Lucky Junior
Lucky Junior is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Shows how babies born in Michigan enjoy better health and freedom from disease due to excellent medical care in Michigan. Includes shots of babies, children and doctors; scenes of scarlet fever, diphtheria and quarantines; a newborn's feet being footprinted; an excellent shot showing nurses rolling a long line of bassinets (filled with babies) through a hospital corridor (this shot reads "baby boom" better than most other shots); a young child being washed; dramatized scenes of illness and sickness; shots of healthy children on a playground, including riding by camera on a circular ride.
01:02:52:11-01:02:53:20 LS (running) Ambulance drives city street at night toward camera 01:02:53:21-01:02:56:09 Dissolve to CU sign on door: "Delivery room" 01:02:56:10-01:02:59:15 Dissolve to CU surgeon in cap and mask apparently delivering baby 01:02:55:16-01:03:04:01 Dissolve to CU crying infant wrapped in blanket 01:03:04:02-01:03:05:27 Dissolve to CU hand with fountain pen fills out form 01:03:05:08-01:03:07:12 CU baby's footprints being stamped on hospital ID card 01:03:07:13-01:03:09:26 CU hands attach ID necklace to infant in blanket 01:03:09:26-01:03:13:15 CU hands typing 01:03:13:16-01:03:20:12 Dissolve to CU hand filling out hospital form with fountain pen 01:03:20:13-01:04:03:24 MS man in suit at desk of fancy office looks through file box on desk, takes out card, compares 2 documents, talks to camera 01:04:03:25-01:04:21:18 MS housewife in old-fashioned kitchen folds laundry on round table, takes lid off very large pot on old-style stove and ladles steaming hot liquid from stockpot into enamel basin on stove 01:04:21:19-01:04:26:05 Dissolve to cute little boy playing with cocker spaniel 01:04:26:06-01:04:37:03 Dissolve to CU hands nailing sign "Whooping Cough - Quarantine" on door 01:04:37:04-01:04:44:28 Dissolve to CU sign on door "Diphtheria - Quarantine" 01:04:44:29-01:05:02:27 Dissolve to MS bedroom, child lies in bed, woman stands far side of bed, doctor sits near side bed and takes child's pulse 01:05:03:00-01:05:05:03 Dissolve to LS child runs round corner outside of house and falls on knees 01:05:05:03-01:05:08:03 CU child kneels on ground either side of ground of board with nails sticking up. He gets up unhurt 01:05:08:04-01:05:13:20 CU board with nail sticking up lying on ground 01:05:13:21-01:05:49:17 Dissolve to CU man at desk in fancy office holding two 4 by 6 file cards, talking 01:05:49:18-01:05:53:27 Dissolve to MS doctor and women converse across desk with examination table to the right 01:05:53:28-01:05:56:21 Dissolve to CU notice announcing pre-natal classes given at hospital 01:06:02:08-01:06:15:13 Dissolve to MLS procession of nurses wheeling 2 babies each in hospital carriers around corner in hallway (excellent baby-boom shot) 01:06:15:13-01:06:18:18 MS nurse wheels baby in hospital carrier through doorway 01:06:18:19-01:06:32:07 Dissolve to MS baby in hospital incubator. Nurse opens glass top to give infant a bottle. CU infant in incubator drinking from bottle 01:06:32:08-01:06:43:14 Dissolve to hallway with women with infants and small children seated on benches. Nurse enters from doorway and ushers in women and little girl-waiting room of clinic 01:06:43:15-01:06:54:18 Dissolve to MS doctor, smiling, examines half-dressed little girl with stethoscope while she stands on table in clinic. She leans against her mother. 01:06:54:20-01:07:03:06 Dissolve to CU hands wringing out natural sponge. Camera pans down stream of water from sponge which is splashing on head of very young child. [Real cute] Infants bathing 01:07:03:07-01:07:12:25 Dissolve to MS little girl places baby doll into the doll crib and tucks it in 01:07:12:30-01:07:25:00 Dissolve to CU faces of girls riding small carousel; various delighted expressions against sky 01:07:25:01-01:07:30:24 Dissolve to LS men on tractor in orchard spraying the trees with insecticide. Tractor drives down toward camera. (Agriculture) 01:08:29:23-01:08:30:27 MS soldiers at the front advancing through barbed wire. 01:08:30:21-01:08:33:07 MCU soldier at front (others behind him) fires rifle 01:08:33:08-01:08:36:07 MS soldiers in combat run around side of tank 01:08:36:01-01:08:37:15 MS (from necks down) soldiers walking through mud 01:08:37:16-01:08:45:25 Dissolve to CU bottle of Tetanus toxin superimposed over feet and legs of children as they step over boards with rusty nails sticking up. Bottle fades out halfway through shot 01:09:14:13-01:09:20:19 CU toddler with doll sitting up in bed against pillow. Child shakes head from side to side. 01:09:20:20-01:09:27:14 Dissolve to LS from behind young children at tables in classroom. they raise hands in unison. Teacher is at blackboard. Little girl stands up. 01:09:27:15-01:09:30:22 Dissolve to CU little blond girl catching volleyball. She throws it up in the air. 01:09:30:23-01:09:32:22 CU to little dark-haired girl on lawn. she catches volleyball and throws it back 01:09:32:23-01:09:34:22 Dissolve to MCU small boy sitting on ground oiling skates with oil can 01:09:34:23-01:09:37:17 Dissolve to CU little girl 01:09:3718:-01:09:39:29 Dissolve to boy with glasses reading book while sitting on lawn. He scratches head and gazes up. 01:09:40:00-01:09:42:03 Dissolve to CU little girl smells large flower (looks like a white peony) 01:09:42:04-01:09:45:07 Dissolve to MS boy in overalls with hat and eyeglasses holds bamboo fishing pole over stream 01:09:45:08-01:09:47:23 CU blonde boy eating popsicle 01:09:47:24-01:09:50:16 Dissolve to CU little boy 01:09:50:17-01:09:51:28 Dissolve to CU little boy holds baseball bat 01:09:51:29-01:09:53:25 CU boy throwing baseball 01:09:53:26-01:09:55:03 CU boy swings baseball bat 01:09:55:04-01:09:56:08 CU boy winding up to pitch baseball 01:10:08:08-01:10:15:12 CU child lying in bed. Doctor shoves tongue depressor in his mouth MS nurse holds boy's head as doctor examines his throat 01:10:15:13-01:10:21:10 CU girl in bed. Nurse's hands take blood sample from finger MS patient holds up finger as nurse picks up rubber tube and puts one end in her mouth 01:10:21:11-01:10:24:23 MS little girl with bows in her hair sits in hospital bed attended by doctor and 2 nurses 01:10:24:24-01:10:51:15 MS boy reads book in bed (in children's ward) with teddy bear. Pan left to other single bed where nurse strokes hair of little boy lying there. Third child lies in bed to left of nurse 01:10:51:16-01:11:02:04 MS doctor examines child at home in bed with stethoscope. Mother sits to left of bed and buttons child's pj's when doctor is through 01:11:10:08-01:11:19:00 MS man in dark suit with pointer lectures at blackboard. Pan right to room full of doctors in white uniforms at desks in front of men in suits at desks further back 01:11:19:08-01:11:26:12 Dissolve to MS man selects book from wall of legal/medical books on shelves. He opens the book and turns pages. 01:11:26:13-01:11:31:19 Dissolve to man at desk in office or library taking notes from book 01:11:31:20-01:11:35:24 Dissolve to MS nurse enters children's ward of hospital. Sign: "Children's Ward" on wall. Nurse walks by and is filmed from behind. 01:11:35:25-01:11:41:06 LS Activities Room of children's ward of hospital, daycare center, or nursery school. 2 nurses attend to children. VS children in cribs, highchairs, at tea-tables, playing with toys, or reading. 01:12:19:06-01:12:27:28 Baby with necklace wrapped in blanket. Fade out.
THE END| Lucky Junior | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | 1948 |
Running time | 10:00 |
| Language | English |
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