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Portrait of a City Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221420-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1961

Country: USA

Location: Dearborn,Detroit,Michigan

TC Begins: 14:41:12

TC Ends: 14:52:33

Duration: 00:11:21

Portrait of a City Pt. 2 of 2 Pleasure boats on river, city in BG. Aerial view Ford River Rouge plant at Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Rotunda exhibit hall. Detroit Institute of Art, INT visitors looking at oil paintings VO: “Detroiters appreciate those things that enrich the mind and the spirit”. 14:42:07 Cranbrook Cultural Center in Bloomfield Hills - fountains in garden. Christchurch Cranbrook - bells heard. Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn & display of historical cars. Small paddle steamer on river. 14:42:58 Menlo Park laboratory building where Edison lit first electric light, transported to Greenfield from New Jersey. Various other preserved historic structures inc. McGuffy Schoolhouse & early Lincoln court house. Charity fundraising. Henry Ford Hospital. INT elementary school classroom. University of Detroit & Wayne State University campuses - modern architecture. 14:44:30 Car along highway w/ tracking shot as car passes sign to Detroit. Fly fishing scenes outside city. Man & woman hunting in snowy woodland wearing red flannel & dungarees. Golfers. Detroit Tigers stadium - baseball game in progress. High shot Detroit Lions football game. Olympia Arena - ice hockey game; boxing match; Detroit Pistons basketball team. 14:46:07 Man rowing woman in canoe. Family eating picnic. Flowers in park & greenhouse at Belle Isle. Car across bridge to island - view across water to city. River Rouge Park - tennis - ice skating - toboggan slides. Speedboat racing on Detroit River. International Tug Boat Race. Yachting. Municipal Zoo. 14:47:55 Salt mine under Detroit - heavy machinery. 14:48:09 POV past mansions on Lakeshore Drive & Grosse Point. New homes in suburbs. Various churches & cathedrals, churchgoers arriving. Traveling shot from boat along waterfront showing new Civic Center complex w/ skyscrapers behind. Cobo Hall - cars parked on roof. 14:49:49 Car convention - new cars on turntables. Various parking. Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium. City County Building; ‘Spirit of Detroit’ sculpture at entrance. Aerials Detroit w/ increasingly hyperbolic commentary. Travelogues; Tourism; Promotional Films; Automobile Industry; City Guides; Sports; History; Recreation; Theme Parks; 1960s Americana; Note: Occasional printer ride due to print shrinkage.

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