WJR: One of a Kind
WJR: One of a Kind is a short film from ca. 1966 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Story of radio station WJR, Detroit. Many shots with local radio personalities in studio and people listening to the radio at home, in the ballpark at work and outdoors. Excellent, clear color film with good sequences and shots.
Stock shots: aerials city of Detroit; river; assembly lines; Fisher Building in downtown Announcers shown: J.T. McCarthy; Sportscaster Ernie Harwell to to Chicago White Sox coach, also at the mike calling a game; home run by Norman Cash, White Sox; cutaway to boy in stands listening to transistor radio storyteller Bud Guest and Charlie Park; sportscaster Bob Reynolds; Excellent shots: man shaving; demonstrating Coriolis effect; water going down drains, kitchen and bathroom; stands at football game; people listening to the radio; lions in zoo; African-American man with his kids at zoo and listening to the radio; P.O.V. seated in backseat of car behind couple; teaching classical music appreciation over radio; piano playing; cleaning houseplant's leaves; Detroit Mayor Frank Cavanagh Radio newsroom; teletypes; news wire services; financial reporters doing interviews; single engine plane; Marshall Wells WJR's flying farm editor; Mackinac Yacht Race on Lake Huron (aerial); reporter on the tarmac in Vietnam, Frank Tomlinson with Michigan Governor George Romney radio singing with old microphone; song "When the Saints Come Marching In"; shots of Detroit residential neighborhoods; Descriptions of audience demographics, shots of crowds of pedestrians in crosswalks; freeways; giant interchange; map of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania showing station broadcast area; information about market penetration;
car on highway with canoe tied on top; changing a car tire; Montage of people listening to the radio: CU car radio; woman doing house work; farming mucking out cow stalls; woman waking up in morning; woman driving top down convertible; barbers working on customers in busy shop; couple lying down together at beach; woman preparing food for barbecue; men playing catch with a football; child getting bangs cut at barber; couple having breakfast together;| WJR: One of a Kind | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | ca. 1966 |
Running time | 15:00 (approx.) |
| Language | English |
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