The City
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Freight train past farmland & small towns en route to Chicago - suburbs - apartment blocks - industrial area - train terminal in city. Black workers unload goods from trucks inc. meat carcasses. CUs passenger jets landing. Docks. Tracking shot through city looking up at skyscrapers - high shots across skyline. Chicago street scenes - busy traffic, commuters, pedestrians - more angled shots tall buildings - huge department store. Modern apartment building under construction - workers high up - views over city.
21:28:00 Good ‘60s nuclear family scene - couple out of suburban house w/ young son Joey - bid farewell to father then son off to school, mother in print dress & horn-rimmed glasses. Joey passes larger apartment buildings on way to school - goes inside one & up in lift to meet friend - intercom - female elevator attendant - “28 please” - Joey greeted by friend & boys look across city from balcony. Boys walk to school past stores, sign painter, traffic cop helps them cross road. Elevated railroad - PoV shots. Boys into city school.
21:31:00 Joey’s father driving to work in open-top car - expressway - radio traffic report heard - reporter in helicopter overhead - traveling shots inside car - aerials expressway & huge car park.
21:31:50 City Hall; INT meeting of city council. Model of new housing development. Slum areas clearedl new apartments.
21:32:33 House on fire in Black neighborhood - firefighters hold safety mat watched by Black kids - man jumps from burning building. Fireboat on river. New highway under construction. Street cleaning. Street lights put up. CUs people in park jumping into pool - baseball. Baseball game in stadium - TV cameras. Kids drawing buildings for art class. Kids in art gallery / museum - dinosaur bones.
21:34:12 Roller coaster inc. PoV shot. Manufacturing scenes in factory - goods trains - jets - shipping - steelworks. INT TV studio - female opera singer to camera.
21:35:13 City at night - neon - traffic.
Travelogues. City Guides. Illinois. Housewives. 1960s Dress Fashions. Progress / Development. Architecture; 1962;
NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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The City Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Freight train past farmland & small towns en route to Chicago - suburbs - apartment blocks - industrial area - train terminal in city. Black workers unload goods from trucks inc. meat carcasses. CUs passenger jets landing. Docks. Tracking shot through city looking up at skyscrapers - high shots across skyline. Chicago street scenes - busy traffic, commuters, pedestrians - more angled shots tall buildings - huge department store. Modern apartment building under construction - workers high up - views over city. 21:28:00 Good ‘60s nuclear family scene - couple out of suburban house w/ young son Joey - bid farewell to father then son off to school, mother in print dress & horn-rimmed glasses. Joey passes larger apartment buildings on way to school - goes inside one & up in lift to meet friend - intercom - female elevator attendant - “28 please” - Joey greeted by friend & boys look across city from balcony. Boys walk to school past stores, sign painter, traffic cop helps them cross road. Elevated railroad - PoV shots. Boys into city school. 21:31:00 Joey’s father driving to work in open-top car - expressway - radio traffic report heard - reporter in helicopter overhead - traveling shots inside car - aerials expressway & huge car park. 21:31:50 City Hall; INT meeting of city council. Model of new housing development. Slum areas clearedl new apartments. 21:32:33 House on fire in Black neighborhood - firefighters hold safety mat watched by Black kids - man jumps from burning building. Fireboat on river. New highway under construction. Street cleaning. Street lights put up. CUs people in park jumping into pool - baseball. Baseball game in stadium - TV cameras. Kids drawing buildings for art class. Kids in art gallery / museum - dinosaur bones. 21:34:12 Roller coaster inc. PoV shot. Manufacturing scenes in factory - goods trains - jets - shipping - steelworks. INT TV studio - female opera singer to camera. 21:35:13 City at night - neon - traffic. Travelogues. City Guides. Illinois. Housewives. 1960s Dress Fashions. Progress / Development. Architecture; 1962; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.