Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 3)

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Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 3) is a short film from 1937 released on 35mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY BAND DUSTS OFF WORLD'S LARGEST DRUM. DRIVE-IN BANK. BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE: 12,000 BOXING MATCHES AT ONCE. AERIAL CLOWNS SPEED ALONG HIGHWAY. MONKEYS MIMIC STAGE & SCREEN STARS.

Title card: "Chevrolet Leader News" over montage.

0:29:27 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Purdue Goes Over the Top; Men March as Guns Roar."

VS soldiers firing cannons (lots of cannon smoke) in battlefield. VS army convoy; marching band approaches. CU R.O.T.C. marching band. CU drum major (wearing large hat) blowing whistle; automobile and band follow in BG. Giant drum mounted on approaching truck (which turns, revealing "Purdue" lettered on drum); CU 2 uniformed men standing on truck banging "World's Largest Drum." VS marching band and military trucks in convoy. Soldiers (ROTC) standing at ease in field, panning shot as they remove jackets in unison; perform calisthenics / exercises.

0:30:52 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Motorists Bank on Wheels; Safe Deposits Made Easy."

CU foot pressing concealed pedal. CU iron gate being lowered (building in BG).

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VS automobiles driving into entrance of drive-in (sign indicating "Entrance: Drive In"). VS cars pulling up to teller window. Ext. Security First National Bank building; car pulls into drive-in entrance. CU driver removing key from ignition, unlocking glove compartment and removing small, white sack; CU man placing bank book and sack into dumbwaiter. Male bank teller removing bank book from dumbwaiter. ECU dumbwaiter turning. Man in car retrieves bank book from teller and writes in book. Car drives off and peddler pushing vegetable or fruit pushcart rolls up to teller (bypassing car on line). Chubby, Italian vendor (with stereotype thick moustache, scarf and worn hat) runs around cart and places small sack into dumbwaiter; makes hand gestures to driver of car he bypassed; retrieves bank book, glances at it and places in pocket. Cars exiting drive-in bank (sign indicating "Exit Only."

0:32:29 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "25,000 Boy Scouts Yawn at First National Jamboree."

ECU boy scout (wearing large hat) blowing bugle. VS boys sleeping on cots in tents, one stretches and wakes up; 2 boys jostle third and roll him out of bed to wake him. Boys wearing towels (one carries bucket) run out of tent. CU boy washing face with bar of soap under splashing shower; many boys in gang shower. LS hundreds of scouts running in field (observation tower in BG). Scouts dining in mess tent. CU scouts eating. Scouts running and scaling wall. Several scouts tying knots; ECU knot being tied around boy's wrist. CU scout blowing on smoldering clump of weeds until it ignites; drops burning weeds to ground. Scouts stand outdoors surrounding model of Eiffel Tower. Scouts gathered around large glider as one sits in cockpit and buckles up. CU 3 scouts bent over and examining automobile bumper. VS scouts adjusting drivers seat; opening glove compartment; playing with door locks and handles. Hundreds of scouts playfully boxing in large field. Organized boxing match between short and tall boy; smaller boy knocks down larger one. LS Washington monument with scouts marching with flags in FG, superimposed montage of other scouting activity. Scouts marching in front of Washington monument.

0:34:42 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Topside-Down Zip-Upper Makes Fun for Acrobats." Title_Cards

VS automobile with acrobatic equipment (revolving ladder) attached to frame. Camera follows moving car as acrobats spin. CU car tires driving over rocky terrain. CU spinning acrobats.

0:35:36 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Swing Gang Goes

ECU truck grill and headlights; camera pulls back revealing small truck driving; truck driving on highway, lettering on side of truck indicates "Dodson's Hollywood Monkey Stars, World's Best Dressed Performing Monkeys." Man in dressing room opens small cage and monkey jumps out; man struggles to put pants on it (monkey, wearing hat, is seated atop baggage; observes). Monkey truck passing theater marquee. Truck rear door opens and man emerges with monkey on his back. CU man emerging from truck with several costumed monkeys on leashes; they all enter doorway. VS monkeys jumping into chairs in make-up room; one monkey reaches into container of facial powder and eats some, then reaches for more. CU man's hand applying eye-liner to monkey wearing striped jacket and lip powder to monkey wearing dress. CU monkey (wearing striped jacket) with vexed expression. ECU 2 very expressive monkeys. Monkey grabbing her dress away from hand that touches it. Monkeys seated on high chairs on stage; one skates to and pushes wheelbarrow. CU 2 monkeys whose jaws drop open as if in shock. Skating monkey pushing wheelbarrow, drops it and goes back to seat. Monkey (wearing hat) riding tricycle; monkey (wearing dress) jumps on back of tricycle. CU monkey with surprised expression.

Partial shotlist from PA-0558:

16:21:46:24 CU page in newspaper, article headline rises out of picture, headline reads Purdue Goes Over the Top; Men March as Guns Roar

16:21:53:16 Row of guns fired by Purdue University Army reservists, large cloud of smoke

16:22:07:29 Great shot Purdue marching band marches past camera; drum major marches toward camera leading band and navigates around camera, truck with huge bass drum drives toward camera leading marching band and navigates around camera, large Purdue University Army reserve marching band marching toward camera.

16:22:30:23 Two reservists in uniform hitting bass drum in back of truck, according to narrator the largest one in the world ; VS reservists marching band, motor transport division following in parade.

16:22:50:22 Pan over field of Army reservists at Purdue University, soldiers begin to take off their jackets; pan from marching band to field of army reservists doing synchronized exercise, stepping forward with one leg and extending their arms outwards.

16:23:12:15 CU page in newspaper, article headline rises out of page, headline reads Motorists Bank on Wheels; Safe Deposits Made Easy

16:23:19:09 CU disembodied foot presses down on pedal; gate lowers; car dives into entrance to brick building passing beneath Entrance Drive In sign; car pulls up to bank teller window; car pulls into Security First National Bank of Los Angeles; car pulls up to early drive-in bank teller window

16:23:45:12 Great shot from passenger seat in 1940s car, man reaches over to unlock glove compartment with key; VS man makes bank transaction from car.

16:24:07:06 Man pushes vegetable cart up to drive-in bank window cutting in front of car, disembodied voice makes fun of the poor Italian farmer Tony, imitating an Italian accent; 1940s car pulls out of Security First National Bank; LS cars pulling into drive-in at Security First National Bank in Los Angeles, brick building.

16:24:41:12 CU highlighted headline in newspaper, newspaper headline reads 25000 Boy Scouts Yawn at First Nation Jamboree

16:24:46:08 Low-angle shot boy scout blowing bugle, wake up call; boy in tent wakes up, sits up from cot, stretches out arms yawning; low-angle show boy scout blowing bugle

16:24:53:25 Two boys, teenagers, in tent wearing pajamas pushing there friend out of his cot

16:24:58:14 Teenage boys run out of tent toward camera wearing only towels, boy leading carries bucket; VS teenage boys in communal shower

Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 3)
Produced byHandy (Jam) Organization
Production
company
Handy (Jam) Organization
Distributed byHandy (Jam) Organization
Release date
1937
Running time
8:27
LanguageEnglish
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