - CU BROKEN BRICK PIECES LYING ON AT CURB ARE PICKED UP BY TEEN NEIGHBORHOOD GANG AS THEY WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. MS FIVE BLACK, WHITE TEENAGE BOYS, WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, BRICKS IN HAND. 01:03:03 - BOYS SUDDENLY STOP IN FRONT OF STORE, THROW BRICKS THROUGH PANE GLASS WINDOW. POV INSIDE STORE AS WINDOW SHATTERS. BOYS RUN OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS. vandalism. 01:03:19 - MLS CLOUDS FORMING, TREES BLOWING IN STRONG WIND LIGHTNING STRIKING ACROSS DARKENED SKY, FUNNEL CLOUD OF TORNADO FORMS IB SKY. weather, disaster. 01:03:28 - CU MUSIC PLAYING ON SMALL RADIO ON BUREAU, IS INTERRUPTED TO ANNOUNCE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ST LOUIS AREA. natural disaster 01:03:49 - LS VARIOUS VIEWS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD IN DISTANCE HEADING TOWARDS CAMERA, WITH DEBRIS FLYING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.. 01:04:07 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, "6 KILLED, 100 HURT BY TORNADOES" VARIOUS SCENES CRUSHED HOMES, MAN LOOKING OVER HIS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AUTO. CU VIEW DEVASTATED AUTO LYING IN PILE OF DEBRIS, 01:04:20 - LITTLE GIRL IM BED WITH PNEUMONIA, GASPING FOR BREADTH, LONELY OLD WOMAN EATING CEREAL, RETARDED CHILD AND SISTER IN KITCHEN WITH MOTHER IRONING CLOTHES AS VOICE OVER ASKS, "IF YOU HAD 122 EYES TO SEARCH THE DINGY UNFAMILIAR CORNERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND SEE THE NEEDS THERE ..... . SAYS YOU CAN HELP WITH GIFT TO UNITED FUND., 01:04:41 - AERIAL VIEW APARTMENT HOUSES LITERALLY LIFTED AS RESULT OF TORNADO. RESCUE WORKERS SEARCHING THROUGH RUINS OF HOMES. AERIAL PANORAMIC SCAN CITY OF ST, LOUIS. RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS, AS VOICE OVER SPEAKS OF 122 AGENCIES OF THE UNITED FUND. 01:04:59 - MS TOOTHLESS OLD MAN GUMS HIS FOOD. WOMAN WITH CHILD ON LAP GIVES BABY SPOON OF FOOD AS ANOTHER SMALL CHILD SITS BY HER. 01:05:28 - PEOPLE LINE UP FOR MEAL AT RED CROSS CENTER DURING DISASTER. MEN WOMEN, CHILDREN SEATED AT LONG TABLES HAVING MEAL AT CENTER. CU SMALL GIRL AND BOY WITH BEWILDERED LOOK ON FACES, BITE INTO SANDWICHES. 01:05:35 - CU FINGERS TYPING ON CIRCA 1950;S TYPEWRITER. MEN, WOMEN ON PHONE TAKING CALLS FOR HELP AT ONE OF 122 UNITED FUND HELP AGENCIES. WOMAN CHECKING TAPE MESSAGES AT SEVERAL TELETYPE MACHINES. BLACK TEACHER, TEACHING BLACK KIDS HOW TO TUNE PIANO. MS BLACK BOY AT DRILL PRESS IN WORK SHOP. 01:06:03 - RETARDED BOY SITS, PLAYS GAMES AT TABLE WITH OTHER CHILDREN. BLACK TEACHER GIVES THEM INSTRUCTION. FEMALE TEACHERS IN PLAYROOM INSTRUCTING CHILDREN. 01:06:28 - ONCE LONELY OLD WOMAN SITS AT TABLE EATING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. 01:06:34 - MS CHILD WITH PNEUMONIA LIES IN CLEAN HOSPITAL BED REACHES FOR GLASS OF WATER. NURSE APPROACHES HER, CHECKS HER WRIST PULSE. CU NURSE TURNS TO CAMERA, ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR UNITED FUND, "122 EYES, 122 01:07:54 - MS NURSE COVERS CHILD IN BED WITH BLANKET, RISES SIDE RAIL ON BED, ZOOM AWAY, NURSE ATTENDS TO CHILDREN IN OTHER BEDS IN ROOM VOICE OVER ASKS FOR ONE HOURS PAY EACH MONTH TO UNITED FUND. 01:08:50 - END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-6