- Title: PA-12
- Summary: GIVE YOURSELF THE GREEN LIGHT: Interstate Highway System INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, CAR CULTURE, MANIFEST DESTINY. GRID LOCK. ROAD RAGE
- Description:01:00:31 - AERIAL VIEW LONG STRETCHES OF SUPER-HIGHWAY SNAKING, CRIS-CROSSING THROUGH POPULATED URBAN, SUBURBAN AREAS. CU VIEWS TRAFFIC HEAVY TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1950S, SPEEDING IN ALL DIRECTIONS ON HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING TOWARDS AND OVER CAMERA. CU LIGHT TURNS RED, CU 1954 CHEVY STOPS GRILL FACING CAMERA. transportation 01:01:45 - FOUR CARS, SIDE BY SIDE, STOP FOR LIGHT ON FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, FACING CAMERA, MC ABOVE VIEW BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, TOWARDS CAMERA, IN CITY AND ON PARKWAY, VOICE OVER, "WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROADS", "WE DIDN'T DREAM BIG ENOUGH". Gridlock 01:02:00 - MAP OF U. S. SHOWS IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED, PAVED, UNPAVED ROADS, SUPER HIGHWAYS AND PARKWAYS. 01:02:21 - MONTAGE AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC ON COUNTRY ROADS, LONG CITY STREETS, BIG CITY THOROUGHFARES, STATE HIGHWAYS. NETWORKING THE NATION. 01:02:28 - CU WHITE-WALLED TIRE OF CAR RIDING OVER BUMPS IN ROAD, ONTO DIRT ROAD, WOODEN BRIDGE ROAD. CU ROAD SIGN: "DEAD END STREET". CU MONTAGE MORE OF FAST MOVING DIRT ROADS, WORN OUT AS SEEN FROM SPEEDING CAR. VOICE OVER DESCRIBES. CU "ROAD CLOSED", "SLOW", "DIPS", BARRIERS MARKED "DANGER", "NARROW ROAD" AND OTHERS, ALL SEEN BY MOVING CAR. 01:03:10 - CU RED FLAG STOPS TRAFFIC. MS DUMP TRUCK AND CREW FIXING ROAD. CU LOCAL ENGINEER SUPERVISES WORKERS. VOICE OVER ENGINEER TELLS WHAT HE THINKS HAPPENED TO OUR ROADS. 01:03:29 - VARIOUS CU VIEWS HOLE IN ROAD BEING CLEANED WITH PICK AXE, BROOM, SHOVEL, THEN FILLED WITH BLACK TOP, SMOOTHED OUT. CU MAN IN CAR RESTS HEAD ON HAND AS HE WAITS COMPLETION OF THE REPAIR. CU ANOTHER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS, OPENS DOOR TO LOOK OUT, LOOK OF FRUSTRATION ON FACE. 01:03:55 - CU RED FLAG IS LOWERED FOR TRAFFIC TO TOLL ON. CU TRACTOR AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT RIDE OFF ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE. 01:04:16 - MS SEVERAL SHOTS WHITE MILK TRUCK RIDING ON DIRT ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU VIEW TRACTOR WHEEL TURNING ALONGSIDE TRACTOR DRIVER, BACK TO CAMERA. 01:04:39 - MS SEVERAL VIEWS MILK TRUCK SPEEDING ON DIRT ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA, ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD, MS TRACTOR HAULING ROAD WORKING EQUIPMENT ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROAD, MEETS AT CURVE WITH MILK TRUCK, WHO SLOWS DOWN TO AVOID COLLISION. SLOWLY RIDES AROUND TRACTOR. CEMETERY IN B/G 01:05:15 - SCHOOL BUS TURNS SLOWLY AT NARROW BRIDGE BY RAILROAD CROSSING. MS CHILDREN INSIDE BUS, BACK TO CAMERA, WATCH DRIVER NEGOTIATE TURN. BUS, BACK TO CAMERA, BARELY MAKES TURN. CU SCHOOL BUS RIDES SLOWLY TO STOP TOWARDS CAMERA, SCHOOL KIDS CLIMB IN. MCU KIDS PEERING OUT WINDOW AS BUS PASSES. 01:05:49 - TRAFFIC IN F/G PASSING STRING OF STORES IN SMALL TOWN AS MAN ON 2ND FLOOR LOFT PEERS THROUGH WINDOW AT TRAFFIC. MS MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, PEERING OUT LOFT WINDOW TO TRAFFIC IN STREET BELOW. HIS VOICE OVER TELLS OF TERRIBLE TRAFFIC ON WEEK-ENDS. VARIOUS CU VIEWS AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1950S. TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:06:09 - BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC IN SMALL TOWN, WITH NO PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMODATE CUSTOMERS FOR STORES. 01:06:11 - CU FINGER RINGING UP CASH REGISTER. MS CAR LOOKS FOR SPOT IN CROWDED PARKING LOT. MS MERCHANT HANGS UP SIGN: "FREE PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS", INSIDE HIS STORE WINDOW, VOICE OVER, GOOD INVESTMENT TOWN MUST MAKE, "LOTS OF PARKING". 01:06:34 - MLS 1950S AUTO TRAFFIC PASS "EISHER BROS 5 AND 10 CENTS STORE" IN B/G. MLS MORE TRAFFIC, SMALL TOWN STORES. MOSTLY GM CARS. 01:06:48 - CU WOMAN DRIVING WITH YOUNG DAUGHTER NEXT TO HER, BACKS TO CAMERA, LOOKING FOR PARKING SPACE IN TOWN. PASS SIGN, "NO PARKING, BUS STOP". CU HER VIEW OF CARS PARKED AT CURB, A SPACE WITH FIRE HYDRANT, BAGS OF ORANGES, OTHER PRODUCE AT OUTSIDE MARKET IN B/G. MORE OF WOMAN AND CHILD IN CAR LOOKING. WOMAN'S VOICE OVER TALKS ABOUT CONGESTION AND FINDING PARKING. 01:07:13 - WOMAN SEES DRIVING SPOT OUTSIDE THEATER, BUT "NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS" STOPS HER. MORE OF "NO PARKING" SIGNS, FIRE HYDRANTS, ETC. 01:08:10 - MLS WOMAN WAITS AS CAR PULLS PULLS OUT OF PARKING SPOT AGAINST CURB IN TOWN, CAR WAITING IS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER CAR WHO CUTS INTO SPOT. road rage 01:08:32 - CU WRIST WATCH ON MAN'S WRIST AT WHEEL. CU FRUSTRATED MAN BEHIND WHEEL BLOWS HORN. MS PRODUCE TRUCK, BACK TO CAMERA, BLOCKS ROAD AS WORKERS UNLOAD. WORKERS CARRYING PRODUCE BOXES WITH HAND TRUCKS IN CROWDED MARKET. 01:09:05 - CU MAN AT WHEEL OF TRUCK, STICKS HEAD OUT OF WINDOW, GETS IMPATIENT AS HE WAITS FOR TRUCK IN FRONT TO UNLOAD, SPEAKS TO DRIVER OF TRUCK IN BACK OF HIM WHO IS ALSO WAITING. 01:09:18 - MCU HERD OF SHEEP IN TRUCK. SHEEP SUPER-IMPOSED ONTO VARIOUS VIEWS OF BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. (MAKING A COMPARISON ?). VOICE OVER SAYS "WITH 54 MILLION CARS ON ROADS TODAY, (1954), "THEY SAY BY 1975 WE WILL BE DRIVING 85 MILLION". 01:09:30 - MS BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1954, NOT MOVING GRID LOCK). SALESMAN IN CAR BLOWS HORN, LOOKS AT WATCH, FRUSTRATED LOOK ON FACE. CU GRILLS OF CARS, INCHES AWAY FROM REARS OF CARS BEFORE THEM. 01:09:53 - CU MAN IN CAR GETS ANGRY WHEN MAN BEHIND HIM BLOWS HORN, NE COMMENTS ANGRILY, (ROAD RAGE) MONTAGE FACES OF FRUSTRATION ON VARIETY OF DRIVERS STUCK IN GRID LOCK TRAFFIC. CU MAN IN WAITING CAR, GLANCES TO WOMAN WAITING IN CAR NEXT TO HIM. SHE GLANCES BACK IN HELPLESS FRUSTRATION. CU FACE SHOTS. VOICE OVER, "WHAT CAB A CITIZEN DO? 01:11:00 - CU NEWSPAPER STORY, "GM OFFERS AWARD.....", "NATION-WIDE CONTEST SLATED TO SEEK ROAD SYSTEM IDEAS", "YOU CAN WIN $25,000" CU MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS HANDS TYPING, MAIL BEING POURED OUT OF MAIL BAGS. 01:11:30 - LS ROBERT MOSES OF NEW YORK, WORLD FAMOUS HIGHWAY PLANNER, IS INTRODUCED AT BANQUET, SPEAKS ABOUT DIFFICULT REMEDY FOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. MOSES PROPOSES CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AT 5 BILLION A YEAR. 01:12:50 - DERRICKS AT WORK, MEN CLEARING DEBRIS FROM ROADS, WORKERS LAYING CEMENT, LEVELLING IT, ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITES WITH BULL DOZERS, OTHER EQUIPMENT. 01:13:15 - MS PAN ELEVATED HIGHWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION GOING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. 01:13:26 - PAN LONG LINE OF CARS, CIRCA 1954, PARKED HORIZONTALLY IN FRONT OF LONG LINE OF PARKING METERS. MLS ABOVE VIEW AUTO DRIVING INTO 4 STORY PARKING GARAGE IN CITY. CU SIGN WITH AROW "MUNICIPAL PARKING". ABOVE VIEW PARKING LOT. 01:13:39 - VARIOUS VIEWS ROAD CREWS LAYING BLACK TOP ON COUNTRY ROAD. MS CAMERA FOLLOWS BEHIND BLACK TOP LAYING VEHICLE AS WORKER CONTROLLING JETS LAYING BLACK TOP. WORKERS BEHIND DUMP TRUCK SPREADING TAR ON ROAD. CU VIEW JETS ON VEHICLE LAYING TAR ON ROAD. CU MACHINE SMOOTHING BLACK TOP. 01:13:59 - CU STEAM ROLLER, BACK TO CAMERA SMOOTHING OUT BLACKTOP. 01:14:06 - LS BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC MOVING SLOWLY ON OVERPASS IN F/G AND ANOTHER IN IN B/G. MLS ABOVE VIEW TRAFFIC ON GOWANUS PARKWAY IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, PASSING TENEMENT HOUSES AND FACTORIES ON EITHER SIDE OF PARKWAY. VIEW OF THREE AND FOUR STORY TENEMENT HOMES, CIRCA EARLY 1900S. POV PARKWAY 01:14:34 - SIGNS AT EXIT OF GOWANUS PARKWAY,"LAST EXIT IN BROOKLYN".POV VAR DRIVING UNDER IT AND OFF PARKWAY. 01:14:41 - NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPERS IN B/G. CITY DOCKS IN F/G. 01:14:43 - MS PEOPLE SEATED ON PARK BENCHES ON UPPER LEVEL PROMENADE OF THREE LEVEL PARKWAY WITH TWO ONE-WAY EXPRESSWAYS UNDER PROMENADE, AND STREET TRAFFIC ON UNDER THAT IN BROOKLYN. 01:15:07 - LS HOLLYWOOD INTERCHANGE WITH HIGHWAY AND CRIS CROSSING OVERPASSES. MANICURE PLUSH GRASS, SPRINKLERS AT WORK. CAUSE RAINBOW TO FORM IN F/G. VARIOUS VIEWS TRAFFIC CRISS CROSSING, EIGHT WAYS AT ONCE INTERCHANGE. 01:15:34 - AERIAL PAN SPECTACULAR TWO DECK VIADUCT SNAKES ALONG DOCKS AT PUGET SOUND THROUGH SEATTLE'S BUSIEST SECTION, HAS CUT A 20 MINUTE BATTLE TO THREE MINUTES TRAVEL TIME. 01:16:03 - CAR APPROACHES PAY TOLL BOOTH, GOES THROUGH NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, POV INSIDE CAR. ABOVE VIEW SIX LANE TOLL ROAD SNAKING OVER WET LANDS. 01:16:43 - VARIOUS VIEWS STEEL WORKERS HEATING RIVETS, ON SCAFFOLDS, WORKING ON STEEL STRUCTURES..VARIOUS VIEWS CONCRETE, STEEL, HIGHWAYS IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF COMPLETION. HUGE CRANES, MASSIVE STEEL STRUCTURES IN PITTSBURGH. 01:17:25 - HIGHWAYS IN PITTSBURGH BRING AIRPORT (LS) ONLY 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM CITY AERIAL VIEW HUGH HOLE BEING DUG IN HEART OF CITY OF PITTSBURGH, TO PROVIDE UNDERGROUND STORAGE (PARKING) FOR THOUSANDS OF CARS. 01:17:48 - MLS SIX LEVEL PARKING GARAGE IN HEART OF CITY. ABOVE VIEWS SAME. BUS, AUTO TRAFFIC IN STREET BELOW. 01:18:02 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS TRAFFIC ON BAYSHORE FREEWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. 01:18:26 - ABOVE VIEWS CONSTRUCTION ON EIGHT MILE EXPRESSWAY FROM CITY LIMITS TO MICHIGAN AVENUE, WIDE AS CITY BLOCK, INTO THE HEART OF THE "LOOP". IN CHICAGO. ZOOM IN MAIN POST OFFICE BUILDING IN CHICAGO AS SEEN FROM PARKWAY. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW CHICAGO GETS FINANCING FOR THEIR HIGHWAYS 01:18:53 - VARIOUS VIEWS CRANE LOWERING HUGE STEEL BEAM TO STEEL WORKERS SITTING ON STEEL BEAM HIGH ABOVE STREET. CU OPERATOR IN SEAT WORKING CRANE. STEEL WORKER NONCHALANTLY WALKS ACROSS STEEL BEAM, HIGH ABOVE GROUND. POV BELOW LOOKING UP. daredevils. 01:19:22 - VARIOUS VIEWS EXPRESSWAY BEING BUILT IN DETROIT, AS SEEN BY CAR RIDING UP TO DROP OFF, WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS TO CONTINUE. MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES, CEMENT BEING POURED, LEVELED OFF. 01:19:58 - LS LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS WITH TRAFFIC TOWARDS CAMERA RIDING UNDER OVERPASS. VARIOUS VIEWS TRAFFIC ON PARKWAYS. 01:20:28 - CARS PARKED OUTSIDE SUBURBAN CHURCH. 01:20:32 - ROAD ALONG WATERS EDGE ALONG MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY POV DRIVER. MS POLICEMAN DIRECTS SCHOOL CHILDREN CROSSING AT INTERSECTION IN SUBURBIA. 01:20:48 - AERIAL PAN CROSSING PARKWAYS. BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA. MODERN INTERCHANGE WITH CRISS CROSSING OVERPASSES, HIGHWAY. 01:21:41 - AERIAL VIEW PARKWAYS, INTERCHANGES, OVERPASSES ON EXTENSIVE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THROUGH CITY AND SUBURBAN AREAS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-12