Hear And Now

Creator: unknown

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: 05:18:39:00 LS Little boy sleeps in bed, portable radio in table next to bed; 05:19:03:00 LS Boy wakes up in morning, he is wearing striped pajamas; 05:19:24:00 CU Bread pops up in toaster, woman's hands remove it, zoom out; woman places more bread in toaster; 05:19:40:00 MS Woman sips coffee, starts to butter mounds of toast; 05:19:49:00 MS Man shaves with electric razor while looking into mirror; 05:20:00:00 LS Family sits eating breakfast, radio prominently displayed; 05:20:10:00 LS Father listens closely to radio, weather forecast is broadcast; 05:20:15:00 LS Mother puts coat on little boy who kisses her goodbye; father and mother kiss goodbye, father takes son with him; 05:20:35:00 CU Harold Phillips, president of the National Association of Broadcasters speaks; to camera about the importance of radio; 05:21:20:00 MS Man with headphones on works in front of control panels; 05:21:28:00 LS Men work adjusting dials and switches; 05:21:32:00 Montage of city shots: subway, crowd seen from overhead, city streets; 05:21:39:00 LS Draft animals pull cart on hillside; 05:21:46:00 MS Man in control booth, reflections of reels spinning are seen on his windows; 05:21:47:00 CU Light "ON AIR" sign; 05:21:48:00 LS Camera pans up radio broadcast tower; 05:21:56:00 MS Ham or crystal radio set being used by man and boy; 05:21:58:00 CU President Warren Harding; 05:22:02:00 CU Presidential candidate James Cox; 05:22:05:00 LS presidential convention; 05:22:22:00 LS Old couple listen to radio account of presidential convention, radio has large; cone amplifier; 05:22:27:00 LS Ticker tape parade, 1928 presidential candidate Alfred Smith waves to crowds; 05:22:43:00 LS Herbert Hoover speaks into a radio microphone; 05:22:50:00 LS Family, including older people, sits around 'watching' the radio; 05:23:00:00 LS 1933, crowds of somber people gather to hear Franklin Roosevelt, FDR says line; It is my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.; 05:23:17:00 LS Man, supine, sleeping in public park with hat over his head; 05:23:21:00 LS Men in breadlines; 05:23:29:00 LS Scrawny, hungry Depression-era cat; 05:23:31:00 LS Man washes his face at public outdoor tap; 05:23:35:00 LS Children on bicycles and roller skates on sidewalk; 05:23:37:00 LS Children being spun around on carnival ride which is handcranked by boy; 05:23:42:00 LS Montage of shots of people listening to radio at home and work; 05:23:46:00 MS King Edward VIII of England is shown in a studio, voiceover is Edward abdicating; his throne, Edward walks with Wallis Warfield Simpson down path; 05:23:59:00 CU Wallis Simpson; 05:24:00:00 LS Zepplein Hindenburg explodes, voiceover radio reporter; 05:24:35:00 CU Radio, voiceover: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor; 05:24:40:00 LS Warplanes seen in air; 05:24:54:00 LS Explosions of ships at Pearl Harbor, voiceover: FDR saying "December 7, 1941, a; date which will live in infamy; 05:25:05:00 MS American soldiers in city move stealthily through town, tank parked in; background (this sequence is all World War II footage); 05:25:14:00 LS Explosion of shell on hillside; 05:25:18:00 LS American tanks shoot; 05:25:23:00 LS Artillery shoots; 05:25:26:00 LS NBC studio, many children with headphones on; 05:25:33:00 CU NBC reporter interviews English child who is staying in U.S. for the duration of; the war, her mother's voice is heard as well; 05:25:54:00 LS U.S. Naval troops stand on deck of ship; 05:25:57:00 CU Japanese minister signs surrender in WWII; 05:26:01:00 LS Exterior United Nations building; 05:26:06:00 LS United Nations meeting; 05:26:11:00 LS Radio broadcast tower seen from below; 05:26:21:00 CU Tabletop radio; 05:26:23:00 LS Government building in Singapore; 05:26:25:00 LS Riots in Paris, police beat people; 05:26:28:00 LS Capitol building, trees in foreground; 05:26:31:00 LS President Harry Truman, circled by a bevy of reporters; 05:26:35:00 CU Harry Truman; 05:26:37:00 MS Reporters scramble for telephones; 05:26:44:00 LS Reporters in phone booths next to each other call in their stories; 05:26:46:00 LS Newsroom; 05:26:49:00 CU Reporter reads news into a microphone; 05:26:54:00 LS/MS President Eisenhower has press conference which is broadcast; 05:27:20:00 CU Harold Phillips, president of NAB, speaks about how much radio touches the; lives of Americans; 05:27:52:00 LS Woman works in kitchen, reaches over to adjust radio dial; 05:27:57:00 LS Giant radio antenna, used for civil defense warning; 05:28:04:00 LS Rocket launches; 05:28:07:00 LS Military airplane takes off; 05:28:11:00 CU Hand adjusts dials on radio; 05:28:16:00 LS Clouds move across sky, dust blows across field; 05:28:27:00 MS People secure their buildings against severe storms; 05:28:33:00 CU Radio is pictured, voiceover "warning a tornado is headed this way; 05:28:43:00 LS Funnel of a tornado is seen in the distance; 05:28:51:00 CU Radio reporter uses telephone in car; 05:28:57:00 LS Tornado seen in distance over city; 05:29:05:00 LS Much debris is blown very high into the air by a tornado; 05:29:00:00 MS Radio reporter on car telephone broadcasts, vehicle has a sign which reads "KNAB; 05:29:32:00 Lightning streaks; 05:29:37:00 CU Water flowing down muddy hillside, first in streaks, then torrents; 05:29:44:00 LS Flood waters rush through streets, through homes; 05:29:56:00 LS Helicopter seen overhead; 05:30:00:00 LS Aerial view flooded railroad tracks; 05:30:08:00 LS Seen from above, fire engine drives by; 05:30:14:00 LS "KNAB" station wagon drives up, reporter leans out, reports on the phone; 05:30:20:00 LS Firefighters unhook hoses and begin spraying fire with water; 05:30:47:00 CU Portable tape recorder is turned on; 05:30:50:00 CU Reporter interviews fire chief on the scene; 05:31:00:00 MS Reporter interviews mother, son, daughter; 05:31:04:00 CU Reporter talks on phone, hanging out of car window; 05:31:10:00 CU Sign "Missing Persons Bureau/Special Investigations Squad; 05:31:12:00 MS Police office reads information about missing persons into radio microphone; 05:31:21:00 CU Wrecking ball; 05:31:26:00 LS Wrecking ball crashes into building, demolishing it; 05:31:40:00 LS Sailboats on the Potomac river, Capitol in the distance; 05:31:49:00 Montage of shots: traffic jam, pedestrians feet, classroom; 05:32:00:00 MS Woman listens to radio at kitchen table; 05:32:06:00 CU Radio; 05:32:19:00 MS Radio announcer reads news; 05:32:39:00 MS Traffic jams; 05:32:44:00 CU Two men inside traffic helicopter; 05:33:00:00 CU Car radio; 05:32:05:00 MS Car drives from traffic jam to clear secondary roads; 05:33:16:00 MS Men working in radio control booth as seen in a mirror; 05:33:21:00 LS Father sitting in easy chair, son on carpet puts on clear plastic "space helmet; and plays with toy rocket, while listening to radio; 05:33:43:00 MS Father balances son on his knee while sitting in easy chair in living room; 05:33:58:00 MS Woman writes note at kitchen tables, tacks it to bulletin board; 05:34:35:00 LS Top-down convertible driving along; 05:34:40:00 LS POV driver looking down highway alongside body of water; 05:34:48:00 MS Man gets up from milking cow, he walks over to radio, turns it on, he has a; cigarette in his mouth; 05:34:55:00 CU Hands sorting mail into boxes; 05:34:57:00 MS Barber cutting hair stops and puts his ear to the radio; 05:34:59:00 LS Professional baseball game, batter hits to shortstop side; 05:35:01:00 CU Barber smiles happily about baseball game; 05:35:03:00 MS Two childen on the beach sitting next to beach towel, woman throws herself down; on towel and turns on radio; 05:35:08:00 MS Teenage boy (crewcut) listens to transistor radio on street with a small; earphone; 05:35:14:00 LS Sunsets in rural area; 05:35:18:00 MS Nighttime car drives up on suburban street, headlights visible, not much else; 05:35:30:00 MS Father wakes up sleeping son in front seat of car, son has toys, balloons. Dad; picks him up and carries him into house; 05:36:11:00 MS Mother tucks son into bed and kisses him goodnight; 05:36:27:00 CU Hand sets alarm on clock radio; [END OF FILM]; • worth noting: nice, short shots of storms.; • 5:29:05:20- 5:29:21:20; Nice, grainy shot of tornado ripping apart small buildings in either Dallas or Kansas—debris flies towards the camera. Lots of movement in this sequence.; • 5:29:45:10- 5:29:54:23; Main Street (in California?) flooded—small buildings practically under water.; • 5:31:21:09- 05:31:35:12; Good shot of demolition of building (the narrator indicates this is part of "slum clearance projects") which starts with ball on crane and cuts to it smashing a large, urban building.; worth noting: two nice driving POV shots from a convertible, but they're short (the first starts at 5:33:04:28 and the second 5:34:35:08).