Threads of Technology
Threads of Technology is a short film from 1970 released on 35mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
| Threads of Technology | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Murphy (Owen) Productions |
Production company | Murphy (Owen) Productions |
| Distributed by | Murphy (Owen) Productions |
Release date | 1970 |
Running time | 962 Feet |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
09:12:30:04 CU parabolic lines morphing in and out of each other on an oscilloscope screen, lines begin to accelerate and morph into a sine-wave-like pattern; dissolves to CU laser passing through a prism.
09:12:55:13 CU automated machine wiring yellow wire through what looks like a pin board.
09:12:59:04 Camera pans around older woman in 1970s fashion working on electronics device in assembly warehouse.
09:13:05:02 Great shot CU newly assembled stove being pushed through warehouse.
09:13:07:21 Aerial of a submarine
09:13:10:00 CU disembodied hands type on keyboard of Raytheon computer, computer with black screen and producing green text on dotted green lines.
09:13:12:08 CU cathode tube radar screen, disembodied hands move various paper markers over surface of screen
09:13:16:26 CU woman looking into a microscope
09:13:18:11 CU microscopic view of precision instrument possibly soldering a computer chip.
09:13:21:14 CU man pushing touchpad buttons on screen, number sequence 7-5-4-5 produced on screen of instrument.
09:13:24:24 CU low-angle looking up through a glass tray of water at a man wearing a suit as he places pairs of rectangular ice cubes in water tray, water ripples distorting image of man�s face.
09:13:25:28 CU instrument printer/recorder producing complicated pattern of dots and dashes of different lengths, printers moves on vertical axis, shots pans over to Raytheon symbol on printer.
09:13:29:19 Camera passes between two rows of complex Raytheon electronic instruments, two long rows look like super computers, Raytheon logo superimposed over shot, dissolves into oscilloscope producing rapidly moving sine wave pattern, �Threads of Technology� title credit superimposed over shot.
09:13:52:06 CU Persian Gulf on an ancient Greek map zoom out to image of entire map, CU various Greek gods along perimeter of map representing the four elements; gods include Zeus, Poseidon, Gaea and a fourth.
09:14:31:29 Low-angle shot what look like ducks flying in V-formation.
09:14:37:11 Dolphins swimming in the ocean.
09:14:46:22 CU Greek map of the world; CU drawing of Poseidon; dissolves to waves crashing on the shore; pan over huge cruise ship the Sagarjoro; aerial of a yacht
09:15:23:04 CU disembodied hand turning dial with Raytheon logo, two flashing red lights indicate dial setting; CU Raytheon radio intercom on boat, disembodied hand enters frame and turns dial on radio then picks of the radio; CU man steering ship talking into radio; CU Raytheon radio
09:15:41:19 MS girl about 13 years old wearing a white knit sweater standing on deck of small boat and looks through binoculars
09:15:50:20 CU radar screen.
09:16:00:16 High-angle overhead shot of man working on large Raytheon radar equipment, man turns various controls, pan up to two men standing over tank of water as bomb shell shaped object is lowered into the water
09:16:52:02 CU huge spinning spool of thick gauge cable; CU cable be let out off back of ship into ocean; LS ship letting out cable into ocean
09:17:12:06 MS research vessel with Raytheon logo painted over its boiler
09:17:32:08 CU instrument panel with various numbered lights flashing
09:17:35:07 CU two spinning reels of magnetic tape for data storage for 1970s to 1980s computer; man closes glass door to spinning reels of computer memory tape
09:17:47:20 CU man writing on clipboard, pan up to Survey Pathometer device recording measurements; CU Precision Pathometer Recorder recording thousands of measurements on paper in various size dashes; CU machine writing line of dashes on horizontal axes
09:18:07:28 Aerial of Navy base with battle ships and submarine
09:18:20:04 Pan down Raytheon assembly line, female workers screwing in and soldering various electronic part
09:18:28:25 VS CU automated machine stamping resistors onto a circuit board; CU tape of resistors; CU automated machine installing resistors; CU large pin board wired with yellow wires slid into machine, older man operates machine rotating the large wire board, man wear 1970s style glasses
09:18:55:02 CU disembodied hand flips switch labeled �Wrap Jog� on control panel with various metal switches.
09:18:56:21 CU old computer punch card reader, pan up to man operating machine; CU VS machine wiring pin board with yellow wire; CU old computer punch cards running through machine; CU automated machine wiring yellow wire around metal pegs.
09:19:33:03 Pan over various women working on assembly line wiring electronic devices
09:19:56:26 VS from atop push cart being pushed down aisle in electronic assemble warehouse
09:20:21:27 CU complicated electronics, wires stemming from circuit board, camera zooms out to high-angle shot engineers in 1970s fashion seated around conference table cluttered with papers and an open circuit board for computer
09:20:44:06 CU 1970s man smoking a pipe
09:20:49:27 Extreme CU along side of man�s face looking through his black frame eye glasses, blurry man�s facing seen through his glasses.
09:20:52:16 CU three disembodied hand, two holding pens, one a metal pointer point to engineers blueprint and make notes.
09:20:58:20 Aerial of submarine
09:21:06:05 Great shot missile shoots out of the water
09:21:17:26 Antique Greek map of the world; CU Greek god of air painted along perimeter of map
09:21:24:29 Aerial shot of 1970s American Airlines plane.
09:21:32:12 MS woman typing on a 1970s Raytheon computer; CU disembodied woman�s hands typing on computer keyboard; CU disembodied finger hits �XMT� button; CU black computer screen with green text reports airport weather conditions including fog delay in London
09:21:46:29 LS plane taking off of run way, zoom out from plane and into air traffic control tower
09:21:55:27 Commercial jet plane landing on runway; VS air traffic control, men at work; CU disembodied hand move white markers over surface of radar screen
09:22:33:20 CU telephone key pad, disembodied finger presses 5-2.
09:22:37:00 CU disembodied finger presses button on control panel of rows of various colored buttons.
09:23:00:25 CU 1970s man wearing large black frame glasses standing in front of complex electronic equipments flips various switches
09:23:08:28 Machine labeled �Data Processing Subsystem�; pan down rows of flashing buttons on control panel
09:23:20:19 Huge circular radar screen with computer keyboard at base of screen, man stands besides radar looking into smaller radar screen.
09:23:22:25 CU pan down various buttons on control panel: Map 1, Map 2, Sector Bound, Depart List, Arrival List etc.; machine related to aviation.
09:23:38:12 low-angle rotating radar satellite dish; LS continuous wave acquisition radar, spinning radar on back of military on beach, ocean and islands in background.
09:23:56:11 CU disembodied hand inserts what looks like a fuse into a slot; CU panel of three cathode ray tube screens above control panel; CU VS technical information on screen, possible radar related.
09:24:34:01 Pan from satellite dish up huge radio signal tower
09:24:44:09 High-angle electrical engineer working on complex blueprints
09:25:08:11 Pan over illuminated x-ray of metal parts, disembodied hand holding red pencil marks x-ray.
09:25:17:29 Punched computer tape being fed into machine, pan up to engineer inspecting tape
09:25:34:28 VS Pan down rows of 1970s women working on electronics in assembly plant; CU pan down row of disembodied arms working on electronics of what look like missiles; two men lift white rocket onto rack with other rockets
09:25:55:22 LS rocket fired in the desert; CU machine marked the Apollo Guidance Computer Test, pan up to machine monitor showing only the number 9.
09:26:07:18 CU disembodied finger presses various buttons that illuminate after being pressed, control panel is labeled RDC Interface; CU disembodied hand turns black dial up to 8 then presses button �Negative�; CU man pressing in various numbers onto number pad of machine; CU frequency counter readout with various red numbers rapidly changing
09:26:18:13 CU machine automated machine does precision wiring with fine metal wire
09:26:43:08 Instrument with what looks like an oscilloscope, pan down to disembodied hand tinkering with controls.
09:26:56:04 LS stock shot of rocket blasting off; VS surface of the earth from space; surface of earth with what is supposed to look like the surface of the moon in the foreground.
09:28:06:22 LS inside steel mill, large block of molten metal is dropped into a cart, cart moves toward camera and dumps block of molten metal.
09:28:17:07 CU gas burner of stove ignites; MS woman places tea kettle on stove top
09:28:31:29 CU disembodied hand opens refrigerator and grabs two hot dogs on a plate beside Dannon yogurt; LS 1970s boy and mother in 1970s modern kitchen, boy slides plate with hot dogs into microwave oven; CU disembodied hand sets dial to 1.5 minutes then presses start which illuminates the dial
09:29:19:00 VS inside manufacturing plant producing Amana refrigerators; VS workers assembling refrigerators