Cuts (rushes, out takes) for story featured in Colour Pictorial - CP 540. The original story is on Pathe Master tape *PM0317*.
Three reels of nice cuts exist for this California travelogue so well worth checking for extra material. Around 35 mins of cuts in total.
CALIFORNIA - Reel 3 of cuts includes following: city scenes, Sunset Boulevard street sign, Hollywood and Vine sign, street scenes, the "Walk of Stars" ?, Chinatown, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, C/U of some of the stars' hand prints including Eddie Cantor, Doris Day, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire, Al Jolson. The cinema is showing "Mary Poppins" - advertising boards outside.
Drive through wide Californian streets and along a highway - view from back seat of the car, a red convertible. Seaquarium - various performing animals including seals. Spectators watch and applaud. Woman films with a cine camera. Dolphins. Petrol poured on rubber ring then set alight for dolphin to jump through. American football game. High angle shots of marching band, majorettes and cheerleaders, audience. The marching band seem to be all girls - they wear cowboy hats. Various shots of the game and of the entertainment. Television cameramen.
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