- Title: PA-51E
- Summary: IT HAPPENED IN NORRISTOWN: ADVERTISING FILM PRESENTING LANDMARKS, BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE IN A TOWN NEAR PHILADELPHIA DURING DEPRESSION. NORRISTOWN PA., PHILADELPHIA, PA.,LANDSCAPES; CULTURAL.
- Description:01:39:56 - MS TWO BUSINESS MEN FROM NORRISTOWN POSE FOR CAMERA. CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE IN THE MORRISTOWN TIMES HERALD, "IT HAPPENED IN NORRISTOWN". 01:40:12 - TITLE: "A CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL ROMANCE DEDICATED TO A FINER AND BETTER COMMUNITY BY MERCHANTS BUREAU OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE....". 01:40:28 - VARIOUS SHOTS COMMITTEEMEN D. RAE BOYD, MORRIS CHATLIN, LEON NESTER, DICK DEAN ALL POSE INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN GROUP FOR CAMERA. CU ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT OF SUPPORT, AND LIST OF BUSINESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR FILM. LIST OD CAST MEMBERS INCLUDE "THE REST OF THE CAST ARE ALL GOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE YOU ..... AND YOU". 01:41:30 - MS YOUNG WELL-DRESSED UPPER-CLASS WOMAN POSES ON LAWN OF MANSION. 01:41:54 - MS TWO YOUNG COLLEGE SENIORS WEARING BLAZERS AND WHITE PANTS, ON CAMPUS GROUNDS OF "FINEST COLLEGE".HAVING CONVERSATION CONCERNING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. (BAD ACTING). THEY SHAKE AS ONE INVITES THE OTHER TO NORRISTOWN (HIS HOME TOWN). 01:42:32 - VARIOUS SHOTS CONDUCTOR OF, DESCRIBED, (BY VOICE OVER) AS "FAST PHILADELPHIA AND WESTERN STREM-LINE MODERN HIGH SPEED CAR AT 69TH STREET") (LOOKS LIKE TROLLEY CAR) WITH SIGN ON WINDSHIELD, "NORRISTOWN EXPRESS", AT OUTDOOR ELEVATED STATION, COLLECTING TICKETS FROM PASSENGERS BEFORE THEY ENTER TRAIN, HE FOLLOWS PASSENGER IN, TRAIN TAKES OFF FROM STATION, TOWARDS CAMERA. MS PASSENGERS INSIDE TRAIN, SEATED ON BOTH SIDES OF AISLE ENJOYING "SMOOTH COMFORTABLE 20 MINUTE RIDE TO TO NORRISTOWN. 01:42:54 - VARIOUS SCENIC VIEWS OF COUNTRYSIDE AS SEEN BY PASSENGERS ON WAY TO NORRISTOWN. MUSIC OF CIRCA 1930S SONGS INCLUDING "MARIE" (THE DAWN IS BREAKING....) HEARD IN B/G. MS VIEW OF MOVING TRACKS, AS SEEN BY CONDUCTOR FROM FRONT WINDSHIELD AS THEY CURVE AROUND ON ELEVATED TRACKS. CITYSCAPE IN B/G. MS TRAIN PULLING INTO ELEVATED STATION, TOWARDS CAMERA. YOUNG PEOPLE (1930S DRESS) EXITING TRAIN ONTO PLATFORM. YOUNG MAN EXITING TRAIN IS MET BY STUDENT FRIEND AND TWO YOUNG WOMEN. MORE POOR ACTING AS ONE OF THE COUPLES EYE EACH OTHER "IT MUST BE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT" SAYS ONE. MALE FRIEND RECOMMENDS "VALLERY FORGE" HOTEL TO ARRIVING VISITOR. 01:44:42 - MLS LANDMARK "VALLEY FORGE HOTEL" IN BUSINESS SECTION OF NORRISTOWN. 01:45:07 - TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS MEET TEO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS, MR EVENS AND MR. SEABROOKS AS THEY EXIT STORE. THE GIVE THE VISITOR BROCHURE ON ACTIVITIES IN NORRISTOWN. 01:45:35 - TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS MEET WITH PILOT TONY LITTLE, ALONGSIDE HIS SMALL PLANE. THEY TAKE OFF IN PLANE FOR AERIAL VIEW OF NORRISTOWN. AERIAL VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS NORRISTOWN, PA. LS SMALL PLANE LANDING IN GRASSY OPEN FIELD. 01:46:40 - VARIOUS VIEWS ELLENWOOD STEEL COMPANY, (SINCE 1882) WITH WORKER FEEDING FURNACE. VARIOUS CU VIEWS BLAZING FURNACE WITH SPARKS FLYING, MOLTEN STEEL POURING FROM HUGE BUCKETS AND ROLLED INTO PLATES OF STEEL. ALL AUTOMATICALLY. 01:47:42 - MS MOLTEN STEEL BEING POURED FROM BUCKET DOWN HILL OF SAND (?) KOKE BEING POURED INTO HOPPERS FROM FURNACE. DUMP TRUCK WITH NAME ON SIDE "KOPPER'S KOKE", BEING LOADED WITH KOKE 01:48:22 - TITLE: "AT CITY HALL, OUR BURGESS AND COUNCIL" - VARIOUS VIEWS COUNCIL MEMBERS POSING FOR PHOTOS, OUTSIDE CITY HALL. 01:48:52 - MS BUS DRIVER WAITS OUTSIDE HIS BUS, "VALLEY FORGE" (DESTINATION SIGN ON BUS) AT BUS STOP AS PEOPLE START BOARDING BUS FOR TRIP TO VALLEY FORGE. BUS PULLS AWAY FROM CURB. 01:49:07 - TITLE: "OUR D. A. R. (DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION) - VARIOUS VIEWS WOMEN IN COLONIAL DRESS RE-ENACT THE EVERY DAY LIFE OF COLONIAL DAYS. GROUP OF WOMEN BOW TO FEMALE ARISTOCRAT AT AT STEPS OF MANSION. TITLE: "THE PLYMOUTH COUNTRY CLUB" - VARIOUS VIEWS COUNTRY CLUB BUILDING AND PICTURESQUE GROUNDS. 01:49:40 - TITLE: "BEAUTIFUL CURREN TERRACE" - PAN VIEW GARDEN SURROUNDING MANSION. TITLE: "THE HALFORD TRACT" - PAN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS WITH GROUP OF PEOPLE ON LAWN. PAN TO ESTATE BUILDING. 01:50:23 - TRUCK BACKED INTO W. H. KNEAPS LUMBER COMPANY DRIVEWAY. FOUR EXECUTIVES OF COMPANY OUTSIDE PLANT. BUILT IN 1926 BUILT TO KEEP ALL LUMBER UNDER COVER, AWAY FROM RAIN AND SUN. VARIOUS VIEWS LUMBER INSIDE BUILDINGS. LARGE TRUCK LADEN WITH LUMBER DRIVES AWAY FROM BUILDING, FOLLOWED BY SMALL COMPANY TRUCK. LS BUILDING MATERIAL BEING LOWERED FROM 2ND STORY OF BUILDING, ONTO TRUCK PARKED BELOW. OTHER TRUCKS EXIT GARAGE LIKE STALLS OF BUILDING. TRUCK BEING LOADED INSIDE BUILDING. 01:51:51 - VARIOUS SHOTS BUSY CITY WITH PARALLEL PARKING AND BUSY AUTO, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF NORRISTOWN, CIRCA 1930S. 01:52:15 - TITLE: "NORRISTOWN IN 2037". AUTO, BUS TRAFFIC SPEEDING THROUGH CITY STREETS, PEDESTRIANS MOVING AT DOUBLE TIME AS CAMERA SPEEDS UP FOR EFFECT. 01:52:32 - WOMEN TRY ON LATEST FASHIONS (CIRCA 1937 ?) IN "MODERN" DRESS SALON. VARIOUS WOMEN MODELLING DRESSES. 01:52:53 - TITLE: "HERE'S THE RESULTS OF THE SCREEN TESTS....... AND LATER THE AUDIENCE TESTS". MS CHILDREN GROUP DOING ACROBATICS ON STAGE; LARGE GROUPS CHILDREN PERFORMERS, MOSTLY WHITE GIRLS, POSE ON STAGE, FOLLOWED BY LARGE MIXED GROUP OF CHILDREN. 01:53:47 - GROUP BLACK ADULT MALE PERFORMERS IN TUXEDOS, POSE, HORSE AROUND FOR CAMERA. TEEN GROUP POSE FOLLOWED BY YOUNG ADULT MIXED GROUPS. LS VIEW OF AUDIENCE SEATED IN SEATS FACING CAMERA, STAGE. 01:54:44 - PAN PEOPLE SEATED, EATING, DRINKING AT AT TABLES IN JAMES ROMANI RESTAURANT VARIOUS VIEWS CHEF ROMANI IN KITCHEN COOKING AS WAITERS WAIT FOR DISHES. 01:55:08 - TITLE: "OUR ROTARY CLUB" - "HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST". PAN ALL MALE ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS POSING ON LAWN AND ON STEPS OF BUILDING. 01:55:30 - VINTAGE CARS (CIRCA 1920S 1930S) PARALLEL PARKED ALONG CURB IN BUSINESS DISTRICT. 01:55:43 - MS SALESGIRLS SERVING WOMEN FROM BEHIND COUNTER OF LINGERIE SHOP. SHELVES STACKED WITH ROWS OF BOXES IN B/G. SALESMAN SHOWS ROLL OF YARD GOODS TO WOMAN, PAN TO ANOTHER SALES GIRL SHOWING GOODS TO WOMAN. 01:55:58 - TITLE: "OUR LION'S CLUB" - A FINE CIVIC GROUP" - PAN ALL-MALE MEMBERS OF LION'S CLUB POSING ON LAWEN WITH THEIR BANNER (IN SAME PLACE WHERE WHERE ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS POSED, LOOKS LIKE SAME GROUP ?) 01:56:14 - END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-51E