- Title: PDF-306
- Summary: DRIVE-IN INTERMISSION TRAILERS: COLLECTION OF 1930S - 1970S AMERICAN DRIVE-IN MOVIE INTERMISSIONS, TRAILERS, AND EARLY MOVIE THEATER ADVERTISEMENTS, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FILMS.
- Description:00:02:19 - "DR. PEPPER" COLORFUL SNACK BAR AD WITH FIGURES OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN DANCING, LINDY HOP, CHARLESTON, ETC., TO LIVELY BANJO MUSIC ("WON'T YOU COME HOME BILL BAILEY") , SUPER-IMPOSED OVER SNACK BAR ITEMS (POPCORN, HOTDOGS, HAMBURGERS, "NUTS", ETC). CU YOUNG GIRL SIPPING DR. PEPPER FROM STRAW. 00:03:43 - CARTOON HEADS OF BOYS EATING SNACKS, COCA COLAS, FROM REFRESHMENT COUNTER DANCING BOXES OF POP CORN, ICECREAM, HOT DOGS AND COCA COLA. OTHER SNACK BAR ADS AT DRIVE IN. VOICE OVER DESCRIBES SNACKS TO SOUND OF JAZZY CLARINET, SNARE DRUMS. MUSIC. FEATURING DR. PEPPER DRINK. 00:05:57 - YOUNG FEMALE SINGER HOLDING DR.PEPPER DRINK AS SHE SINGS DR. PEPPER DITTY. 00:06:10 - MESSAGE TO PATRONS OF $25.00 PRIZE TO WINNER WHOSE NAME IS CALLED DURING SHOW- $25.00 IS ADDED EACH WEEK IF PERSON CALLED IS NOT THERE. 00:06:42 - TOY ADD FROM LOCAL VENDER. SHOTS OF GAMES AND DOLLS. LOCAL HARDWARE STORE AD. 00:07:40 - DR. PEPPER AD - CARTOON CHARACTER PLAYS JAZZY TRUMPET AS VOICE OVER SINGS SNACK BAR SONG. CARTOON CONDUCTOR WITH BATON CONDUCTS JAZZY MUSIC, STOPS, INVITES ALL TO SNACK BAR. 00:09:18 - HAPPY NEW YEAR MESSAGE WITH FATHER TIME, TICKER TAPE PARADE ON BROADWAY, NEW 1957 YEARS BABY. PEOPLE BRINGING ON NEW YEAR WITH BALLOONS, NOISE MAKERS, STREAMERS, CHAMPAGNE DRINKS, ETC. 00:10:20 - "RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE TRAILER - JEFF CHANDLER, CAROL LYNLEY .........". 00:10:46 - POP CORN, HOTDOGS, ICE CREAM CUPS ON PARADE, "PLUS ICE COLD COCA COLA". MORE OF REFRESHMENT STAND ITEMS. 00:11:34 - TITLE: "PREVIEWS OF COMING ATTRACTIONS" - FOLLOWED BY ANIMATED DRAWINGS OF POPCORN POPPING AROUND IN MACHINE, SMOKING HOTDOG ON DISH WITH SIDE FIXINGS, "AND THEN TOP IT OFF WITH "MISSION" ORANGE" (DRINK).MISSION ORANGE DRINK IN CONTAINER SURROUNDED BY PILE OF FRESH ORANGES. 00:12:25 - ANIMATED CARTOON - BOY IN STANDS AT CIRCUS HAS HARD TIME WATCHING LION TAMER AND ROARING LIONS AS VENDORS HAWKING HOT DOGS, THEN COCA COLA AND OTHERS CONTINUOUSLY BLOCK HIS VIEW OF CIRCUS. 00:12:38 - TITLES: "SUNDAY, MONDAY" - ""SUNDAY MATINEE" IN COLOR AND IN B/W. 00:12:48 - CARTOON AD - LITTLE MONA, MOM AND POP WALKING HAND IN HAND TO THEATER GET ON LONG LINE, FINALLY GET TO THEIR SEATS. WHILE WATCHING WESTERN, LITTLE MONA SHOUTS "I WANT A PEPSI COLA", AS DAD GOES TO SNACK BAR, COWBOYS, INDIANS JUMP OUT FROM SCREEN, AND RUSH TO SNACK BAR WITH POP. COWBOYS, INDIANS AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY ENJOY DRINKS OF PEPSI. CU "PEPSI COLA" BOTTLE CAP. CU VARIOUS FLAVORED REFRESHING DRINKS BEING POURED INTO CUPS. SHOTS OF POP CORN, HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS. SIGN "THE FOOD OF YOUR CHOICE". MORE OF INVITING SNACKS ON TURN TABLE. CU SAME. 00:15:21 - "COLUMBUS HEALTH CLUB" AD - PHOTOS OF MEN, WOMEN USING VARIOUS EXERCISERS, BIKES, WEIGHTS, ETC. 00:16:38 - "MOE ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE" - "IT'S A BOOK OF HAPPINESS. (GIFT BOOK OF THEATER DMISSIONS). 00:17:49 - ANIMATED CARTOON - CAVEMAN CARVING ON PIECE OF STONE "2" - AS VOICE OVER SAYS, "JUST 2 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME". 00:18:17 - "THE MAGIC OF CINERAMA PRESENTS" - "CIRCUS WORLD". "SURROUNDING YOU WITH EXCITEMENT, SPECTACLE, LAUGHTER, ROMANCE, DANGER". "JOHN WAYNE, CLAUDIA CARDINALE"RITA HAYWORTH .......". (TITLES SUPER-IMPOSED OVER SHOTS OF CAPITAL CITIES OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING NY, PARIS, BARCELONA, ETC.) "FRANTICALLY SET IN ALL THE GREAT CAPITALS OF THE WESTERN WORLD ........". AND CIRCUS WORLD MOVIE TRAILER. HORRIFIC SCENES OF CHAOS DURING CIRCUS FIRE. 00:19:47 - "NOW SHOWING AT THE MARTIN CINERAMA THEATRE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA". 00:20:05 - ADVERTISEMENT - "TODDY" CHOCOLATE MILK DRINK) - "THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY" STARRING, "FEARLESS FRED" - ANIMATED CARTOON DEPUTY FEARLESS FRED GUARDING MAIL ON TRAIN, IS ATTACKED BY BAND OF BANDITS, OVERPOWERS THEM ALL. MS YOUNG KIDS IN SCHOOL LUNCHROOM DRINKING "TODDY" FROM CAN. ADULT COUPLE DOING SAME IN LUNCH ROOM AND IN CAR IN DRIVE-IN. "SNACK BAR" AD 00:22:00 - CARTOONS. CANDY ADS. 00:22:37 - PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS - "G, M, R,.X" - MANAGEMENT EXPLAINS THE VARIOUS MOVIE RATINGS - "G" GENERAL AUDIENCE; "M" MATURE AUDIENCES - "R" RESTRICTED, ETC. .....". 00:23:35 - TO 00 28 37 - "IT'S INTERMISSION TIME". COUNTDOWN TO SHOW TIME FROM 5 MINUTES TO 1 MINUTE WITH SNACK BAR ADS IN BETWEEN EACH MINUTE. AND FLASH SHOTS OF AMERICAN COUNTRYSIDE AND CITIES, POP CORN MACHINE; LITTLE GIRL EATING POP COREN IN REAR SEAT OF CONVERTIBLE AT DRIVE IN; LUSCIOUS HOT DOGS COOKING OVER BARBECUE AND ON ROTATING SPIT. MILK AD - COWS ON FARM - VARIOUS SMALL CONTAINERS OF MILK AND CHOCOLATE MILK. PARADE OF FLAGS AS STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER SONG PLAYS. 00:26:00 - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE - :ATTRACTIVE HOMES BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY", CLEAN UP, PAINT UP .....". VARIOUS SHOTS COUNTRY SCENIC STREAM, COUNTRYSIDE, WOODS "LETS ALL DO OUR PART TO KEEP OUR WATERWAYS, COUNTRYSIDE, AIR LITTER-FREE". 00:26:54 - "THIS IS YOUR LAND, "AMERICA" - DEMONSTRATE YOUR FAITH IN IT .....IN YOUR EVERY ACTION". 00:27:07 - " ........ BOTTLE WARMING SERVICE AT OUR REFRESHMENT CENTER".. 00:27:34 - "I MINUTE TO BEGINNING OF SHOW". 00:27:53 - TITLE AND VOICE OVER - :TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO CHURCH EACH WEEK ...... USE YOUR FREEDOM TO WORSHIP AS YOU PLEASE". "PLEASE REPLACE YOUR SPEAKER ON ITS RACK WHEN YOU ARE READY TO LEAVE ..........". 00:28:38 - TO 00 40 20 MORE "COUNT DOWN TO SHOWTIME" ANNOUNCEMENTS IN VARIETY FORMS, WITH SNACK BAR ADS, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC., IN BETWEEN EACH MINUTE. 00:35:14 - CU PAN U. S. CONSTITUTION 00:36:43 - SWAN SWIMMING IN LAKE, FOLLOWED BY GARBAGE DEBRIS FLOATING ON LAKE AS VOICE OVER, "POLLUTION, A THREAT TO LIFE AND HEALTH". WHITE DUCKS IN LAKE, AS SOUND OF "THIS LAND IS OUR LAND" ALONG PLAYS. " ..... AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL DEPENDS ON YOU ... NOW". 00:38:40 - "NOW, 2 MINUTES TO SHOWTIME" - FLIGHT OF SEA GULLS IN SKY TILT DOWN, HOVERING OVER COUPLE ON BEACH FEEDING THEM. SUN ON HORIZON IN B/G. MAN, TWO KIDS, BACK TO CAMERA, WALKING TOWARDS CHURCH, TILT UP TO CROSS ON STEEPLE. religion. SHOTS OF PRISTINE OCEAN BEACH. 00:39:58 - VOICE OVER, "AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TIME FOR THE SHOW. FLASHING "SHOWTIME". 00:40:25 - TO 00 52 10 ANOTHER SERIES OF 10 MINUTE INTERMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS - SNACK BAR ADS WITH INVITING HOTDOGS, HAMBURGERS, SODAS, POPCORN, SCRUMPTIOUS PIZZA, SHOTS PILES CANDY BARS. 00:41:28 - SCENIC SHOTS AMERICAN MOUNTAINS, STREAMS, CITIES LIT UP AT NIGHT, FARMS, GRAIN ELEVATORS, WATERFALLS, AND U. S. FLAG, STATUE OF LIBERTY, UN BUILDING, SPACE SHOTS WITH ASTRONAUT PLANTING FLAG ON MOON, ETC. AS "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" PLAYS. americana 00:44:20 - VARIOUS PHOTOS AMERICAN LARGE BIRD SPECIES, INCLUDING, SEA GULLS, SWAN, DUCKS, CU TWO LARGE PELICANS, PHEASANT, FLAMINGOS, AND SMALLER BIRDS PERCHED IN TREES. "5 MINUTES TO VISIT OUR CONCESSION COUNTER". 00:45:30 - CU ZOOM IN VARIOUS SPECIES OF FLOWERS. PHOTOS OF AMERICAN NATIONAL PARKS AND POINTS OF INTEREST, GRAND CANYON, PAINTED DESERT, LAKES, RIVERS, MOUNTAIN RANGES, DAMS, MT. RUSHMORE, ETC. VOICE OVER, AMERICA IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL". 00:52:20 - CLOCK BEGINNING TO TICK OFF "10 MINUTE TO SHOW TIME - ROCKET EXPLODES INTO WORDS "IT'S INTERMISSION TIME". ANOTHER ROCKET EPISODES;ODES INTO HAMBURGER, HOT DOGS, POP CORN, ICE CREAM, CANDY, AD. "YOUR FAVORITE SNACK FOOD". LARGE STRIPED CONTAINERS BEING FILLED WITH BUBBLING SODAS, PAN VARIETY HUNGER ENTICING SNACKS. 00:55:30 - FLASHING "REFRESHMENT" SIGN, PEOPLE WATCHING, GET OUT OF THEIR DEATS TO VISIT SNACK BAR. FEET RUNNING. 00:56:24 - "AND NOW ITS SHOW TIME" - SUPER-IMPOSED ON DRAWING OF CARS PARKED AROUND SCREEN IN DRIVE IN. 00:56:28 - ANOTHER "INTERMISSION" TITLE, FOLLOWED BY "PREVIEWS OF COMING ATTRACTION" TITLE, "AT RIVIEW AUTO, DAYTON, KENTUCKY". . 00:57:03 - "IT'S .......... INTERMISSION ....... TIME ......", TITLE, ALONGSIDE DRAWINGS OF DIRECTOR CHAIR, CAMERA AND FLOOD LIGHT. CU SPOTLIGHT ON HAMBURGER AND SODA ON TRAY. "SNACK TIME". MORE OF ENTICING SNACK BAR FOODS. FALLING PAPER DRINK CUPS FILL THE SCREE, FOLLOWED BY CU SHOTS POPCORN, HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS ON TURNTABLE, FOLLOWED BY SCREEN FULL OF FALLING STRAWS, ALL TYPES OF SODA DRINKS IN CUPS WITH STRAWS. ZOOM IN HAMBURGER, ZOOM IN HOT DOG. SCREEN ULL WITH SMOKING POPCORN, AND ON AND ON. 00:59:56 - WHITE BALL ROLLS TOWARDS CAMERA, TURNS INTO DOLL-LIKE SNACK BAR VENDOR HOLDING SIGN, "IT'S INTERMISSION TIME". CU REFRESHING DRINKS WITH ICE IN PAPER CUPS, "HAVE A REFRESHING DRINK". CU SINGLE CUP BEING FILLED WITH ORANGE DRINK. MORE OF LINE UP OF HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS, BOXED FULL OF POPCORN. SNACK BAR ITEMS AD NAUSEAM. 01:05:23 - TITLE: "SHOWTIME" - CU SIGN "THINK" - CU BROKEN DIVIDER LINE IN ROAD, POV SPEEDING CAR. . ROAD SIGNS: CU "ROUGH ROAD (?); "DETOUR AHEAD"; "MERGING TRAFFIC"; "YIELD"; MORE OF SPEEDING DIVIDER LINE. "OBEY"; "CAUTION"; KEEP RIGHT; "ONE WAY" ARROW SIGN; "FRESH OIL" SIGN; "STOP" SIGN. (CHEVRON) STANDARD OIL DEALER AD. "MEADOW PARK APARTMENTS", AD. 01:05:35 - TO 01 20 09 VARIOUS LOCAL MERCHANTS ADVERTISEMENTS IN AND AROUND WINCHESTER AND DANVILLE, KENTUCKY - "THE WIG WAM" WIG SALON AD. VOICE OVER, "YOUR COMPLETE WIG AND ACCESSORIES STORES". 01:07:24 - STANDARD OIL (CHEVRON) AD - TITLE: "AWAY WE GO!" - CU GAS ATTENDANTS INSERTS GAS NOZZLE INTO AUTO GAS TANK, AND CHECKING OUT YOUR ENGINE OIL; STICK. ABOVE VIEW CARS SPEEDING ON HIGHWAY. 01:08:16 - SOMERSET SKATE ARENA AD - "KEEP FIT AND TRIM"; "WADE MOTOR CO." OLDSMOBILE DEALER AD; 01:09:14 - TOOHEY'S AUTO SUPPLY STORE AD (KENTUCKY) - VOICE OVER, "WHEN YOUR CAR GOES "PHOOEY", SEE TOOHEY". OTHER LOCAL GAS STATION ADS, AUTO REPAIR, TIRES STORE, FURNITURE, RESTAURANTS, SUPER MARKETS, LIQUOR STORES, BANKS ETC., ADS, IN KENTUCKY OFFER FREE DRIVE-IN MOVIE TICKETS. 01:13:20 - DRUG STORE AD - PHARMACISTS MIXING DRUGS IN LAB. SHOT OD CORNER DRUB STORE IN WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY.. 01:20:09 - TO 01 29 43 "INTERMISSION" - DRAWING OF HAWKER WITH SIGN "IT WON'T BE LONG FOLKS", CALLING OUT, "THE SHOW STARTS IN - LARGE CLOCK TICKING OFF 10 MINUTES, THEN 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, ....... 1 MINUTE AS HAWKER HOLDS SNACK BAR SIGN. 01:29:43 - "AND NOW .... ON WITH THE SHOW". 01:29:48 - ANOTHER "IT'S INTERMISSION TIME" COUNTDOWN - " ...... WHILE YOU RELAX IN COMPLETE COMFORT AND PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN CAR" "..... INTERMISSION TIME IS REFRESHMENT TIME VARIOUS SHOTS CARTOON CAT ENJOYING HOT DOGS, CANDY, ETC.....". AS TIME TICKS OFF. VARIOUS LOCAL MERCHANT ADS BETWEEN THE MINUTES. 01:35:40 - "INTERMISSION I MINUTE ... "I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED INTERMISSION ......". CARTOON CAT RESTING ON PILLOW "NOW IT'S SHOWTIME". 01:35:45 - ANOTHER COLORFUL INTERMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT. "SPRITE AD. 01:37:23 - CARTOON - TWO BURGLARS IN CAR OUTSIDE RESIDENTIAL HOME - SUDDENLY POLICE VAN PULLS UP, THROWS THEM IN DETENTION VAN PULLS AWAY. TEO BURGLARS BEING BOOKED, PRODUCE LOOT TO DESK SERGEANT. TWO BURGLARS IN JAIL CELL. FOLLOWED BY REFRESHMENT STAND ADS AND MANAGEMENT MESSAGES. YOUNG FAMILY AT SNACK BAR - SAME FAMILY EATING SNACKS IN CONVERTIBLE AUTO AT DRIVE IN. 01:39:28 - ANIMATED CARTOON CLOWN HITTING LARGE GING WITH BAT, THEN HITTING LARGE PUNCHING BAG WHICH SPRINGS BACK AND KNOCKS HIM OVER AS TIME TICKS OFF TO 2 MINUTES. CLOWN SHOOTS OFF CANNON WHICH EMITS FLAG SAYING "1 MINUTE TO GO". 01:39:33 - MS YOUNG CHEF PEELING POTATOES AS HE MAKES FRENCH FRIES. POTATOES IN BASKETS FRYING IN OIL.. VARIOUS "MINUTES LEFT TO GO CARTOONS, WITH GRANDMA DOING VARIOUS CHORE, RHYMING THEM WITH MINUTES LEFT TO GO. SCENIC FLASH SHOTS, FLOWERS, HILLS, STREAMS, BUILDING, ETC. WITH MINUTES LEFT TO GO TITLES. MEANT TO KILL THE INTERMISSION TIME. MORE SCENIC SHOTS. 01:54:10 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PDF-306