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{{Filmjr |title=Airport America |embid=0316AirportAmerica |embsv=archiveorg |desc=Advocates increased airport construction, especially in rural America. Describes the centrality of general aviation to the U.S. economy. | {{Filmjr |title=Airport America |embid=0316AirportAmerica |embsv=archiveorg |desc=Advocates increased airport construction, especially in rural America. Describes the centrality of general aviation to the U.S. economy.|forma=16mm |year=1954 |up=|next=|prev=|step= |lang=English |pbrs=Film Originals |heldby=PA |len=13:58 |link= |bw= |ani= |ewid= }} | ||
Many aerials of American townscapes, farms throughout | ==Shot List == | ||
Steam train | * Many aerials of American townscapes, farms throughout | ||
Couple cranking and driving old cranked automobile (supposed to be 1903) | * Steam train | ||
Rutted road | * Couple cranking and driving old cranked automobile (supposed to be 1903) | ||
Crowded LA freeway many cars in one direction, few in another | * Rutted road | ||
The Stack near downtown LA | * Crowded LA freeway many cars in one direction, few in another | ||
Old barnstorming pilot; well-dressed couple gets out of old biplane | * The Stack near downtown LA | ||
Passengers at North Platte airport | * Old barnstorming pilot; well-dressed couple gets out of old biplane | ||
VS crowds at airport | * Passengers at North Platte airport | ||
Passengers greeting plane | * VS crowds at airport | ||
Skeletons of new terminal buildings under construction | * Passengers greeting plane | ||
VS aerials and street-level shots of small American towns (good) | * Skeletons of new terminal buildings under construction | ||
Aerial small-town airport | * VS aerials and street-level shots of small American towns (good) | ||
Old yellow-cab station wagon pulling in at small-town airport | * Aerial small-town airport | ||
VS small-town airports | * Old yellow-cab station wagon pulling in at small-town airport | ||
Sign: Vicksburg Airport, Vicksburg, Miss. | * VS small-town airports | ||
VS small private planes at small airports | * Sign: Vicksburg Airport, Vicksburg, Miss. | ||
Man whitewashing lines on stones to form control boundary at small airport | * VS small private planes at small airports | ||
Aerials of rural airports | * Man whitewashing lines on stones to form control boundary at small airport | ||
Construction and survey crews at small airports (VS) | * Aerials of rural airports | ||
VS harvestable crops (wheat sheaves) | * Construction and survey crews at small airports (VS) | ||
VS wheat harvesting with 2 combines and trucks | * VS harvestable crops (wheat sheaves) | ||
Man painting cropduster sign South Carolina Aerial Surveying Service Inc. | * VS wheat harvesting with 2 combines and trucks | ||
VS man starting engine on biplane | * Man painting cropduster sign South Carolina Aerial Surveying Service Inc. | ||
VS biplane cropdusting | * VS man starting engine on biplane | ||
CU pilot with goggles looking into and onside of camera which is placed in cockpit of cropduster (good obsessive image showing cropdusting) | * VS biplane cropdusting | ||
Farmer paying check to pilot | * CU pilot with goggles looking into and onside of camera which is placed in cockpit of cropduster (good obsessive image showing cropdusting) | ||
Airplane lands in field to deliver spare part to harvesting combine | * Farmer paying check to pilot | ||
(music same as Goodbye Mr. Roach hatching sequence) | * Airplane lands in field to deliver spare part to harvesting combine | ||
VS harvesting and maintenance | * (music same as Goodbye Mr. Roach hatching sequence) | ||
VS burned tree trunks and timber post forest fire | * VS harvesting and maintenance | ||
Forest Service plane taking off at airstrip | * VS burned tree trunks and timber post forest fire | ||
VS Smokejumpers parachuting out of plane (seen from plane window looking back) | * Forest Service plane taking off at airstrip | ||
Air-to-air shot looking down on insect-spraying plane, spraying insecticide from both sings | * VS Smokejumpers parachuting out of plane (seen from plane window looking back) | ||
Logger felling tree (Douglas fir?) | * Air-to-air shot looking down on insect-spraying plane, spraying insecticide from both sings | ||
VS logging; trees breaking and falling | * Logger felling tree (Douglas fir?) | ||
Logging truck with logs pulling away with sunset in background | * VS logging; trees breaking and falling | ||
Cart pulling gleaming plane out of hangar | * Logging truck with logs pulling away with sunset in background | ||
VS runways from above | * Cart pulling gleaming plane out of hangar | ||
Le Tourneau marked on airplane rudder | * VS runways from above | ||
Union Oil Company on airplane rudder | * Le Tourneau marked on airplane rudder | ||
Businessmen leaving terminal building | * Union Oil Company on airplane rudder | ||
Firestone HQ | * Businessmen leaving terminal building | ||
Kraft Foods Company HQ | * Firestone HQ | ||
Men in white shirts and ties entering Raytheon corporate plane | * Kraft Foods Company HQ | ||
Businessmen walking into | * Men in white shirts and ties entering Raytheon corporate plane | ||
Aerial of open pit mining | * Businessmen walking into Idaho National Bank | ||
Shot of smokestacks (good) | * Aerial of open pit mining | ||
Workers leaving factory | * Shot of smokestacks (good) | ||
VS heavy industry | * Workers leaving factory | ||
CU oil well counterweight rotating | * VS heavy industry | ||
Oil well at sunset (good) | * CU oil well counterweight rotating | ||
Man puts suitcase into luggage compartment of small plane marked Fitzpatrick Drilling Company | * Oil well at sunset (good) | ||
Two men unloading stretcher from red air ambulance | * Man puts suitcase into luggage compartment of small plane marked Fitzpatrick Drilling Company | ||
Another cropdusting shot | * Two men unloading stretcher from red air ambulance | ||
Airplane taxiing thru wheat field | * Another cropdusting shot | ||
Family getting into small plane | * Airplane taxiing thru wheat field | ||
Couple with rifles getting into red plane (sportsmen) | * Family getting into small plane | ||
Passengers leaving small plane marked Provincetown-Boston Airline | * Couple with rifles getting into red plane (sportsmen) | ||
Small plane taxiing by hangar marked Aircraft Division | * Passengers leaving small plane marked Provincetown-Boston Airline | ||
Aerial (low) of small town | * Small plane taxiing by hangar marked Aircraft Division | ||
Narrator: The air is the greatest freeway man will ever know. It doesn t have to be built or maintained. | * Aerial (low) of small town | ||
* Narrator: ''The air is the greatest freeway man will ever know. It doesn't have to be built or maintained. It touches every city and town.'' | |||
Latest revision as of 00:08, 21 December 2021
Airport America is a short film from 1954 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Advocates increased airport construction, especially in rural America. Describes the centrality of general aviation to the U.S. economy.
| Airport America | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Film Originals |
Production company | Film Originals |
| Distributed by | Film Originals |
Release date | 1954 |
Running time | 13:58 |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
- Many aerials of American townscapes, farms throughout
- Steam train
- Couple cranking and driving old cranked automobile (supposed to be 1903)
- Rutted road
- Crowded LA freeway many cars in one direction, few in another
- The Stack near downtown LA
- Old barnstorming pilot; well-dressed couple gets out of old biplane
- Passengers at North Platte airport
- VS crowds at airport
- Passengers greeting plane
- Skeletons of new terminal buildings under construction
- VS aerials and street-level shots of small American towns (good)
- Aerial small-town airport
- Old yellow-cab station wagon pulling in at small-town airport
- VS small-town airports
- Sign: Vicksburg Airport, Vicksburg, Miss.
- VS small private planes at small airports
- Man whitewashing lines on stones to form control boundary at small airport
- Aerials of rural airports
- Construction and survey crews at small airports (VS)
- VS harvestable crops (wheat sheaves)
- VS wheat harvesting with 2 combines and trucks
- Man painting cropduster sign South Carolina Aerial Surveying Service Inc.
- VS man starting engine on biplane
- VS biplane cropdusting
- CU pilot with goggles looking into and onside of camera which is placed in cockpit of cropduster (good obsessive image showing cropdusting)
- Farmer paying check to pilot
- Airplane lands in field to deliver spare part to harvesting combine
- (music same as Goodbye Mr. Roach hatching sequence)
- VS harvesting and maintenance
- VS burned tree trunks and timber post forest fire
- Forest Service plane taking off at airstrip
- VS Smokejumpers parachuting out of plane (seen from plane window looking back)
- Air-to-air shot looking down on insect-spraying plane, spraying insecticide from both sings
- Logger felling tree (Douglas fir?)
- VS logging; trees breaking and falling
- Logging truck with logs pulling away with sunset in background
- Cart pulling gleaming plane out of hangar
- VS runways from above
- Le Tourneau marked on airplane rudder
- Union Oil Company on airplane rudder
- Businessmen leaving terminal building
- Firestone HQ
- Kraft Foods Company HQ
- Men in white shirts and ties entering Raytheon corporate plane
- Businessmen walking into Idaho National Bank
- Aerial of open pit mining
- Shot of smokestacks (good)
- Workers leaving factory
- VS heavy industry
- CU oil well counterweight rotating
- Oil well at sunset (good)
- Man puts suitcase into luggage compartment of small plane marked Fitzpatrick Drilling Company
- Two men unloading stretcher from red air ambulance
- Another cropdusting shot
- Airplane taxiing thru wheat field
- Family getting into small plane
- Couple with rifles getting into red plane (sportsmen)
- Passengers leaving small plane marked Provincetown-Boston Airline
- Small plane taxiing by hangar marked Aircraft Division
- Aerial (low) of small town
- Narrator: The air is the greatest freeway man will ever know. It doesn't have to be built or maintained. It touches every city and town.