San Jose 70/71

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1971

Complete Record: 70’s era city council meeting. Men in suits sit around table, writing on stacks of paper. American flags and maps behind the men. Ronald R. James, mayor, sits with a microphone and gavel. Others shown are: Norman Y. Mineta - Vice Mayor, Virginia C. Shaffer - Councilman, Joseph A. Colla - Councilman, Walter V. Hays - Councilman, David J. Goglio - Councilman, Kurt Gross - Councilman. Council sits at well lit panel in front of large room with audience but many empty chairs. Shot of politician meeting the people in front of large building. Men in suits holding hard hats inspect construction site. Shot of yellow flowers pans to busy street. Men in suits and women in library. Shot of “Happy Hollow” sign. Children playing in park, petting zoo and play castle. People ride dragon train ride. Cut to large building under construction with cranes. Shot of empty plaza. Man in hardhat looks up at building, sun glints off of the windows. Shot of city from sky. Sign reading “San Antonio Plaza”. Black tar roofs. Churches. Various construction projects. Cut to girl swimming in pool. Adult instructs children as they swim and float. Cut to swimming in forest pool, cabins in forest, El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Shot of large, imposing concrete building, San Jose Public Library. People reading newspapers and books in library, studying. Some people play chess in the library, many examine the shelves. Bird’s eye shot of crowd gathered in front of stage. People in Mexican garb gather on stage in front of large Mexican flag. Cut to woman at counter giving information pamphlets out. Cut to man at radio console. Cut to police bust in the street. Police cars surround a car with a trail of dollar bills leading out from the driver’s side door. Police gather evidence, gun in bag. Man speaks to high school classroom. Woman leads tour for children at municipal building. Cut to more council meeting footage. Montage of concert and opera billings. Shot of empty symphony hall, fades to full symphony hall. Long shot of the players. Cut to welding, more construction. Community theater under construction. Shots of San Jose fire department. Fire trucks roll out, sirens sounding, rush down street to burning building. Man with hose on ladder sprays water at the blaze. More firefighting. Cut to nature shots. Tree blossom, water breaking around rock. Small creek. Koi pond. Children at koi pond smiling. Shots of park. Cut to night with Christmas lights. Montage of Christmas choir, nativity scene, and other various decorations. Mechanical elves at work. Santa with reindeer. Cut to lions lying down in cage, people watching. Shot of penguins swimming underwater in shallow pool. Other animals shown are: crocodile like reptile, maybe a gharial, a bear licking its chops, gibbons swinging on trapeze and looking out of cage, llama, tiger in barred cage, humans delighting in all of these. Cut to man on cherry picker repairing street light. Woman works at some sort of IBM station with printed readouts and punch cars, banks of lights. Men work at water treatment facility. Man works at console with switches and lights. Cut to air traffic control station. Shot of airplane coming in for a landing. Shots of San Jose Municipal Airport including air traffic control tower and various terminals. People get onto jet via stairs on runway. Plane takes off, leaving smoke trail. Shots of boy scouts in the woods. Woman helps little boy with archery, not successful. Large convention center with Christmas themed booths. Close ups of decorations. Cut to shots of flags on large Navy ship. Man speaks at podium in front of ship. Marines stand at attention. Marines salute each other and hold flags in front of the ship, the SS San Jose. Sailors stand at attention. Sailors board the ship. Cut to men at large console of lights and switches. Cut to man with side burns working on a pipe. Scenes of men planting flowers, playing golf. Council panel in front of audience with woman speaking in front at podium. Shot driving by large, suburban houses on street.