- Title: PA-31C
- Summary: MIRACLE ON THE DELAWARE: Philadelphia as seen across Delaware River. Great shot from car on Delaware Bridge. Pan up industrial building in Camden, NJ; Campbells soup water tower on top of building. Aerial of Levittown, Pennsylvania suburbs; pan over Levittown suburbs. Aerial Trenton, NJ.; VS bustling streets in 1950s downtown Trenton, New Jersey. VS downtown Wilmington, Delaware in 1950s. High-angle Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; pan over steel mill, large smoke stacks and smoke rise from mill. Hess Brothers van drives down street; shot from car driving toward Allantowns Hess Brothers toy store. CU baby cries in crib; camera pans up to drawing of Fulton steamship painted on wall above baby; cut to aerial of steamship freighter on Delaware River. LS little boy climbs up on pile of wood planks along pier and waves to Fernsrove cargo ship; low-angle of boy in matching jacket and hate waving at cargo ship. VS cargo ships in Port of Philadelphia. Ships include the Exiria and Angelina; VS Port of Philadelphia workers drive forklifts and move large pipes, cranes lift cargo into ships, trucks deliver produce. High-angle of trucks delivering produce in shipyard; VS Black dockworkers pass sacks of potatoes down line off of Dock St.; Great shot of Dock St. Pan over row of parked delivery trucks for Joyce Delivery Service, Food Fair Stores Inc. with ad on side of truck for Super Speed Shopping, Snow Crop Frozen Foods. CU newborn baby in crib tossing and turning in sleep. VS Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, largest city park in the world; Independence Hall. Pan down newspaper building with clock tower on top, billboard for Schlitz beer on side of building. Great shot of sign hanging from brick building for Philadelphia Jewish Morning Journal Americans Oldest Jewish Morning Daily. Low-angle looking up at large Philadelphia buildings. Newborn baby in crib crying. Locust St. Theatre in Philadelphia showing Mardi Gras with Lenore Ulric; the Walnut theatre, oldest in United States; CU pan down movie poster for The Starcross Story with Eva Le Gallienne and Mary Astor. Play in football game shot from sideline of Franklin Field; 1950s audience in stadium. High-angle Connie Mack Stadium; player hits double in baseball game in Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Great shot of 1950s cars pass camera driving along tree-lined street. Crowd outside of old stone church in suburban Philadelphia; people exiting gothic church doors dressed in coats and hats in 1950s fashion. Great shot, CU clown smoking a cigar with face painted white with smears of red like blood dancing in Mummers Parade; men dressed as Indians with colorful headdresses and feathery costumes marching in parade while playing accordions and banjos; Black members of parade audience along street cheering, laughing, having good time; VS colorful carnival-like costumes of people marching in parade. CU 1950s woman wearing 1950s style glasses and with scarf wrapped around head takes big bite of pastry; VS Mummer Parade and audience. CU newborn baby asleep in crib. Tilted angle shot of building, CU sign for Westinghouse KYW-WPTZ Radio & Television Center. Great shot on set of 1950s cooking show, WPTZ camera and disembodied arm of cameraman on side of camera films chef cooking with woman; gray haired man on set of childrens show talks to squirrel puppet; great shot on set of TV commercial shoot with WPTZ camera along left edge of frame and man and woman seated at table in front of box of Instant Fels Naphta, boom microphone hangs above and between man and woman; CU cute baby in pink frilly dress; great shot cameraman in Hawaiian style shirt looking into large WPTZ television camera. VS neon lights at night: Welcome to Philadelphia and Gimbels, Howard, Schmidts of Philadelphia Beer Ale None better since 1860, Budweiser Those who knowbuy bud, Westinghouse Listen to KYW, Television, Ranges-Lamps, Goldman, Fox Theatre, Cinerama, Stouffers, Horn & Hardart. Great VS of row of houses all with large antennas ;CU antennas on house roofs; CU single antenna on roof of house, blue sky behind it, camera pans to neighboring houses antenna, then to the antenna on the next house; CU antenna on house roof. CU man with maroon sweater tied over shoulders smokes wood pipe gazing upward deep in thought.
- Description:01:00:00 - CU VIEW TOP OF DELEWARE BRIDGE TILT DOWN CABLES, STEEL UPRIGHTS TO ROAD, POV CAR DRIVING OVER BRIDGE, BACKS OF CARS IN FRONT OF VIEWER. 01:00:10 - TILT UP HUGE FACTORY BUILDING WITH SIGN ON WATER TOWER ON ROOF."CAMPBELL'S SOUP" IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 01:00:15 - LS PAN SHIPYARD WITH FOUR HUGE COVERED PIERS MADE WITH STEEL BEAMS. 01:00:21 - AERIAL VIEW LEVITTOWN , ONE OF 10 LARGEST CITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. PAN VARIOUS VIEWS COOKIE CUTTER HOMES SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OF LEVITTOWN,. 01:00:35 - AERIAL VIEW TRENTON CITYSCAPE, STATE CAPITAL OF NEW JERSEY. 01:00:39 - VARIOUS VIEWS DOWNTOWN TRENTON WITH HEAVY AUTO, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. 01:00:50 - DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON, DELEWARE BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH BUSY INTERSECTION AUTO, PEDESTRIAN, CIRCA 1950S AUTO, ELECTRIC BUS TRAFFIC. (OVERHEAD CABLES) 01:01:00 - LS RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH CLUSTER OF ATTACHED HOMES IN BETHLEHEM. PENNSYLVANIA. 01:01:05 - VARIOUS SHOTS ABOVE PAN HUGE STEEL MILLS OF BETHLEHEM WITH SMOKE SPEWING FROM STACKS, COVERING LARGE AREA OF BETHLEHEM. OTHER STRUCTURES, STACKS, TANKS. GOOD SHOTS. COAL ELEVATORS FEEDING STEEL FURNACES. LONG STRING OF GROTESQUE TANK CARS OF VARIETY OF SHAPES BEING PULLED BY DIESEL ENGINE. OTHER HUGE STRUCTURES, STACKS TANKS. AT STEEL PLANTS VOICE OVER, "READING, ALLENTOWN, EASTERN, POTTSVILLE, ALL NEIGHBORS OF INFANT WHO SLEEPS IN PHILADELPHIA". good shots 01:01:36 - SMALL "HESS BROTHERS" DELIVERY VAN RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA. PAN TO LARGE "HESS" SIGN ON STORE IN BUSINESS DISTRICT, ALLENTOWN, WHERE A SINGLE TOY CAN COST $5000. (POV CAR DRIVING DOWN AVENUE). 01:01:55 - CU BABY IN BASSINET MOVING AROUND, TILT UP TO DECORATIVE CHILDREN'S ROOM WALL PAPER. 01:02:05 - AERIAL MS FREIGHTER SAILING ON DELEWARE RIVER. MLS SMALL BOY STANDS ON PILE OF CRATES IN FRONT OF CARGO SHIP TIED UP AT PHILADELPHIA PORT, LARGEST FRESH WATER PORT IN WORLD. CU BOY WAVES TO SHIP. 01:02:23 - PAN VARIOUS VIEWS CARGO SHIPS TIED UP AT BUSY PHILADELPHIA PORT. FREE FROM STORMS AND FREE FROM STRIFE. LESS MAN HOURS LOST BECAUSE OF LABOR DESPITES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. 01:02:50 - VARIOUS VIEWS VARIETY OF CARGO BEING LOADED AND UNLOADED VIA WINCH. MLS LONG LENGTHS OF PIPES BEING CARRIED BY TWO FORKLIFT TRUCKS RIDING SIDE BY SIDE. MCU WORKERS PILING HUGE LENGTHS OF PIPE 01:03:10 - AERIAL VIEW BUSY STREET IN FRONT OF PORT. TRUCKS AT LOADING PLATFORMS, TRUCK, AUTO TRAFFIC ALONG PIERS. LONG BRIDGE IN B/G. MCU HUGE TRAILER TRUCK PASSES MOVING DIESEL ENGINE ALONG PORT SIDE. DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE TOWARDS CAMERA. TILT DOWN TO TRACKS, TRAILER TRUCKS ALONG ITS PATH. 01:03:33 - MLS PILE OF CRATES ON PALLET BEING LIFTED ONTO SHIP BY WINCH. GOOD. 01:03:47 - VARIOUS VIEWS PRODUCE BEING UNLOADED FROM TRAILER TRUCKS BY BLACK LONGSHOREMEN, PILED ON PIER. 01:04:05 - PAN REFRIGERATOR, TRAILER, TRUCKS BACKED UP TO LOADING PLATFORM, UNLOADING PRODUCE, FOOD STUFFS. 01:04:17 - CU BABY IN BASSINET, MOVES AROUND, FALLS ASLEEP. 01:04:24 - CU OLD CLOCK TOWER AS SEEN FROM GROUND LOOKING UP. 01:04:28 - ABOVE LS "FAIRMONT PARK", THE LARGEST CITY OWNED PARK IN THE WORLD. 01:04:36 - LS INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, landmark, american history, revolutionary war. 01:04:41 - TILT DOWN FROM CLOCK TOWER ON HIGH RISE NEWSPAPER BUILDING. "SCHLITZ" "THE BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS" SIGN ON ROOF OF LOWER BUILDING IN FRONT OF NEWSPAPER BUILDING.. 01:04:44 - CU IN CONTRAST TO LARGE BUILDING, SMALL HANGING SIGN "PHILADELPHIA JEWISH MORNING JOURNAL". "AMERICA'S ONLY JEWISH MORNING DAILY".ethnic 01:04:49 - PAN VARIOUS HIGH RISE MULTI-STORIED APARTMENT BUILDINGS FROM GROUND LOOKING UP, PAN DOWN SMALL OLD HOUSE IN SHADOW OF THE NEW. 01:04:59 - CU BABY IN BASSINET CRYING. 01:05:05 - LS OLD THEATER BUILDING WITH SIGN ABOVE MARQUEE "LOCUST ST. THEATRE". 01:05:09 - THE WALNUT THEATER BUILDING ON CORNER, NATION'S OLDEST. CAB TURNS CORNER TO SIDE OF THEATER. 01:05:16 - TILT DOWN "LATEST" HIT PLAYING AT WALNUT THEATER. "EVA CALIENNE, MARY ASTOR IN "THE STARCOSS STORY". hollywood, movies. 01:05:21 - MS FOOTBALL GAME IN PROGRESS AT FRANKLIN FIELD. QUARTERBACK BEING SACKED. MS MAN IN CROWDED STANDS STANDS, CHEERS..sports 01:05:37 - GOOD ABOVE VIEW "CONNIE MACK STADIUM ". 01:05:41 - BOSTON RED SOX JIMMY PIERSALL AT BAT HITS, ROUNDS BASES FOR DOUBLE IN FIRST GAME OF 1954 SEASON AGAINST PHILADELPHIA A'S". 01:05:52 - MS AUTO TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1950S, (ALL GM CARS?) ON TREE-LINED BOULEVARD, TOWARDS CAMERA, TURNING R TO L. 01:06:01 - LS CHURCH WITH STEEPLE, MS PARISHIONERS EXITING CHURCH AFTER SUNDAY MASS. 01:06:14 - "MUMMER'S PARADE" - CU MAN IN CLOWN COSTUME, CIGAR DANGLING FROM LIPS, DANCES IN STREET ALONG WITH OTHER MUMMERS. IN COLORFUL COSTUMES COSTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, 01:06:21 - MS ACCORDION, BANJO PLAYERS, AND OTHERS IN INDIAN CHIEF COSTUMES DO THEIR STRUT, DANCE TO CHEERFUL MUSIC. 01:06:29 - SMILING YOUNG BLACK MEN AND WOMEN ENJOYING THE TRADITIONAL PARADE 01:06:33 - MS SAXOPHONE PLAYERS IN GREAT WHITE FEATHERED PLUMES AND SILKEN COSTUMES, MARCH, PLAY TOWARDS CAMERA. MS REAR VIEW OF SAME COLORFUL COSTUMES. 01:06:46 - CU WOMAN BITES INTO PHILADELPHIA SPECIAL BEEF, CHEESE, ONION, SANDWICH. 01:06:48 - MS BANJO, ACCORDION PLAYERS IN ORNATE, COLORFUL EXPENSIVE, COSTUME. TOWARDS CAMERA. MAN ON ALL WHITE SILK COSTUME WITH WHITE SILK TOP HAT STRUTS TO THE MUSIC. 01:06:54 - CHILD ON DAD'S SHOULDERS, BLOWS HORN. 01:06:58 - CROWD OF MUMMERS IN VARIETY OF OUTLANDISH, COLORFUL COSTUMES DANCE, STRUT, IN STREET. 01:07:00 - CU BABY IN BASSINET SOUND ASLEEP. 01:07:09 - ROOF TOPS MANY TV ANTENNA ATTACHED TO CHIMNEYS. 01:07:14 - LS ANGLE VIEW OF "WESTINGHOUSE, KYW - WPTZ RADIO AND TELEVISION CENTER" BUILDING 01:07:21 - TV CHEF CUTS PINEAPPLE IN KITCHEN AS WOMAN HELPS. TV CAMERA IN F/G TAKES THE SHOTS FOR TV COOKING PROGRAM. VARIOUS OTHER CHILDREN PROGRAMS BEING TELEVISED. MCU SIDE VIEW CAMERAMAN POINTS WPTZ CAMERA. 01:07:36 - VARIOUS SHOTS NEON SIGNS AT NIGHT, "WELCOME TO PHILADELPHIA AND GIMBELS"; "HOWARD'S"; "SCHMIDTS BEER"; "BUDWEISER BEER"; "WESTINGHOUSE"; GOLDMAN". 01:07:58 - LIT UP "FOX" THEATER MARQUEE. MS MEN WOMEN ON LINE FOR THEATER TICKETS. 01:08:04 - MARQUEE WITH "CINERAMA" ON IT. "STOUFFER'S, OTHER NEON SIGNS, INCLUDING "HORN & HARDART". 01:08:08 - LONG ROW OF ATTACHED HOMES SAME EAVES, FACADES, EACH WITH ROOF TV ANTENNAS. CU ROOF ANTENNAS ATTACHED TO CHIMNEYS. MCU PAN ROOF TO ROOF ANTENNAS. 01:08:24 - MCU MAN WITH GLASSES, PUFFING ON HIS PIPE. 01:08:35 - CU BABY IN BASSINET , TILT UP TO COLORFUL CHILDREN'S WALLPAPER. 01:09:20 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-31C