AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 4-15-2025

Hello everybody. I'm Skip Alzheimer. Welcome to the AV Geeks Lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16mimeter films. And what we just saw was some amateur home movie footage of birds. Um, this is, I guess, the next logical step to a bird watcher, which is a build a bird uh filmer. Hello everybody. I'm welcome to a geeks. All right. So, um yeah, uh I have seen other footage like this, uh not from the same source, from a different source. And what's interesting is that this kind of bridges the proumer gap where you have amateur filmmakers who would shoot this beautiful footage and then they would um hire a narrator. They would edit it together and they would release it um and put a little ad back in the in the back of educational screen um which was a trade journal for the ed educational film market and um sometimes would make sales. So, um, Frith Films was one of those folks who took amateur 16mm film cameras and footage and put out several titles, probably 20 or 30 titles of different things. um different subjects and um Sid Lyce is another person who who did that who uh I have a film called um butterflies for birthdays I think which is the same type of thing where he had footage of butterflies at different stages in their life. We've got it. Do you want it? Enjoy. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Desmond Ross, Scottsboro, Alabama. Bill Gallagher, Chicago, Illinois. In many respects, their lives are very different. But look beyond the dusty country roads and the bustling city streets and you'll find two men who believe we've got it right now. 45° at all three reporting stations. Humidity 60%. Wind from the northwest at 12. Bill. Thank you, Jim. The news brought to you by Ozark Airlines. Let's look at traffic right here for the Chicago Tribune. changing it around like this and giving the consumer a bullseye view of, you know, coke. All right, we already facing off our two leaders, right? And the base is always based off because the logo is right there on the front. So, you know, today in your uh travels, you know, just take a time, you know, just pick one stop and uh face off the cans, you know, cross and then, you know, answer the question yourself. This morning at the meeting when uh Octavius turned those cans around, I thought to myself, "Boy, that's a dumb idea. A lot of extra work for what?" But then as we went along through the day and I did a couple of accounts facing the cans, it did look impressive. It really looked impressive. If you have the time, it really makes uh a good appearance in each account. When somebody walks in and sees it, they're it's really noticeable when they're all faced the same way. Everybody's got ideas. Some are good, some are bad. This one seems pretty good. A lot of work, though. Probably be worth the effort, though. It's a lot of fun to sell the product because I do like the product which makes it to me very easy to sell and it's my job to display it uh sell it, promote it, keep everything clean, keep cartons neat, bottles looking good, cans faced, 2 lers faced, display equipment clean, and it's it's just a pleasure to sell Coke. If it was dirty, sticky, somebody go to grab it and all of a sudden they come up and their hands stuck to it. Well, they're going to look back. They got good clothes on. What are they going to wipe it on? They don't serve towels on the shelf. So, they wouldn't be able to pick it up and more than likely they would put it back and they probably wouldn't even buy your product. Then they'd go down, they wouldn't check another bottle. They might go down and pick up your competition's product. It's a lot of fun. There's always a challenge dealing with different people, different nationalities, some people that don't speak English. The Chicago market is a super competitive market uh with your competition from three major companies and it's a basically doggy dog situation. You got to be better than the other guy or you don't make it. cuz they'll steal your business as fast as they possibly can. Well, first of all, when I go on account, I try to sell myself, get the customer to like me just for myself. So then I can go in and I can deal with them, get my space on the shelf. Then it's my job to maintain the space, keep a clean shelf, keep the product looking good. The dealer likes to keep a clean store, too. because they have their bosses to put up with and the better their store looks and all departments, all phases of it, the happier they are. So if you can give them a nice clean rack product, make it appealing, present it nice, give them good service, whatever they want, you try to give to them, it keeps them very happy and in turn they'll give you extra displays, extra racks, give you a prime location so they can sell more product for you. All right. You can count yourself in then. Okay. Okay. Thanks, R. I'll give you an order and you'll be by Tuesday and uh we'll give you the order for Tuesday. Right. Okay. Do a good job on the shelves though, will you? Yes, sir. Okay. Well, keeps him happy, keeps the consumer happy, keeps me happy cuz I sell more Coke. To me, every account is just as important from the littlest guy I make to the biggest chain I make. I make my money in all of them. Sometimes you can't depend on the chains and the little guy will help you out. You just eyeball it. If it looks bad, you have to clean it. Pull your stock from your slower shelf, say like what would be the bottom shelf or this shelf here. Move it up and then keep your product fresh. Dust the bottles a little bit. The white rack is a is a very easy rack to keep clean, to maintain. You can notice everything on it. If you had spilled product, you'd see the spilled product. On a black rack, you wouldn't see it. You'd refill it. You'd put it down, you'd have the bottle glued to the shelf. Cleaning carton coolers, sometimes it's not that big a job. Maybe clean the glass doors. You would just pull your product out, check it, rotate it, but like occasionally you'll get a can at a leak, a bot at a little leak, and it starts at the top. Well, it's got to cover everything in the cooler all the way down right to the bottom. So now you got to pull everything out, get hot water, soak it. Cleaning coolers is a big job. But they do sell the product for you. Looks a lot better now. That's the way I like to leave the stores. Full, clean, and neat. Housekeeping is a habit. You do it, and you just do it automatically. It's very important to your sales. [Music] If you've got a place where people like to work together, they want to help each other, got great teamwork, it drives you. I think we have that in Scottsboro, Alabama. We've got a group of people that work together. They want to sell a product and they're going to sell that product. Come hell or high water. We've got what America wants and we're going to get it to them. A clean uniform, a clean product, clean truck. It's very essential. I've got a number one product to sell. And I'm a number one salesman selling that product. And uh I love it. It's great. I wouldn't have it any other way. Housekeeping is the number one thing in my job. I take pride in keeping my product clean. I think I do a good job in keeping it clean. And uh that's what it takes to have a good product and to sell it. Cleaning the shelves and getting down to the necessities of keeping it clean. It's a lot of work, but still it's something that you need to do. And it just uh essentially becomes a habit. It's just an everyday thing. Hello, Mr. Thompson. How you doing? Pretty good. You? Yes, sir. Boy, these bottles really collect dust. Keeps you on the move. Well, you take the people that are running the mom and pop accounts. You've got more time to spend with those people and let them know that you have feelings for them. You get in a mom and pop store and it's just like daytoday living. The people are there. uh they they're slower pace. They've got time for you. And you should appreciate that because uh that's where my living's coming from is from those people. I have to dust every time I work a work a mom and pop store. I dust my product thoroughly. I rotate it. That's that's just part of my job. I just I take pride in keeping my product clean. Well, you take this stop right here. uh once a week on rotation will get it. You've got maybe some tops or something that got a bad seal on them. Okay. If you keep your product rotated, well then you're going to you're going to find that product and you're going to get it off the shelf. I think facing the cans in a drink section is just as important as facing bottles or 2 lers or 16 NR. As you can very well see, when you place a six-ack of cans on a shelf like that, compared to the cans already faced, it just well, it just tears a display up. And I can't stand to see cans that that look out of place. So, we've been in a promotion, Tiger promotion that we're in right now, and I've been facing cans ever since we started. And it's really, it's really been a success. My routes picked up 25 or 30% in sales. The appearance on the product is very important to me. I clean my product. I rotate it. Clean my shelves real good. Dust my product. Take away the torn cartons, replace them with good cartons. And the very last thing I do before I ever leave an outlet, I go check my cooler to be sure everything is faced out. So, it's staring you right there in the face. CocaCola. It's inviting for somebody to reach in and get one. I look at the Pepsi guy, I look at the RC guy and I say, "Hey man, there ain't no way they can touch me. As far as I'm concerned, Coca-Cola's number one, but I push it. I push it to no end." What kind of box would you be interested in? Can machine or if you don't drive at it, you won't stay on top. You've got to get in there and work and you can do it. You just got to set your head to do it. By the way, nobody wants to even look at a product that's dirty. It's not tasteful. If you've got a nice clean product, they'll buy it. Coca-Cola is a good product, but you've got to keep it clean to sell it. Whatever America wants, it's going to get what that is. When Americans think, drink, they think. We've got what it takes. We get enough. It's all in the family, the family. And we're proud to say the family that sells together and we're together all the way. Whatever America wants, it's going to get. Cuz what that is, it's just when [Music] America wants, we got All right. [Applause] I did not expect the tiger at the end, but I guess that's part of the campaign that was mentioned by our Alabama Coke distributor person. Um, so facing the cans is something that we actually do or we strive to do at AV Geeks and that is basically the films are in cans. Um, and they we rotate them so you can see the labels. Uh, that's really all it's all about because, you know, if you look at a stack of films and they're all you can't see the titles, then it's just harder. You have to like pull out each can and look at it. So, when we move all the films back, that's going to be one of the big things we're going to be able to do. And also thanks to QR code technology, we'll be able to put a QR code on the label next to the name and we'll be able to just beep beep beep beep scan it in. H technology and science. This is great. So uh this film is uh next film is kind of hilarious uh because I had an assistant scan it and this is an assistant I no longer have. She moved on to other things, but I didn't realize in watching it that it uh she starts it and then she stops it and then she realigns it and then she starts it again. So, this is discovering texture um a live mix. Enjoy. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] All around us there are many exciting surfaces. [Music] [Music] Surfaces are smooth or rough, shiny or [Music] bumpy or anywhere in between differences in surface we call texture. Every surface has texture and an object may have several textures. The earth itself has [Music] texture and so do the living things on the earth. [Music] Our first experiences with texture come through our sense of touch. When we touch different objects, we feel that their surfaces differ and we see that they differ. Textures look different depending upon the way they reflect light. A surface that reflects light unevenly, broken by many small shadows, has a rough texture. surfaces that reflect even amounts of soft, dull light have a matte texture. [Music] Surfaces that reflect still more light have a smooth texture. And a very smooth surface that reflects a great deal of light is called shiny. The bright reflecting areas are called highlights. [Music] So whether a texture looks shiny and smooth, coarse and matte, smooth or rough, rocky, bumpy or fuzzy. depends upon the way in which it reflects [Music] light in nature. We see a great variety of [Music] textures and light playing on changing surfaces reveals the beauty of textures. [Music] Natural textures can be a source of pleasure to us when we learn to look carefully. [Music] But we can also derive pleasure from creating our own textures. Man uses paints, tools, and materials to change the texture of surfaces. He may use sandpaper to change texture. Or he may polish surfaces, making them shiny so they reflect [Music] highlights. Many different textures may be created in familiar materials. Clay is soft and easy to work. It can be cut, roughened with tools or changed by the hands of the potter. When clay is fired, it becomes hard and stony. Its texture [Applause] changes. Or glazes may be added to clay to make still new textures. Paint can be used to create a variety of textures. Paint brushed on wet paper makes fuzzy or furry textures. A brush can be used to apply paint evenly. Or a brush can be used to apply paint unevenly as in stippling. An almost dry brush can be dragged over the surface. A lifted brush creates irregular raised areas. The shadows that result make the texture rough or riged. In this student painting, a lifted brush has been used to create several textures. Here the English painter John Constable applied his paint in thick bold strokes. But textures can be made without a [Music] brush. Fingers create textures in wet [Music] paint. Sponging paint on a surface changes its texture. [Music] And paint may even be allowed to create its own textures. See what happens when ink is applied to a wet surface. Textures can be varied by combining materials. Crayon may be used over paint or paint may be spread on crayon with a pallet knife. Or heavy layers of wax crayon may be painted. And scraping layers of wax, crayon, and paint makes still different textures. Here, crayon, paint, and ink have been combined. And through the medium of photography, new and surprising textures may be discovered. [Music] Photography may also help us to see distant textures such as the surface of the moon or very close everyday textures we might overlook. So there are both man-made and natural textures. In nature, beautiful textures may occur at random. [Music] Man, however, selects and organizes textured surfaces for their contrast and [Music] harmony. In this painting by Pablo Picasso, we see the texture of painted surfaces combined with the grain of wood. Sculptors also combine different textures. [Music] A variety of textures can be found in the yarns from which our fabrics are woven. We select our clothing for textural contrast or harmony. In our homes, the textures of woods, fabrics, fibers, and metals offer variety and visual interest. [Music] Welldesigned buildings reveal Rich contrasting textures offered by metal and plaster, glass, brick and stone. In our gardens, we select and group plants, rocks, and pebbles to create [Music] beauty. All through life, we learn about textures by touching the surfaces of [Music] objects and looking at the way light reflects from these surfaces. [Music] Some textures are [Music] man-made, some are natural. In nature, textures seem to occur at random. Man, however, selects and organizes them with care, as we can see in this painting by the Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. Discovering textures can be a daily adventure. Our world is full of many textures for us to enjoy. Some we feel, some we see, and some we create. [Music] fascinating. And so there's others in that series. There's discovering color, um, tone, maybe contrast. Not sure. I can look them up, figure it out. But um yeah, so uh in the past I have shown u management films where they're open-ended and they're like, "Okay, what would you do in this situation?" A lot of them were made by Calvin uh Corporation for Alcoa, and it's all those ones, those short ones where they ask a question at the end. Um, this one is unique in that this is made for police sergeants because police sergeants are basically managers who have to deal with uh, managing their officers. And um, so this is one of these films where you get to see inside where the sausage is being made. Um, and the So this is a little salty. There's some salty language in this. Uh, but this is not like other films made for police officers which have a lot of gore. So, for example, tonight I'm going to show a film that's made for police officers called Officer Survival and it has a lot of gore in it, fake gore. Um, but we're not going to watch that cuz it's lunchtime. But it's still I I love this film because it basically says, you know, police officers are people and they do exactly what other people do in other work situations. They goof off. they take uh liberties um etc. Not even related to being police officers, just general whatever. So this is it's your move, Sergeant. Enjoy. 860, shift commander has requested your unit respond to accident scene. Take command of rescue and clearing problem. QSL860 wreckers crane and other emergency vehicles are in route. All units south district 1240 has intercepted at 168 Chevy at Southwest 112th Street and 3rd Avenue. Cop Martin 245 451 Gonzalez 251 440. It looks simple enough. Just follow the rules, regulations, and orders. But you're about to witness a series of incidents that any firstline supervisor may be faced with at any time. The twined sword of authority and responsibility serves to penetrate to the primary point of it's your move, Sergeant. Things are really breaking right for Sergeant Jackson. just made Sergeant wife just had a baby boy and he's got final exams in advanced education classes all in this same week 625 who ever thought I'd be supervising the guys I used to rock with but I guess that's 625 625 625 650 650 K 650 unable to raise 625 QSL what was His last QTH 650. This is CO. 625 took a 10 in the park 30 minutes ago, but shows in service now. Okay. 650 QSL. I'll check his zone. QSL 650. 625. That's O'Brien. I wonder where the hell he is. I better check the park first. Deputy [Music] Sheriff 04. We're bringing a party to headquarters. 650 650 K. Be advised, I've located 625 QTH the park between Elm and Quincy. QSL 650. 28 1527 will be out. Hey O'Brien, are you okay? No sweat. Mark is getting too wink. What are you doing sleeping? You just missed a call. What is this chicken [ __ ] You know we've done this before. It's no big deal. You know what the midnight ship's like. I remember when you and Brockmire got your ass in a sling and we blew the whistle on you. On you. It's your move, Sergeant. I'm a secretary. Where are you? Secretary at I'm working with Joseph Incorporated. It's an advertising agency. You like working with them? It's a lot of fun. Meet a lot of interesting people. We do a lot of interesting ads. But the experience interesting a lot of pretty girls in this town, especially today. We're going to have to uh maybe get together one day. That would be nice. Well, I'm off Wednesdays, so maybe we could get together Wednesday. Uh I work Wednesday, so Well, we can make it Thursday. Thursday is no good for me. How about Friday after work? We can meet at your place. Friday night's screwed. I could offer about 10. My roommates on a trip. Great. I'll bring some wine. What kind you like? No, forget some wine. Sorry. Wait a minute. 422. I think I got a call. 422. Are you trying to raise this unit? 422K at 27 at northeast 10th Avenue and 135th Street. Chel Northeast 18th Avenue and 159 Street. [Music] Also report to Ro. That's right, Sergeant. He's out of his zone again. 333 is service headquarters 33. Training two, can I have that CN number for uh St. Ambrose, please? Complete. Training two, your number is 2002 868. Training 2 is 2028. Thank you. 1633. [Music] [Music] None of us at Ruth Min. Let's see. 422 arrival. QSL 422 arrival 339. I tell you, you are [Music] Mr. Brink, how long have you lived here, sir? About 4 years. Four years. Have you ever had anything missing before? No. All right. Uh, what make lawnmower was this? It's Sears Robuck. Sears and Robuck. Yeah. Approximately what was its value? About $300. $300. When did you first miss it? Today. This morning. This morning. Approximately what time? About 12:00. 12:00 this morning. All right. 738 at 1635. 736. 737 is somebody took the guy's uh lawnmower. I'll be through with this report in just a minute. Serge, just a minute. Sorry. Just a minute. Sorry. Just a minute. Sorry. Just a minute. Sorry. It's your move, [Music] Sergeant. on it. Man, day is the war, ain't it? What are we going to do? Can't get into anything on a bet. You get some kind of a catch today. What do you got in mind? Got to take almost anything to keep our back. You hungry? What do you say? Let's eat. Yeah, sure. 619. 619, you guys. 619 at 12. QSL 619 at 12 and 52. Cloverleaf Diner 650 650 K 5619 negative on that 12 now wait 624 checks back into service 619 619 that's where this guy I don't know he's been on our backs all day here again we can't figure these guys out they know how busy we are. On top of it, we're short-handed. Do they care? Hell no. All they want to do is feed their faces. 1624. Well, I'll be damned. [Music] [Music] [Music] 650 650 K a 10 at the Howard Johnson's at the clover leaf 650 [Music] Yeah, she's still out there making money. What are you going to do about her? How you going to stop with prostitutes? They get in jail, they get out. do something later. Yeah. Yeah. We'll put in a [ __ ] I like the back in the night time action. [Music] Streets are pretty. It's your move, Sergeant. You might call them a matched pair, Smith and Willlet. Their combined experience represents over a quarter of a century of police service. Both have a folder full of commendations from the public and the department. Disciplinary action has been imposed once for each officer for a minor infraction. They're what is known in the trade as good street men. 365 365 K 365 A14 and 1672 Northeast 92nd Street B&J LOR reference open rear door. No other information. 365 QSL, 14th Avenue and 91st Street. [Music] That's Frank Young. Good cop. DJ Lickers, an open door. I hope the hell that place hasn't been hit again. Well, I'm not far away. I better drop by and see what it is. Maybe check up front city and find a number for the manager. Okay. [Music] 1626. 332 is the service. 332 is 1626. We're bringing a party to headquarters from Ramon. 204. Is that is that one from the deputy sheriff? Hey, did you find that number? Yeah, I'm calling him now. [Music] 650 650k. Show me arriving on 365 26 and put me out on the 15. [Music] 1527. What the hell is this? Our number 304. Your number is 87 312 call for number. What do you got, Willlet? B& busted through the back window. Grabbed the stuff. Went out the back door. Partner's car manager. He's on his way. That's it. That's it. What's with the whiskey in the backseat of the car? Pour whiskey? Yeah. Pour whiskey. Pour whiskey. Pour whiskey. Pour whiskey. Pour whiskey. It's your move, Sergeant. How you doing? Pretty good. Larry, I understand you're starting a new [ __ ] How do you think you're going to like it? Fine. I can't complain. Nobody will listen anyway. Still working on the midnight [ __ ] How are you? Like it? Yeah. Hey, hey, how you doing? What's going on? Well, anyway, anyway, we're talking about that the other day and I told he fell down. Hey, Larry, see that guy coming through the door? Mhm. Well, that's Green. He's the captain's fair-haired boy. He's the reason Casey got transferred. Casey brought him up to lieutenant on charges, but the lieutenant was afraid to buck the captain, and Green knew it. So, Casey went down the drain. He does pretty much what he wants to around here, so you better steer clear of him. He's bad news. Thanks for the tip, man. I really appreciate the information. No sweat. Hey, what time is it? Uh 7:45. Off to fight a little crime and corruption. See you later. Do that again. [Music] What it is, brother? It's your move, son. [Music] 55 441 cold 619. Nothing, sir. Did I do anything wrong? Oh, not really, but I hate to see a pretty little body like yours all messed up in an accident. Can I see your driver license? Okay. You married? No. You work? Uh-huh. Where? Big Daddy. Big Daddy, isn't it? Which one? You went around the corner. I go there once in a while after work. You working there at night? Uh-huh. [Music] Unit 650. 650. Give me a 15 with unit 329. QTH Northwest 7th Avenue and 10th Street. QSL. QSL 650. You still live here? No, I move. You did? Where? No. That was 162. Your home office? No, I live alone. No. All right. Here comes the new sergeant. Once we put him in this place, I didn't call for a backup. If I need one, I'll let you know. Okay. It's your move, Sergeant. Second server. Everything is okay here. Get 842 345 73. 01. Your number is 8. It's your loose [Music] It is the king. That's your number. [Music] What in the hell am I going to do with this guy? I'm still on probation. I don't want any trouble. Want any trouble? It's your move, Sergeant. 419 419 Call the lieutenant's office right away. Kill [Music] yourself. Can I see your driver's license, please, sir? Thank you. Mr. Adams, I stopped you because you ran a stop sign back there. I'm only going to warn you because there's sort of a rolling stop, but I'd like for you to use caution if you will please, sir. Avoid an accident. Drive safely. Thank you. [Music] Oh, yeah. Hartman, check out a service and go by the bakery warehouse. See the doc foreman. Lenny. That's Lenny. Is that right, sir? Yeah, Lenny. Tell them I sent you. Right. Then come to my office before you clear. You, Lenny? Yeah, man. That's me. I'm Officer Hartman. Lieutenant Crawford advised me to contact you. Okay. Give me a minute. [Music] [Music] Ah, that's my boy. Let me see those goodies. You eat this bread, Hartman? No, sir. I don't. Well, you should. I'm raising two kids on it. Is there anything else, sir? Oh, yeah. Before I forget it, stop over there Wednesday about the same time and bring the stuff in here. Tell Lenny to put more sweet stuff in there, will you? Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] 8582. What's happening? I'll tell you what's happening. Better yet, I'll show you what's happening. Come on to my car. Okay. That's what's happening. Sergeant, I've got to talk to you about this. Lieutenant Crawford has sent me to August Brothers Bakery three times in a week to pick up that crap. Damn it. It's embarrassing as hell for me to stand there waiting for a handout. Sergeant, you got to get me out of this. I don't think I'm required to do this just because he's a lieutenant. A lieutenant. The lieutenant. The lieutenant. It's your move, Sergeant. You may be faced with at any time. The twined sword of authority and responsibility serves to penetrate to the primary point of it's your move, Sergeant. I love that film so much. I mean, I have other films that get more, you know, dealing with the violence and, you know, the shoot don't shoot, which is very problematic to show nowadays. But, uh, that one is so great. The cops hitting on on the ladies, taking a little liquor for myself and the the bread, all that stuff is so great. And it's it's in that same vein as those Alcoa films. Um, thanks for watching today. I appreciate you letting me show you stuff. Um, if you were around tonight, I think it might have sold out. So, at the Alamo, I'm doing a show called How to Survive and it's filmed on How to Survive. Um, and let me I'm looking to see there's some tickets available. Yes, a couple just popped up. There's four tickets available. Um, and we'll watch some films, some of which I've shown on here, some of them I haven't. Um, and they're all films about how to survive. So, I'd love to see you in person if you can make it. It's this the show starts at 7. Uh, but, uh, show up a little early, 6:30 or so, and uh, say hi. Everybody have a great rest of your day. and I will see you either tonight or I'll see you tomorrow. Everybody, take care. Bye. Thank you.