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| The Sixties! |
Literally only a couple of untitled clips in this bunch. The only other atypical thing was 7001-14 having some out-of-place sound in the blank space between some of the clips.
Highlights:
I was also struck once again (while watching the 6904-07 clip on Mrs. Tinsley) just how bad cameras, production values, lighting, etc. were in the '60s. Last week, there were a couple of segments on the Texas Legislature, and I thought surely the Capitol had lost power and they were conducting business by flashlight due to the spotlight from the camera and the relative dimness of the rest of the room. A couple of examples of what I'm referring to:
Gov. Preston Smith was referred to as "Goober Smith" in the title of a clip from 7001-08, which I think is funny, though I'm unsure if it's used as a nickname or a pun on "gubernatorial."
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| 7001-08: What a strange background for a press conference, Mr. Bush. |
7001-14 brings us the clip titled "Pool," which lacked sound and became almost artfully surreal. It was mostly random shots of people playing pool, but there was also: a random scene of bowling interjected in the middle, lingering shots of balls rolling across the felt, a prolonged shot of a mounted deer head (made eerie by the lighting phenomenon described above), and, perhaps most strangely of all, footage of a couple of men's shoes...not doing anything interesting, just standing still while the camera filmed them from the thigh down.
And finally, from 7002-07, another wonderful example of a bygone hairstyle:
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