Government Workers

Government Workers

Rejissyor: Norwood Studios, Inc.. [time codes below correspond to PA-0765, though this may be an error and the film may only be on PA-0750] 14:00:31:02 Great shot looking down Pennsylvania Avenue, U.S. Capitol building in background in center of frame, 1960s cars, taxis, and buses in street; VS government building in Washington D.C. 14:02:55:39 Low-angle meteorologist climbs up pegs on pole to weather instruments; weather balloon is released into the sky. 14:02:03:18 Male and female scientist working in laboratory, female mannequin heads sits on table between them. 14:02:27:26 Front of the Treasury Department building in Washington D.C., statue of Alexander Hamilton in front of building. 14:03:19:10 Disembodied arms of worker at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing with hundreds of sheets of uncut one dollar bills, workers stacks sheets of money then places them into machine to be cut; VS workers at mints making coins. 14:04:47:13 VS old siderographer looks through magnifying glass, man works on steel engraving for 4 cent postage stamp; man inspects large sheets of stamps at the mint; CU sheets of Abraham Lincoln stamps. 14:05:36:01 Two men release a large weather balloon; great shot of satellite tracking an object; meteorologists inspects weather instruments in field. 14:06:58:00 Man types information into machine that punches it onto a punch card; CU wind speedometer instruments reads 20 mph, camera pans to wind direction instrument with reads West North West. 14:08:26:04 CU United States Department of Commerce emblem on vaulted door; LS man in lab coats opens vault door carrying glass case; standard kilogram weight is placed on tray using tongs and covered with a glass cover in the vault at the Bureau of Standards; scientist places the standard kilogram weight using tongs onto a scale, man uses telescope to read and calibrate scale from a distance; CU standard kilogram weight on scale. 14:10:03:26 VS children watching US Department Bureau of the Census map of the US light up, each light correspon

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