Wellesley College girls boat, an eight-oar shell, is seen running on the water as the Wellesley women's team practices for competitive crew racing in 1934.
Suburban women change into fashionable dresses according to time of the day. Suburban housewives from Darien, Connecticut wear designer clothes at home. A woman wearing a long gown opens a cupboard in a kitchen. A housewife puts on a striped skirt over a romper suit in the kitchen. The housewife talks with her friend, wearing a flower pattern shirt and a skirt, for lunch. Housewife pours coffee for her friend. Woman in floral blouse sips a cup of coffee. Blond housewife in cocktail dress by Tina Leser sips a martini. Housewife wears a bouffant skirt over her Tina Leser dress. Her friend wears a dress by Oleg Cassini. Roast chicken turning on a spit in a fireplace. Housewife, neighbor and other men and women guests in dresses and suits pouring cocktail drinks at dinner.
Skiers arrive, one of them with Australian flag. Skiers jump from the hill. John Risnes of Norway walks away with top honors, with a leap of 195 feet at the North Ski Club's mid-winter jump. Men with surfboards surf in the sea.
News about a hot weather heat wave in various American newspapers. Views of people at crowded Coney Island Beach and SteepleChase Park Pool. Children stand in a public fountain to cool off. Group of boys on a city street open a fire hydrant and play in the water spraying from the fire hydrant. 1950's cars pass by getting wet in the process. Man drinks a whole mug of beer. Narrator contrasts the heat wave with snow scenes from prior winter storms. Man shovels snow. Men on streets during a blizzard. Snow covered vehicles, buildings, and streets. A dog near a fire hydrant in the snow. A man pushes a car stuck in the snow. Close up of spinning tires in snow.
An automobile on a road and sunset in the background. Cactus in the desert. Mobilgas sign. Men in large office building. Fence along a country road. Fence along a beach front. New York city skyline at sunset with traffic light. The Club Butte in Butte, Montana at sunset. Pounding waves on beach at sunset. Palm trees at sunset. Molten metal is poured at a foundry. Oil pumps and oil derricks at sunset. Smoke stacks at sunset. A person exits a mobile home at an RV park at sunset. Apartments with TV antennas seen along with an elevated railroad train at sunset. Highway and traffic scenes at sunset.
A Rambler station wagon is driven into an Esso station (gas station or petrol station or service station), where three men service it. They fuel the car using a gas pump, wash the windows, and add oil. Oil can is opened and poured into engine. Water is added to the radiator. Air is added to a tire using an air pump. A car is jacked up inside the garage of the service station. An automobile battery is charged using a battery charger. Cigarettes are purchased from a machine. A closeup of an advertisement showing a couple smoking. Coca-Cola is purchased from a vending machine. Coffee is purchased from a vending machine. Lifesavers candy is purchased from a vending machine. A car goes through a car wash at a service station. Closeups of meters on gas pumps showing gallons dispensed and amount due. A map is opened up by a driver. An Edsel drives out of a service station. POV shots driving down a country road or rural road in the 1950s.
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