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Understanding 9/11According to Plan: The Story of Modern Sidewalls for the Homes of America
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17:27:59:12-17:29:14:23
Sequence of CUs of couple seated on couch in front of table. They happily are arranging the walls of a model house on the table before them
17:29:14:24-17:29:30:05
CU same couple on couch turning pages of a large home plan catalog / sample book. They look at book, smile, then look up stupidly at camera, then back at book.
17:29:30:06-17:29:45:00
CU pages of large book being turned, revealing a series of drawings of suburban houses with trees and happy families
17:29:54:28-17:30:07:10
CU scientist swirling liquid in a small beaker. As he pours contents into another beaker, camera pans left laboratory equipment to CU of large Florence flask with boiling red liquid
17:30:07:11-17:30:13:08
Dissolve to medium shot of woman sunning in blue strapless summer dress in garden with fake flamingos. She adjusts her dress.
17:30:13:09-17:30:16:21
Dissolve to CU woman picking up coiled garden hose on lawn.
17:30:16:22-17:30:19:23
LS woman picks up coiled garden hose and walks past white wrought iron furniture in suburban garden
17:30:25:20-17:30:33:26
CU woman's feet walk across red and white diagonal pattern on asphalt tile floor
17:30:37:07-17:30:48:27
CU asbestos shingles on roof of house. Camera pans right across roof top.
17:31:23:08-17:31:37:03
CU hands breaking square block of asbestos in half showing fibers. Forceps pull fibers out of center of block.
17:31:37:04-17:31:42:12
ECU magnified pencil point indicating magnified asbestos fibers (fibers not recognizable but pencil point is interesting)
17:31:46:28-:17:31:50:13
CU forceps picking up a clump of asbestos fibers out of a lab tray
17:31:50:14-17:31:55:27
CU forceps holding asbestos fibers over flame
17:31:55:28-17:32:08:06
CU lab technician examines slab of asbestos siding
17:33:08:07-17:32:20:17
Dissolve to lab technician in front of scale, recording information from the scale onto a clipboard
17:32:20:18-17:32:26:15
CU blow torch against piece of asbestos siding
17:32:26:16-17:32:31:18
CU hand removes piece of siding from fish tank of water
17:32:31:19-17:32:35:16
CU cylindrical lamp in center of drum (scientific testing equipment)
17:32:35:17-17:32:41:09
CU inside of drum with various colored tile samples being sprayed with liquid from a central rotating nozzle
17:32:41:10-17:32:55:13
Dissolve to MS lab technician painting a piece of shingle with a paint brush. CU hand with paint brush applying paint to shingle.
17:33:11:12-17:33:20:09
CU hands with etching or cutting tool scores surface of asbestos shingle
17:33:22:13-17:33:44:21
MS workers nailing shingles to side of house
17:33:44:22-17:33:51:08
LS man wheels baby carriage up front walk of suburban home
17:33:51:09-17:34:18:00
LS and CU man converses with worker nailing shingles to side of house
17:34:21:15-17:34:25:21
LS row of small suburban development houses
17:34:25:22-17:34:32:19
LS camera pans across row of small suburban development houses with road construction in front (sewer excavation?)
17:34:32:20-17:34:39:22
Dissolve to LS man leaves front door of house and walks to street (row of suburban development houses)
17:34:39:23-17:34:47:08
LS front of suburban houses with bushes and trees. Car pulls into driveway. MS car in driveway of suburban house.
17:34:47:09-17:34:53:01
MS corner of roof of house shot from below through bush of yellow roses
17:34:53:01-17:35:01:17
LS pan across curving street of new suburban development (no trees). Car drives down street.
17:35:01:18-17:35:05:26
CU front door suburban house
17:35:05:27-17:35:14:08
LS pan across new suburban development (near-identical houses)
17:35:14:09-17:35:21:28
LS small group of people cross street in suburban development still under construction. Parked cars, pick-up trucks, poles with "opening" flags
17:35:21:29-17:35:25:22
CU back of suburban house with windowboxes
17:35:25:23-17:35:30:15
LS ranch style new suburban house (hill behind); Car pulls into driveway
17:35:30:15-17:35:39:10
2 LS two men examine siding on suburban house
17:35:39:11-17:35:43:28
CU peak of roof of house shot from below under eaves
17:36:08:18-17:36:28:26
CU map of United States of America - Various regions are filled in by different color shingles
17:36:28:27-17:36:53:17
MS businessman in suit at drafting table, front of framed drawings on wall, turns toward camera and talks a lot.
17:37:32:11-17:27:34:17
CU sign with arrows reads " Levittown " (Levittown, Long Island, New York)
17:37:38:04-17:37:41:20
LS children jump off diving board at community pool - suburban houses in background
17:37:41:21:-17:38:06:27
LS and CU man (Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt and Sons) with clipboard in front of shingled house writes on board then looks at the camera and speaks.
17:38:06:28-17:38:11:02
LS corner of suburban house
17:38:16:29-17:38:28:12
LS Levittown street - suburban homes with carports. Camera pans right to left
17:38:28:13-17:38:36:10
CU face of happy man talking
17:38:36:11-17:39:31:02
Dissolve to LS front of suburban home with small porch with columns around doorway. Woman in apron sweeps walk. MCU housewife with broom, apron, and pearls leans on broom and speaks to camera. CU same woman speaking to camera. MCU same.
17:39:31:03-17:40:03:07
Dissolve to spiral binder with outline of America and the letters ACPA. Hand turned pages of framed photos of factory, office buildings, a large modern barn, church, older traditional house, newer house, and small development house.
17:40:03:10-17:40:24:17
Dissolve to CU palm trees in hurricane. LS dissiduous trees in hurricane. MS palms in hurricane, building appears in background. MS house in storm with man on ladder at second story window (unclear shot). LS house with storm clouds in background. House with clear sky in background. Fade out.
17:40:41:26-17:41:28:26
Fade in on couple in living room in front of model of house on table. Someone from off-screen hands the man a chunk of shingle which they examine. she places it up against model of house. They look pleased. Camera zooms in to model of house. Dissolve to LS of real house (same design).
THE END
ASBESTOS HOMES CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS HOUSES EXTERIORS WALLS Couples Levittown, N.Y. Denny, Norman Signs (Levittown) Siding Suburbia Suburban homes Newlyweds House planning Chemists Laboratories Red fluid Glassware Beakers
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Reviews
Subject: Shingles on the Side of Your Home
Apparently the couple at the start of the film doesn't believe in architects and blueprints. They're constructing a toy house and that will show what will go where.
We visit a lab with scientists wearing grey lab coats, boiling beakers and a harp playing transition music. Naturally, the scientists have come up with asbestos siding (combined with Portland cement), and we see how it will benefit all home builders (using a mighty "weatherometer" in one demonstration). Of course, you can install this siding on your old "eyesore," too, just like "Mrs. Adams" (you can tell she's a 1950s housewife because she wears pearls).
But wait! That's only part of the story. At 13:15, the film is sponsored by a specific company and we get a change in narrators, hawking Ruberoid products, as we see empty houses on dirt-lawned suburban lots cleared of anything resembling trees.
I don't care what Rye says, the houses still look ugly, like someone has hammered cheap shingles onto the outside walls.
There are no credits, so I can't tell you if this film uses stock music.
Subject: Yet another interesting look into the past.
Subject: Not Allowed Everywhere
That was not chrysotile asbestos. It's the safe stuff. Chrysotile has short non-flexible fibers.
Interesting film.
Subject: Historically engaging, mildly entertaining
Perhaps, of greatest interest to me, my house is visible in the scene describing the "El Dorado Ranchos" where they show the people walking the street by model homes and the colored flags flying. Even more interesting is the fact that my home has WOOD and STUCCO siding and it has always been that way (at least as far as I can tell). Not sure why it was featured in a film on asbestos siding, probably looked good, or maybe asbestos was an option on the tract that the original owners of the house did not choose (thanks go to them). Interesting.
Subject: Hooray for asbestos!
A largely unknown (and ignored) fact: nearly all asbestos mineral used for industrial siding and insulation applications in the US during the 40s, 50s, and 60s were CAo2 (calcite) derived (dissolves when moistened), the rest was SIo2 (silica) (doesn't dissolve). Therefore, some selectivity in asbestos removal would have saved the gov A LOT of money.
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Subject: Boy that narrator's voice is familiar
He brings the same pacing and drama to his vocal style for this film as he did to his many many Lone Ranger episodes. If only the homeowners, contractors, and espcially installers knew the kind of high drama awaiting them due to their use of asbestos.
It was a real treat hearing Fred Foy trying his best to make this film exciting.
Subject: According to Plan: The Story of Modern Sidewalls for the Homes of America
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.
Subject: The Wonders Of Asbestos!
Subject: No, not THAT asbestos! This is the good kind.
