MELODRAMA; 1937
17:00:30:00,Opening credits (sound is low on VHS version), CU of script on desk, hand descends with a rubber stamp and stamps the front "Final Shooting Script.", Pages turn showing text, Ext. of farmhouse at night, Int. house, Esther and little brother enter, remove their coats and hats, The Blodgett family sits in living room together, father looks at pictures through a handheld viewer, Grandmother sits in chair, scolds Esther, Other grandmother sits in chair knitting (Esther consumed by the movies, reads fan magazine), "You better get yourself a good husband and stop thinking about Hollywood.", Lots of talk about going to Hollywood and what a bad influence movies are on her, Esther gets hysterical "I'm going to be somebody", Esther cries in her room, is comforted by grandmother encourages her to go to Hollywood and become something, Granny rocks in rocking chair, Ext. train station, Esther and grandmother walk to track, Esther waves goodbye, Hollywood Hills scenery, text appears over it after a few seconds (17:09:56:03), Poolside, people lounge on deck chairs with umbrella tops, diver dives into pool (17:10:07:13), Los Angeles street, bus drives up towards camera with Los Angeles posted as its destination (17:10:18:19), Train does same as above. "City of Los Angeles" on front, Plane does same as above, Ext. Grauman's Chinese Theater, camera pans across it to the street (17:10:27:00), Esther carrying suitcase on sidewalk, looks at theater admiringly, CU of Jean Harlow's prints in cement (17:10:44:00), CU Harold Lloyd's prints in cement, CU Joe E. Brown's prints, CU Shirley Temple's prints, CU Eddie Cantor's prints, Esther steps into the footprints of Norman Maine, CU classified advertisement for apartment ("No Cowboys"), Esther enters the lobby, speaks to grumpy desk clerk, registers, Esther enters casting office, speaks to receptionist, Row of switchboard operators at work, Esther cries and is comforted by Andy Devine, CU drink being made at tropical bar, Int. bar with tropical decor, Esther sits and drinks with friend, they toast. Esther drinks milk that has a punch, CU Esther's rooming house bill. Kennedy tears up bill and throws it over his shoulder, Sign: Hollywood Bowl (17:18:39:29), Int. Hollywood Bowl, stage in slight distance, Esther sits with friend in audience, Norman Maine enters with glamorous date, Norman drunkenly stumbles to his seat, Newspaper photographers snap pictures of him, taunt him, Norman fights with photographers, Int. Esther's room, she writes letter, greets her friend, they talk, Int. cocktail party, waiter carries tray of cocktails, Esther in maid's outfit serves canapes, Esther serves canapes to Norman Maine, Esther in kitchen (monitor top refrigerator), Norman talks to her, Norman and friend argue, CU token ("good for amusement only") held in palm of hand, Maine orders scotch and soda to incredulous bartender at party, Norman's date enters kitchen, looks at Esther scornfully, whacks Norman over head with platter, Norman sees Esther to her door, kisses her on the cheek, Norman, in bed, talks on the telephone, Norman gets up and look through phone book, dials phone, CU racing form, Norman speaks to Esther on old phone, Esther hangs up phone, CU of "Studio Call Sheet" and "Production Slate.", Esther in costume is primped by makeup and wardrobe men, Lighting man smokes in her face, costumer fixes costume, make up man inspects face and flicks at it, man with bug sprayer sprays all over Esther, man with tape measure comes up to Esther's face, Microphone dollies to camera, Director sits by camera (great movie making scene with director yelling "QUIET"), Norman visits Esther on the set, Esther sits in producer's office, Esther signs contract, studio chief speaks to Esther, Esther speaks to writer typing her biography, making it up as he goes along, Great scene of studio heads coming up with new name for Esther Blodgett, CU hand on buzzer, everyone says Vicki Lester, Radio news announcer speaks on microphone in radio studio, describes Vicki Lester, Montage of Esther practicing walking with book on her head, Esther sits before overzealous makeup artists, draw, push and pull on face, put on blood red lipstick, put powder on face, shake heads no, very overmade up, Int. studio comissary, actors in costume sit at tables eating (man in Indian headress), Norman sits at Esther's table, they talk, he breaks egg and puts salt on it and pepper, Vicki faints when Norman makes deal with studio head, A Norman Maine picture is screened in theater, Audience watches movies, CU hands held, Norman and Esther sit in audience, Ext. movie theater, marquee reads "Premiere Tonight.", Patrons leave the theater, walk out to the street reacting positively to movie, Ext. Cafe Trocadero, cars pull up outside (17:53:07:10), Los Angeles skyline, hilltop view of city at night (17:53:21:04), Norman and Esther watch boxing match, Great boxing match with knockout punch, Crowds leave after fight, Esther and Norman get married by Justice of the Peace while prisoners in nearby lockup make remarks, Ext. courthouse, Norman and Esther emerge newlywed, Man races into courtroom and grabs phone to phone in scoop, Car pulls silver metal trailer along country roads, Esther attempts to cook dinner in the rocking trailer, Norman tries to take shower in narrow, rocking trailer, Norman and Esther tour lavish estate, they kiss, interviewed by the press, Montage of Norman Maine movie poster, mail dumped from mail sack, entertainment newspaper headline, Norman putts golfball around living room floor, Esther enters dressed in pilgrim costume, they kiss, eat in room, Man delivers telegram, CU Oscar banquet program/invitation, Int. banquet hall, Announcer stands beside the Oscar statuettes. Classic 1930s Oscar ceremony, Esther rises to accept her Oscar, Esther gives acceptance speech, Norman bursts into the hall, interrupts Esther's speech in a drunken stupor ("I got one, they don't mean a thing"), Norman asleep in living room chair, Esther emoves his shoes, Oscar on floor, Norman and studio head speak about Norman sobbering up, Sign: Racing - Santa Anita Park (18:33:54:05), Camera pans across park from horses to audience, Nice race track shots, Norman drinks in bar, Norman punches man in bar lounge. Crowd races in, Int. courtroom, Norman appears before judge, Lawyer, judge and court stenographer goes through pleads of drunks ("I think I'm guilty, your honor"), CU wreath that says "HAPPY NEW YEAR.", Press take photo as Norman gets out of drunk tank, newspaper with scandal headline, Eyes of Norman seen in bed, listening, CU Oscar in display cupboard, Esther cries, willing to give it all up for Norman, Norman walks out to the beach at night, swims in the ocean at sunset to his death, CU of tide washing over Norman's discarded clothes on the shore, Newspaper headline about Norman's death, Ext. church, Esther in mourning dress is escorted out of the church, is mobbed by fans, takes off mourning hat and screams in agony, Esther and grandmother talk in living room, Granny gives her another pep speech, Ext. Gruamman's movie theater for premiere, neon sign: Vicki Lester, Announcer gives commentary on arriving stars, Esther emerges from car to warm applause, Andy Devine accompanies granny at premiere, Granny speaks into radio microphone, Vicki speaks over the radio microphone, Page from script detailing final scene of Esther, The End
Focus: [broadcast from May 31, 2024]
1950s Industry
b&w industrial - The Tape with Muscles - cu sign: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing - exterior factory - cu hands with Scotch Tape and filament tape - workers handle large rolls of tape - large roll is cut into small rolls - men takes rolls off machine - man pulls at tape - woman gets out of car stuck in snowbank - man fastens car bumpers together with tape and pulls out woman's car - man tapes package for shipping - package put in tumble machine to test tape - battered package pulled from machine - woman swings on swing held up by tape
Video cassette tape picked up from beside TV, UK; 1988
A person looks at electronic equipment while sitting on an easy chair in a domestic setting. A Scotch VHS video cassette tape is slid out from a JVC box that has been picked up from a table holding a television set and a VCR video recorder. The primary colours red, blue and yellow, and the colour green, are prominent. Part of a news story about the legality of recording onto tape at home. UK; 1988. (BBC News, 161/88/22EC – 09/06/1988 – AEXZ288W)
COMMERCIALS
Scotch Tape & Sasheen Ribbons. Animated "American Family" decorating a Christmas Tree near a fire place. Classic green plaid scotch tape dispenser.
HISTORIC STILLS
00:00:00:00 [Historical Photos of power dams, early Scotch tape, early Coast Guard, oil well, cartoon, telescope, Billboard magazine, Birdseye freezer]---[CTSY information with each STILL]--CTSY L ...
SCOTCH WHISKY ( aka SCOTCH WHISKEY ) reel 2
Reel 2. A film made for the Scotch Whisky association - how Whisky is made. <br/> <br/>Highlands of Scotland. <br/> <br/>Various shots of stacks of barrels in warehouse. A man taps the barrels to check them. Various shots of blending and bottling plant. Doors are unlocked. Casks are rolled on to the blending floor. Bungs withdrawn and samples are taken. Man in lab coat tests samples by sniffing them. Natural sound; man explains to camera he is checking maturity of pure malt whisky before blending them. He checks smells of samples. <br/> <br/>Casks are emptied into blending vats. Man breaks casks with axe to empty them. Samples are taken. Shot of the cellars containing the casks. Excise Officer tests the Whisky. <br/> <br/>L/S of enormous bottling vats. Various shots bottles being filled on production line. Top shot of the factory floor with women workers. C/U of machine capping the bottles. Bottles examined under lights and magnifying glasses in laboratory. C/U of machine that labels the bottles. Bottles are then packed into boxes and the boxes stacked. <br/> <br/>Montage of shots depicting every stage of whiskey production, with an animated globe superimposed in centre. Various shots of the Highlands; waterfall, scenic landscapes, bridges, rivers and mountains etc. Traditional Scottish song on the soundtrack. <br/> <br/>Note: alternative spellings of whisky / whiskey. <br/> <br/>See separate record for Reel 1 of this story. It has also been transferred on tape *PM1397*. AH 2001. <br/> <br/>
SCOTCH TAPE ANNIVERSARY
SCOTCH TAPE WAS INVENTED IN 1930 WHEN A YOUNG 3M INVENTOR WATCHED A CAR PAINTER STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE POPULAR TWO TONES SEPARATE. THE TAPE GOT ITS NAME WHEN THAT AUTO PAINTER TRIED OUT THE TAPE. WHEN IT DIDN’T WORK, HE TOLD INVENTOR DICK DREW TO TAKE IT BACK AND TELL HIS “SCOTCH” BOSSES TO PUT MORE ADHESIVE ON IT. 3M SOLD 300 DOLLARS WORTH OF TAPE IN THE FIRST YEAR. AFTER THAT, PEOPLE FOUND THOUSANDS OF USES FOR THE INVENTION. MORE THAN 900 KIND OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE TAPE HAVE SPRUNG FROM THE INVENTION, BUT NONE WILL BE AS FAMILIAR AS SCOTCH TAPE.
KR-13A 16mm; Beta SP; KR-13B Beta SP
TELEVISION COMMERCIALS #13, BIAFRA DOCUMENTARY
5/06/69 A0056809 NEW YORK : BLACK MILITANT LEADER JAMES FORMAN SCOTCH - TAPED EIGHT DOCUMENTS TO THE DOOR OF THE HQ OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA TODAY TO DRAMATIZE HIS DEMAND THAT AMERICAN CHURCHES PROVIDE $500 MILLION FOR BLACK PEOPLE ACROSS THE
5/06/69 A0056809 NEW YORK : BLACK MILITANT LEADER JAMES FORMAN SCOTCH - TAPED EIGHT DOCUMENTS TO THE DOOR OF THE HQ OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA TODAY TO DRAMATIZE HIS DEMAND THAT AMERICAN CHURCHES PROVIDE $500 MILLION FOR BLACK PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UNCUT "FORMAN - LUTHERANS" SHOWS: JAMES FORMAN LEAVING THE HW OD THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA AFTER HE HAS SCOTCH - TAPED EIGHT DOCUMENTS TO THE ENTRANCE: (SHOT 5/6/69 35FT) FORMAN, JAMES RELIGION - US CIVIL RIGHTS - US LUTHERAN CHURCH BLACK POWER XX / 35 FT / 16 NEG / D22898
Businesswoman grabbed the last sweater from the table and placed it gently inside, then closed the box tightly with Scotch tape.
Businesswoman grabbed the last sweater from the table and placed it gently inside, then closed the box tightly with Scotch tape.
FILE: 3M ANNOUNCES MASS LAYOFFS
&lt;p>&lt;b>--SUPERS&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>File&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>3M announces mass layoffs as manufacturing slows&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;pi>yet another major restructuring plan as the manufacturing sector prepares for &lt;tab />slumping demand for goods.&lt;/pi>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VO SCRIPT&lt;/b>--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>MANUFACTURING GIANT THREE-M ANNOUNCED MASS LAYOFF TUESDAY AS IT JOIS OTHERS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR BRACING FOR A POSSIBLE RECESSION.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE COMPANY, WHICH OWNS POPULAR BRANDS INCLUDING Post-It Notes and Scotch Tape, PLANS TO lay off SIX THOUSAND WORKERS WORLDWIDE.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THAT'S ON TOP OF the 25-HUNDRED manufacturing JOBS THREE-M CUT in January.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>The company said it EXPECTS TO save up to 900-million DOLLARS a year before taxes after the layoffs are DONE.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE NEW LAYOFFS ARE part of A major restructuring plan THAT WILL INCLUDE several management changes.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE CUTS CAME AS THREE-M REPORTED THAT earnings and sales fell from the previous year.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;u>THREE-&lt;/u>&lt;u>M said the supply chain problems that doomed the sector for years in the wake of the pandemic have largely eased&lt;/u>. That means &lt;u>backlogged orders have been shipped, and the company (and its peers) no longer need as much staff to handle the workload.&lt;/u>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;pi />&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;pi>3M argued that the cuts are "intended to make 3M stronger, leaner and more focused" by simplifying its supply chain and reducing layers of management.&lt;/pi>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p> The company said it would &lt;u>prioritize products that customers are increasingly demanding, including climate tech, sustainable packaging and automated industrial products, among other emerging technologies. 3M also reaffirmed its previous outlook for 2023, anticipating sales would fall by as much as 6% this year.&lt;/u>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;u> 3M said the supply chain problems that doomed the sector for years in the wake of the pandemic have largely eased&lt;/u>. That means &lt;u>backlogged orders have been shipped, and the company (and its peers) no longer need as much staff to handle the workload.&lt;/u>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;u>Meanwhile, demand for manufactured goods has fallen in recent month&lt;/u>s. Consumers have been spending less on stuff and more on experiences lately, and businesses are gearing up for an anticipated recession. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p> 3M rival Dow also announced thousands of layoffs at the beginning of the year.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p> Shares of 3M rose slightly in premarket trading.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&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>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>
SCOTCH WHISKEY ( aka SCOTCH WHISKY ) reel 1
Title reads: "Scotch Whiskey, a film made for Scotch Whiskey Association. <br/> <br/>Highlands, Scotland. <br/> <br/>Commentary is by James McKechnie. Various shots of men fishing from rowing boat on large loch. Various shots of the men cleaning fish in water (looks like salmon). One man asks his companion for a "wee dram", the other man produces bottle of whiskey (aka whisky) and pours some into glasses. <br/> <br/>Various L/Ss of scenic Speyside countryside. Various shots of a whiskey distillery in a valley. L/S of horse drawn harvest machines harvesting barley in field. Various shots of barley being delivered at distillery by truck. <br/> <br/>Interior. Various shots of large mound of barley in warehouse, men shovel it. A man switches on large tap, the barley is soaked in large tank in warm water. A man takes temperature. Other men turn the germinating barley with shovels. Various C/Us of barley in a man's hand seen through a magnifying glass, a comparison of barley straight from field to sprouting, germinated barley. <br/> <br/>Various shots of distillery and pagoda roofed kiln. Various shots of furnace of kiln being stoked with peat and coke. Various shots of men cutting peat in a field. They stack the blocks of peat to dry. Once dry the peat is carries away by horse and cart. <br/> <br/>Various shots men turning over drying barley (narrator calls in "malt") in kiln with shovels, holes in floor allow heat from peat furnaces to rise. Various shots of mashing machine where barley is crushed. The porridge-like mixture is mixed with very hot water to create sugary solution. The solid part of barley is siphoned away down a conveyor belt to be resold as cattle feed. <br/> <br/>The sugary solution is passed into large barrels. We see a man cleaning inside one of the barrels - it is enormous. Yeast is added to the solution to make it ferment into alcohol. The mixture is then placed in large distilling tanks heated by fires. A man knocks a bobbin against tanks to see much liquid has evaporated. <br/> <br/>Various shots of distillery and large cooling tubs. The vaporised whiskey is piped into tanks, pipes are cooled with cold water to turn vapour back to liquid. Malt whiskey is distilled twice. We see whiskey trickling into test tubes so it can be tested with gauges. <br/> <br/>L/S of stack of empty casks. Various shots of coopers making barrels. The casks are filled with whiskey in duty free warehouse, double locked for security. Samples are taken from barrels to be tested for alcoholic strength by distillery manager and customs officer. The testers use gauges and themometer-like instruments (unfortunately no tasting!). The excise office checks weights and amounts of casks. Various shots of men rolling full casks into storage warehouses where they will mature. <br/> <br/>Note: Reel 2 has also been transferred on tape *PM1297* (film id 1297.06). <br/> <br/>Note: alternative spelling of whisky.
EDUCATION
HELPER TAKES SCOTCH TAPE TO TAPE DOWN PAINTING AS CHILD WORKS