- Title: PA-14A
- Summary: TO NEW HORIZONS: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION - HANDY JAM CORPORATION, FUTURISM, 1939 - 1940 NEW YORK'S WORLD'S FAIR, INTRA-STRUCTURE, ROADS HIGHWAYS, PRE-WWII FUTURISTIC UTOPIAN THINKING, PREDICTIONS FOR 1960S.
- Description:01:00:32 - CU HUGE ROLLING WAVES CRASHING TOWARDS CAMERA. VIEWS OF ROLLING WAVES AT SEA, AND CRASHING ON SHORE. TITLE" "TO NEW HORIZONS". ZOOM IN ON CLOUDS IN SKY, LS VIEW CALM OCEAN AND HORIZON. PAN TO ISLAND. PAN HORIZON, FROM SANDY BEACH, WEEDS GROWING OUT OF SAND IN F/G. PAN TO HILLY FOREST OFF SHORE. SWAMP. PAN FOREST TO LOG CABIN SEEN THROUGH TREES. AS VOICE OVER SPEAKS OF SEARCH FOR NEW HORIZONS. 01:01:48 - PIONEER WITH WHIP IN HAND WALKS ALONGSIDE HIS TEAM OF HORSES PULLING COVERED WAGON. VIEW OF PLAINS AS SEEN FROM COVERED WAGON, HORSES PULLING WAGON IN F/G MLS MOVING COVERED WAGON, BACK TO CAMERA. 01:02:05 - LARGE TURNING WATER WHEEL ON SIDE OF BARN-LIKE BUILDINGS. OLD BROKEN STONE ROAD LEADING TO WOODS. ROAD OVER BRIDGE, DIRT ROAD FORKING TO RIGHT AND STRAIGHT AHEAD. CAMERA TURNS TO FORK TO RIGHT. 01:02:23 - LS MAN PLOWING FIELD L TO R. LS ZOOM IN FARM WITH HOUSE, BARN AND FARM BUILDINGS MLS WOMAN PUMPS WATER FROM COVERED WELL IN FRONT OF FARM HOUSE. 01:02:38 - SMALL CHILDREN RUNNING INTO SMALL SCHOOL HOUSE 01:02:45 - CU WOMAN PULLS OUT ONE OF THREE PIES FROM OLD COAL STOVE OVEN. CU MAN'S HAND STOKING VINTAGE BELLY STOVE CIRCA 1900S. ROUND CU WOODEN TUB BEING FILLED WITH WATER, MAN PLACES FOOT IN TUB. 01:02:51 - MS WOMAN RAISES OVERHEAD ORNATE KEROSENE LAMP CIRCA EARLY 1900S, INTO PLACE ABOVE TABLE, AFTER PULLING IT DOWN TO LIGHT IT. CU ZOOM INTO MOUTH PHONO HORN FROM CYLINDER PLAYING MACHINE. CIRCA EARLY 1900S 01:03:09 - MLS MAN RIDING HORSE AND BUGGY DOWN ROAD, BACKS TO CAMERA, DOG RUNNING ALONGSIDE. 01:03:14 - CU TRAIN RAIL BEING ATTACHED TO TIES WITH SPIKES. WITH SPIKE AXE. 01:03:20 - MS EARLY VINTAGE AUTO ON ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU MAN'S FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. CU NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, "SELF-STARTER FOR AUTOMOBILE REPLACES HAND CRANK METHOD". MS MAN STARTS HIS VINTAGE AUTO FROM DRIVER'S SEAT, SPEEDS OFF L TO R. LS DOWN DIRT ROAD, BACK TO CAMERA. invention 01:03:39 - VARIOUS VIEWS WINDING COUNTRY ROADS AS SEEN FROM AUTO IN MOTION. DESERT SCENERY FROM MOVING AUTO MS HEAVY 1930S TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY POV MOVING AUTO. LS ABOVE VIEW TRAFFIC ON COUNTRY HIGHWAY. 01:04:16 - LS TRACTOR PILLING PLOW ALONG HORIZON. 01:04:26 - WOMAN'S HAND REMOVES SLICES OF BREAD FROM CELLOPHANE WRAPPER. ,S HOUSE WIFE, BACK TO CAMERA OPENS REFRIGERATOR, CIRCA 1930S DOOR, PLACES FOOD IN IT. MS HOUSE WIFE SETS UP DINING ROOM TABLE FOR DINNER. FLORAL CENTER PIECE 01:04:39 - MCU BATHTUB FILLING WITH WATER, HAND TESTING WATER, FOOT GOING IN. 01:04:43 - MS MAN CHECKS WATER PUMP IN BASEMENT. HAND TURNING ON SMALL TABLE RADIO, CU HAND ADJUSTING WALL THERMOSTAT. domestic, 01:04:48 - LS PAN LARGE MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING. PAN, ZOOM IN VARIETY OF MODERN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, MONTAGE ROADS GOING THROUGH COUNTRY, MOUNTAIN AREAS 01:05:49 - FINGERS OF SCIENTIST PLACING TINY OBJECTS ON SLIDES IN LAB. CU MICROSCOPES SEMI-IMPOSED OVER SCIENTISTS WORKING IN LAB AS VOICE OVER TELLS OF NEW RAW MATERIALS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD IN LABS, 01:06:17 - MS REAPER FILLS TRUCK WITH WHEAT AS TRUCK RIDES ALONGSIDE. FARMER IN TRUCK USES SHOVEL TO SPREAD PILE.. 01:06:19 - MINERS WITH LIT HATS, INSIDE MINE. WORKER AT HUGE MACHINE IN MILL. VARIOUS VIEWS PEDESTRIAN. AUTO, TROLLEY TRAFFIC IN CITY BUSINESS DISTRICT, CIRCA 1940. 01:06:30 - LS TUG BOAT SAILING IN HARBOR OF UNIDENTIFIED CITY, CITY SKYLINE IN B/G. LS ABOVE PAN FACTORY BUILDINGS, DOCKS AND PIERS IN BUSY HARBOR. 01:06:39 - ABOVE VIEW SIDEWALK FILLED WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING, WINDOW SHOPPING OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOWS. CIRCA 1930S AUTOS. ABOVE VIEW CROWD SHOPPERS INSIDE DEPARTMENT STORE. 01:06:42 - MS SALESMAN SHOWS BIKE TO BOY AND DAD WHO PAYS. OTHER SALESMAN SHOWING GOODS. 01:06:53 - PAN VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS SAN FRANCISCO, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (?) IN B/G 01:07:06 - BLACK, WHITE, TRAIN CONDUCTORS WAIT AT TRAIN DOORS AS PEOPLE PASS BY. MCU STREAMLINER SPEEDING TOWARDS, PAST R TO L CAMERA 01:07:09 - MS AUTOS RIDE UNDER ROCK OVERPASS ON TREE LINED CENTER ISLAND OF HIGHWAY. POV MOVING AUTO. MLS ARCHED UPRIGHT OF HUGE SEEN THROUGH TREES, BY CAR APPROACHING. AUTO TRAFFIC ON NEW YORK CITY BRIDGE (?) ROADWAY. RAILING AS SEEN FROM SPEEDING CAR, CITY BUILDINGS IN B/G 01:07:32 - MCU ZOOM IN SPHERE AND TRYLON THEME STRUCTURES OF NEW YORK CITY'S 1939 - 1940 WORLD'S FAIR. TITLE: "WE ARE NOW APPROACHING THE FUTURAMA". PAN CROWDS WAITING ON LONG LINES FOR ENTRANCE TO WORLD'S FAIR. 01:07:47 - MS PAN HUGE LINES MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, VISITORS WAITING TO ENTER GENERAL MOTORS AND OTHER PAVILIONS. PEOPLE IN F/G WALKING GROUNDS. MORE OF HUGE WINDING LINES WAIT TO SEE "THE GREATER AND BETTER WORLD OF TOMORROW". 01:08:25 - LINES ON TWO LEVEL RAMPS COVERED WITH CANOPIES WIND AROUND THEME BUILDING. 01:08:42 - PAN ABOVE VIEW HUGE ANIMATED DISPLAY ARTIST CONCEPTIONS OF "THE WONDER WORLD OF 1960" BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED VILLAGES, FARM LANDS, TREES AND VALLEYS, FLOWERS AND FLOWING STREAMS.. BRIDGES, ROADS, MODERN BUILDINGS. 01:09:43 - MODERN AIRPORT WITH PLANE TAKING OFF RAMPS OF MODERN RUNWAYS. 01:10:05 - PAN ABOVE VIEW MODERN FARM, WHERE THE FARMER OF 1960 WORKS IN GREATER SECURITY AS MODERN RESEARCH HAS HELPED HIM CONTROL MANY OF THE RISKS OF AGRICULTURE. WITH HOURS OF WORK SHORTENED BY UNIVERSAL ELECTRIFICATION. 01:10:30 - ABOVE PAN ROWS OF GLASS HOUSES WHERE FRUIT TREES BARE ABUNDANTLY, ORCHIDS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST DISEASE AND INSECTS. 01:10:59 - ABOVE PAN FARM ROADS OF THE COMMUNITY FLOW INTO GREAT MOTORWAYS. AERIAL VIEW SUPERB ONE DIRECTION HIGHWAY WITH SEVEN LANES DESIGNATING TRAFFIC AT SEVERAL SPEEDS OF 50, 70 AND 100 MILES PER HOUR. PAN FARM ROADS AND FEEDER LANES JOIN MOTORWAY TRAFFIC AT SAME SPEED AS THE LANE THEY ENTER 01:11:40 - AERIAL VIEW AERATION PLANT PURIFYING LAKE WATER AND DISTRIBUTING FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES THROUGHOUT 01:11:58 - AERIAL VIEW HIGHWAY INTERSECTION COUNTRY. HIGHWAY WHERE TRAFFIC CAN MOVE SAFELY AND EASILY WITHOUT LOSS OF SPEED..ABOVE VIEW MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY WITH RAMPS, LOOPS. CARS ,AY ,AKE RIGHT AND LEFT TURN AT RATES OF SPEED OF 50 MILES PER HOUR. NO INTERFERENCE WITH STRAIGHT AHEAD TRAFFIC. 01:13:04 - AERIAL VIEW AMUSEMENT PARK CIRCA 1960. AERIAL VIEW INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDE HUNDREDS OF COMFORTABLE HOMES FOR WORKERS. ABOVE VIEW THRIVING AND PROSPEROUS STEEL TOWN. ABOVE VIEW STEEL MILL WITH SMOKING CHIMNEYS. 01:14:24 - MULTI-LANE MODERNISTIC AUTOS RIDE ON SUPER HIGHWAYS WITH SAFE DISTANCES BETWEEN CARS MAINTAINED BY RADIO CONTROL. KEYNOTE OF HIGHWAY IS SAFETY WITH INCREASED SPEED. 01:15:27 - PAN LS ABOVE VIEW RELIGIOUS RETREAT ON HILL TOP LOOKING OUT TO A LAKE AND FOOTHILLS. ROAD RUNNING ALONG FOOTHILLS OF MOUNTAIN, OVERLOOKING VALLEY CONTAINING PICTURESQUE RESORT TOWN. 01:15:59 - PAN TO CANAL WITH SERIES OF CONTROLLED LOCKS, PAN TO GIANT DAM WITH MODERNISTIC HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT PROVIDING POWER AND LIGHT FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES AROUND. LS MOTORWAY CONTINUES THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WITH BRIDGES SPANNING THE VALLEYS BELOW. 01:16:36 - ABOVE VIEW WINDING ROADS SNAKING THROUGH ROCKY HILLS, 01:16:55 - ABOVE VIEW TRAFFIC SPEEDING OVER SPECTACULAR SUSPENSION BRIDGE AS MOTORWAY ENTERS LARGE CITY. 01:17:18 - AERIAL PAN HUGE WELL LAID OUT CITY OF 1960 . RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS ALL HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR QUICKER EFFICIENCY AND GREATER CONVENIENCE. 01:18:09 - CIRCULAR AIRPORT WITH GIANT DIRIGIBLE HANGAR WHICH RESTS IN POOL OF LIQUID SO IT CAN BE TURNED EASILY. 01:18:34 - AERIAL VIEW PARKS IN CITY HAVE CONTINUITY AND PROPER PLACEMENT. 01:19:35 - AERIAL PAN QUARTER-MILE HIGH SKYSCRAPERS IN CITY. MANY OF WHICH HAVE LANDING DECKS FOR HELICOPTERS AND AUTOGYROS. PAN MORE OF CITY WITH MODERN ARCHITECTURE. 01:20:31 - AERIAL VIEW ELEVATED SIDEWALKS GIVE A NEW MEASURE OF SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE TO PEDESTRIANS AND DOUBLING AVAILABLE WIDTH FOR TRAFFIC IN STREETS.. 01:20:49 - MS MODERN AUDITORIUM BUILDING AND OTHER FUTURISTIC BUILDINGS. 01:22:03 - COLORFUL ANIMATED FUTURISTIC DECO GRAPHICS & SHAPES 01:22:14 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-14A