- Title: VM-1500C
- Summary: VISION USA: STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE, EVENTS, IN THE UNITED STATES. 1970s LIFESTYLES, UNITED STATES SOCIAL HISTORY. **NO AUDIO from 00:29:14 - 00:52:28** INQUIRE FOR OTHER SOURCES
- Description:00:56:49 - COMPUTER ART: COMPUTER GENERATED FIGURE OF OLYMPIC RUNNER AND ACCOMPANYING MUSIC, WHICH WAS CREATED BY ACCIDENT, IN BELL LABORATORIES IN NEW JERSEY. A NEW ART FORM WAS BORN. EARLY COMPUTER ANIMANTION. COMPUTER GENERATED GRAPHICS (HF-YTV) 00:57:01 - TECHNICIAN AT HIS CONTROL PANEL DEMONSTRATES THE "OLYMPIC RUNNER," IN MANY BRIGHT COLORS. ON SCREEN OTHERS WATCH AS MANY FORMS ARE CREATED, GOING WELL BEYOND WHAT A HUMAN ARTIST CAN CREATE. 00:57:44 - MEN SITTING IN CONTROL ROOMS CREATING COMPUTER IMAGES ON SCREEN. MONTAGE THEIR FACES FLASHED ON SCREEN. CU FINGERS OF TECHNICIAN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, HITTING SWITCHES.. 00:58:12 - CU HAND SPINS ROLLS OF LARGE MOTION PICTURE FILM, AS ANALOG COMPUTER WORK IS PHOTOGRAPHED ONTO MOTION PICTURE FILM. CU FEMALE TECHNICIAN DOING THE WORK. CU HER HANDS LOADING FILM 00:58:37 - MONTAGE FORMS SHOWN ON SCREEN. NARRATOR: "SOME OF WHAT COMPUTER ARTIST DOES IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC". ".... COMBINATIONS OF COLOR AND MOTION BEYOND OUR PRESENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE". 00:58:57 - CU TAPE-TO-TAPE MACHINE IN OPERATION. CU RUNNING ATHLETE IS SEEN ON SCREEN IN PSYCHEDELIC COLORS. 00:59:40 - DIALYSIS ON WHEELS: LOU AND ELEANOR HAMILTON, TWO ADULT CHILDREN, YELPING DOG, EXIT HOME IN NEW JERSEY, WEATHER VANE ON LAWN, BOARD BUS, WHICH WAS CONVERTED INTO MOBILE HOME. (HF-YTV) 00:59:49 - CU LOU HAMILTON ENTERS BUS, SITS IN DRIVERS SEAT. CU LOU'S HAND CLUTCHING BUS' DOOR OPENER TO CLOSE DOOR. BUS TAKES OFF, ELEANOR SITS NEXT TO HUSBAND, DOG IN ARMS. 01:00:13 - BUS ON HIGHWAY, WITH MOTORCYCLE STRAPPED TO FRONT BUMPER, RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA. CU YOUNG HAMILTON SHAVES IN FRONT OF MIRROR IN BUS' LAVATORY. LS BUS RIDING ON HIGHWAY, AS SEEN FROM BEHIND. DAUGHTER, MARY JANE, FRYING EGGS IN KITCHEN. 01:00:29 - TWO KIDS PLAY CARDS AS BUS ROLLS ON. DOG WATCHES. BUS COMING TOWARDS CAMERA ON HIGHWAY, GOES BY. ROLLING HILLS OF FARMLAND SEEN FROM BUS WINDOW. HORSES IN MEADOW. ELEANOR SEES TOWN CHURCH THROUGH FRONT WINDOW. FLOCK OF SHEEP IN PASTURE, WAVES CRASHING ONTO ROCKY SHORE. 01:00:53 - VIEW FROM FRONT WINDOW SHOWS BUS RIDING ONTO SUSPENSION BRIDGE BEHIND OTHER TRAFFIC. CU BUS WITH MOTORCYCLE COMING TOWARDS CAMERA ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. 01:01:07 - FACE SHOT OF ELEANOR HAMILTON, KIDNEY DISEASE VICTIM. PAN DIALYSIS MACHINE PUMPS BLOOD THROUGH TUBES FROM MACHINE TO ELEANOR'S ARM. SHOTS OF GAUGES, TUBES. 01:01:38 - FACE SHOT OF LOU HAMILTON WORKING ON HIS INVENTION OF NEW PORTABLE DIALYSIS MACHINE FOR USE ON BUS, WHICH ASTONISHED EXPERTS. CU SOLDERING GUN MELTING SOLDER ON TERMINALS. CU WEARING WELDER'S MASK, WELDING. CU DRILLING WITH DRILL PRESS. 01:01:57 - ELEANOR ON MACHINE, LOU ADJUSTING IT. LOU, WIFE, WALK HAND-IN-HAND IN WOODS, BY STREAM. 01:02:08 - LOU JUNIOR, RIDES MOTORCYCLE WITH DOG IN LAP. 01:02:14 - LOU, JR. EXAMINES DISPLAY ON HAMILTON'S SECOND BUS, CALLED "KIDNEY COACH" WHICH HE SHOWS HOW NEW MACHINE WORKS. FEMALE DUMMY SITS NEXT TO MACHINE WITH TUBES IN "ARM". 01:02:37 - HAMILTON FAMILY AND DOG POSE IN FRONT OF BUS. 01:02:49 - PORTER RETROSPECTIVE: SONG WRITER COLE PORTER POSES WITH SCHOOL MATES IN OLD PHOTO. QUICK FILM SHOT OF WWI SOLDIERS MARCHING AS SONG "BAA, BAA, BAA,"(WE ARE POOR LITTLE LAMBS) PLAYS. (HF-YTV) 01:02:56 - MONTAGE OF SHOTS FROM MOVIE MUSICALS. DANNY KAYE DANCING WITH CHORUS LINE, CARY GRANT, AT PIANO, AS HE PORTRAYED PORTER IN MOVIE WITH JANE WYMAN, PHOTO OF BERT LAHR SINGING WITH GIRLS. CU CHORUS GIRL APPLYING EYE MAKE-UP. 01:03:21 - FILM CLIP OF DANCING COUPLE AS SONG "CE MAGNIFIQUE", PLAYS. FACE SHOT PHOTO OF BOB HOPE, SHOT OF JIMMY DURANTE WITH CHORUS GIRLS, PHOTO FRED ASTAIRE DANCING, FILM CLIP, MARY MARTIN SINGING, "MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY", MARQUEE PLAYING "KISS ME KATE". PHOTO, BENTLEY WITH RITA HAYWOOD. 01:03:59 - AERIAL PAN-OLD FILM OF PARIS. HEAVY PARIS TRAFFIC. CIRCA 1917? CU ZOOM OUT FACE SHOT OF COLE PORTER 1891-1964. 01:04:32 - 1970s STYLES: WOMAN WINDOW SHOPS, WALKS INTO BOUTIQUE. GOING THROUGH DRESS RACK, PICKS ONE OUT, TAKES IT TO DRESSING BOOTH. STEPS OUT WITH NEW OUTFIT ON CHECKS IT OUT IN MIRROR. 01:05:04 - CU ARTIST HAND SWIRLING BRUSH IN SMALL JAR OF PAINT ON PALETTE WITH BRUSHES, OTHER JARS OF COLORS. FEMALE ARTIST PAINTING FLOWER PATTERNS ON CANVAS TO BE USED FOR FASHIONS. MONTAGE FEMALE PATTERN DESIGNERS AT DESKS, DRAWING. 01:05:28 - CU HAND OF DESIGNER PAINTING BRIGHT DESIGNS ON PAPER. SHE TAKES IT TO CLOTH WEAVER, WHO WEAVES PATTERN ON WEAVING MACHINE, MAKING TEST SWATCH. CU WEAVING MACHINE IN ACTION. THREE FEMALE DESIGNERS DISCUSS PATTERN. CU SHOT OF DESIGN. 01:06:15 - MONTAGE, WEAVING MACHINE IN ACTION, SPOOLS OF THREADS, COLORS, DESIGNS, PATTERNS, FLASHING. 01:06:22 - MONTAGE QUICK SHOTS SPOOLS OF VARIETY OF COLORED THREADS ON SPOOLS, AT MILL. DESIGNER SPREADS OUT PIECE OF FINISHED FABRIC FOR OTHER MALE, FEMALE DESIGNERS TO SEE. FACE SHOTS OF DESIGNERS AS THEY FEEL, DISCUSS PATTERN. MONTAGE PAN VARIETY OF COLORFUL FABRICS. 01:06:54 - PEOPLE SIT AT DINNER TABLES AND WATCH FASHION SHOW MODEL SHOW NEW DESIGN DRESSES. MONTAGE FLASH FROM MODEL TO DESIGN FABRICS. 01:07:09 - FEET OF LITTLE GIRL JUMPING ROPE WITH SNEAKERS ON. YOUNG BLACK GIRL MODELS FASHIONS FOR LITTLE GIRLS. CU SHE BLOWS BUBBLE WITH BUBBLE GUM, INTO CAMERA 01:07:19 - MODEL SHOWS DRESS MADE WITH DESIGN DRAWN ON PAPER BY ARTIST. 01:07:39 - WHALING MUSEUM, MYSTIC SEAPORT, CONNECTICUT: CU SHOT LOOKING UP ROPE RIGGING TO CONING TOWER OF OLD SAILING SCHOONER, DOWN TO DECK. LS PAN OLD SAIL SHIP IN HARBOR. PAN QUAINT OLD FISHING VILLAGE, PART OF THE MUSEUM, WITH BUILDINGS OF ANOTHER ERA. (HF-YTV) 01:08:03 - FILM SHOWS BUSTLING SEAPORT WITH MASTED SCHOONERS IN PORT. OLD TIME SAILORS LOADING CARGO. IN AGE WHEN A YOUNG NATION'S MARITIME FLEET BEGAN. CU SHOT OF OLD SCHOONER IN ANCHORED PORT. 01:08:19 - PAN WELL PRESERVED BUILDINGS OF "TIME OF THE SAIL". COLORFUL STATUES OF WOMAN LOOKING TO THE SKY, TWO FEMALE CHILDREN DANCING, A BOW FIGURE OF DUCK IN FLIGHT. 01:08:43 - CU HANDS OF ELDERLY SAILOR SEWING SAIL. PAN TO FACE. CU COALS BURNING IN BLACKSMITH FURNACE. OLD TIME BLACKSMITH POUNDS ROD ON ANVIL, FORMING RED HOT TIP INTO A WHALING IMPLEMENT. 01:09:00 - HUGE OLD ANCHOR ON LAWN OF BUILDING OF YOPE, PAN TO PIERS AND UNOCCUPIED VILLAGE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE PRESERVED AS PART OF MUSEUM. 01:09:39 - CONSUMER PROTECTION: 1945 FILM OF BESS MEYERSON WINNING MISS AMERICA CONTEST, POSING IN SWIM SUIT WITH TIARA ON HEAD. NARRATOR ASKS, "WHERE HAS SHE GONE?" "WHAT'S SHE DOING?" (HF-YTV) 01:09:50 - BESS MEYERSON, COMMISSIONER FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS FOR NEW YORK CITY, EXITS STORE, GETS INTO CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN CAR. PARKED CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF CITY STREET, AS SEEN FROM FRONT WINDOW OF CAR. 01:10:03 - CU MEYERSON DONS GLASSES AND PERUSES PAPER WORK IN BACK SEAT OF CAR. BUSTLING BUSINESS DISTRICT AS SEEN FROM CAR. MONTAGE CU MAN"S HAND CARRYING SHOPPING BAG, WOMAN PLACING PRODUCE ON SCALE AT OUTSIDE MARKET, CASH REGISTER SHOWING PRICE. 01:10:14 - CU FACE SHOT OF BESS IN CAR. OPEN BULK SACKS OF COFFEE BEANS, OREGANO BUNCHES AND OTHER EXOTIC PRODUCE WITH PRICE SHOWN. HAND FEELING PICKS ORANGE FROM BUNCH, FEELS IT. BACK TO MEYERSON WORKING IN CAR. STRAWBERRIES, BANANAS. 01:10:28 - CAR APPROACHING MEYERSON'S OFFICE BUILDING IN HEART OF CITY. AS SEEN FROM CAR WINDOW. BESS REMOVES HER GLASSES. 01:10:37 - ENTRANCE GLASS DOOR WITH MEYERSON'S NAME, TITLE, BLACK SECRETARY AT DESK. AS SEEN THROUGH GLASS DOOR. MEN, WOMEN, EMPLOYEES FOR CONSUMER AFFAIR, BUSY AT THEIR DESKS. TAPE ON TAPE RECORDER, CIRCA 1970, IN OPERATION, WOMAN'S HANDS FINGERING TYPEWRITER. PART OF 150 WORKERS BUSY AT WORK. 01:10:50 - CU BESS MEYERSON SPEAKING OVER PHONE AT HER DESK. BESS SPEAKS ON PHONE, LOOKS AT PAPER WORK YOUNG GIRL WORKER SHOWS HER. MEN, WOMEN WORKERS ANSWERING COMPLAINT CALLS. CU BLACK WOMAN WORKER SPEAKING ON PHONE. BLACK MALE, WHITE FEMALE, SAME. RECORDER TAKING IT ALL DOWN. 01:11:32 - CU CASHIER FINGERS ON CASH REGISTER RINGING UP SALE. BESS MEYERSON SHOWS MERCHANT PRODUCT FROM HIS SHELF. MEYERSON WEIGHS CEREAL ON SCALE. TAKES CEREAL OUT OF BOX, WEIGHS IT. HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS CEREAL? HOW MUCH IS CONTAINER? 01:12:10 - MS TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS AT DESKS. CU PIPE SMOKING INVESTIGATOR. YOUNG FEMALE INVESTIGATOR. 01:12:32 - CU INVESTIGATOR POURS LIQUID ON CHOPPED MEAT IN BUTCHER SHOP. GOOD MEAT ABSORBS LIQUID, BAD DOESN'T. WOMAN CUSTOMER PLACES HER MEAT PURCHASE ON SCALE WITH SIGN, "THIS SCALE FOR CUSTOMER USE", "RE-WEIGH YOUR PURCHASE ." 01:12:59 - BESS MEYERSON HAS STAND UP DISCUSSION WITH STAFF MEMBERS. MS METERSON AT DESK, HANGS UP PHONE, SCRATCHES HER HEAD. 01:13:11 - CU OF NAME GROCERY PRODUCTS BEING PRICED AT COUNTER, HANDED TO CUSTOMER IN PAPER BAG. 01:13:26 - BESS MEYERSON IN CHIC GREY OUTFIT WITH MATCHING CAPE, WALKS DOWN STREET, IS STOPPED BY OLD LADY, SHAKES HANDS. 01:13:34 - SPORTS, LACROSSE: YOUNG MEN PLAYERS WITH FACE MASKS, HELMETS, WOOD RACKET IN HAND, PLAY ROUGH GAME OF LACROSSE ON FIELD WITH AUDIENCE IN STANDS. (HF-YTV) 01:14:06 - PAINTINGS OF GRIM FACED INDIANS AS THEY PLAY ANCIENT GAME BEFORE WHITE MAN CAME TO NORTH AMERICA. PAINTINGS SHOW ENTIRE TRIBES COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. GAME WAS DECIDED BY LAST TWO BRAVES STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK. 01:14:42 - GROUP PHOTO OF OLD LACROSSE TEAM. CU PAN OF HELMETS AND FACE MASKS ON MODERN TEAM MEMBERS. MS LACROSSE TEAM IN LOCKER ROOM. WOMAN PLAYER'S HEAD BEING BANDAGED. MALE PLAYER WITH BANDAGED HEAD, TRAINER WRAPPING PLAYERS ANKLE, ATTESTING TO ROUGHNESS OF GAME. 01:15:01 - LS GIRL TEAMS FACING OFF ON FIELD. RUNNING, SWINGING RACKET AS THEY PASS BALL. ACTION AROUND GOALIE. YOUNG GIRLS WATCHING FROM SIDELINES. 01:15:21 - YOUNG BOYS WITH HELMETS AND FACE MASKS PLAY LACROSSE. RUNNING BACK AND FORTH. 01:15:34 - CU COLLEGE TEAM RUNNING OUT ON FIELD, TOWARDS CAMERA AS LACROSSE FANS SCREAM. LS NAVAL CADETS IN STANDS CHEER TO CLANGING OF CYMBALS. LS ASTRODOME SPORT PALACE IN HUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE NAVY MEETS JOHN HOPKINS IN GAME OF LACROSSE. 01:15:44 - TWO PLAYERS FACE OFF AND GAME BEGINS. PLAYERS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH WITH STICKS IN HAND. 01:16:03 - YOUNG BLACK FANS HORSE AROUND FOR CAMERA. LS PLAY GETS ROUGH AROUND GOAL POST. 01:16:41 - PLAYERS LEAP FOR JOY AS GOAL IS SCORED. 01:16:50 - NOW, AIRPORT: JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT IN NEW YORK. AIR LINERS ON FIELD, CONTROL TOWER IN BG. JFK AIRPORT IN NYC (HF-YTV) 01:16:53 - WOMAN SITTING ON LEATHER SEATS WITH LUGGAGE AT HER FEET, ZOOM UP AND AWAY, SHOWS MANY OTHER PEOPLE SEATED, WAITING FOR PLANES AT TERMINAL. MS YOUNG BLACK BOY SEATED IN PLUSH SEATS WIT SMALL DUFFLE BAG AT HIS SIDE. 01:17:05 - TOTE BOARD RECORDS ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES, DELAYS. NUN SITS NEXT TO BLACK BOY WITH MOTHER. LS LARGE AIRLINER LANDING. GROUND CREWMAN DIRECTING IT TO TERMINAL. ABOVE SHOT OF AIRLINER MAKING SHARP TURN ON GROUND. BACK OF GROUND CREWMAN, EAR PHONES ON HEAD, WATCHING. 01:17:29 - PEOPLE DEBARKING FROM PLANE. OLD LADY WALKS DOWN STAIRS, IS DIRECTED TO TERMINAL BY PILOT, OTHERS FOLLOW. LITTLE BOY STEPS DOWN HAND-IN-HAND WITH PARENTS. LS LEGS OF GIRL WALKING, WITH MINI-SKIRT. 01:17:44 - AERIAL VIEW OF AIRPORT. WING-LIKE PAN-AM BUILDING. 01:17:51 - CU ZOOM BACK HUGE COMMERCIAL AIRLINER TAXIS ON ROAD CROSSING OVER BUSY BELT PARKWAY BELOW. MS AIR CONTROLLERS IN TOWER DIRECT THE MILLIONS OF TAKE-OFFS PER YEAR. LS PLANES LINED UP AS SEEN FROM TOWER. 01:18:27 - CU PAN OF HUGE AIRLINER ON GROUND, PAN TO LINE UP OF DOZENS OF PLANES BEHIND IT WAITING TO TAKE OFF. NARRATOR: "NINE HOURS TO BELGRADE, FOURTEEN TO BEIRUT, NINE HOURS TO SAO PAULO, SEVENTEEN TO TOKYO,.......", AS PLANES TAKE OFF. 01:19:06 - CU CONTROL PANEL IN COCKPIT, HAND ON THROTTLE. PLANE LANDING. CROWD IN TERMINAL. WAITING FOR CUSTOMS. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS GOING THROUGH LUGGAGE. BEWILDERED MAN WATCHING. 01:19:38 - CU ORIENTAL YOUNG GIRL BEING HUGGED BY MOTHER. TEEN-AGE GIRL HUGS SMALLER GIRL. 01:20:02 - ELDERLY MAN SMILES, GIVES LONG KISS ON LIPS TO MALE RELATIVE. HUGS, KISSES, YOUNGER MAN WITH DEEP EMOTION. HOLD ON TO HIM FOR LONG TIME.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1972
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1500C