BICENTENNIAL BARGE 1977
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · Education
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) ZOOM IN ON BARGE DOCKED AT PIER ON LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, WHERE PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING FOR CONCERT AT "AMERICAN WIND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA," WRITTEN ON BARGE. 01:10:08 CONDUCTOR LEADS ORCHESTRA IN CLASSICAL MUSIC ON GREAT STAGE. THIS UNIQUE BARGE, JOINTLY SPONSORED BY A. W. MELLON FOUNDATION AND AMERICAN BUSINESS, HAS BEEN TRAVELLING THROUGH NATION'S WATERWAYS FOR SIX MONTHS. HELPING MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL 01:10:25 SMALL GROUP OF YOUNG PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, WHICH MAKE UP ORCHESTRA, HAVE CHILDREN, WHO SIT ON FLOOR BEFORE THEM WITH, HEADS DOWN, AS TRUMPETER PLAYS, RAISE HEADS, TELL NAME OF INSTRUMENT THEY JUST HEARD. THE YOUNG TRUMPETER TELLS THEM ABOUT ROLE OF TRUMPET. CU FACE SHOTS OF CHILDREN. 01:11:05 CHILDREN CLAP HANDS AS GROUP PLAYS JOPLIN'S THEME SONG OF MOVIE, "THE STING". 01:11:32 BLACK TAP DANCER DOES SHUFFLE ON SANDY STAGE. CU HE SHOWS TAP STEPS TO GROUP OF SENIOR CITIZENS. CU DANCER'S FEET DOING LIVELY TAP STEPS. 01:12:26 BLACK DANCER OTHER MALE, FEMALE DANCERS DO A NUMBER ON STAGE AS BAND PLAYS IN BACKGROUND. DANCE IS FOLLOWED BY COMICAL TEAM. CU ACTOR DOES IMITATION OF HEN CLUCKING, JOINED BY GROUP IN DANCE. 01:14:03 FIREWORKS DISPLAY OVERHEAD AS ORCHESTRA PLAYS ON OUTDOOR STAGE BELOW, AT NIGHT
