Detroit Odds and Ends (c. 1967)

2015.011.037

Silent 16mm color film containing a variety of scenes, including footage in Detroit's midtown and downtown, aerial footage of Port Huron, and scenes of a family outside their home.

The film begins with several shots of a vendor with a cart selling balloons and popcorn on the south corner of Woodward Avenue and Kirby Street. A brief shot of a fountain follows.

The next few shots come from the construction site for the Griswold-Larned Parking Garage. These shots include a wide view of the site with the sides of the adjacent Buhl Building and Guardian Building in frame, as well as close-ups of heavy machinery like cranes and a large bore.

This is followed by shots of Christmas lights downtown at night. There is a tall illuminated tree, as well as rows of torches burning above the reflecting pool in the plaza in front of the Michigan Consolidation Gas Company Building.

The first of several aerial shots come next. First the camera captures a rural area with a river running through it. Then the view out of the plane's window as it lands is shown.

Several more shots of unknown areas follow. There is a brief view of a riverfront area, and then of a factory

Next, there are several aerial shots taken of Port Huron in the winter, including the Blue Water Bridge and a small factory.

This is followed by the first scene of the reoccurring white wooden-sided home. In this scene, a Ford Falcon carrying a man and woman, backs out of the driveway, then proceeds down the street. Afterward a woman is shown with a dog in the backyard. Both scenes take place in the winter.

Following a very brief shot of the front of the Detroit Institute of Arts draped with a banner reading, "British Masters," there are a pair of shots of traffic in Detroit at night. In the first, a bus passes, with its route sign set to "Hamilton, Grand River." Then traffics passes the sign for the Pontchartrain Hotel.

After a very brief shot of a woman at a desk beside a filing cabinet, two sign painters standing on scaffolding paint a large sign for the musical "Half a Sixpence."

The next shots consist of views through the windshield of a car driving through a rural area in the rain. Near the end of this sequence, the outline of a church's roof can bee seen silhouetted against the sky.

In the final shots, a older man walks in the driveway of the house from previous shots, then works under the hood of a car.

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