Summary

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PETRIFIED
PET-6 1 inch
B W
Outtakes
1950s
Aerials
01:01:14:00 B W 1950s numerous tents with boys walking around camp, boy scouts wave 01:01:58:00 B W 1949 teenagers in 1949 Chevrolet convertible through wooded area 01:02:14:00 B W 1950s Grosse Pointe High School chemistry class, teacher shows students light bulb experiment 01:02:34:00 B W 1950s students at desks examine hanging object, physics class 01:03:04:00 B W 1950s int school, young men and overweight boy using gym equipment 01:03:29:00 B W 1950s students sitting on lawn of college campus in front of building (Michigan State) 01:04:12:00 B W 1950s 10 year old boys playing basketball in school gym 01:05:48:00 B W 1950s children race toward and past cam out of school door 01:05:55:00 B W 1950s teenagers at drive-in restaurant sitting in convertible, served food in car 01:06:18:00 B W 1950s chemistry lab with teacher showing experiment to students 01:06:59:00 B W 1950s group of male teenagers milling about outside building, people past cam in summer clothes 01:07:15:00 B W 1950s girls and one boy in sewing class, teacher 01:07:35:00 B W 1950s students in front of school, cars parked in fg 01:07:56:00 B W 1950s teenage boys seated in classroom 01:08:04:00 B W 1950s mixed students seated in classroom 01:08:32:00 B W 1950s students in graduation robes walk down sidewalk in front of school 01:08:56:00 B W 1950s group of mixed high school students and teacher in physics class examine hanging objects 01:09:09:00 B W 1950s students studying on table, nerdy boys at desk, teacher helps boy 01:09:23:00 B W 1950s classroom, female teacher at globe in front, boy walks up to map on blackboard, points to spot then returns to seat 01:09:58:00 B W 1950s female teacher addresses class, points to globe and map on blackboard 01:10:28:00 B W 1950s carnival concession, people throw balls at stand and walk away, bow and arrows in front 01:10:54:00 B W 1950s woman walks to end of diving board and makes front dive, cam follows her into water 01:11:08:00 B W 1950 CU travel shot of family in 1950 Chevrolet four-door sedan 01:11:32:00 B W 1950s informal family group, kids on floor, mother on sofa, father on chair laughing 01:11:56:00 B W 1950s teenage girl on phone hangs up, looks sad 01:12:07:00 B W 1950s young man pole vaults outdoors 01:12:21:00 B W 1950s boy ski jumps over small hill, mountain shots 01:12:32:00 B W 1950s physics class, teacher points to blackboard, back of students' heads in fg 01:13:00:00 B W 1950s teenagers, four girls and one boy, girls sit on step of house, boy stands, talking and joking around 01:13:23:00 B W 1950s classroom, teacher by blackboard, students face teacher, backs to cam 01:13:46:00 B W 1950s various scenics from "Road to Romance" 01:26:10:00 B W 1950s vs United Airline DC-3, CU pilot in window, taxiing, airborne, nice side views and int shots 01:27:56:00 B W 1950s hurricane and storms, trees in wind, AV damage, flood on streets 01:28:16:00 B W 1950s boats, nice shots of schooner in full sail 01:28:34:00 B W 1950s parade of old cars commencing with 1940's Pontiac, ending with early gas buggie and bicycle includes 1934 two door Chevrolet, Oakland, 1917 Chevrolet and 1916 Cadillac 01:29:22:00 B W 1950s firemen fighting fire, burning buildings 01:29:45:00 B W 1950s stove, stoking coal blast furnace 01:30:10:00 B W 1950s fire spreading over bridge 01:30:55:00 B W 1950s actual fire after explosion, Texas City, confusion, rescue activity, AVs and street views, smoke, victims, ambulance, wreckage 01:32:08:00 B W 1930s Dr. Ernst FW Alexanderson demonstrates television camera in 1930's important "history of television" clip (may date from as early as the late 1920s). 01:32:50:00 B W 1950s side view of man in Egyptian costume writing on scroll 01:33:16:00 B W 1950s CU man and woman on sundeck of ocean liner, served tea by waiter 01:33:35:00 B W 1950s hundreds of bottles lined up in glass factory 01:33:49:00 B W 1950s huge building on fire, wall collapses, smoke 02:00:12:00 B W 1950s man pulling at seated mule perfect clip to illustrate "stubborn" themes. 02:00:33:00 B W 1936 int factory, new cars at end of assembly line, 1936 Chevrolet 02:00:51:00 B W 1950s large crowd at parade with backs to cam 02:01:13:00 B W 1950s ext, workers leave factory 02:01:52:00 B W 1950s male factory workers leaving plant, come close to cam 02:02:39:00 B W 1950s family sits in front of television set in living room 02:02:55:00 B W 1950s ext, RCA building, New York City 02:04:15:00 B W 1950s dirigible "Akron" in air over Empire State Building 02:04:22:00 B W 1950s blimp from rear to side showing take off, small blimp sprays fields for pests 02:04:39:00 B W 1950s blimp in air over water and land, "NAVY - Operation Rescue" on side of craft 02:04:54:00 B W 1930s or 1940s sculptors modeling different streamlined car parts, General Motors style department 02:08:34:00 B W 1950s vs scenes of different steam engines, including streamlined trains, Mercury highballing to cam. Excellent shots. 02:09:15:00 B W 1950s fast New Haven streamliner approaches cam, conventional Pullman coaches. Excellent shots. 02:09:57:00 B W 1950s streamliner toward and away from cam, old coaches 02:10:20:00 B W 1950s streamliner, New York Central swing shot to cam 02:10:56:00 B W 1950s B & O Capital Limited passes cam very fast, has old coaches 02:11:15:00 B W 1950s New Haven train as passes with old coaches, signal toward in bg 02:11:35:00 B W 1950s Flying Yankee toward and past cam, fast engine and five new coaches 02:11:42:00 B W 1950s streamliner goes under water tower and toward cam, side view of train 02:12:07:00 B W 1926 1926 Chevrolet Coach down residential street 02:12:37:00 B W 1950s HA heavy city traffic, includes double decker bus 02:12:49:00 B W 1950s 1909 Cadillac, sedan comes toward cam on country road, couple wear old style driving clothes 02:12:58:00 B W 1950s recreation of 1900s 1910s era. 1913 Chevrolet, man in early driving outfit polishes fender, car on country road, woman comes man helps her into car and gets in too 02:13:40:00 B W 1950s 1913 Chevrolet, rear view of man and woman in driving costume on country road away from cam 02:13:51:00 B W 1950s 1915 Chevrolet, front travel shot of roadster 02:14:06:00 B W 1917-1918 traffic scenes, Chicago ca 1917 1918 02:15:03:00 B W 1950s 1926 Chevrolet coach travels down residential street 02:15:35:00 B W 1950s old car by driveway of elegant home 02:15:42:00 B W 1950s 1928 Oldsmobile, side view of car, two women get out 02:15:53:00 B W 1950s people buying produce from truck (vegetable wagon), fruit and vegetable peddler on residential street, 1928 Chevrolet truck 02:16:05:00 B W 1950s 1929 Chevrolet two-door sedan, toward and past cam, electric coupe car, horse drawn wagon rides past in opposite direction (juxtaposition of old and new). 02:16:21:00 B W 1950s CU three African natives 02:16:43:00 B W 1930s workers leaving factory 02:18:04:00 B W 1950s small babies in hospital beds, Polio victims, first aid, soup kitchen, flood disaster, hand leafing through Western Union telegrams blood transfusions, elderly cases in bed, operation and surgery, disaster and Red Cross activity, radio
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