Chevrolet Cars 1940s
Shot of rotary phone ringing with man in a suit sitting in a chair smoking a cigarette. Man answers phone and then quickly gets up with excitement. Shot of two men walking next to a car, they can be seen in the reflection of the front fender. Man touches front fender of car. Shots of hands on steering wheel. Man hands driver key to the car through front vent window. Driver takes keys and places them in ignition. Shot of 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Fleetline driving out of garage and continues down street. Shots of two men sitting in a screening room looking at movie of Chevrolet cars outside service department. Two men get up and stop film and chat about vehicle delivery times. Two men agree to continue watching film and sit down. Film on goes to full frame. 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Fleetline parked outside dealer. Reflection of two men standing in the door of car. WS of car pulling out of Chevrolet Service center. Driving shot of 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe. PAN of parking lot with 1940s cars. Couple exits market and gets into car. Shot of German soldiers driving on dirt road on Volkswagen Kubelwagens. Headline of newspaper that reads ""U.S. Auto Plants are Cleared for War"". Man walks over to two men on street to show headline. CU shot of wheel as car drives down street. WS of tanks on a train going to port for World War II. Tank driving while firing. Man waving down a motorist to share a ride, shots of cars waiting to fill up at gas station. Man trying to repair tire. Two men inspect under hood of car at service center. Man turns pages of magazine with futuristic concept cars. Shot of VJ Day celebrations, sailor waving American flag surrounded by thousands of people. Shot of electric sign that reads ""Japs Surrender"", scrolling sign on side of building displaying same message during ticker tape parade. Crowd shots with man holding up newspaper that reads ""Complete Surrender"". Shots of factories preparing to restart auto manufacturing including shots of bringing equipment into factory, designers working on plans. Interior shots of factories being built. Three men surveying area to build a new factory, three men look over blueprints. Shot of document stamped with ""Veteran"" PAN up to man sitting in front of desk. Two men sit in small open office discussing retraining for car assembly. Shot of men on assembly line as parts slowly move past them. Two white collar men examine automobile part. PAN of workers on assembly line as parts slowly move past them including engine blocks and frame assemblies. Workers assembly bare chassis with drum brakes and leaf springs. Flash back to two men in dark room watching film. Shots of many workers on assembly line with parts moving past them. Assembly line stops and workers disperse. CU of gears moving on assembly line, man handling valves, worker places gasket on a part and connects it to larger housing. White collar worker talking on phone and then hangs up. Put receiver down and places another call. Shot of chassis on assembly line with drum brakes and leaf springs attached moving slowly down assembly line. White collar worker talking on phone about getting in additional parts. Shot of man in suit talking about getting in carburetors by Tuesday. Another man on the phone wearing a three-piece suit listening. Female secretary transcribing telephone calls. Two men in local hardware store counting small parts on a counter. Shot of a man in a suit walking down streets in a small town in search of parts. PAN up of man walking into hardware store to sign reading ""Hardware Co."" Shot of man in suit walking into local store. Quick shot of emptying paper bag of nuts and bolts into a metal bin. WS of workers on assembly line. Man at airport watching a plane land. WS of two men in a control tower looking down as a Curtis C-46 is unloaded. Curtis C-46 on takeoff, shot from the side as plane gets up to speed. Two men examine a completed 1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe coupe and it rolls off the assembly line. Shot of man in suit watching as new Chevrolets exit the factory, various models exit the building. Shot from above looking down at a man asking, ""Where is mine"" Man is then surrounded by a large group of angry customers. Group then grows larger and more upset, most people in this group have smiles on their faces. Shot to man alone in parking lot and he stumbles a bit and get himself together and then walks off. Shot of man looking at rows of completed cars. Shot of man working under the hood of his car in a shirt and tie looking frustrated. PAN of roadway where older cars are driving, and then older cars fade away. Shot of family getting into 1930s model car outside of a market. Car suddenly disappears and family is left perplexed. Shot of man leaving his house and getting into 1930s model car, car then disappears. WS of man looking at new Chevrolet with two older cars behind him. New car disappears leaving only 3 older cars left. Narration track talks about 4 years of no new car production due to the World War 2 and its impact on those who need a new car to replace their aging models. Man and woman in line at a bank, woman standing behind a window with bars on it. Shot of a long line at teller window waiting to complete a transaction. Narration track talks about how more people can now afford a new car. Shot of a car pulling away, dragging cans, reading ""Just Married"", ""Woo Hoo"" on the trunk. Male and female teens arguing about going out and riding a bicycle together. WS of small city street as traffic goes by (Pontiac Silver Streak Woody Station Wagon in foreground). WS of Chevrolet dealers, police cars and other government vehicles exit dealership. Man placing ""Department of Public Health"" lettering on side of car. Man exits 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Fleetline parked in front of suburban home. 1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe coupe parked outside home construction site, worker gets in. Shot of 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Fleetline driving out of garage and continues down street. ""It Could be You"" slate with two cartoon men standing in front of car.
CLINTON/GERMANY #9
00:00:00:00 - HOST - INGELHEIM REFUGEE CENTER - GERMANY 05:26:28 ms of buildings 05:27:17 people lined up around base 05:35:35 crowd shots, and police 05:38:21 inside room where clinton and schroeder ...
Pathe
Traffic checkpoint at Los Alamos National Laboratory; scientists work with Instrumentation at the facility
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in a car for a press conference and returns sitting atop back of rear seat, in Canada
View of Canadian Houses of Parliament. Crowd awaiting arrival of visitors. Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden arrive in a Cadillac convertible automobile, standing up in the back, waving to the crowd. As they step from the car, they are greeted by the Canadian Premier, Louis St. Laurent. Churchill is smoking a cigar. Brief scene of Sir Anthony Eden descending steps from airplane at Rockliffe Airport, Ottawa on June 29, 1954. Premier St. Laurent escorts Churchill and Eden into the East Block Parliament building. Numerous Royal Canadian Mounted Police in uniform. Churchill and Eden sit at a large conference table along with Sir Archibald Nye, British High Commissioner in Canada, who orders Mounted Police to remove all photographers and reporters from the room. Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden descend steps and enter their car, sitting on the back of the rear seat. They wave to crowd as the car drives away. As they pass the crowds lining the street, Churchill raises his right hand in the famous "V" for victory sign. The are escorted by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, some on motorcycles. Quick view of photographers and reporters recording the event inside the meeting room before being asked to leave by the British High Commissioner, Sir Archibald Nye. Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada. Date: July 1, 1954.
1940s FEATURE FILMS
COPS BURST INTO DRESSING ROOM OF SHOWGIRLS, TAKES THEM AWAY. GIRLS IN POLICE LINE-UP
1930s Aviation History
b&w narrated - historical aeronautical documentary - educational - aviation history - July, 1938 - Howard Hughes, pilot and movie producer, arrives from around-the-world flight - m/l airplane lands on airfield - spectators line airfield runway - m/c/u Lockheed monoplane taxis by - h/a down to massive crowd on tarmac held back by police - h/a down to plane taxis on tarmac - police motorcycle escort on tarmac - Hughes exits airplane dressed in suit and hat surrounded by people, photographers - title card - flight not just an art, becomes exact science - exterior developmental lab buildings for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in Langley, Virginia - science and research design - wind tunnel for testing - m/s man walks up stairs to camera w/ wing of airplane, engine in laboratory room - man works on engine aircraft design - h/a down to accurate scale model of plane
Mackenzie King's Funeral
Various TRAVELLING SHOTs of motorcade moving down Toronto street, of crowd lining route. Shots of train pulling into station, of Royal Canadian Mounted Police pallbearers removing William Lyon Mackenzie King's coffin from train, of pallbearers walking slowly with coffin, Louis Saint-Laurent, CD Howe, Speaker of Senate King, Brooke Claxton and other following. Shots of dump truck backing up to grave, dumping load, of three men shoveling ground at grave. Shots of crowd gathering at gravesite, of crowd filing past to pay last respects. HALS of RCMP pallbearers carrying coffin from train station into waiting hearse. Shots of RCMP walking beside slowly moving hearse, of people along route, of RCMP carrying coffin from hearse to grave. Shots of RCMP lowering coffin onto rollers at grave. PAN across room, many flowers, to exposed coffin. CU of Mackenzie King in coffin.
POLICE OFFICERS RECIEVE A BRIEFING
Police officers listen intently and some take notes as they listen to a speaker while they stand in a line formation then file out of the room when the briefing is done.
Various Subjects
Vintage-large crowd of black students walk to school, group stands outside of a house waiting to be supplied with blankets, food clothes etc./Family works on southern farm, woman washes clothes in pots outside/Fanny Lou Hamer speaks to group about her run for congressional position; in Missippi, black and white men and women from civil rights movement in Missippi do paperwork in office, exteriors of large plantation houses, white women in elegant dress walk down a stage, poor black children in small, dirty home/Color-group of Black Panthers chant while marching down the sidewalk, dance, hold up flags, and hold demonstrations, interview of a member of the Black Panthers in jail, girls hold up picture of Malcom X, several shots of police/Black man argues with white executive, guys cheer as two men fight-police arrive, they all run/BW-protesters for civil rights movement in '60's walk down streets, carry signs, singing, Martin Luther King Jr. walks with crowd, police lined up along side of the streets/Black man tries to walk down the street, several white men follow behind, kicking, and pushing him/Protesters are picked up and carried away by police, MLK Jr. talks to a man behind jail bars/Sign for a "Colored Dining Room"/Gov. George Wallace speaks on integration, protesters are hosed by police, a cross burns/1950's-60's motel exteriors/Exterior shots of Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium in '50's,60's-includes Alps/Bessy Smith sings the blues in a bar, others join in/1950's-Ella Fitzgerald sings/Color-Nina Simone sings and dances, other women sing the blues
NEW POLICE TRAINING METHODS - HENDON
Hendon. <br/> <br/>VS. In the parade room a squad of policemen lined up and the police sergeant addresses them. They all then produce their truncheon, whistle and book ("Appointments"). CU. Traffic lights changing from green through to red. VS. Mock-up accident where a cyclist gets knocked down. The policeman runs up and takes command of the situation. An officer looks on taking notes. GV. Some of the tennis courts for the policemen's use at Hendon. VS. Mock-up of two men having a fight and the policeman parts them and has to put an arm lock on one of them who resists. VS. Policemen receive instruction on court procedure. <br/> <br/>(Orig. Neg.)
NEGRO POLICE ORGANIZATION
ORIG. COLOR 750 SOF. MAG. CUT STORY- SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEWLY FORMED CHICAGO NEGRO POLICE ASSOC- IATION MAKES STATEMENT SAYING THEY CANNOT SUPPORT THE FRA- TERNAL ORDER OF POLICE BECAUSE OF THEIR POSITION SUPPORTING " STOP AND FRISK " AND " ORDERS TO SHOOT TO KILL OR MAIN LOOTERS DURING CIVIL DISORDERS. " INTERVIEW SEVERAL BLACK POLICEMEN WHO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. PAN OF POLICEMEN LINED UP FOR INSPECTION IN LOCKER ROOM. VS NOTICES ON BULLE- TIN BOARD. POLICE SEATED ON BENCHES. CU'S POLICE CARS PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT. EXTERIOR OF POLICE STATION. POLICE LINED UP FOR INSPECTION IN LOCKER ROOM. INTERVIEW WITH SGT. VERNON LEE. INTERVIEW WITH PATROLMAN DONALD PARKER. INTERVIEW WITH SPOKESMAN FOR ASSOCIATION - MR. PALMER. CI: GEOGRAPHIC - ILLINOIS, CHICAGO. CIVIL RIGHTS - ILLINOIS, CHICAGO. JUSTICE - POLICE- NEGRO POLICE ORGANIZATION. PERSONALITIES - LEE, VERNON. PERSONALITIES - PARKER, DONALD.
DN-LB-509 Beta SP
Police `Mug' Suspects By Latest Methods In New Line-Up Room
Police officers talking behind crime scene tape
Crime scene tape in focus in the foreground. Police cars with emergency lights flashing, and officers talking out of focus in the background at night.
Custer National Forest in Montana (Brown Bear Attack)
These clips show the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana following a fatal brown bear attack in July of 2023. Federal wildlife officials blocked access to the land in the immediate aftermath as they were still trying to locate the bear. The Buttermilk Trailhead is located a few miles from the town of West Yellowstone, Montana.
28924 WWII INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. ARMY 1944 INDUCTION OF SOLDIERS FILM Part 2
This black and white 1944 War Department Official Training Film TF21 2067 Army Service Forces is Part 2 of two parts (Part 1 is 28934). It was presented by the Milwaukee Public Museum. It opens with the Sergeant waking the men up with a loud whistle (:14-:34). The men march (:40-:50). The soldiers are given an Army Classification Test, which is a written exam (:53-2:20). Soldiers are individually interviewed and the “yellow card” Form 20 is shown and explained (2:21-6:15). The men line up at the Infirmary and get shots. Outside they move around their sore arms (6:16-7:28). The men sit in a dark room and watch a military film (7:29-7:42). More marching, a close-order drill with many mistakes, and more marching (7:43-9:05). The men, wearing fatigues, march with brooms, and then use them to sweep the ground outside. Others police the area by picking up cigarette butts (9:06-9:48). The warehouse detail involves unloading trucks (9:49-10:00). Kitchen detail includes scrubbing pots (10:01-10:31). A soldier plays a trumpet, the flag is lowered, and a soldier stands at salute during the ceremony (10:32-11:10). The men carry their Army bags and load onto the train to leave for basic training (11:12-11:38). After leaving the train, the soldiers line up and load into trucks (13:22-14:05). A soldier stands at night in the rain doing interior guard duty (14:10). The soldiers learn how to dig foxholes (14:20-14:53). They learn to read maps (14:59). A line of soldiers simultaneously salute (15:00). They learn first aid (15:08). A soldier completely covered in camouflage bushes stands up and walks (15:11-15:15). They learn how to shoot a rifle and read more maps (15:17-15:23). A bird’s eye view is shown of many soldiers standing in straight lines, simultaneously exercising with their guns (15:27-15:30). The soldiers run an obstacle course, jump over fences, weave through a maze, jump over a trench, and swing on rope to cross a pit (15:31-15:42). They practice getting down in blasts and crawling under fire (15:42-15:52). In their free time, soldiers visit the Post Exchange, known as the PX, where they can have a beer, drink a shake, and eat a hamburger (16:20-16:39). Soldiers relax outside, smoking cigarettes (16:40-16:45). The Company Day Room has books and billiard tables (16:53-16:57). Movies are shown in the Recreation Hall (16:58), where soldiers dance with local girls (16:59). Sports include baseball (17:02). There’s also a church, with a Chaplain you can talk privately to (17:05-17:27). A poster for the 1943 War Fund shows Clara Barton and says “The Greatest Mother in the World” (17:28). Dental service is provided (17:35). Soldiers with a pass go to the USO Club for dancing (17:38-18:00). A warning screen at the end prohibits showing this film to the general public without permission of the War Department (19:45). <p>
EVICTION BATTLE ON
Item title reads - Eviction battle on. <br/> <br/>Riots break out over rent row. London. <br/> <br/>High angle shot Donald Cook looking down from his barricaded window in Kennistoun House. Various shots of crowds waving to him from pavement showing large letters in middle of road reading "No Evictions". Donald Cook climbs back into his room. M/S's crowds and police around Silverdale House flats. M/S flats. M/S Arthur Rowe addressing the crowds after his eviction. M/S police standing shoulder to shoulder outside Kennistoun House waiting to face the angry crowds. M/S police lined up across roadway. M/S woman looking out of window of flat. M/S police and crowds massing in the street around Kennistoun House. C/U Donald Cook (Cooke?) sitting on wall after his eviction. He stands up on wall to watch the continuation of the battle. <br/> <br/>M/S mass of police lined up in roadway. C/U man in crowd arguing with police. M/S police having a scuffle with man, he is knocked down to the ground. M/S two ambulance men carrying screaming woman and trying to get her into ambulance, they succeed then follows a general free-for-all of men and women around the ambulance door. M/S's police rounding up people in street. Various shots of crowds gathered at St. Pancras at night. Various shots of marchers and police clashing. Police grab demonstrators and drag them off. M/S police pushing against the crowds. General shots of fighting. Various shots as demonstrators are carried off.
LA: WOMAN TRIED KIDNAPPING A BABY FROM A HOSPITAL
&lt;p>&lt;b>**EDITORIAL INFO PROVIDED BY WBRZ 03/29/2024** &lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--SUPERS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Thursday&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Baton Rouge, LA&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>:09-:15&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Baton Rouge Police &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THIS IS DINESTY SELMON -- SHE WAS PICKED UP IN SHREVEPORT AND IS BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "She had been working this hospital randomly walking and talking to multiple different parents."&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>SHE'S ARRESTED AFTER REPEATEDLY SNEAKING INTO OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AFTER HOURS -- ONE TIME SHE SAID SHE WAS HERE TO VISIT HER NEPHEW BUT COULDN'T GIVE A ROOM NUMBER &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "She made her way through the facility, she had gone in and out several times, on several floors."&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>SELMON WHO DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN --WAS ABLE TO GET HER HANDS ON A PARENT AND CAREGIVER'S BADGE -- GIVING HER UNLIMITED ACCESS TO A SPECIFIC CHILD &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "She may have sought that that was the perfect opportunity to go in and act like this child was hers."&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>SHE GOT INTO ROOM WITH A NINE MONTH OLD IN INTENSIVE CARE &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "She learned this child' s information by visiting the room the charts the medical history, some of the medical diagnosis of the particular child." &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>SELMON TOLD HER BOYFRIEND -- THAT SHE HAD JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO HIS CHILD AND HE NEEDED TO VISIT&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "This young man at some point, following all of these things, had one chance to visit this child at one opportunity. No doctors involved. At some point during the visitation he looked around the room and started noticing there was a different name on the wall other than the name that she'd given the child according to the first name and his last name. Things didn't line up." &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THAT'S WHEN THE BOYFRIEND APPROACHED A HOSPITAL NURSE WITH HIS WORRIES -- THE NURSE TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO CHILD BY THE NAME THAT HE PROVIDED. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "And at some point they realized there was a security breach and that something didn't seem right." &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>ON THEIR NEXT VISIT SECURITY STOPPED THE COUPLE AND DENIED SELMON ENTRY TO THE ROOM. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>POLICE SAY THIS INCIDENT IS WAKE UP CALL TO THE CITY. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Sgt. Darren Ahmed/Baton Rouge Police: "When children are involved and it hits home, take this serious. Okay? It should be taken serious. Enough is enough." &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--KEYWORD TAGS--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING DINESTY SELMON&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>
Bell Telephone Film
Young boy seen peaking his head through a hole in a wooden fence. Similar shot with young girl then back to young boy. WS of three children peaking through holes in a fence at various heights. Shot from the back as we see the three young children peering through holes in fence. ZO from three children as the building in front of them under construction can be seen. MCU of yellow “Building to serve you and your family better sign”. Young boy sits on ground in his bedroom speaking on a red, rotary style phone. Young girl lays on bed and speaks on a purple rotary style phone. Housewife dials white phone rotary phone in kitchen. Man on phone in suit surrounded by blueprints. Farmer walks up to black phone and picks up, cow, barn and silo can be seen to right of shot. Man using pay phone next to highway as cars rush by. Baby in crib in crib looks around Construction freight elevator moves up building. Phone company workers stand by wall of telephone line connections. Workers unrolling phone cables from large wheel under the street. WS of steel building skeleton. Interior of warehouse with cart moving down aisle full of supplies. Storekeeper ringing up customer, old style register. Police officers helps kids across the street. Various shots of radar arrays and domes, group of men using phones. Bell telephone sign. CU of beige rotary telephone. Man sits with family in 1950s style living room and picks up the phone. Shot of woman in bed sleeping soundly next to pink rotary telephone on night table. CU of pink telephone on night table. WS of U.S. Army Nike Hercules missile battery. Shot of men and women working on computer launching system. Two shots of radar types on tower spinning and searching for targets. Men and women working on radar guidance system in a workshop. Man slowly detached large dish on radar unit. MCU of two women testing various connections in radar computer with voltage meters and slide circuit boards back into main unit. Shot of inside of radar mechanisms as it spins, operator pushes button on machine to increase speed. Man in a large winter coat tests radar equipment inside a cold room. Shot of two men testing radar nose cone while it shakes rapidly. WS of Nike Hercules missile on launch pad, missile launches and takes off. WS of Titan missile on testing launch pad, missile ignites and launches. Several CU shots of the missile in flight as it gains vertical altitude. WS of small pleasure craft on the sea. Large ship retrieving nose cone of Hercules missile, shots of men on deck. Shot of men and women working on missile guidance computer. Shots of three Nike Hercules missiles on launch pad as soldier looks on. CU on white rotary phone. WS pull-out of man on telephone with family in 50s style living room. Fade to black. Shot of a woman from underneath a glass table as she counts seeds. Two male scientists, one with bowtie examine large crystal grown from seeds. CU of white rotary phone. Woman wearing a blue dress with a pink cardigan sits on a blue chair and speaks on a pink rotary phone. Animation of the voice waves on bottom of screen. Animation of voice waves going across the screen with an orange background. CU of female hand holding quartz crystals. Shot of women sitting in a row behind switchboard and talking to callers and rerouting calls to extensions. Female scientist examines several stacked quartz crystals in a metallic frame. Female hand handles quartz crystals. Two male scientist place crystal seeds into pressure cooker. Scientist places chemical solution into pressure cooker and closes top of pressure cooker. Animation of seed turning into crystal, various layer can be seen in animation. Scientist handles newly made crystals wearing lab coat, protective head gear and brown rubber gloves. Crystals are cut with a diamond saw to thin pieces. Man creates a form to modify crystals. Female hand points to crystals inside a piece of hardware used for telecommunications. Three male scientists examine newly formed crystals as they come out of pressure cooker. ZI of woman in blue dress with pink cardigan talks on a beige rotary phone. Tom Shirley stands by a door that reads “Dial System Central Office”. Man opens to and fade to reveal high rows of telephone system machinery. ZI on small conductor moving left and right. Fade to female hand making a call on a brown rotary phone. CU of heart rate machine read-out. WS of female operators in a row connecting calls to extensions. Three men observe high stacks of telephone machinery. MCU of woman in a blue dress speaking on yellow, kitchen wall style, rotary phone. Elderly woman speaks to woman on using a white rotary style telephone. MCU woman speaking on yellow phone. Quick CU of telephone system machinery moving back and forth. MCU of Tom Shirley again speaking about the fun of receiving and making telephone calls. Elderly woman in kitchen reading from a cookbook and talking on a red, rotary style telephone. Man stands in living room talking on a blue, rotary style telephone. Shot of young girl laying in her bed talking on a beige style rotary phone. Tom Shirley again coming out of the “Dial System Central Office” door speaking about the enjoyment of receiving phone calls from friends and family. Fade to woman in kitchen speaking on a yellow phone. Woman laughs and fade out.
Paramount
Review of 1953: Trieste disputes; East Berlin struggles in freedom; natural disasters hit multiple towns in the US
U.S. bomber crews at 127th Replacement Battalion site, Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, England during World War II
U.S. bomber crew members on leave in England while awaiting final orders to return home to the USA, during World War 2. A sign reads 'Officers Entrance Red Cross Aeroclub'. U.S. airmen and officers have drinks and snacks in a garden, compliments of the Red Cross, at the aeroclub of 127th Replacement Battalion site, Washington Hall, Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire. The airmen line up in formation for a retreat ceremony and salute as the American flag is lowered and folded by Military Police. An announcement over Loudspeakers prompts the fliers to rush toward Squadron "O" Bulletin Board to find their names on the list of those scheduled to return home to the USA. One flier wears a leather jacket with image of B-17 named "American Beauty" and 36 bombs (for missions) painted on it. Another wears jacket with image of a B-24 and 31 bombs, and one has room only for the name,"Piccadilly Willy," because the rest of the jacket contains bombs for 65 combat missions. Army Air Forces Methodist Chaplain, Clifford Peace, from North Carolina, conducts a brief service of blessings and good wishes for the fliers who will now be returning home. Location: England United Kingdom. Date: 1944.