Summary

Petrified

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Petrified
File Number: PET-771 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Industrial
Year: 1950s - 1960s
Subjects: Aerials, waterskiing, sailboats, speed boats, family, suburbs, Americana
Description: 01:00:00:03 - 05:10:08:07 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s AVs of industrial areas. Chevy construction vehicles, police cars, Corvans, Bel Air cars. Water sports, recreation. Family picnics, barbecues. Workers performing individual roles on production lines in automobile factory, probably GM. General Motors building, engineers, draftsmen. EXT Hotels. Excellent fire truck POV driving through Detroit at 3:01:49:16 01:00:00:03 - 01:02:25:01 Color Silent 1961 Man holds slate. AV POV parking lots, cars, ZO industrial buildings, factory. SHAKY AV POV PAN over suburban houses, cars, industrial parks, traffic on highways. 01:02:25:02 - 01:03:22:12 Color Silent 1964 Man holds slate automobile commercial. Man drives 1964 Chevelle station wagon w old woman sitting in passenger seat. Turns into driveway of white house. TU Tree branches. 01:03:22:13 - 01:04:17:21 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Two men hold grey value slate. Draftsman (engineer) makes charcoal sketch at desk. (aerodynamics, flying saucer?) w drafting tools. HA Engineer at desk opening sketchbook. Two engineers making mechanical drawings on wall blueprints using metal parts to trace outline. Two men throw paint w their hands onto large wooden object. 01:04:17:22 - 01:04:49:09 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s CU men shaping raw clay w hands, molding & scraping excess clay from car sideboards w metal tools. 01:04:49:10 - 01:05:57:08 Color Silent c. 1964 CU door of white 1965 Chevy Corvan. Corvan stops at traffic light, puts on left turn signal. Slate. Corvan makes left turn, orange & white Chevy Corvan goes in opposite direction. 01:05:57:09 - 01:09:00:16 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Slate- single engine plane in field. AV POV airfield, industrial park. 02:00:00:07 - 02:01:11:19 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s AV POV industrial park, w office buildings, fountains. 02:01:12:08 - 02:03:31:00 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Slate. Men work on car engines in factory shop. Engines are suspended from harnesses, moving slowly through shop. Workers use hammer, wrenches, other tools to adjust parts. Female inspector examines machinery, places certificates on engines. 02:03:31:02 - 02:04:02:09 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s WS PAN town w mountains in BG & houses on green hillside. 02:04:02:10 - 02:06:06:19 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Slate. Automobile factory assembly line. Man stands over engine, adjusting parts. Hooks hanging from chains move on belt around him. Slate. Worker uses hook on chain to remove crankshafts from conveyor line, place inside open car engine, repeats. Slate. CU Male worker in stretch cap stands at machine, looking down as he works. 02:06:07:02 - 02:07:27:20 Color Silent 1960s Two police squad cars (1964 Chevrolet's) in pursuit w sirens drive on dirt road, kick up clouds of dust on turn. VS Brown & white Cadillac ambulance (or hearse) w siren activated drives on highway. 02:07:27:20 - 02:07:56:12 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s PAN rural green fields & hills, cows graze in field. AV POV farm fields. 02:07:56:14 - 02:09:57:20 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Good: Workers on car factory assembly line in car factory. Female worker works on machine component (clutch flywheel?) Man assembles different colored car steering wheels hanging from hooks. Man drills car part as engines move in BG. PAN female workers inspecting same mechanical component at tables. Male worker assembles car brake housing on conveyor belt, tightening nuts w wrench. 03:00:00:07 - 03:01:49:15 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Workers on car factory assembly line tweaking, tightening nuts inside car parts on assembly line. HA workers adjust engine parts moving on conveyor belt. 03:01:49:16 - 03:06:11:21 Color Silent 1960s Excellent fire ladder truck POV driving through city streets of Detroit, Michigan. Firemen w helmets stand at front of truck in FG. Wide downtown street, storefronts. Grand Circus Park, turning past Hotel Tuller. Theater district w marquee for film, "Mary Poppins" Slate. Fireman in helmet driving ladder truck from top steering wheel in FG, checking traffic, turning. Fire truck POV rear of truck over driver's helmet w two other firefighters on truck. Same downtown route. 03:06:12:25 - 03:07:44:21 Color Silent 1960s Detroit, MI. Ext: General Motors building, TD city traffic at night. People board city bus. Car POV traffic on divided highway, Chevy cars taking ramp for Milwaukee Ave. West Grand Blvd. Man holds slate. 03:07:44:22 - 03:11:22:02 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Man holds slate. City skyline of Detroit, Michigan & river, probably Detroit River: sunset to dusk. Barge travels on river. 04:00:00:07 - 04:01:16:25 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Construction site. Vehicles at work on dirt piles- bulldozer, wheel loader. 04:01:16:26 - 04:01:40:26 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Slate. ZI, ZO Giant structure w cross built into rocky mountain cliff. 04:01:40:27 - 04:05:16:17 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s EXT seven floor hotel building. ZO building w people moving on outdoor walkways. CU terraces of building. Man & woman walk outside building. EXT of modern building, apartment balconies. Two floored office building. Workers walk to entrance. VS front of building, window details. Slate. Tractor & tanker vehicle sprays mist over small trees. 04:05:16:18 - 04:06:59:04 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Slate. Man & woman in matching red plaid swimsuits waterskiing. They cross lines. VS Man & woman ride in wood & fiberglass speed boat on lake. CU outboard motor, rear of boat. 04:06:59:05 - 04:07:09:15 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Family picnic outdoors. Woman in red cardigan unpacks food from basket onto blanket as man kneels & films home movies of her & young children w 8 millimeter film camera. (brief) 04:07:11:24 - 04:07:51:15 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Slate. CU tire of construction vehicle. Dumptruck vehicle carries load of dirt. Slate. Modern house w sloped triangular roof, patio w white patio chair in forest. Red 1960 Chevy convertible (Impala?) sportscar drives on coastal road. 04:07:51:16 - 04:08:31:29 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s CU man moves hot dogs w tongs on outdoor charcoal barbecue grill. WS Family backyard barbecue at modern suburban house w palm trees & plastic patio chairs. Woman sets picnic table. Children sit down to eat. Man wears apron at barbecue grill. Slate. Man on golf course driving ball w club (jump cut mid-swing). 2nd take. 05:00:00:07 - 05:02:11:24 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Man stands on sailboat preparing mast. Two, then three sailboats sail side-by-side w masts blowing in wind. WS Americana hotel, palm trees, cabana awnings & swimming pool. 05:02:12:07 - 05:02:59:03 Color Silent 1950s - 1960s Man holds slate at ship dock. Black dock workers w stacks of goods on wooden pallets in BG. Large wooden crate w Made in USA stamp raised by winch, moved over to ship for loading. Worker on ship gestures as crate is lowered. 05:02:59:29 - 05:03:39:16 Color Silent 1950s Slate. Back yard of suburban home. Table w lawn chairs. Woman grills food on charcoal barbecue grill. Man in tan uniform returns from work, hands his lunch box to young daughter, hugs wife, talks & looks at food on grill. HA curved green modern manicured lawn w geometric paved path. Two patio tables w chairs, umbrellas. 05:03:40:27 - 05:04:46:26 Color Silent 1950s Slate. CU woman w waved blonde hairstyle speaks, smiles. Man in blue coveralls unrolls tarp on new pink car on showroom floor (a 1960 Chevrolet). Man opens hood, he makes adjustment, closes hood. EXT. strip mall shopping plaza. Pink car (1960 Chevy Bel Air?) drives into parking lot, turns. 05:04:46:28 - 05:08:25:11 Color Silent c. 1964 Slate. 1964 Chevy Corvair Rampside pickup truck drives away from office building. TD building under construction to worker closing door of 1964 Chevy Corvan. Yellow Chevy pickup truck drives over rugged muddy terrain. Green 1964 Chevy service truck. Orange flatbed truck carries stacks of cut lumber. 1964 cement mixer truck drives on construction site. 1964 dumptruck backs up, dumps load of dirt. Man in back of Chevy service delivery truck serves food & beverages to construction workers in hard hats. 05:08:25:12 - 05:10:08:07 Color Silent 1960s Slate. Car POV behind blue 1963 Chevy Bel Air? sedan driving on city street, on expressway, through tunnel.
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