Summary

Petrified

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Petrified
File Number: PET-767 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Industrial
Year: 1950s - 1960s
Subjects: Aerials, automobiles, sportscars, convertibles, whitewall tires, motoring, driving, suburbs
Description: 01:00:00:00 - 05:09:50:04 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Jam Handy promotional films for Chevrolet automobiles (1959-1963)Impala, Corvair, Belair Corvette, Nova. Excellent car driving POVs, rural, town roads. Family camping trip. Misc. engines, turbines, flower opening, electronic oscillators, envelopes in air. 01:00:00:00 - 01:02:39:08 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Large old mainframe computer console, woman sits at desk. Two architects or engineers discuss blueprints. AV POV coastal towns, river or lake at Hoover Dam & mountain range. Exposed engine, axle, muffler, wheels of car. 01:02:41:14 - 01:04:13:05 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Car dashboard POV: follows three cars (Pontiacs?) drive on curving Southwestern mountain road. Film slate. Four Pontiac cars drive up curving mountain road, leaving clouds of dust. ZO newlywed couple in white Chevrolet Corvair convertible drive into distance w Just Married sign & colored streamers on rear of car. Car POV dashed yellow lane marker lines on road, CU dashed lines passing under car. Man w slate. LA black convertible Chevrolet Corvair car drives around curve by lake. Man w slate. 01:04:14:13 - 01:06:56:27 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Family steps into Chevrolet Corvair convertible car by seashore, drives away. Man & women in blue Corvair convertible speed around turn on dirt road, kicking up dust. (4 takes) Front view: People driving orange and cream colored 1962 Chevy van. HA POV of four young men & women in white 1962 Corvair convertible. White Corvair convertible drives out of woods on dirt road. Red 1963 Corvair convertible driving, followed by blue Corvair. 01:06:58:06 - 01:10:25:29 Color Silent 1959- 1963 CU ZO Woman in head scarf smiles & drives yellow 1959 Corvette convertible. Side view of men riding in light blue 1961 Chevy Belair Parkwood station wagon. CU Man buffing car hood w yellow cloth. Slate. Man using hose & sponge to wash car. Businessmen in blue 1961 Impala. CU T L red flower opens petals. CU car engine, transmission, driveshaft. 02:00:14:08 - 02:01:50:11 Color Silent 1959- 1963 White 1962 Chevy Impala slowly backs down suburban driveway, waits for 1962 Corvair on street to pass. Woman drives white 1962 Corvair down suburban road. HA Woman drives blue 1962 Impala convertible down highway. Blue Chevrolet van drives down country road into distance. 02:01:52:09 - 02:02:44:01 Color Silent 1959- 1963 WS Man & woman camping by lake. Parked van, tent in BG. Woman unpacks raft. Man strings lures on his fishing pole from tacklebox on table. Man drives 1962 Corvair into clearing, steps out. He helps man string fishing lures on pole. 02:05:00:29 - 02:05:58:16 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Jam Handy slate. Electronic oscillator waveform display on circular screen forms changing green line patterns.(technology, scientific equipment) 02:05:58:28 - 02:06:58:17 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Man works on tires on car factory assembly line. Automated arm moves tires on conveyor belt, he hammers brackets into rims of tires. 02:07:00:05 - 02:07:46:01 Color Silent 1959- 1963 AV POV farm fields, coastal beach, ocean surf, mountains (looks like California). 02:07:46:02 - 02:08:26:27 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Exposed rear chassis drive train of car in factory w drive shaft, transmission, axles & wheels visible & in motion. WS Full chassis, car undercarriage in factory. Transmission shifting gears. Engineer works at computer in BG. 02:08:27:24 - 02:09:49:21 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Family camping scene car commercial (2nd take). Woman drives in blue 1962 Chevy convertible. (Bel-Air or Impala) (leader) 03:00:14:06 - 03:04:18:15 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Woman drives blue 1962 Impala or Bel Air convertible. Man holds color slate. Man drives in white 1962 Chevy II sedan (Nova?) WS Man & woman talk beside their parked cars (Blue sedan, station wagon) at scenic highway rest stop. They walk toward field. He points out sights as she uses binoculars. (slate ) Man drives white Chevy II sedan. (2nd take). Suburban Impala Corvair driveway sequence (2nd take). 03:04:19:26 - 03:05:43:14 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Slate. Good car driving POV over top of steering wheel. Country road & two lane highway. Car passes station wagon, enters forested area. 03:05:44:12 - 03:10:01:02 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Slate. Vehicles for work series. Man unloads potted plants from back of Chevy station wagon. Second man helps. Slate. VS Orange Chevy van turns & drives down dirt road in forest. Slate. Two men unloading equipment from side doors of blue Chevy van. Blue pickup truck drives onto quarry, meets w orange dump truck. Crane dumps debris in back of dumptruck. Green delivery truck drives on suburban streets. Cloud of dust at quarry. 04:00:14:06 - 04:00:50:24 Color Silent 1959- 1963 SLO MO Envelopes flipping, falling in air against black BG. 04:00:51:21 - 04:02:54:10 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Cranes work at construction site quarry, moving loads of rock. Dumptruck moves cargo of rock up cliff road. 04:02:55:06 - 04:05:47:13 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Car POV. Fast motion on neighborhood street, rural curving coastal road. Car dashboard POV small town streets, railroad crossing, 4-way intersection. 04:05:47:29 - 04:06:59:24 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Family picnic outdoors by lake. Chevy sedan in BG w trunk open. Man and woman prepare foods on folding table. Young daughter plays in inflatable kiddy pool. Man holds slate. Young son carries lantern. CU man opens trunk of white Chevy sedan, Family unloads camping gear to demonstrate trunk room. MS Family steps out of car, father opens trunk, hands gear to children. 04:07:02:01 - 04:10:22:25 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Side view: Man drives white Chevy sedan (Nova?) on road- two other Chevy cars pull up & drive on either side. CU car engine, still life car engine against black BG. Interior car engine 1960 Chevy sedan. Man drives aqua 1960 Corvair. Good LA 1960 Corvair drives over camera. Corvair drives through mud puddles in ditch, up hill. Corvair drives up dirt bank of roadway. 05:00:13:23 - 05:04:02:13 Color Silent 1959- 1963 CU Front of aqua 1960 Chevy Corvair driving. Side view of Corvair on road. WS Corvair drives on figure 8 test track for handling. Salesman shows man late 1950s used cars- convertibles, Parkwood station wagons on lot of Chevrolet used car dealership. Woman drives white 1962 full-sized Chevrolet (Impala, Bel Air, or Biscayne). Woman drives white 1962 Corvair. Man drives light blue 1961 Impala. CU engine. 05:04:04:11 - 05:06:04:27 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Sign for Chevrolet "OK Used Cars," traffic passing below. HA Chevy van drives on curve of roadway. Film crew, slate. LA Front: Woman drives red 1962 Chevy II (Nova?) convertible on main street of town. Chevy II Nova and Chevy Impala parked by boat harbor, docks. 05:06:06:21 - 05:07:33:04 Color Silent 1959- 1963 Film crew holds slate. CU sign for Chevy service station. Rear view 1962 green Chevy Impala driving on roadway. HA two women drive in light blue 1961 Chevy Bel Air convertible sportscar. Man & woman pack travel gear in trunk of white 1962 Chevy Impala in suburban driveway. 05:07:33:28 - 05:09:50:04 Color Silent 1959- 1963 CU two truck tires turning. CU Man chops base of birch tree w ax. Crane moving bundles of cut trees onto lumber piles. Front of Chevy work truck. Man operates winch to move trees onto rear of truck. MS man in baseball cap chops base of birch tree in forest w ax, fells tree.
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