- Title: VM-66
- Summary: AMERICAN ENGINEER: RESULTS OF AMERICAN ENGINEERING ADVANCES
- Description:00:01:31 - TURNING SATELLITE DISH IN DESERT 00:02:20 - ENGINEER LOOKS AT GAUGES, ETC 00:02:31 - FEMALE CHEMIST DOES SCIENCE EXPERIMENT 00:02:36 - SCIENTIST WORKS WITH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 00:02:41 - MONTAGE SCIENTISTS 00:02:49 - MATH TEACHER WRITING EQUATION ON BLACKBOARD 00:02:53 - EXPERIMENTING WITH WEIGHTS 00:02:55 - LOOKING THROUGH BOOKS IN RESEARCH LIBRARY 00:03:00 - DRAFTING 00:03:04 - SOLDERING 00:03:12 - WRITING MATH EQUATION ON BLACKBOARD 00:03:19 - PUTTING TOGETHER ENGINE 00:03:24 - WRITING DOWN RESULTS 00:03:31 - RUSHING WATER PAN TO HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT & DAM 00:04:03 - SERENE RIVER 00:04:16 - CITY BY RIVER (PITTSBURGH?) WITH LOTS OF BRIDGES. ZOOM INTO BUILDING 00:04:32 - SKYSCRAPERS 00:04:46 - OUTDOOR MALL, MODERN BUILDING COMPLEX. EXTERIOR OF DEPARTMENT STORE, SHOPPING. 00:05:02 - MORE SKYSCRAPERS. PAN DOWN TO CITY STREETS 00:05:21 - AERIAL VARIOUS CITYS 00:06:08 - AERIAL FACTORY COMPLEX 00:06:33 - INSIDE OIL WELL, OIL DERRICK 00:06:59 - OCEAN PUMPING STATION. OIL WELL ON PLATFORM 00:07:33 - PAN ROCKY, SANDSTONE LANDSCAPE. STRIP MINING 00:07:49 - STEAMSHOVEL SCOOPS UP EARTH 00:08:15 - HELICOPTER FLIES PAST. MAN HANGS OUT WITH GEIGER COUNTER 00:08:34 - EXPLOSION.BLASTING MOUNTAIN SIDE 00:08:43 - STRIP MINING; CARGO TRAIN LOADED WITH STEAMSHOVEL. 00:09:05 - AERIAL ENERGY PLANT. FLYING LOW OVER PROCESSING PLANT. 00:09:35 - RESEARCH ENGINEER WORKING ON MACHINE 00:09:50 - SCIENTIST LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE 00:09:55 - MAN-MADE ELECTRICAL LIGHTNING BOLTS 00:10:01 - ENGINEER IN PLANT 00:10:14 - "RADIATION HAZARD" & "DANGER: MAGNET ON" SIGNS BLINK 00:10:21 - NUCLEAR PLANT INTERIOR CONTROL ROOM. ATOM SMASHER 00:11:00 - CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING, POWER PLANT 00:11:21 - MODERN BUILDING COMPLEXES. MODERN ARCHITECTURE 00:11:29 - TALL BUILDING AT NIGHT 00:11:46 - ARCHITECT MODEL 00:12:09 - POWER LINES, HIGH TENSION WIRES 00:12:16 - CITY AT NIGHT 00:12:23 - TIMES SQUARE NYC AT NIGHT (CIRCA 1956) 00:12:30 - YANKEE STADIUM BASEBALL GAME AT NIGHT 00:12:39 - BASEBALL GAME ON TV SET 00:12:48 - ELEGANT DANCERS ON TV SCREEN 00:12:53 - DANCERS IN STUDIO; STUDIO CAMERAMAN ROLLS INTO SHOT 00:13:16 - VIDEO-TELEPHONE WITH TV SCREEN (TELEPHONE-TV). MAN DIALS PHONE, LADY ON PHONE APPEARS ON SCREEN 00:13:25 - EXECUTIVE & SECRETARY WORKING WITH EARLY COMPUTER 00:13:37 - PRINTER TYPES OUT NUMBER 00:13:40 - LIGHT PANEL 00:13:47 - 1950s HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES 00:13:54 - TESTING MODEL SUBMARINE 00:14:07 - SUBMARINE EMERGING FROM UNDERWATER, SURFACING 00:14:29 - JET AIRPLANE TAKING OFF 00:14:40 - CRUISE SHIP 00:14:58 - BULLET TRAIN AERIAL 00:15:07 - BUS ON MOUNTAIN ROAD 00:15:13 - HIGHWAY ROAD CONSTRUCTION. HEAVY MACHINERY & TRUCKS, BULLDOZERS. DIGGING ROAD, LAYING ASPHALT. 00:15:59 - DRIVER POV ON VARIOUS ROADS: COUNTRY ROAD, DESERT ROAD, HIGHWAY, EXPRESSWAY, TUNNEL, BRIDGE. 00:16:34 - AERIAL OF VARIOUS BRIDGES 00:17:09 - AERIAL CLOVERLEAF HIGHWAY & OTHERS 00:17:21 - AERIAL PARKING LOT 00:17:29 - 1950s PARKING LOT 00:17:49 - ARCHITECTS WITH MODEL CITY 00:18:05 - EXTERIOR MODERN FACTORY PLANT 00:18:20 - FACTORY WORKERS ON STYLIZED AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE: VARIOUS CAR PARTS MANUFACTURED. PISTONS, ENGINE, STEEL PUNCHED INTO SHAPE. PARTS CARRIED PAST, ETC 00:21:16 - FIRE, FLAMES 00:21:24 - VARIOUS MACHINE PARTS, MACHINERY FLOATING IN LIMBO. 00:22:36 - TAIL LIGHT BLINKS 00:22:39 - GLOVED HAND PUSHES BUTTON ON CAR RADIO 00:22:42 - FRONT END OF CHEVY GRILL 00:22:47 - WELDER 00:22:57 - ENGINE PARTS TURNING & PUMPING 00:23:14 - MEN AT DRAFTING TABLE 00:23:28 - CAR CHASSIS & CAR PARTS 00:23:47 - BRAKE & GAS PEDAL 00:23:50 - CU ARROW POINTS AS CAR PUT INTO DRIVE 00:23:52 - GEARS TURNING 00:24:04 - CU TIRE ON CAR AS IT DRIVES AWAY 00:24:07 - DRIVER POV 00:24:14 - MOTOR OIL DRIPS DOWN SCREEN 00:24:17 - CAR PARTS: FRONT TIRE 00:24:23 - HOOD ORNAMENT 00:24:26 - ENGINE, CHASSIS 00:25:03 - GLOVED HAND ADJUSTS SIDE-VIEW MIRROR 00:25:09 - HAND PRESSES AUTOMATIC BUTTON IN CAR TO ADJUST SEAT & OPEN POWER WINDOWS 00:25:15 - POWER WINDOW CLOSES AS IT RAINS OUTSIDE 00:25:21 - SNOW LANDSCAPE PASSING 00:25:24 - HAND ADJUSTS TEMPERATURE IN CAR 00:25:28 - DESERT LANDSCAPE PASSES 00:25:35 - CAR RUNNING OFF ROAD, DRIVING IN DESERT 00:25:42 - SIGN: "CAUTION TEST AREA" 00:25:45 - STEERING WHEEL AS TEST DRIVER RIDES OVER ROUGH TERRAIN 00:25:56 - ANIMATED COLORFUL CHECK MARKS 00:26:00 - SILHOUETTE OF CAR IN SHOWROOM 00:26:15 - CHEVY DRIVES ON ROAD 00:26:21 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING VISIBLE 00:26:29 - SKYSCRAPERS 00:26:48 - AERIAL ALONG BEACH-FRONT CITY (MIAMI?) 00:26:54 - MOTEL 00:27:00 - DRIVE UP WINDOW AT BANK 00:27:08 - DRIVE-IN CHICKEN RESTAURANT 00:27:13 - DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRE 00:27:19 - MOTOR LODGE MOTEL 00:27:25 - AERIAL OF VARIOUS HIGHWAYS INCLUDES BRIDGE, TRAFFIC CIRCLE 00:27:49 - SPRINKLERS WATER FARM FIELD 00:28:00 - HARVESTER COLLECTING HAY 00:28:03 - MORE HIGHWAYS 00:28:17 - SHOPPING MALL PARKING LOT 00:28:25 - SUBURBIAN DEVELOPMENT 00:28:30 - HIGHRISE APARTMENTS 00:28:36 - MOUNT RUSHMORE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-66