Odyssey
Identifier
F.2004-02-0019
Date Of Production
1978
Abstract
Film promoting Griffin Wheel Company telling the history of Griffin Wheels in the train industry. The film shows the cycle of wheels in action transporting goods across the country, worn out after years of wear, then recycled in the factory through a patented process back into new wheels to keep the cycle of transportation moving.
Log
00:00 - Opening credits, var shots from multiple angles, some PANNING train with many cars moving quickly passing corn fields and farms, CU, MS moving parts, wheels on tracks,, train cars whizzing past, LS train moving across rural landscape
01:19 - Interior train, male conductor
01:21 - TS POV train, Var shots rural landscape trees, road, power lines, quick PANNING neighborhoods, train station
01:33 - LA FA ZOOM OUT train with head light coming towards camera, tracks between power lines and white farm house, drizzling rain on lens
01:49 - SA train passing rail road crossing
01:51 - Var HA train passing below, mountains and pond in background
01:59 - LS, MS, ZOOM OUT LS train passing, mountains in background, horses grazing in fenced field in foreground.
02:12 - FA train with headlight coming towards camera through arched brick tunnel in mountain
02:14 - Var LS, PANNING train passing fields
02:18 - Var MS quick PAN with train passing
02:24 - FA TS moving with train PAN RIGHT as it passes
02:33 - LS ZOOM OUT ELS train moving through heavily forested mountain
02:40 - Var angles MLS, LS train in mountains blowing steam
02:47 - POV between stationary train and train pulling away from camera, man waving from caboose
02:59 - HA train passing under camera, centered, moving towards horizon, foggy
03:19 - SA ZOOM OUT train moving away from camera from inside open wooden structure [?]
03:43 - Var CU man pulling lever changing train tracks, Var CU wheels on tracks
04:12 - Var CU changing worn out train wheels in factory, factory workers in yellow hardhats
04:21 - Var LA train wheels with axles in factory yard with man driving forklift in background, wheels fill screen with geometric pattern, CU, ECU wheels
04:33 - MLS ZOOM OUT PAN LEFT LS crane lifting wheels across factory yard, MS stacking wheels
05:01 - Var CU, MCU discarded wheels in yard
05:09 - MS handheld camera following magnet on crane picking up discarded wheels
05:29 - LS LA PAN RIGHT crane bringing discarded wheels into factory, MS HA magnet
05:45 - CU interior furnace, wheels melting, HA inside glowing vat, intercut Var angles crane bringing in more wheels, interior crane operator POV
06:34 - Var shots vat of melted steel moving by crane to next process
06:48 - cover closing on chamber, Var shots, CU ZOOM IN, TS HA, sparks flying from inside chamber, CU steel melting, sparks flying, ZOOM IN CU construction workers with yellow hardhats and protective eye wear looking on
08:01 - HA quiet factory, exterior Var LS factory from fields
08:19 - Var CU, MS following factory worker shoveling material into furnace, CU sparks flying, molten steel, two workers pour sample, remove with tongs, CU steel sample hardening
10:05 - TS factory, workers and open furnaces
10:09 - CU ZOOM OUT gloved hand removing steel sample
10:13 - Montage factory workers shoveling into sparking furnace intercut with office workers testing sample
11:10 - Var angles, moving shots CU-LS crane operator tilting furnace to pour glowing liquid contents into ladle hanging from crane, CU melted flaming steel flowing over sides, LS waterfalls of steel in factory, dramatic music playing
13:11 - Var shots workers stirring and skimming top of steel in ladle
13:57 - Var shots moving ladle across factory into pressure chamber, closing lid
14:57 - Animated diagram of chamber, air pressure forces steel up ceramic tube into graphite wheel
15:16 - Upbeat banjo music playing over factory workers pouring flaming liquid steel into molds, TS behind factory line
16:10 - Var Cu mold lifts to reveal glowing new wheel, PAN RIGHT with crane moving wheels to cooling area, ZOOM IN, Var LA down line of cooling wheels
18:00 - Montage factory workers with torches working on wheel detail, wheels moving through assembly line, fast TS of factory, CU automated torches
18:59 - song ends as MS wheel reaches end of assembly line, Var CU mechanical arm moving wheels into normalizing furnace, removes glowing wheels, multiple LA wheels moving above camera
20:37 - Var MS factory workers inspecting wheel under black light, check for cracks, "magnaglow process" moving wheels through assembly line inspection
21:35 - Var CU factory workers detailing with torch, CU moving wheels through assembly line, HA above factory worker, wheels are given last inspection by workers, sized, stamped, and stacked in a line ready to go
23:14 - Var MS, CU wheels are greased by factory workers, set on axles, new wheels rolled under train to replace the old in factory
23:36 - TS rounding factory yard, rows of wheels
23:59 - dusk, FA train with headlight racing towards camera, PAN as train passes, SA landscape peaks through dark moving silhouette of train cars
24:24-25:12 - same shot, night, bright headlight of train races past camera, glows in distance
25:13-25:42 - credits
01:19 - Interior train, male conductor
01:21 - TS POV train, Var shots rural landscape trees, road, power lines, quick PANNING neighborhoods, train station
01:33 - LA FA ZOOM OUT train with head light coming towards camera, tracks between power lines and white farm house, drizzling rain on lens
01:49 - SA train passing rail road crossing
01:51 - Var HA train passing below, mountains and pond in background
01:59 - LS, MS, ZOOM OUT LS train passing, mountains in background, horses grazing in fenced field in foreground.
02:12 - FA train with headlight coming towards camera through arched brick tunnel in mountain
02:14 - Var LS, PANNING train passing fields
02:18 - Var MS quick PAN with train passing
02:24 - FA TS moving with train PAN RIGHT as it passes
02:33 - LS ZOOM OUT ELS train moving through heavily forested mountain
02:40 - Var angles MLS, LS train in mountains blowing steam
02:47 - POV between stationary train and train pulling away from camera, man waving from caboose
02:59 - HA train passing under camera, centered, moving towards horizon, foggy
03:19 - SA ZOOM OUT train moving away from camera from inside open wooden structure [?]
03:43 - Var CU man pulling lever changing train tracks, Var CU wheels on tracks
04:12 - Var CU changing worn out train wheels in factory, factory workers in yellow hardhats
04:21 - Var LA train wheels with axles in factory yard with man driving forklift in background, wheels fill screen with geometric pattern, CU, ECU wheels
04:33 - MLS ZOOM OUT PAN LEFT LS crane lifting wheels across factory yard, MS stacking wheels
05:01 - Var CU, MCU discarded wheels in yard
05:09 - MS handheld camera following magnet on crane picking up discarded wheels
05:29 - LS LA PAN RIGHT crane bringing discarded wheels into factory, MS HA magnet
05:45 - CU interior furnace, wheels melting, HA inside glowing vat, intercut Var angles crane bringing in more wheels, interior crane operator POV
06:34 - Var shots vat of melted steel moving by crane to next process
06:48 - cover closing on chamber, Var shots, CU ZOOM IN, TS HA, sparks flying from inside chamber, CU steel melting, sparks flying, ZOOM IN CU construction workers with yellow hardhats and protective eye wear looking on
08:01 - HA quiet factory, exterior Var LS factory from fields
08:19 - Var CU, MS following factory worker shoveling material into furnace, CU sparks flying, molten steel, two workers pour sample, remove with tongs, CU steel sample hardening
10:05 - TS factory, workers and open furnaces
10:09 - CU ZOOM OUT gloved hand removing steel sample
10:13 - Montage factory workers shoveling into sparking furnace intercut with office workers testing sample
11:10 - Var angles, moving shots CU-LS crane operator tilting furnace to pour glowing liquid contents into ladle hanging from crane, CU melted flaming steel flowing over sides, LS waterfalls of steel in factory, dramatic music playing
13:11 - Var shots workers stirring and skimming top of steel in ladle
13:57 - Var shots moving ladle across factory into pressure chamber, closing lid
14:57 - Animated diagram of chamber, air pressure forces steel up ceramic tube into graphite wheel
15:16 - Upbeat banjo music playing over factory workers pouring flaming liquid steel into molds, TS behind factory line
16:10 - Var Cu mold lifts to reveal glowing new wheel, PAN RIGHT with crane moving wheels to cooling area, ZOOM IN, Var LA down line of cooling wheels
18:00 - Montage factory workers with torches working on wheel detail, wheels moving through assembly line, fast TS of factory, CU automated torches
18:59 - song ends as MS wheel reaches end of assembly line, Var CU mechanical arm moving wheels into normalizing furnace, removes glowing wheels, multiple LA wheels moving above camera
20:37 - Var MS factory workers inspecting wheel under black light, check for cracks, "magnaglow process" moving wheels through assembly line inspection
21:35 - Var CU factory workers detailing with torch, CU moving wheels through assembly line, HA above factory worker, wheels are given last inspection by workers, sized, stamped, and stacked in a line ready to go
23:14 - Var MS, CU wheels are greased by factory workers, set on axles, new wheels rolled under train to replace the old in factory
23:36 - TS rounding factory yard, rows of wheels
23:59 - dusk, FA train with headlight racing towards camera, PAN as train passes, SA landscape peaks through dark moving silhouette of train cars
24:24-25:12 - same shot, night, bright headlight of train races past camera, glows in distance
25:13-25:42 - credits
Run Time
25 min 42 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
915 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Answer Print
Genre
Subject
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Related Places
Sponsor/client
Main Credits
Jack Behrend, Inc. (is production company)
Behrend, Jack (is producer)
Behrend, Jack (is director)
Additional Credits
Burritt, Chris (is cinematographer)
Orr, Rob (is cinematographer)
Morris, Susan (sound)
Participants And Performers
Clasky, Ron (is participant)
Piven, Byrne (is narrator)
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