Summary

TOWN

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Title: TOWN
File Number: JB-2051 35mm Nitrate Negative, WRS# 306-7 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 1944
Description: B W 1944 TOWN IN THE MIDWEST (OHIO) 00:00:00:00 B W 1944 POV from rear of car looking at car traveling behind it: car traveling through center of town, through residential area 00:01:01:00 B W 1944 Car reaches rural road. 00:01:18:00 B W 1944 Car on residential road, tree lined street 00:01:47:00 B W 1944 Car moving through business district of town 00:02:25:00 B W 1944 Crowds in business district, watching small town patriotic parade, something wrong with picture? (looks like a double exposure), shot through glass, with reflections, too bad, great small town parade 00:03:33:00 B W 1944 INT kitchen, farmer couple and older man (agent?) walk into, kitchen, she realizes something is on stove 00:04:22:00 B W 1944 woman at stove, pouring water from pitcher in into pot. Pretty good 00:04:42:00 B W 1944 Ice cream truck drives off, man on bicycle in residential district, waves to woman on street 00:04:58:00 B W 1944 Views of factory EXT, including smokestack 00:05:44:00 B W 1944 Farm, man runs from barn to house. MS of somber couple looking out window 00:06:10:00 B W 1944 Woman with two young children enter house in town, two takes. Woman comes out of house, gets into car and drives away. 00:07:14:00 B W 1944 Man washes car in front of house, daughters sweeping leaves 00:07:38:00 B W 1944 Man walking along street, enters building 00:08:22:00 B W 1944 Upside down shot. Then several takes of man exiting a farm building. Cu puppy on step 00:09:03:00 B W 1944 Street scenes in business district of town, a couple of takes for car passing by on street 00:09:41:00 B W 1944 Upside down street scenes, pedestrians - Fix - good shot 00:09:54:00 B W 1944 Clock tower, flag waving 00:09:59:00 B W 1944 Man into store. Good shots of cars in and factory, activity. Shots of smokestacks and crane in action. 00:10:50:00 B W 1944 Burning leaves, brief and not clear. - out of control fire, boys tend. 00:10:56:00 B W 1944 INT car, man driving or passenger, could be backwards 00:11:29:00 B W 1944 Lovely Good views of countryside with farms 00:11:51:00 B W 1944 Line of mailboxes on rural road, girls pass by, newspaper boy delivers paper 00:12:16:00 B W 1944 Center of town, car drives into parking space 00:12:36:00 B W 1944 Street scene, factory worker greets policeman. Boy watches man put up movie poster for Gaslight road marker for Ohio Rt. 661. 00:13:03:00 B W 1944 More shots of burning leaves, very smokey, though here at bit better 00:13:20:00 B W 1944 Factory EXT, mean leaving factory, (Good) 00:13:44:00 B W 1944 CU water falling on ground. NG PAN of trees 00:14:01:00 B W 1944 INT, people look at display of pumpkins. For fair? 00:14:19:00 B W 1944 CU shots of older women, men EXT 00:14:45:00 B W 1944 Upside down shot of ferris wheel and merry go round at fair 00:15:08:00 B W 1944 INT, people chatting. CU of hand making rope, CU boys, making rope. (braiding cows tail?) 00:15:49:00 B W 1944 Livestock display, boys and girls tending cows, people pass by and look (quality hard to judge) Nice shot of boy petting cow, CU boy looks on, laughs talks. Very good overall shot of teenagers working on livestock for show. 00:17:14:00 B W 1944 Judging calves, people stand in circles watching show. Children bringing out live stock, judges look over, make notes, talk about animals, give instructions 00:18:20:00 B W 1944 INT in house, POV from front, People watching films 00:18:49:00 B W 1944 Man puts two little girls to bed, end of prayers, good night kiss, girls get into bed, he turns off light, CU of little girls sleeping with dolls. Cu girls kneeling and saying prayers 00:20:21:00 B W 1944 Woman seated in living room, knitting 00:20:32:00 B W 1944 CU of coffee pot boiling on stove. Shots of man and woman in kitchen, having coffee, eating sandwich. They are couple in their forties? 00:21:29:00 B W 1944 Shot of man reading bedtime story to little girls. Another version of end of prayers, good night kiss, and turning off light 00:22:14:00 B W 1944 Factory INT - brief
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