Pipeline To The Clouds Part 1 of 2
Raphael G. Wolff Studios for General Electric
Opening musical montage: river, waterfall, waterwheel, young couple kissing on riverbank, paddle steamer, sunset over river - narr. informs us that “water is the liquid of life” - shots of Inca pyramid / temple w/ rain god carvings - woman in period costume collects water from stream - good shot woman showering - little girl gets glass of water from kitchen tap. Animation of water pipes through house & streets. Treatment plant, aqueduct, reservoir. Cloud shots - thunderstorm w/ lightning. Good animation showing progress of raindrop through earth past worm, into plant roots & back into air - evaporation / photosynthesis etc. Animations of water supply to towns. Dam / reservoir construction.
07:06:10 Montage people using water: man waters garden - kids play in sprinkler - sprinkler on golf course - street cleaning truck - fountain - washing car - kid in bath - girl dives into swimming pool. Cut to empty swimming pool & closed sign on gate - VO re water shortages. Radio newsreader at microphone “This will be the 53rd day without rain”. Reservoir at low level. Sign on restaurant menu ‘Due to water shortage, drinking water served only on request!’ Save water signs on drinking fountain, faucets etc. - posters ‘Public Appeal: Your city water supply is dangerously low. Will you please save water’.
07:07:35 Man on porch reading newspaper ‘Water Situation Critical’; man washing car w/ hosepipe, policeman tells him to stop & he throws down hose in a rage. Workers clock on then notice sign re department closure due to water shortage. Farmer examines wilting corn crop. Dried-up lake bed.
07:08:19 Animation lake gradually evaporating - VO “Dare we take our water supply for granted?” - cross-section water table now very deep below ground. VO describes reasons for shortages - man fitting shower unit - “gone are the days when plumbing was a luxury” - “we are cleaner than we used to be” - population increase - man makes silly faces at newborn baby through hospital viewing window. New houses under construction.
07:09:45 Good housewife shots - woman in modern kitchen takes washing out of machine, scrapes leftovers into waste disposal unit, loads dishwasher - VO appliances “banish the drudgery of the kitchen”. Air conditioning signs outside movie theatre & restaurants. Aerials industrial landscape - shots of products whose manufacture uses water - car plant, gasoline, canned peas, baby clothes, textiles, steelmaking, cement works. Irrigated farmland in desert area. Vegetable canning. Ravaged hillside w/ burned trees - topsoil washed into reservoir - animation. Polluted water supply. Animation water treatment plant. Man fly fishing.
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Pipeline To The Clouds Part 1 of 2 Raphael G. Wolff Studios for General Electric Opening musical montage: river, waterfall, waterwheel, young couple kissing on riverbank, paddle steamer, sunset over river - narr. informs us that “water is the liquid of life” - shots of Inca pyramid / temple w/ rain god carvings - woman in period costume collects water from stream - good shot woman showering - little girl gets glass of water from kitchen tap. Animation of water pipes through house & streets. Treatment plant, aqueduct, reservoir. Cloud shots - thunderstorm w/ lightning. Good animation showing progress of raindrop through earth past worm, into plant roots & back into air - evaporation / photosynthesis etc. Animations of water supply to towns. Dam / reservoir construction. 07:06:10 Montage people using water: man waters garden - kids play in sprinkler - sprinkler on golf course - street cleaning truck - fountain - washing car - kid in bath - girl dives into swimming pool. Cut to empty swimming pool & closed sign on gate - VO re water shortages. Radio newsreader at microphone “This will be the 53rd day without rain”. Reservoir at low level. Sign on restaurant menu ‘Due to water shortage, drinking water served only on request!’ Save water signs on drinking fountain, faucets etc. - posters ‘Public Appeal: Your city water supply is dangerously low. Will you please save water’. 07:07:35 Man on porch reading newspaper ‘Water Situation Critical’; man washing car w/ hosepipe, policeman tells him to stop & he throws down hose in a rage. Workers clock on then notice sign re department closure due to water shortage. Farmer examines wilting corn crop. Dried-up lake bed. 07:08:19 Animation lake gradually evaporating - VO “Dare we take our water supply for granted?” - cross-section water table now very deep below ground. VO describes reasons for shortages - man fitting shower unit - “gone are the days when plumbing was a luxury” - “we are cleaner than we used to be” - population increase - man makes silly faces at newborn baby through hospital viewing window. New houses under construction. 07:09:45 Good housewife shots - woman in modern kitchen takes washing out of machine, scrapes leftovers into waste disposal unit, loads dishwasher - VO appliances “banish the drudgery of the kitchen”. Air conditioning signs outside movie theatre & restaurants. Aerials industrial landscape - shots of products whose manufacture uses water - car plant, gasoline, canned peas, baby clothes, textiles, steelmaking, cement works. Irrigated farmland in desert area. Vegetable canning. Ravaged hillside w/ burned trees - topsoil washed into reservoir - animation. Polluted water supply. Animation water treatment plant. Man fly fishing. Geography; Geology; Ecology; Conservation; Environment; Health & Safety; Weather; Americana; Drought;