- Title: VM-1501C
- Summary: VISION USA:
- Description:00:57:16 - WORLD TRADE CENTER: 1966 AERIAL PAN OF NEW YORK CITY WITH MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN BRIDGES, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. PAN TO AREA WHICH WAS RAZED TO MAKE ROOM FOR TWIN TOWERS. (HF-YTV) 00:57:30 - MONTAGE SHOTS OF UNIQUE OLD BUILDINGS, STORES, PRIOR TO BEING TORN DOWN, ARTIST RENDITION OF TWIN TOWERS. HARD HAT CONSTRUCTION WORKER SMASHES SECTION OFF BUILDING WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, ANOTHER USES JACK HAMMER. IT TOOK MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND WORKERS TO REMOVE 164 "OUTDATED" BUILDINGS. 00:57:54 - MONTAGE BULLDOZERS, CRANES, REMOVING DEBRIS IN WIDE CLEARED OUT AREA. CU DERRICK SCOOPS UP DEBRIS, EMPTIES IT. WELDER LAYS ON GROUND WELDING NETWORK OF FOUNDATION RODS TOGETHER. ZOOM IN ON CRANE OPERATOR WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH AS HE WORKS. CU HEAVY DEMOLITION BALL FALLING TO GROUND, HUGE CEMENT MIXER CHURNING. 00:58:14 - AERIAL VIEW OF CONSTRUCTION SITE. CU DERRICK SCOOPS UP DIRT. MONTAGE HARD HAT MEN AT WORK. 00:58:24 - LS FIRST TOWER BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE AS IT RISES FROM FOUNDATION 70 FEET BELOW STREET LEVEL. CIRCA 1969. SEVERAL SHOTS OF THE STEEL STRUCTURE. DARING STEEL WORKER STANDS ON SINGLE STEEL UPRIGHT HIGH ABOVE GROUND. LS VIEW OF STRUCTURE AS IT GETS TALLER. 00:59:00 - IN LATE 1970. THE LAST PIECE OF STEEL IS LIFTED MORE THAN A QUARTER MILE TO TOP OF TOWER. AERIAL VIEW OF ROOF, WITH GIANT CRANE SITTING ON TOP. 00:59:07 - AERIAL VIEW OF COMPLETED TOWER AND ITS UNCOMPLETED TWIN. HARD HAT WORKERS LIFT FLAG ON NORTH TOWER UPON ITS COMPLETION DECEMBER 1970. SOUTH TOWER WAS COMPLETED IN 1971. LS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CHEER. 00:59:19 - MEN, WOMEN COMING, GOING, INTO REVOLVING DOORS OF TRADE CENTER. STREAM OF PEOPLE USING ESCALATORS, WALKING ABOUT THE CORRIDORS. PAN OF LONG LINE OF SECRETARIES AT DESKS. 00:59:49 - SIGN ON WALL: "WORLD TRADE INSTITUTE AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER." ZOOM OUT TO BUSINESS MEN, WOMEN, FROM WORLD TRADING NATIONS, SITTING AT HUGE ROUND TABLE. 01:00:02 - MEDIEVAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: HUGE ROCK FORMATIONS, ZOOM OUT TO SHOW SAN FRANCISCO'S GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OVERHEAD. PAN TO MAN PLAYING A "HURDY GURDY", FROM MEDIEVAL EUROPE. THE GUITAR-LIKE INSTRUMENT, WITH THREE STRINGS, SMALL CRANKING HANDLE, EMITS SOUNDS OF BAG PIPE. (HF-YTV) 01:00:21 - CU SLOW ZOOM IN TO LYNN ELDER'S HAND, CRANKING HIS HAND-MADE INSTRUMENT, HIS HANDS FINGERING KEYS. FACE SHOT OF LYNN, HEAVY BEARD. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN BG. 01:00:42 - CU LYNN USES KNIFE TO SHAPE A NEW HURDY GURDY. HE'S THE ONLY CRAFTSMAN IN AMERICA MAKING THE ANCIENT INSTRUMENT. CU FACE SHOT OF LYNN, WEARING GLASSES AS HE WORKS ON INSTRUMENT'S MECHANISM. 01:01:01 - ELDER SHAPES THIN WOODEN SECTION OF ANOTHER ANCIENT INSTRUMENT HE MAKES IN WORK SHOP. CU FEMALE STUDENT PUTS TOGETHER ANCIENT ITALIAN WOOD INSTRUMENT IN ELDER'S WORK SHOP. WHERE SHE, OTHER STUDENTS, COME TO PLAY, STAY TO BUILD. 01:01:38 - ELDER SHOWS GIRL HOW TO USE CARVING TOOL ON PIECE OF SPRUCE. CU HANDS USING GOUGING TOOL. SHOT OF FINISHED PRODUCT. GIRL USES FEATHER TO PLUCK STRINGS TO TEST SOUND OF FINISHED PIECE. 01:01:55 - YOUNG GIRL PLAYS HAND-HELD HARP-TYPE INSTRUMENT AS ELDER USES BOW ON TINY VIOLIN-SOUNDING INSTRUMENT HELD IN PALM OF HAND. 01:02:09 - CU RACK OF DRILLS. ZOOM IN TO SIGN: "MAGIC MOUNTAIN WORKSHOP". MONTAGE CU FACE SHOT OF ELDER WORKING ON DRILL PRESS. DRILL CUTTING INTO WOOD. HANDS OF ELDER GLUEING. SHOT OF ANCIENT INSTRUMENT TAKING SHAPE, HAND STRINGING INSTRUMENTS. 01:02:47 - MS GIRL SITTING ON ROCKS BY SEA, PLAYING HAND-HELD VIOLIN-TYPE INSTRUMENT. PAN OF ANCIENT WIND, STRINGED INSTRUMENT LAYING IN GRASS, LYNN ELDER PLAYS HIS HURDY GURDY, AMID ANCIENT RE-CREATIONS 01:03:23 - AMNIOCENTESIS: AERIAL ZOOM OUT JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, WHERE METHOD TO UNCOVER BIRTH DEFECTS IN UNBORN BABIES HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. (HF-YTV) 01:03:36 - CU FACE SHOT OF DOCTOR MICHAEL KABAC AS HE SPEAKS TO YOUNG COUPLE, ABOUT THEIR 2 1/2 YEAR CHILD WITH FATAL TAY-SACHS, A BRAIN DISORDER. THE WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IS WORRIED IF NEW BABY WILL HAVE TAY-SACHS. DOCTOR TELLS HE CAN TO FIND OUT THROUGH PROCEDURE CALLED AMNIOCENTESIS. 01:04:33 - DOCTOR AND NURSE IN OPERATING ROOM, FACE MASKS. DOCTOR COATS PREGNANT STOMACH WITH DISINFECTANT, STICKS NEEDLE IN STOMACH. CU DOCTOR KABACK TELLING COUPLE ABOUT RISKS OF PROCEDURE. 01:04:51 - DRAWING SHOWS NEEDLE GOING INTO UTERUS CONTAINING UNBORN CHILD. CU DOCTOR DRAWING LIQUID FROM UTERUS WITH LARGE NEEDLE. LIQUID IS PLACED IN TEST TUBES. CU WOMAN LAB TECHNICIAN TESTS FLUID WITH SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. 01:05:24 - CU DOCTOR KUBACK ON PHONE INFORMING MOTHER, "THINGS LOOK GREAT.......". 01:05:44 - DOCTOR RICHARD HELLER SITS AND CONSULTS WITH TWO SISTERS, BOTH ARE PREGNANT, BOTH CARRIERS OF CHROMOSOME CONDITION WHICH CAN CAUSE MONGOLISM. CU FACE SHOTS OF DOCTOR, FACE SHOTS OF WOMEN. 01:06:30 - CU CHROMOSOMES UNDER MICROSCOPE, CU FEMALE SPECIALIST LOOKING THROUGH MICROSCOPE. CU BLOOD SPOTS BEING PLACED ON SLIDES. CHROMOSOMES SEEN ON SLIDE, TEST SHOWS THE DG CHROMOSOME, CLEARLY INDICATING WOMAN IS CARRIER BUT BABY IS FREE. 01:07:44 - CU SMILING FACE OF WOMAN WHEN TOLD SHE HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. 01:08:37 - CAPE COD: SUN SETTING ON HORIZON AT CAPE COD. CRESCENT SHAPED PENINSULA OF CAPE COD JUTTING OUT INTO OCEAN. CU SNAIL IN SAND ON BEACH, A CRAB, BIRD ON TREE LIMB. TROUT WIGGLING BY IN SHALLOW STREAM. CU A BEE LANDS ON AN EXOTIC FLOWER. (HF-YTV) 01:09:28 - CU BEE LANDS ON FLOWER GETS IN BETWEEN PETALS, FEASTS ON ITS JUICES. FIELD OF POPPIES. CU SHOT OF CARVED AMERICAN EAGLE ABOVE ENTRANCE TO BARN, OLD RUSTY HORSESHOE TACKED TO SHINGLES. POT OF FLOWERS IN WINDOW AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE. 01:09:57 - VIEW OF QUAINT OLD VILLAGE ACROSS LAKE. FISHING BOAT ANCHORED IN HARBOR. SEAGULLS FLYING ABOVE. AN OLD LIGHTHOUSE. SHOT OF WATER LEADING TO SANDY DUNES FIRST SEEN BY PILGRIMS. PAN OF SAND DUNES ALONG LONG SHORE OF CAPE COD. SEEN FROM VARIOUS ANGLES. CAMERA CATCHES SEAGULL IN FLIGHT. 01:10:46 - THE 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN FASHIONS: SHOT OF WORLD RENOWN BROOKLYN MUSEUM. MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF FEMALE MANNEQUINS WEARING CLOTHING REPRESENTING 170 YEARS OF AMERICAN FASHIONS. MANNEQUINS MOVE ON REVOLVING PLATFORMS. 01:11:11 - MONTAGE AS EACH MANNEQUIN ROLLS INTO VIEW, STARTING WITH COLONIAL FASHION, A DRAWING OR PAINTING, OF THOSE DAYS, IS SHOWN ALONGSIDE OF MANNEQUIN. CLASSIC HYMNS ARE HEARD AND SUNG. 01:12:16 - CU FACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN SUPERIMPOSED ON MANNEQUIN WEARING DRESS OF 1860'S. LITTLE GIRL MANNEQUIN, ADULT FEMALE MANNEQUIN APPEAR, ALONGSIDE DRAWINGS, PHOTOS, OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS. SONGS INCLUDE, "WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME," AND "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC". "VIENNA WALTZ" PLAYS AS MANNEQUIN OF LATE 1980s FASHION IS SHOWN, WITH DRAWINGS OF THAT ERA. 01:13:20 - EARLY 1900'S FASHIONS WITH DRAWINGS. WWI FASHIONS, 1920s FLAPPER ERA FASHIONS ON MANNEQUINS. PHOTOS OF THE ERA. 1940s FASHIONS, PHOTO OF FDR SMOKING CIGARETTE ON LONG HOLDER, NRA SYMBOL OF 1940s. 01:14:15 - MANNEQUINS IN WWII FASHIONS. SWING MUSIC IN BG. PHOTO OF LAUREN BACALL, OTHER MODELS. ARTIE SHAW PLAYING "BEGIN THE BEGUINE". FASHIONS OF 1950s. 1960S. PHOTOS OF JFK, LBJ, BEATLES. 01:14:58 - MANNEQUINS IN MINI DRESSES. FACE SHOT PHOTO OF MODEL WEARING HUGE SUN GLASSES. MANNEQUIN IN SPACE AGE DRESS OF 1970s. 01:15:24 - HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING: BOB BONDURANT, GRAND PRIX DRIVER OF DISTINCTION, DRIVES MERCEDES ONTO SUZUKI TEST TRACK. SIGN ON FENCE: "BOB BONDURANT SCHOOL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING," LARGE POINTING ARROW. CU SHOTS OF HIS TROPHIES. (HF-YTV) 01:15:59 - PAN OF MECHANICS WORKING OUTSIDE HIS GARAGES, TRAINING SCHOOL, ON HIS RACING CARS, MOSTLY RED. BONDURANT PARKS MERCEDES. CU BONDURANT TALKS TO MEN, WOMEN ASPIRING GRAND PRIX DRIVERS, IN CLASSROOM. HE TEACHES SKID CONTROL. (HF-YTV) 01:17:06 - CU WOMAN AT WHEEL. LS SPEEDS AROUND CONES ON OBSTACLE COURSE AT TEST GROUNDS. SCREECHING, SKIDDING. BONDURANT EXPLAINS, WITH DRAWINGS ON BLACKBOARD, HOW TO DO IT. CU WOMAN BEHIND WHEEL SPEEDING AROUND SHARP CURVES. (HF-YTV) 01:17:29 - CU BONDURANT, USING SMALL MODEL OF RACE CAR, SHOWS WHY CAR ACTS AS IT DOES IN SKID. MS REAL CAR SKIDDING. BONDURANT VOICE TELLS HOW TO CONTROL IT. (HF-YTV) 01:18:03 - POLICE CAR FOLLOWED BY AMBULANCE ON WET PRACTICE ROAD AT SCHOOL. CU POLICEMAN AT THE WHEEL. LS AMBULANCE SKIDS IN COMPLETE CIRCLE ON WET ROAD. IS KEPT UNDER CONTROL. (HF-YTV) 01:18:26 - POLICE CAR CHASING PANEL TRUCK WITH LARGE BOX IN ROOF RACK. BOX FALLS, POLICE CAR SWERVES TO AVOID IT, DOES. POLICE CAR CUTS OFF SPEEDER, WHO COMES TO STOP. (HF-YTV) 01:18:55 - BONDURANT, WHO TAUGHT ACTORS PAUL NEWMAN, JAMES GARNER, HOW TO RIDE, ACCOMPANIES TWO ASPIRING RACE CAR DRIVERS TO THEIR RACE CARS, STRAPS THEM IN, WATCHES THEM TAKE OFF. RACE CARS ON TRACK, SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA. (HF-YTV) 01:20:14 - DEVELOPING AMERICAN GYMNASTS: YOUNG FEMALE GYMNAST SITTING ON FLOOR, PUTS ON SOCKS. MASSAGES THIGH MUSCLES. CU FACE SHOTS OF OTHER YOUNG FEMALE GYMNASTS, CHATTING. (HF-YTV) 01:20:29 - FUTURE OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNER, CATHY RIGBY, TAKES INSTRUCTION FROM MALE INSTRUCTOR. OTHERS STRETCHING, PRACTICING MOVES AT YALE UNIVERSITY GYM. CHALKING HANDS AND FEET. (HF-YTV) 01:20:49 - YOUNG GIRL ON BALANCE BAR. AS SEEN FROM FLOOR UP. MORE ANGLE SHOTS OF SAME. CU SHOT. HAND STAND FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. (HF-YTV) 01:21:26 - YOUNG RIGBY DOING REAR FLIP ON BALANCE BEAM. GIRL ON HIGH BAR. ANOTHER ON BALANCE BEAM DOING GRACEFUL MOVES. RIGBY DOES SPLIT ON BEAM. GIRL DOING FAST SOMERSAULTS ON GROUND. FACE SHOT OF CATHY RIGBY MAKING GRACEFUL ENDING TO ROUTINE. 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- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1973
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1501C