Men breaking rocks for road building in rural areas of the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. A 1936 Ford Tudor sedan car approaches and passes by, along a road through rural area. A man stands in a horse pulled cart moving on a rural road. Post office at Helvetia, West Virginia, a small town where many citizens still practice traditions from their heritage in Switzerland. Old woman sitting churning butter outside farmhouse. Women with Swiss cheese. Tourists arrive in Ford Tudor sedan car at Seneca Rocks, and views of the large rock formations. A sweeping wide view of Germany Valley. Work of the Conservation Commission fish hatchery in Morgan County, as fish including bass are added. Young women feed deer for restocking of forests. A woman feeds a white tailed deer fawn with a bottle. A woman pets a white tail deer buck with antlers.
Film opens with camera panning closeup over the exterior of St. Michael's Church, at 1633 North Cleveland Avenue, in Old Town, Chicago. Then, neighborhood views are seen from an open convertible car. Momentary glimpse, from above, of driver in the car. More neighborhood scenes and a pillar identifying Crilly Court. Views of various buildings in the neighborhood. A white standard poodle dog is seen looking out the open window of a car. A woman walks a black standard poodle dog along a commercial district sidewalk. Closeup of the poodle. Closeup glimpse of a woman and a man riding together on a motorcycle. A young man riding a motorcycle. Closeups of many people walking on the sidewalks and sitting on front steps of buildings. A commercial area of Old Town jammed with numerous small eateries close to one another. A man riding a bicycle in the midst of heavy traffic. Closeups of pedestrians walking on the sidewalks, and young people sitting on the sidewalk, next to buildings. A man stripped to the waist taking a cigarette (possibly a marijuana joint).He lights it. Scene shifts to a shop where women try on various wigs. Many people in typical 1960s fashions. Another street scene showing various eating places, including Paul Bunyan, at 1355 North Wells Street. Large umbrella light at entrance to Piper's Alley. Customers visiting various small shops and galleries, in Piper's Alley. An African American boy having his portrait drawn by a street artist. His mother watching. Glimpse of the boy's portrait.
Sikorsky S-36 amphibious aircraft parked at beach in Maine. Crowd surrounds aircraft named "Dawn". Aircraft in flight over Atlantic Ocean after take off from beach. Sikorsky S-36 amphibian aircraft the "Dawn" then seen returning and landing on water back again at Old Orchard after shortened 500 mile flight due to weather. Men on beach direct aircraft. Female pilot Frances Wilson Grayson (niece of President Woodrow Wilson) exits aircraft after bad weather forces the aviatrix to abandon her third attempt to fly to Denmark. Close up view of Frances Grayson. (Grayson was flying together with pilot Wilmer Stultz and navigator Brice Goldsborough.)
Opens with montage of illuminated signs for various businesses on Wells Street and environs in Old Town area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. Camera focuses on the Stagecoach Restaurant and zooms in on its sign. The camera then shows brief scenes in darkened night spots featuring jazz musicians performing. Glimpse of cars on dark street. Several young people outside a place featuring "topless" Go Go dancers. A young woman showing disapproval, turns away from a young man with her. Closeups of people mingling on Wells Street. Shimmering dress of a dancer along with closeup of a musician playing bongo drums. More glimpses of people on the sidewalks. Inside a club, a woman in a short dress is singing and dancing accompanied by a band of musicians. Momentary glimpse of a street artist at work. View down on a piano being played by a jazz musician. A woman dancing alone, as musicians play. Two views of drummer playing in a band.
Transatlantic flight by Yancey and Williams from Maine to Rome. Roger Q Williams and Captain Lewis A. Yancey start their flight from Old Orchard, Maine in Bellanca monoplane named "Pathfinder."They get into the aircraft and take a wreath to drop in the Atlantic in memory of lost aviators. Pathfinder monoplane in flight headed for Rome, Italy.
A dog with a collar lies on the ground. It gets up. A dog lies on sand. He sits up. A very old unpainted wood frame house, sagging in the middle, and having two outside chimneys and roughly patched roof. Exterior view of Farmer's Bank. A man inside the bank pulls down a "closed" sign at the door and comes out and locks the door. Three African American men pass on the sidewalk. Road sign shows U.S. Highway 158.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.