Synopsis
PURDUE UNIVERSITY BAND DUSTS OFF WORLD'S LARGEST DRUM. DRIVE-IN BANK. BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE: 12,000 BOXING MATCHES AT ONCE. AERIAL CLOWNS SPEED ALONG HIGHWAY. MONKEYS MIMIC STAGE & SCREEN STARS. Title card: "Chevrolet Leader News" over montage. 0:29:27 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Purdue Goes Over the Top; Men March as Guns Roar." soldiers firing cannons (lots of cannon smoke) in battlefield. army convoy; marching band approaches. R.O.T.C. marching band. drum major (wearing large hat) blowing whistle; automobile and band follow in BG. Giant drum mounted on approaching truck (which turns, revealing "Purdue" lettered on drum); 2 uniformed men standing on truck banging "World's Largest Drum." marching band and military trucks in convoy. Soldiers (ROTC) standing at ease in field, panning shot as they remove jackets in unison; perform calisthenics / exercises. 0:30:52 Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Motorists Bank on Wheels; Safe Deposits Made Easy." foot pressing concealed pedal. iron gate being lowered (building in BG). ***** at 0:31:06 tape becomes pa-1045B**** automobiles driving into entrance of drive-in (sign indicating "Entrance: Drive In"). cars pulling up to teller window. Ext. Security First National Bank building; car pulls into drive-in entrance. driver removing key from ignition, unlocking glove compartment and removing small, white sack; man placing bank book and sack into dumbwaiter. Male bank teller removing bank book from dumbwaiter.…
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- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0185_Chevrolet_Leader_News_Vol_3_No_3_M00365_04_09_38_00
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★★★ · Boom! Banking! Boy Scouts! 'Bats! Baboons! · Spuzz · 2017-06-08
3.3.. The first short features the students of Purdue and their bands, they are shown exercising, and their military prowness (at a college?) 2nd: Drive thru banking, what was then a new idea is shown. it's highly interesting to see what kind of care was put into the preparation of the window in order to minimize crime. But what was going to be done-a about the REALLY bad italian accent? 3rd, The Boy Scout Jamboree is shown, with lots of demonstrations of knot tying, fighting (!!) and plenty of shots of half naked young boys. 4th, A... Chevrolet Automobile! has this contraption on it that…