- Title: VM-1125C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:50 - "CHALLENGE OF IDEAS" DISCUSSION OF CONFLICT BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC AND COMMUNISTIC PHILOSOPHIES. SPEAKERS INCLUDE JOHN WAYNE, HELEN HAYES, EDWARD R. MURROW, LOWELL THOMAS AND OTHERS 01:01:53 - MS- EDWARD R. MURROW, CIGARETTE IN HAND, TELLS OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND COMMUNISM AND NARRATES THE FILM. 01:02:10 - MS- A GROUP OF U.S. SOLDIERS PEER THROUGH THEIR BINOCULARS AT THE RUSSIAN ZONE IN GERMANY. 01:02:32 - CU- JOHN DOE, FILLING OUT HIS 1040 IRS FORM 01:03:37 - CU- MURROW LEANS FORWARD TO MAKE A POINT. 01:03:45 - CU- FACES OF FOREIGN PEASANTS AND WORKERS. LS- THE KREMLIN AND THE U.S. CAPITAL BUILDING 01:04:00 - MS- SPECTATORS WATCH A HORSESHOE GAME IN A PARK. CU- A RINGER BEING SCORED BY A PLAYER. 01:04:05 - MS- MAN WITH COWBOY HAT AND HIS WIFE WATCH FROM A PARK BENCH AS KIDS FROLIC IN A LAKE. MS- COUPLE WALK HAND AND HAND IN THE PARK 01:04:11 - MS- A PRIEST GIVING A SERMON, MAN EATING A HOT DOG AT A STAND, COWBOYS ON PARADE IN AN ARENA BEFORE A RODEO, WORKERS LEAVING A PLANT AFTER WORK 01:04:30 - LS- AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT WITH SMOKING STACKS, WELDERS AT WORK, MEN AND WOMEN AT ASSEMBLY LINES IN PLANTS, AS MURROW NARRATES THE AMERICAN WAY. 01:04:37 - MS- ACTOR JOHN WAYNE, CIGARETTE IN HAND AND SITTING IN DIRECTOR'S CHAIR NARRATES THIS PORTION 01:05:07 - MS- COUPLE DOING A LATIN DANCE, AN AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE, HEAVY TRAFFIC JAM ON A HIGHWAY, A FOOTBALL GAME, A PRIZE FIGHT, A BUCKING BRONCO AND A CITY'S CROWD WATCHING A PARADE. AMERICANA AT IT'S BEST 01:05:36 - MS- BEAUTY QUEEN IS CROWNED BY LAST YEAR'S WINNER MS- YOUNG WOMAN LOOKS THROUGH HER HAND HELD MIRROR AND APPLIES HER LIPSTICK 01:05:42 - MS- MAN AT BEACH SITTING IN SAND, EATING HIS HOTDOG DOES A DOUBLE TAKE AT A PASSING GIRL IN SWIM SUIT. 01:06:00 - LS- LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON'S MEMORIALS. CU- SMALL WOODEN TOMB MARKER, "HERE LIES LESTER MOORE, FOUR SLUGS FROM A .44, NO LESS NO MOORE." 01:06:06 - MS- GUITARIST PLAYS A SOLO AS BASE, ACCORDION AND TRUMPET ACCOMPANY. 01:06:11 - MS- A SQUARE DANCE AT SMALL TOWN CAFE'. 01:06:18 - MS- A GI CLARINET PLAYER DOES A SOLO AT AN ARMY TALENT SHOW. SAILOR PLAYS GUITAR AND SINGS ON STAGE. MS- 3 MARINES IN UNIFORM PLAY AND SING "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK". 01:06:46 - MONTAGE- THE 4 PRESIDENTS AT MT. RUSHMORE AND PICTURESQUE SCENES OF THE U.S. ARE SHOWN AS WEST POINT CADET CHOIR SINGS "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC". 01:07:24 - MS- STRIKERS PICKET A PLANT. LS- FANS COME TO THEIR FEET AT A BALL GAME. LS- POLITICAL CAMPAIGN CROWD, YELLING AND CELEBRATING. 01:07:47 - MS- IWO JIMA, MINUTEMAN MEMORIALS. AND OTHER STATUES INCLUDING LINCOLN'S. MS- VISITORS STOP TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION. (CU) 01:08:41 - MS- PEOPLE WORSHIPING IN CHAPEL. MONTAGE- PEOPLE ENTER AND EXIT CHURCHES OF VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS 01:09:12 - MS- WOMEN BROWSE THROUGH BOOKS AT A LIBRARY AS YOUNGSTERS SIT AT TABLE AND READ. MS- MEN AND WOMEN VOTERS ON LINE AT POLLING PLACE. WOMAN CLOSES THE CURTAIN AROUND HER. 01:09:23 - LS- LIVESTOCK AUCTION WITH FAST TALKING HAWKERS. 01:09:40 - LS- SOVIET LEADERS LOOK DOWN FROM KREMLIN WALL AT GIANT PARADE IN MOSCOW SQUARE AS EDWARD R. MURROW NARRATES. LS- KHRUSHCHEV RAISES HIS HAT IN SALUTE. 01:09:47 - MONTAGE- DRAWINGS DEPICT PEOPLE WAITING ON LINES AT STATE STORES ,BALLET DANCER AND PIANO PLAYER, PERFORMING TO THE COMMUNIST LINE, 01:10:43 - MS- REPORTER HANSON BALDWIN SHOWS WHERE THE COMMUNIST CONTROLLED COUNTRIES AND NON-COMMITTAL COUNTRIES ARE ON A WORLD MAP. 01:11:34 - AERIAL- A HUGE CROWD OF EGYPTIANS CHEER AS NASSER MAKES ANIMATED SPEECH ON MIC. 01:12:38 - MS- AN OFF-DUTY GI TAKING A PHOTO OF A BUDDY IN UNIFORM GETS A LOCAL CAB DRIVER TO POSE WITH THE GI ON THE FAMOUS SPANISH STEPS IN ROME. 01:12:41 - MS- MS- THE CAB DRIVER, LEANING AGAINST HIS CAB, MAKES A, "YOU WANT ME TO POSE" GESTURE, WHEN ASKED 01:13:50 - MS- A ROTATING WORLD GLOBE WITH WORDS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND IDEOLOGICAL USED AS EDWARD R. MURROW TELLS OF TECHNIQUES USED BY COMMUNISTS IN THESE 3 AREAS, TO DOMINATE A COUNTRY. 01:14:19 - MS- MURROW STANDS BEFORE A WALL MAP SHOWING 15 COUNTRIES WHICH WERE ABSORBED BY THE REDS USING THESE METHODS. . 01:14:42 - CU- NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINE TELLING OF COMMUNIST COUP IN PRAGUE. CU- MURDERED DEMOCRATIC LEADER LIES IN STATE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA 01:15:00 - MS- PEOPLE CASTS BALLOTS WITH ONLY COMMUNISTS ON THE BALLOT. 01:15:30 - MONTAGE- PEOPLE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IN THE STREETS OF POLAND AND HUNGARY BURNING SOVIET FLAGS. MONTAGE- RIOTS IN STREETS OF FRANCE. 01:16:18 - MS- FRANK MACGEE REPORTER AND NEWS COMMENTATOR TELLS OF THE ECONOMIC METHOD THE REDS USE TO ACHIEVE CONQUEST. 01:17:00 - MONTAGE- HUGE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WITH PEOPLE AT MACHINES AND AT AUTO ASSEMBLY LINES. 01:17:31 - MS- KHRUSHCHEV RIDES IN A CONVERTIBLE LIMO ON A STATE VISIT TO A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY. 01:18:30 - MS- EDWARD R. MURROW TELLS OF RED IDEOLOGICAL PENETRATION. 01:18:49 - MONTAGE- SPARKS FLY FROM BLAST FURNACE IN STEEL PLANTS. MONTAGE- CARGO GOING FROM THE U.S. TO MANY COUNTRIES ABROAD IS MARKED ON THE CRATES. 01:19:05 - MONTAGE- FOREIGN WORKERS AT THEIR MACHINES AND AT AUTO ASSEMBLY PLANTS. 01:19:30 - MS- WORLD MAP SHOWS SEATO, NATO, RIO AND ANZUS DEFENSE TREATY INFLUENCE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:20:10 - MEETING OF THE NATO CONGRESS IN 1959 01:20:28 - MS- A NURSE HOLDS A NEWBORN BABY BY IT'S FEET AND SHAKING IT UNTIL IT CRIES. 01:20:34 - MS- A WOMAN SPEAKS OUTDOORS FROM A SOAP BOX TO A GROUP OF OTHER WOMEN. MS- A LINE OF WORKERS RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECKS. 01:22:05 - LS- JAPANESE COMMUNISTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE U.S. IN JAPAN STREETS. 01:22:25 - MONTAGE- EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL PROPAGANDISTS READ FROM PREPARED SPEECHES 01:22:30 - MONTAGE- CROWDS OF RUSHING PEOPLE IN LARGE CITIES 01:23:12 - MS- LOWELL THOMAS TELLS OF THE ASTONISHING FLOW OF INFORMATION AND THE LACK OF INFORMATIONAL LEVELS AMONG AMERICANS. 01:23:49 - MS- NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES TELLS OF THE ABUSE OF OUR INFORMATION PRIVILEGES IN THE 'PAYOLA' INQUIRY INTO RADIO AND TV AND OTHER SCANDALS. 01:24:37 - CU- EDWARD R.MURROW COMMENTS. 01:25:15 - MS- ACTRESS HELEN HAYES COMMENTS ABOUT THE FAMILY AND OF THE, "TOUGHNESS OF MORAL FIBERS" WHICH IS OUR STRONGEST HERITAGE 01:26:50 - EDWARD R. MURROW MALES A CLOSING SPEECH. 01:26:52 - LS- THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TORCH LIGHTS AS WE WATCH. 01:27:19 - LS- COLONISTS WORK IN OPEN FIELD BUILDING LOG CABINS. CU- TRACK SPIKES BEING DRIVEN INTO THE RAILS AND TRACKS BEING LAID. 01:27:32 - CU- A BLACKSMITH POUNDING A PIECE OF STEEL ON AN ANVIL AND HIS MUSCLES STRAINING. 01:27:47 - CU- A BLACK WOMAN LOOKING UP AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND A WHITE WOMAN DOING THE SAME. 01:28:00 - MONTAGE- SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INCLUDING CLOSE-UP OF THE HAND WITH THE TORCH AND THE FEET. THE STATUE AT NIGHT. ALL AS THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC IS SUNG BY CHOIR
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1125C