ADT: When Every Minute Counts
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- Publication date
- 1958
- Usage
- Public Domain
Shotlist
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VS fire engines leaving firehouse; people fighting fires
Pan over fire hazards in warehouse, flames flaring up in cardboard box waste on floor
Same fire; MS of flames flaring up
VS exterior night shots of large building fires
CU sprinkler shooting off
CU hands turning large valve wheel
CU hands turning another, smaller valve wheel
Exterior night shot of warehouse building, unattended
GS ADT central station alarm facility
CU red light flashes; operators read signal on paper tape; check codes in signal book and notify Fire Department
CU paper tape being printed off machine
CU feet and shoes running across frame
CU hands turning large, red sprinkler valve wheel
Aero fire alert system
Teletherm system
VS men working in foundry
CU camera moves towards vent in wall (good)
CU hand pulling private fire alarm set into marble wall
CU hands maintaining fire alarm boxes; complicated analog machinery
MS night watchman (elderly Caucasian) walking through dark factory, shining flashlight around him (good); he yawns; he stretches, leans down to pick up comic book off floor
MCU night watchman retrained, and running drill press, smiling
VS alarm going off at ADT central station (natural sound); Klaxon horn sounding in background
Pan over windows of deserted factory/warehouse at night; criminal in trenchcoat breaks window and climbs in (GOOD)
CU door with gold lettering: ÒChief of PoliceÓ slow pan into door
Night Ext. Man with flashlight prowling around fenced yard at night
CU he starts to cut fence with wire cutters
CU alarm board and red light flashing at ADT central station; operators verify signal and call police
CU police dispatcher hangs up phone; dispatches 459 silent call over microphone
CU/LS police in squad car hear call; start car and drive off
CU armed ADT guard in red car hears call; starts off
CU headlights of police car and ADT car driving to scene (night exts.)
Animated drawing showing path of burglar into factory complex; shows him breaking beam of light and sending signal
ADT dispatchers receiving alarm call
More animated drawings showing vulnerabilities of buildings Ð skylights, windows, etc.; small figure trying to break in
VS police car driving; police officers bursting out of car with flashlights and guns (exterior night)
Another animated drawing showing cutaway inside building; burglar trips ultrasonic alarm system
Another animated drawing of safecracker
MS safe (surrounded by ultrasonic field)
VS other safes protected
GS safe deposit vault
CU ÒProtected by ADTÓ sign
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Burglar alarms Security Crime Law enforcement Property protection American District Telegraph Company
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- Addeddate
- 2002-07-16 00:00:00
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- asr
- Closed captioning
- no
- Collectionid
- adtwenev
- Color
- C
- Country
- United States
- External-identifier
- urn:storj:bucket:jvrrslrv7u4ubxymktudgzt3hnpq:ADTWhenE1958
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- Identifier
- ADTWhenE1958
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- Numeric_id
- 24
- Proddate
- 1958
- Run time
- 20:51
- Sound
- Sd
- Type
- MovingImage
- Whisper_asr_module_version
- 20230731.02
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Subject: Technical details
The fire station in the beginning is (at least now) known as L.A. County Fire Station 8. Because of its West Hollywood location and "typical" elements like brass fire poles, it has been a popular location to represent a fire station on TV and in movies. It made a few appearances in the TV series EMERGENCY!, first as "Station 10" in the pilot and in some later episodes as Station 8 when showing multi-house responses. Universal seemed to like the station a lot for stock footage and original action in their productions.
Love the vintage American LaFrance rigs!
Subject: Interesting Film
The actor who plays Chief Green also plays Leonard Mercer, a real estate developer for a manufacturing company, in Road to Better Living, 1959
Subject: Zzzzzzzz
Subject: ADT
Subject: ADT: When Every Minute Counts
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.
Subject: ADT - A Dull Time?