movies Accordin1952 2002-07-16 00:00:00 Handy (Jam) Organization The beauty and functionality of asbestos sidewalls. With a visit to Levittown, N.Y. and an interview with Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt & Sons, builders. An excellent film on Fifties standardized building processes. 1952 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ C Sd prelinger 2002-07-16 00:00:00 Asbestos Cement Products Association 0 17:18 17:27:59:12-17:29:14:23 Sequence of CUs of couple seated on couch in front of table. They happily are arranging the walls of a model house on the table before them 17:29:14:24-17:29:30:05 CU same couple on couch turning pages of a large home plan catalog / sample book. They look at book, smile, then look up stupidly at camera, then back at book. 17:29:30:06-17:29:45:00 CU pages of large book being turned, revealing a series of drawings of suburban houses with trees and happy families 17:29:54:28-17:30:07:10 CU scientist swirling liquid in a small beaker. As he pours contents into another beaker, camera pans left laboratory equipment to CU of large Florence flask with boiling red liquid 17:30:07:11-17:30:13:08 Dissolve to medium shot of woman sunning in blue strapless summer dress in garden with fake flamingos. She adjusts her dress. 17:30:13:09-17:30:16:21 Dissolve to CU woman picking up coiled garden hose on lawn. 17:30:16:22-17:30:19:23 LS woman picks up coiled garden hose and walks past white wrought iron furniture in suburban garden 17:30:25:20-17:30:33:26 CU woman's feet walk across red and white diagonal pattern on asphalt tile floor 17:30:37:07-17:30:48:27 CU asbestos shingles on roof of house. Camera pans right across roof top. 17:31:23:08-17:31:37:03 CU hands breaking square block of asbestos in half showing fibers. Forceps pull fibers out of center of block. 17:31:37:04-17:31:42:12 ECU magnified pencil point indicating magnified asbestos fibers (fibers not recognizable but pencil point is interesting) 17:31:46:28-:17:31:50:13 CU forceps picking up a clump of asbestos fibers out of a lab tray 17:31:50:14-17:31:55:27 CU forceps holding asbestos fibers over flame 17:31:55:28-17:32:08:06 CU lab technician examines slab of asbestos siding 17:33:08:07-17:32:20:17 Dissolve to lab technician in front of scale, recording information from the scale onto a clipboard 17:32:20:18-17:32:26:15 CU blow torch against piece of asbestos siding 17:32:26:16-17:32:31:18 CU hand removes piece of siding from fish tank of water 17:32:31:19-17:32:35:16 CU cylindrical lamp in center of drum (scientific testing equipment) 17:32:35:17-17:32:41:09 CU inside of drum with various colored tile samples being sprayed with liquid from a central rotating nozzle 17:32:41:10-17:32:55:13 Dissolve to MS lab technician painting a piece of shingle with a paint brush. CU hand with paint brush applying paint to shingle. 17:33:11:12-17:33:20:09 CU hands with etching or cutting tool scores surface of asbestos shingle 17:33:22:13-17:33:44:21 MS workers nailing shingles to side of house 17:33:44:22-17:33:51:08 LS man wheels baby carriage up front walk of suburban home 17:33:51:09-17:34:18:00 LS and CU man converses with worker nailing shingles to side of house 17:34:21:15-17:34:25:21 LS row of small suburban development houses 17:34:25:22-17:34:32:19 LS camera pans across row of small suburban development houses with road construction in front (sewer excavation?) 17:34:32:20-17:34:39:22 Dissolve to LS man leaves front door of house and walks to street (row of suburban development houses) 17:34:39:23-17:34:47:08 LS front of suburban houses with bushes and trees. Car pulls into driveway. MS car in driveway of suburban house. 17:34:47:09-17:34:53:01 MS corner of roof of house shot from below through bush of yellow roses 17:34:53:01-17:35:01:17 LS pan across curving street of new suburban development (no trees). Car drives down street. 17:35:01:18-17:35:05:26 CU front door suburban house 17:35:05:27-17:35:14:08 LS pan across new suburban development (near-identical houses) 17:35:14:09-17:35:21:28 LS small group of people cross street in suburban development still under construction. Parked cars, pick-up trucks, poles with "opening" flags 17:35:21:29-17:35:25:22 CU back of suburban house with windowboxes 17:35:25:23-17:35:30:15 LS ranch style new suburban house (hill behind); Car pulls into driveway 17:35:30:15-17:35:39:10 2 LS two men examine siding on suburban house 17:35:39:11-17:35:43:28 CU peak of roof of house shot from below under eaves 17:36:08:18-17:36:28:26 CU map of United States of America - Various regions are filled in by different color shingles 17:36:28:27-17:36:53:17 MS businessman in suit at drafting table, front of framed drawings on wall, turns toward camera and talks a lot. 17:37:32:11-17:27:34:17 CU sign with arrows reads " Levittown " (Levittown, Long Island, New York) 17:37:38:04-17:37:41:20 LS children jump off diving board at community pool - suburban houses in background 17:37:41:21:-17:38:06:27 LS and CU man (Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt and Sons) with clipboard in front of shingled house writes on board then looks at the camera and speaks. 17:38:06:28-17:38:11:02 LS corner of suburban house 17:38:16:29-17:38:28:12 LS Levittown street - suburban homes with carports. Camera pans right to left 17:38:28:13-17:38:36:10 CU face of happy man talking 17:38:36:11-17:39:31:02 Dissolve to LS front of suburban home with small porch with columns around doorway. Woman in apron sweeps walk. MCU housewife with broom, apron, and pearls leans on broom and speaks to camera. CU same woman speaking to camera. MCU same. 17:39:31:03-17:40:03:07 Dissolve to spiral binder with outline of America and the letters ACPA. Hand turned pages of framed photos of factory, office buildings, a large modern barn, church, older traditional house, newer house, and small development house. 17:40:03:10-17:40:24:17 Dissolve to CU palm trees in hurricane. LS dissiduous trees in hurricane. MS palms in hurricane, building appears in background. MS house in storm with man on ladder at second story window (unclear shot). LS house with storm clouds in background. House with clear sky in background. Fade out. 17:40:41:26-17:41:28:26 Fade in on couple in living room in front of model of house on table. Someone from off-screen hands the man a chunk of shingle which they examine. she places it up against model of house. They look pleased. Camera zooms in to model of house. Dissolve to LS of real house (same design). THE END ASBESTOS HOMES CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS HOUSES EXTERIORS WALLS Couples Levittown, N.Y. Denny, Norman Signs (Levittown) Siding Suburbia Suburban homes Newlyweds House planning Chemists Laboratories Red fluid Glassware Beakers <BR> 2005-01-13 09:36:44 United States 1 0 Houses and homes;Minerals: Asbestos;Suburbia 15 MovingImage 1952 08096