- Title: PA-27
- Summary: HOPE IS IN YOUR HANDS: SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF ST. LOUIS IN THE LATE 1950S, AND HOW THEY ARE BEING ADDRESSED BY MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE UNITED FUND. UNDERSIDE OF THE FABULOUS FIFTIES.
- Description:01:01:00 - CU, ZOOM AWAY CHILD WITH EARPHONES SAYING "AAH!" AS HAND OF NUN HOLDS BOY'S HAND TO HIS VOCAL CORD AREA. NUN MAKES MOTION OF LICKING CANDY CANE, THEN HAS BOY HOLD OUT TONGUE TO GIVE HIM A TASTE. BOY LICKS HIS LIPS. VOICE OVER, WITH 95% HEARING LOSS LEARNS TO SUBSTITUTE SIGHT AND SOUND AT ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF.. 01:02:07 - MS WITH AIDE OF SPECIAL AMPLIFIERS, NUN DOES VARIETY TESTS TO HELP BOY TAP UNKNOWN RESOURCES. CU BOY HOLDING EARPHONE CLOSE TO EAR, TO ENJOY MUSIC. 01:02:21 - PAN SMALL BOYS, GIRLS WITH EARPHONES, DRUM STICKS IN HAND, SEATED ON BENCHES, THEN STAND CLAP STICKS TOGETHER TO SOUND OF PIANO MUSIC. NUN TEACHER IN ROOM. CU LITTLE GIRL MAKING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS TO SOUND OF PIANO. 01:02:44 - CU FACE SHOT NUN SAYING "VERY GOOD". 01:02:46 - CU VARIOUS SHOTS HANDS OF PIANO PLAYER PLAYING THE KEYS, PAN TO VARIOUS SHOTS DEAF CHILDREN PLAYING "MUSICAL CHAIRS", UNTIL WINNER SITS ALONE. NUN IN B/G CLAPPING. parlor games, contest competitive spirit. 01:03:40 - CU LITTLE GIRL TRYING TO PRONOUNCE WORDS AS NUN HOLDS CHILD'S HAND TO HER THROAT AS SHE PRONOUNCES WORDS TO AND HOLDS UP CARD WITH "I LOVE YOU".ON IT. CU LITTLE BOY WITH EARPHONES TRIES TO SAY WORDS. 01:04:06 - NUN ESCORTS BOY OUT OF SCHOOL, BOY RUNS, LEAPS. INTO MOTHER'S ARMS. CU BOY TELLS MOTHER, WITH DIFFICULTY, "I.. LOVE.. YOU". 01:04:26 - MS ELDERLY WOMAN ROCKING ON PATIO CHAIR AS SHE KNITS. ELDERLY HELPER APPROACHES, TALKS TO HER, CU HANDS KNITTING. 01:04:42 - CU ZOOM AWAY HANDS PULLING HUBCAP OFF PARKED CAR CAP POPS, CLANGS ON STREET, JUST AS POLICE CAR PULLS UP, COP RUNS OVER, ORDERS TEEN-AGE CAR THIEF TO PUT HANDS ON CAR, FRISKS HIM. crime. criminals. 01:05:00 - CU HANDS OF TEEN CAR THIEF BECOME HANDS TEEN-AGE BOY PULLING FOLDED TRAMPOLINE OFF TOP OF VAN WITH ASSISTANCE OF TWO BLACK ADULT, TEENAGE, WORKERS FOR YMCA. "YMCA" WRITTEN ON VAN. 01:05:30 - VARIOUS VIEWS YOUNG BLACK BOY DOES VARIETY TUMBLES, ACROBATICS ON TRAMPOLINE, AS BLACK, WHITE PEERS ALL WEARING "YMCA" T-SHIRTS, CIRCLE THE UNIT BOY TUMBLING, AS SEEN FROM UNDER TRAMPOLINE. GOOD SHOT sports, gymnastics. 01:05:41 - CU HANDS BLACK YMCA INSTRUCTOR SHOWING WHITE BOY HOW TO GRIP BASEBALL BAT. BOY AT HOME PLATE. INSTRUCTOR WATCHING, HITS BALL. VOICE OVER "THESE HANDS OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT, SUBSTITUTE ORGANIZED SPORTS FOR, STREET-CORNER VIOLENCE". 01:05:51 - SIGN "FELLOWSHIP CENTER", PAN DOWN LS BOY, ADULT ENTERING RELIGIOUS SPONSORED FACILITY WITH CROSS AT TOP OF BUILDING. 01:05:58 - CU BACKPACK ON BACK OF BOY SCOUT, BACK TO CAMERA, ZOOM AWAY AS HE WALKS TOWARDS BOY SCOUTS PUTTING UP TWO TENTS. 01:06:08 - GIRL SCOUTS WITH ADULT LEADER STAND AT EDGE OF STREAM FEEDING DUCKS(?) (NOT SEEN) PAN TO WATER AS GIRLS SCOUT THROWS FEED. 01:06:23 - CU SMALL GIRL SWIMMING IN POOL JOINS OTHERS. THEY REACH EDGE OF POOL. TILT UP FEMALE INSTRUCTOR IN SWIM SUIT, DEMONSTRATES (GESTURES) SWIM STROKE TO GIRLS IN POOL. CU VIEW OF INSTRUCTOR GESTURING STROKES AS SEEN BY GIRLS IN POOL - GOOD SHOT. . sports, swimming. 01:06:49 - MS POLICE STAND OUTSIDE SQUAD CAR, WATCH CROWD OF BOYS WATCHING BLACK BOY ON THE TRAMPOLINE OUTSIDE YMCA. CU POLICE SPEAKER, "ATTENTION ALL CARS, MISSING JUVENILE .....". COPS GET IN CAR, DISPATCHER VOICE OVER TELLS OF MISSING 14 YEAR OLD GIRL. 01:07:06 - CU COP RESPONDS CALL TO HEADQUARTERS, SPEED OFF OFF, SIREN BLASTING. VIEW TRAFFIC THROUGH SPEEDING COP CAR WINDOW. 01:07:28 - COPS RUN DOWN STEPS AT UNION (RAILROAD) STATION. TOWARDS CAMERA. PUSH THROUGH CROWDS AT STATION, SPOT PREGNANT TEEN GIRL SEATED ON BENCH, HER HEAD DOWN IN SHAME, DESPAIR, LUGGAGE ON FLOOR. CU COPS APPROACH GIRL, HER HEAD BACK TO CAMERA, THEIRS FACING CAMERA. ONE TAKES HER LUGGAGE, OTHER GENTLY TAKES ARM, THEY WALK OFF. 01:08:04 - PREGNANT GIRL AND MOTHER, VISIT SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL WORKER AT BOOTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WILL RECEIVE CARE, GUIDANCE TO GO ON WITH HER LIFE, 01:08:25 - GIRL SITS AT PICNIC TABLE WITH OTHERS IN SAME 01:08:31 - CU OPERATING TABLE BEING ROLLED INTO OPERATING ROOM AS DELIVERY DAY IS AT HAND. PREDICAMENT. CU LIGHTS IN OPERATING ROOM BEING MOVED OVERHEAD, POV GIRL ON TABLE. CU MASK BEING PLACED OVER GIRLS FACE (ANESTHESIA), PAN, ZOOM IN, MOM'S HAND HOLDING GIRL'S HAND. 01:08:57 - CU HAN HOLDING BABY'S HAND, ZOOM AWAY NEW ADOPTIVE, HOLDING BABY AS DAD HOLDS BABY'S HAND CU SLEEPING BABY IN MOM'S ARMS. CU PAN NEW PARENTS, BOTH SPORTING HORN RIM GLASSES AS THEY WALK OUT OF BUILDING WITH SIGN, "FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE. 01:09:25 - PHOTO BLACK BOY IN MID AIR WITH LEGS OUTSTRETCHED OVER HEADS OF OTHER BOYS AND TRAMPOLINE. ALL WEARING YMCA T-SHIRTS WITH YMCA SHIRTS, POSING 01:09:48 - LS ZOOM AWAY TO CITY SCAPE WITH UNFINISHED ST. LOUIS GATEWAY ARCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION. landmark. ZOOM IN UNITED WAY LOGO.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: PA-27