Summary

PHILADELPHIA WITH LOVE

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: PHILADELPHIA WITH LOVE
File Number: AFP-99BH 16mm; NET-163 DigiBeta (at 01:33:59:00); Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Travelogue
Year: 1972
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 00:00:02:00 - 00:25:08:61 Color Sound 1972 "Philadelphia with Love"-- Promotional tourism travelogue film about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania produced Bell Telephone Company. Scenes from all aspects of life & culture in Philadelphia. VO narrator acts as guide to city. Very typical of 1970s in visual style & folksy, rocky, upbeat background music. Color has also faded in typically 1970s fashion. Includes music video-like montage w singer Sergio Franchi performing title track. Good footage of Franchi.Also includes some sports notables such as Steve Carlton and Bobby Clarke. 00:00:02:00 - 00:02:06:02 Color Sound 1972 Intro-- INT excited passengers in airplane. Title superimposed over AV downtown Philadelphia. (Font is dated looking resembles handwriting.) Montage EST shots of city buildings, landmarks, cultural institutions, neighborhoods, & people in city. Includes parades, street life, in rapid montage. VO narrator says Philadelphia is both historic & modern. Quaint cobblestone streets in Society Hill. Runners in stadium. EXT Rodin Museum w Thinker statue in FG. Man rides bicycle in Fairmount Park on Schuylkill River. People eating soft pretzels. HA Liberty Hall. HA Carpenter's Hall. HA ZO Independence Hall. AV over City Hall dome w William Penn statue. 00:02:06:98 - 00:03:33:00 Color Sound 1972 Family exits Declaration House (which houses the Declaration of Independence). Colonial American flag flies in front of Betsy Ross House. Grandfather points to landmark as grandsons look up. Wrecking ball hits side of non historical old building. Bricks fall. VS modern skyscraper buildings. (urban renewal) ZI from skyline of city to building foundation under construction. Crane moves in front of modern building. AVs city center, including Logan Circle. 00:03:33:02 - 00:04:49:83 Color Sound 1972 Sports-- AV Veteran's Stadium (baseball) The Spectrum JFK Stadium sports complex. VS Philadelphia Eagles football games. VS 76ers basketball games. VS fans in stands. VS Flyers hockey game, w TS of Bobby Clarke moving along ice. Crowded stands at baseball game. Phillies pitcher and future Hall of Famer Steve "Lefty" Carlton pitching in game against Montreal Expos. Shot of Expos manager Gene Mauch. Horses & jockeys go by in harness race. Horses in thoroughbred race at Liberty Bell Plaza. VS sports: track & field soccer relay race rowing crew sculling on the Schuylkill River basketball cheerleaders. 00:04:50:83 - 00:06:04:19 Color Sound 1972 Music-- Philadelphia orchestra performs on outdoor stage. VS large audience applauds. VS people arrive for concert during Temple Music Festival. Orchestra onstage. Young men w long straight hair perform rock music on outdoor stage. VS Mummers, or marching string bands, New Years Day parade, many in elaborate costumes (banjos celebrations accordions wacky flamboyant entertainment choreography holidays) 00:06:04:22 - 00:07:03:62 Color Sound 1972 Theaters & parks-- Fairmount Park. Scull rower in Schuylkill River Boat House Row Art Museum & Waterworks BG. EXT theatergoers enter Playhouse in the Park, showing "Dial M For Murder" starring Joan Fontaine. VS theater performances onstage. AV Delaware River in Fairmount Park. Trees & pagoda in park. VS elderly women participate in Japanese tea ceremony. Geese swim in park. 2 people in small sailboat. Woman horseback riding. Woman feeds geese. Young man rides 10-speed bicycle in park. 00:07:03:64 - 00:07:45:86 Color Sound 1972 Philadelphia Zoo-- 2 young elephants walk in pen at zoo spectators watch BG. Children toss food to animals in pen. CU hippopotamus w open mouth catching thrown food. Other animals include rhinoceros, seals, polar bears playing in water. 3 boys use pick axes to collect rocks from stream in park (looking for gold?). 00:07:45:91 - 00:09:21:69 Color Sound 1972 Museums-- Young people walk through geology exhibit at Academy of Natural Sciences. VS museum curators show group of young children live owl. People walk past locomotive engine at Franklin Institute. Group of teenagers look at mechanical exhibit at Franklin Institute. 2 teenage girls spin 3 boys on wheel exhibit at Franklin Institute. Spinning POV blurred faces. EXT Philadelphia Free Library. Patrons sit at tables inside library. Young man in tie puts on headphones. GOOD CU phonograph needle on spinning record. (audio visual record players LPs vinyl music) Mother & son look at exhibit at Antique Toys Museum. Couple looks at 19th Century fire engine at Fire Engines Museum. Couple looks at models of ships at Maritime History Museum. Group of people perform w ceremonial dragon costume outside Chinese Art Museum. (Chinese New Year) 00:09:21:69 - 00:10:11:45 Color Sound 1972 Philadelphia Museum of Art & outdoor art-- AV Art Museum. VS EXT art museum w architectural sculpture & outdoor sculpture. VS people look at works in collection. Blonde woman carrying book walks around sculpture by Rodin in sculpture court. Montage of public art including fountain, statue, mural, & sculpture. 00:10:11:49 - 00:12:07:40 Color Sound 1972 Philadelphia academia & medicine-- EST skyline. AV University of Pennsylvania campus. EXT U Penn building. INT U of PA library students study. Professor lectures before blackboard in large U of PA classroom. VS college students listening & taking notes in class. Montage various college & university campuses in or near city: Haverford College Villanova University Temple University Bryn Mawr La Salle College Drexel University & St. Joseph's University. College students walking on campus common. AV university hospital building. Medical students or researchers in white coats work in laboratory. CU petri dishes. VS professor in white lab coat lectures to classroom of students in lab coats. VS medical students listen in class. CU red liquid in beaker boiling during experiment. Woman works w mainframe computer. VS scientists & researchers working in University City Science Center. Woman lying down is inserted in CAT scan machine as doctor stands by. CU EKG line on monitor. (research science schools technology) 00:12:07:42 - 00:12:27:70 Color Sound 1972 Philadelphia courts-- VS INT courtrooms w trials in progress. Group of Black men in suits in parking lot. 00:12:27:73 - 00:14:03:93 Color Sound 1972 Families-- Houses on suburban street. VS family on bicycle ride on suburban street (Chestnut Hill, Germantown). Toddler boy on tricycle struggles to keep up. (Americana wholesome nuclear family) Montage people of various ages & ethnicities outdoors in public places. Outdoors cafes. Children ride ponies. Young boy w shag haircut chases pigeon at petting zoo. Man on park bench allows pigeons to land on his hand as feeds flock of them at his feet. (birds) Father prepares food on grill as daughters set picnic table on patio. (cookout) Young Black girl jumps rope. People at outdoor art fair. Mounted police officer. Black girl in white dress goes down sliding board. 00:14:04:88 - 00:16:10:49 Color Sound 1972 Business & industry-- AV Society Hill neighborhood, IM Pei towers BG. Car POV past Old First Reformed Church, IM Pei towers BG. VS EXT skyscraper buildings. VS INT Philadelphia Stock Exchange. VS traders gesture while talking on phones. CU LED ticker tape sign. Artist works on prototype low relief sculpture bust portrait for use on US coin currency at US Mint. Coin production. (currency money) VS AV over industrial park & airport. Montage manufacturing: train car various factories tractor production. Montage INT of offices. VS workers move boxes of food dollies in Philadelphia food distribution center. Butcher at work in meat locker sides of beef on meat hooks pass by him. 00:16:10:52 - 00:17:27:12 Color Sound 1972 Transportation-- VS highways. Traffic in front of Penn Station, Philadelphia. INT Penn Station. Train leaves station. Cars pull up outside Philadelphia International Airport. VS passengers & porters w luggage outside airport. Passenger retrieves suitcase on conveyor belt at baggage claim. (baggage claim) VS passenger in line to check in & waiting to board. VS passenger planes on runway, take off. (flying travel) VS ocean liners in port. (Delaware River) VS people wave. Workers load & unload cargo on ships. Dock worker drives forklift in reverse. 00:17:27:15 - 00:18:09:04 Color Sound 1972 Shipping-- Workers load & unload cargo on ships. Dock worker drives fork lift in reverse. (industry) AV over Port of Philadelphia. AV Benjamin Franklin Bridge & Delaware River. AV PAN skyline & Benjamin Franklin Bridge. 00:18:09:06 - 00:19:44:72 Color Sound 1972 Food culture entertainment-- Waiter picks up plate of lobster & walks off w it in busy seafood restaurant. OVERHEAD belly dancer performs in restaurant. Male opera singer performs in Italian restaurant. Actor onstage in darkened theater. VS EXTs of 'traditional' & 'contemporary' hotel & motel buildings. Couples incongruously slow partner dance to upbeat, psychedelic rock music performed by band onstage. (discos nightlife) Barmaid (waitress) serves drinks (cocktails) in a piano bar. VS traffic lights at night. ZO neon sign for Spats Restaurant. VS nightclub interiors. Female singer in very 70s white outfit performs onstage in club. Palumbo's Nightclub sign. VS neon signs at nightclubs bars restaurants theaters. Fox Theater showing "Super Fly". Fireworks. Little girl majorette in uniform performs w batons lit on fire at both ends at night. Theater sign: "Lion in Winter" starring Katherine Hepburn & Peter O'Toole. 00:19:44:75 - 00:20:05:87 Color Sound 1972 Shopping-- Model spins wearing flowing blue dress as sales clerk smiles & silhouetted customers watch in fashionable boutique. Narrator VO "Philadelphia is fashion." OVERHEAD INT John Wanamaker department store. VS people window shopping at storefronts. Head House Square street market. Vendor weighs goods for customer at open air market farmers market on 9th Street. 00:20:05:89 - 00:20:25:87 Color Sound 1972 High rise apartment buildings. Commuters walk beside train on platform. Group of elderly people have tea party on lawn of courtyard surrounded by iron gates. 00:20:27:72 - 00:25:08:61 Color Sound 1972 AV skyline including City Hall dome w William Penn statue. Fountain in square. Italian-born {he became an American citizen the year this was filmed} tenor Sergio Franchi walks along fountain at City Hall while singing sappy, romantic title song "Philadelphia With Love," by Irwin Andrews - EXCELLENT 70s cornball. (singers) Franchi's song VO music video-like montage of city scenes including: pigeons in park woman walks dog Mod couples in bar couple walks past man playing flute in Fairmount Park & laughs heartily swan fountain people walking on street Black couple touches Liberty Bell walk in Declaration Hall, Black couple on ship near Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Franchi walks up City Hall steps at conclusion of song & spreads arms wide skyline BG. Airplane POV skyline. Credits roll.
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