1950S FOOTAGE OF KANSAS CITY, JEFFERSON CITY, AND ST. LOUIS MISSOURI XD51254

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Shot by filmmaker Norman Schley, who made a series of travelogues in the 1950s and 60s, this short film shows a trip to Kansas City, Jefferson City, and St. Louis. Rough commentary on the film was apparently added by Schley. Suburban farmhouse; Missouri State Capitol (0:24). Close up of the State Capitol, Missouri state flag flying (0:36). Pan up on capitol dome as narrator describes the location of the capitol in Jefferson City, damage to film (1:35). Footage of the Missouri State Penitentiary (1:52). Footage of downtown Jefferson City (2:00). Bridge over Mississippi river at Jefferson City (2:10). Farm homes near the city of Columbia (2:15). Agricultural ponds for stock fish (2:30). Farm homes in Missouri (3:25). Willows around agricultural ponds (3:38). Christian College for Women in Columbia (4:00). Female students walking into Missouri hall (4:25). Buildings on college’s campus (4:30). University of Missouri campus (4:45). Central lawn of the University of Missouri (5:42). Narrator describes “modern” mid-1950s style buildings at the University of Missouri. University of Missouri clocktower (6:00). Kansas City buildings and World War Memorial in St.Louis (6:50). Footage of White and African American U.S. Air Force officers getting shoes shined by African American man (7:00). USO sign and statue. USO center entrance statues (8:32). Footage of traffic and skyline from 14th and market street in St. Louis (8:53). Pans of downtown skyline and long shot of WW2 memorial (9:30). White children and African American man looking for coins in the fountain at Plaza Park. Narrator uses a dated term for African Americans while describing the scene (10:02). Close up portrait shot of African American man (10:25). Footage of fountain at plaza park designed by Carl Miller (10:30). Pan shot Plaza Park (11:00). Railroad tower terminal (11:08). Detail shots of figures in the fountain in Plaza Park (11:40). Footage of Kansas City Cathedral (12:15). Historic court in St.Louis, site of the Dredd Scott decision, steps where slave auctions were formerly held (12:52). Chase hotel and Park Plaza hotel (13:00). Long shots of the hotel (13:50). Fountain in Forest Park (14:00). Footage of man walking his pet capuchin monkey in the park (15:00). Man petting his pet monkey (15:40). Site of the St.Louis world fair (15:50). Jewel Box in St.Louis (16:10). Women getting into a carriage in the park (16:30). Footage of gardens and pools in Forest Park, close up shots of red bud trees(17:15). Shop Windows along Nichols Road (17:30). Children looking into shop windows (18:10). Blonde woman looking over the parkway on the south edge of Country Club Plaza (18:30). Footage of village square and pan up of the courthouse (19:25). Footage of driving northeast of Kansas City along new highways (19:50). Downtown Kansas City and the newly refurbished Continental hotel (20:20). Cross roads of 11th and Baltimore and 11th and Petticoat Lane (20:30). Shots of store windows from Petticoat Lane (21:00). Variety of footage of busy Petticoat Lane street (21:40). Old Macy’s sign (21:50). Man selling papers (22:20). Traffic lights and store signs (22:40). Busy street in front of the Macy’s store (23:05). Union Station and railroad yards in Kansas City (23:20). State office building and governor’s mansion in Jefferson City (24:20). Hotel governor sign and exterior shots (24:45). Panoramic shots of Missouri river as well as buildings in Kansas City (25:30). Classical music replaces narration, footage of fields and man using horse drawn plow (26:25). Border collie playing in yard (26:40). Cattle in a field (26:50). Campus of Kansas City University (27:30). Driving in traffic in downtown Kansas City (27:50). Narration returns and aerial footage of St.Louis and surrounding area (28:25). Outside of “Flagship Cincinnati” plane (29:00). Luggage getting loaded onto the plane (29:50). Narrator describes future travel plans for Europe with footage of American Airlines DC-6 plane Flagship Cincinnati, tail N90764 boarding (30:00). This plane was sold to Swissair and later crashed in Peru, South America.

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