H. Lee Waters - Gastonia, 1942

Screening Date: 1942 April 20-21. Screening Theatre: Carolina Theatre.
From the H. Lee Waters Film Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/fi...

00:00:00 People walking and bicycling on Franklin Avenue, posed and candid shots, Gilliam's Grocery.
00:00:57 Split screen: people walking and biking up and down Franklin Avenue.
00:02:17 Elementary school children playing on playground, groups of children and teachers pose for camera.
00:03:24 Students doing exercises/calisthenics in groups.
00:03:58 Students and teachers standing and playing in groups, group shots of children, students eating ice cream.
00:05:40 Split screen: shots of school and students interacting outside.
00:06:26 Students buying food and ice cream from Coletta's Ice Cream Co., posing for camera with food.
00:06:54 Students standing and playing together outside.
00:07:36 Girls playing baseball, boys playing marbles, relay races, skipping rope, games. Teachers and staff looking at camera. Some slow motion footage integrated.
00:11:56 Boys playing baseball, groups of school children posing for camera in small and large groups.
00:12:38 Fade-in with mask effect on two groups of twins.
00:12:50 Men and women workers sitting outside Loray Mill.
00:13:27 Men and women mill workers walking down sidewalk.
00:13:38 Workers entering through guard house entrance of Loray Mill, fast motion effect.
00:13:56 Workers walking towards Loray Mill, billboard for the Carolina Theatre in background, advertising "Down in San Diego."
00:14:08 Coletta in his horse-drawn ice cream truck, workers walking towards Loray Mill.
00:14:31 Workers leaving Loray Mill.
00:16:37 Guard and administrator at guard house of Loray Mill, workers leaving mill, some slow motion effects.
00:17:21 Children waiting outside Loray Mill.
00:17:30 Fast motion bicyclists riding down street.
00:17:33 Girls with goats.
00:17:56 Franklin Avenue traffic, car passing street cable car, National Welding Institute building, main street traffic, fast motion effects.
00:18:22 Boys with dog, girls with baby.
00:18:32 Shots inside movie theater.
00:20:21 Crowd exiting movie theater. Movie: "Our Wife."
00:20:53 Girl in theater ticket booth with a "V" Keep 'Em Flying! sticker on window, crowd exiting theater.
00:21:00 Split screen: boy and Bugs Bunny with cigarette.
00:21:11 Girl on swing.
00:21:17 Students doing exercises/calisthenics and playing games outside at school, King's Mountain in background.
00:21:44 Boys playing baseball.
00:21:58 Students playing games, doing exercises/calisthenics.
00:22:18 American flag and students saluting flag using the Bellamy Salute.
00:22:34 Students walking arm in arm, playing at school, doing exercises/calisthenics, some slow motion effects.
00:23:16 Teacher leading square dancing on playground.
00:23:27 Split screen: students eating snacks at school, posing for the camera.
00:24:44 Group of school children posing for camera.
00:25:51 Cox Drug sign, interior of drugstore, fast motion effects, girl serving sodas at counter, pharmacist mixing medicine.
00:25:40 Jolly Lunch Hotel neon sign, interior of restaurant, people eating and smoking, wait staff posing.
00:26:44 Summerrow Furniture truck door sign, exterior of Summerrow Furniture Company, interior of store, furniture and appliances.
00:28:13 Firestone Drug Store sign, interior of drugstore, pharmacist mixing and packaging medicine, customers beings served sodas, exterior of drugstore.
00:28:54 Shot of main street from roof with some fast motion effects, store signs including Gene's Soda Shop, Schneider's Dept. Store, Maxwell's, Kay's.