They Call It All-States
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They Call It All-States is a short film from ca. mid-1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Many good shots to be logged.
Camp for kids (teens), great film! Teenagers at camp: flag-raising & pledge, breakfast, doing dishes, sweeping (many brooms), lecture in tent, artificial respiration, boy & girl on hike, soda pop, water fountain, guys doing laundry, basketball, horseshoes, swimming, horseback riding, square dance, making beds, writing home, playing musical instruments, candlelight ceremony, musical comedy number talent night.
1950s Co-Op cooperative retreat for teens in Minnesota as part of the Minnesota Farmers Union.
20:42:32:03 Shot looks out through front windshield of inside bus driving down dirt road; Minnesota Farmers Union bus pulls into dirt parking lot with 1950s cars.
20:45:02:29 VS CU reflection of boy in mirror brushing his teeth; CU teenage boy brushing teeth, other boys rough-housing in background; CU various shots 1950s teenage boys and girls washing their faces; audience of teens watch as the American flag is raised, dark rain clouds loom in sky; teens with hands over their hearts. VS long line of teens waiting to get into cafeteria cabin; VS in cafeteria eating; MS girl drinking box of milk with straw.
20:47:06:05 VS line of teenagers washing dishes; great shot CU various size and shape brooms sweeping dirty floor.
20:48:03:00 VS 1950s man speaks into microphone at podium in front of audience under large canopy tent; VS teenagers in audience and older women and men.
20:49:07:07 Great shot man looks into camera on tripod, camera pans to large group of teens posing for picture; teens disperse; VS teenagers working in small mixed-gender groups.
20:51:35:04 Boy and girl sneaks off behind large boulder, boy lifts girl up on rock, holds girl’s hands, courting couple take in the scenic view of rocky landscape in Minnesota.
20:52:21:12 Low-angle MS two 1950s teens hanging out drinking orange soda from bottles; boy hold water fountain on for two teenage girls then takes drink for himself.
20:53:18:03 VS boys playing baseball in open field; boy’s playing game of pickup basketball at campsite on dirt court; group of girls playing basketball; large group boys and girls playing volleyball; boys playing horseshoes alongside cabin; men, women and teens swimming in Sota lake; boys and older man dive off floating platform in the lake; teens riding horses along dirt road and through field.
20:57:16:21 Great shot of large circle of teens dressed up square dancing outside; great low-angle shot of couple doing square dance.
20:58:03:05 MS teenage boy wearing Farmers Union t-shirt working on leather billfold; girls writing a letter; teenage girl shining a shoe; girl writing letter; two girls lying in bed giggling.
20:58:53:23 Great footage of 1950s boys and girls preparing for cross-dress party; boys putting on dresses.
20:59:24:09 Boy in plaid shirt at podium, camera pans over audience teenage boys and girls holding lit candles.
21:00:36:28 CU boy in 1960s style glasses playing harmonica; two boys playing music one on banjo the other guitar; woman on piano with Roy Diggity sheet music; MA boy singing; Ma boy playing clarinet; MS boy playing accordion; 3 girls in matching blue dresses and holding umbrellas over their shoulders do choreographed dance.
21:01:28:16 Teens pack and board Minnesota Farmers Union Bus| They Call It All-States | |
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| Produced by | Stapp, Thomas & Wade, Inc. (Denver) |
Production companies | Stapp, Thomas & Wade, Inc. (Denver) |
| Distributed by | Stapp, Thomas & Wade, Inc. (Denver) |
Release date | ca. mid-1950s |
Running time | 20:02 |
| Language | English |
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