Chicken of Tomorrow, The
Chicken of Tomorrow, The is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
18:20:23:00 The Chicken of Tomorrow
| Chicken of Tomorrow, The | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Audio Productions |
Production company | Audio Productions |
| Distributed by | Audio Productions |
Release date | 1948 |
Running time | 17:01 |
| Language | English |
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- 18:20:36:00 MCU from above of many baby chickens (18:20:41:00)
- 18:20:51:00 MCU of woman s hands putting baby chicks in cardboard crates (18:20:53:00)
- 18:20:55:00 MCU of girl putting eggs in large box (18:20:58:00)
- 18:21:14:00 MCU of two white-coated men examining dead chickens (18:21:19:00)
- 18:21:20:00 MCU - chickens wrapped in plastic in boxes on conveyor belt (18:21:25:00)
- 18:21:31:00 CU of frying pan with fried chicken being made (18:21:39:00)
- 18:21:41:00 - MCU of woman s hands putting baby chicks in cardboard crates (18:21:43:00)
- 18:21:44:00 - med wide shot - dead chickens on conveyer belt - like dry cleaning racks - very gross (18:21:47:00)
- 18:21:48:00 med wide shot - ladies in chicken packing plant (18:21:53:00)
- 18:21:54:00 CU of plate of very greasy fried chicken (18:21:58:00)
18:22:01:00 MCU of two dead chickens - no heads - white-coat sleeve hand makes examination of two (18:22:14:00)
18:22:52:00 med shot of factory - racks of dead chickens (18:22:56:00)
18:22:57:00 MCU of chicken assembly line - chickens hang from dry-cleaning-style-conveyor belt of hangers - ladies behind do something to them- so so so gross (18:23:00:00)
18:23:01:00 med shot of baby chicks 18:23:05:00 MCU of baby chicks 18:23:08:00 CU of chicks huddled around water source(?) (18:23:16:00)
18:23:40:00 med shot of sign - Chicken of Tomorrow 1948 National Contest (18:23:42:00)
18:24:37:00 med wide shot of hatchery - workers putting egg in trays (18:24:41:00) 18:24:42:00 MCU of girl working in hatchery 18:24:45:00 MCU of another girl working in hatchery 18:24:49:00 MCU of woman working in hatchery 18:24:54:00 med shot of man working in hatchery - putting trays of eggs in racks(18:25:01:00) 18:25:10:00 med shot of man loading trays for eggs into massive incubator (18:25:28:00) 18:25:29:00 MCU of man s hands putting trays of eggs in incubator (18:25:36:00)
18:26:06:00 MCU of egg (18:26:10:00) 18:26:11:00 CU of chick embryo in egg at one week (18:26:20:00) 18:26:21:00 CU of chick embryo in egg at 10 days - absolutely disgusting - very bloody (18:26:27:00) 18:26:28:00 CU of embryo in egg at 2 weeks - looks like little arms inside yolk - total anti-abortion propaganda (18:26:39:00) 18:26:40:00 CU of embryo with massive black goo covering it (18:26:44:00) 18:26:45:00 fade in - CU of egg with little hole it in - (18:26:52:00) 18:26:53:00 CU of egg with slightly larger hole - looks like maggots and worms inside rotten egg (18:27:04:00) 18:27:05:00 CU of egg broken in half - black hairy thing emerging (18:27:08:00) 18:27:09:00 CU - egg mostly crushed but sticking to chick (18:27:14:00) 18:27:15:00 CU - chick finally separates from shell (18:27:18:00) 18:27:19:00 CU of little chick finally looking somewhat cute (18:27:23:00) 18:27:29:00 MCU - man pulls out shelves of baby chicks (18:27:32:00) 18:27:43:00 MCU - woman s hands picking up chicks and dumping them in cardboard boxes (18:47:47:00)
18:28:12:00 MCUs of girls - pretty chicks - holding baby chicks
18:28:35:00 CU of white-coated hands doing strange things to baby chick (putting ID bands on legs) (18:28:49:00)
18:29:49:00 MCUs of hands unloading baby chicks from cardboard box - box labeled Luxury Air Liner (18:29:53:00)
18:30:00:00 MCU - chicks climbing/falling in and out of feeding troughs (18:30:10:00)
18:31:00:00 MCU of full-grown chickens - in pen (18:31:03:00) 18:31:15:00 med shot of chickens (18:31:18:00)
18:31:50:00 med wide shot - inside chicken coop - full grown chickens - reddish brown ones in front, white chickens visible behind them (in another pen) (18:32:08:00) 18:32:09:00 med shot of white-coat men examining live chickens (18:32:13:00) 18:32:14:00 CUs of white-coated hands examining live chickens (18:32:29:00) 18:32:30:00 med shot of white-coat men putting chickens in crates (18:32:32:00) 18:33:00:00 med wide shot of birds being moved from crate to cage by African-American workers without uniforms (18:33:03:00) 18:33:04:00 MCU of man taking birds from crate to cage (18:03:07:00) 18:33:08:00 med shot of man moving tall rack of cages (full of chickens) (18:33:10:00) 18:33:11:00 med shot of two racks of cages full of chickens -I can smell them from here (18:33:14:00) 18:33:15:00 MCU of watering can used to fill tiny trough outside cage full of chickens (18:33:20:00)
18:33:21:00 med shot of headless plucked chickens hanging from wires on conveyor belt in factory - worker examines them as they pass (18:33:26:00)
18:33:33:00 med shot of four white-coated scientists examining specimens from racks of plucked headless chickens (18:33:39:00) 18:33:40:00 med shot of three white-coats examining one specimen - racks and racks in background (18:33:44:00)
18:33:45:00 MCU of women working behind conveyor belt with hanging headless chickens (18:33:49:00) 18:33:50:00 MCU of woman working behind chicken conveyor (18:33:55:00) 18:33:56:00 MCU of man inspecting each hanging chicken (18:34:04:00) 18:34:05:00 MCU - woman hosing off each hanging chicken (18:34:09:00)
18:34:21:00 med shot - camera past cages with live chickens and boxes full of dressed chickens in front of them (18:34:27:00)
18:34:28:00 MCU - clearer shot - camera moves past cages with live chickens and boxes full of dressed chickens in front of them (18:34:41:00)
18:34:42:00) MCU - cages of chickens behind boxes of dressed chickens (18:34:44:00)
18:34:45:00 MCU - more camera moving past live chickens in cages, dressed chickens in boxes (18:34:57:00) 18:35:05:00 med wide shot from above - white float with Chicken Queen and two other girls (18:35:14:00) 18:35:15:00 MCU - Queen in white dress with crown, flanked by two flags, blue sky and trees behind her [no Chicken Queen sign] (18:35:22:00) 18:35:23:00 med shot of Queen, other girls on white float (18:35:27:00)
18:35:48:00 MCU - two men - one holds certificate, other holds live chicken, looks down suddenly as if bird has had a sudden biological function on his shoes (18:35:51:00)
18:35:59:00 MCU - camera moves past nearly empty cages with boxes of dressed bird in front (18:36:03:00)
18:36:04:00 med shot of two white-coated men putting chickens in crate - one nearly escapes (18:36:08:00) 18:36:09:00 med wide shot of chicken factory - chickens hang from conveyor belt - man with big black gloves on makes big pile of chickens on table under conveyor belt - several chickens tossed across the table - very bizarre scene (18:36:14:00) 18:36:15:00 med shot of racks of birds - entire screen is filled with dead chickens - looks like a rubber chicken store (15:36:18:00) 18:36:19:00 med wide shot of women factory workers in white outfits with white hair caps weighing boxes on conveyor belt (18:36:22:00) 18:36:23:00 med shot of chickens in boxes coming down conveyor belt toward camera - women in white outfits on both sides (18:36:27:00)
18:36:32:00 CU of frying pan with fried chicken pieces - hand with carving fork lifting them 18:36:34 CU of plate of fried chicken - looks nice and greasy (18:36:38:00)
18:37:11:00 MCU of lady s hands removing pan full of chicken pieces from oven - VO - Even today, housewives are enjoying improved meat-type chickens (18:37:16:00) 18:37:17:00 MCU - camera moves past row of ladies eating fried chicken - several are posing for the camera while eating - very weird (18:37:26:00)