ADT - When Every Minute Counts

ADT - When Every Minute Counts is a short film from 1958 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

not all logged VS fire engines leaving firehouse; people fighting fires

ADT - When Every Minute Counts
Produced by	Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
Production company	Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
Distributed by	Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
Release date	1958
Running time	20:51
Language	English

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shot list

• Pan over fire hazards in warehouse, flames flaring up in cardboard box waste on floor
• Same fire; MS of flames flaring up
• VS exterior night shots of large building fires
• CU sprinkler shooting off
• CU hands turning large valve wheel
• CU hands turning another, smaller valve wheel
• Exterior night shot of warehouse building, unattended
• GS ADT central station alarm facility
• CU red light flashes; operators read signal on paper tape; check codes in signal book and notify Fire Department
• CU paper tape being printed off machine
• CU feet and shoes running across frame
• CU hands turning large, red sprinkler valve wheel
• Aero fire alert system
• Teletherm system
• VS men working in foundry
• CU camera moves towards vent in wall (good)
• CU hand pulling private fire alarm set into marble wall
• CU hands maintaining fire alarm boxes; complicated analog machinery
• MS night watchman (elderly Caucasian) walking through dark factory, shining flashlight around him (good); he yawns; he stretches, leans down to pick up comic book off floor
• MCU night watchman retrained, and running drill press, smiling
• VS alarm going off at ADT central station (natural sound); Klaxon horn sounding in background
• Pan over windows of deserted factory/warehouse at night; criminal in trenchcoat breaks window and climbs in (GOOD)
• CU door with gold lettering: Chief of Police slow pan into door
• Night Ext. Man with flashlight prowling around fenced yard at night
• CU he starts to cut fence with wire cutters
• CU alarm board and red light flashing at ADT central station; operators verify signal and call police
• CU police dispatcher hangs up phone; dispatches 459 silent call over microphone
• CU/LS police in squad car hear call; start car and drive off
• CU armed ADT guard in red car hears call; starts off
• CU headlights of police car and ADT car driving to scene (night exts.)
• Animated drawing showing path of burglar into factory complex; shows him breaking beam of light and sending signal
• ADT dispatchers receiving alarm call
• More animated drawings showing vulnerabilities of buildings skylights, windows, etc.; small figure trying to break in
• VS police car driving; police officers bursting out of car with flashlights and guns (exterior night)
• Another animated drawing showing cutaway inside building; burglar trips ultrasonic alarm system
• Another animated drawing of safecracker
• MS safe (surrounded by ultrasonic field)
• VS other safes protected
• GS safe deposit vault
• CU Protected by ADT sign
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