Urban Sprawl

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03:24:07:15 High-angle pan over new suburban home development. 03:24:56:15 Pan over vast area of suburban houses, audio track �vast sea of houses created by this explosion of the urban population expands outwards in endless ways.�03:25:35:01 VS busy highway in 1950s to 1960s; freshly paved highway, tract housing along highway. 03:25:59:22 Tractors on construction site for new tract housing project; audio track �man with his modern machines is consuming land at a frightening rate.�03:26:16:05 Great shot of bulldozer taking down a fruit tree. 03:26:25:27 Hay stacks in foreground of LS pan over construction site for new suburban housing project. 03:26:38:08 Construction site being cleared in rugged hillside area for housing.03:26:52:08 Great shot of terraced lots for houses on hillside, audio track �the terraced lots stand like giant stairs steps awaiting the onward rush of urban sprawl.�03:27:02:03 1950s to 1960s construction worker using antique foot operated mechanical nailer; VS men building mass-produced homes; Hispanic men pouring concrete; cranes setting in place giants pieces of new pipeline. 03:28:01:21 3 huge reel of electrical wire for pour lines; electricians in stalling power lines; men installing telephone cables.03:28:34:01 LS kid playing on swing between two houses, wood frames of unfinished houses behind him. 03:28:58:23 Pan over 1950s to 1960s strip mall.03:29:56:01 LS billboard alongside highway with arrow pointing toward Tropicana Village 10000 New Homes; large billboard sign with arrow �Right Turn Here Pacific Gardens.�03:30:49:13 Pan over suburban sprawl possibly Santa Clara, California. 03:31:32:25 VS abandoned or neglected buildings in cities; Bixby Building with For Rent Signs.03:31:43:25 Municipal land surveyor looking through device on tripod. Abandoned house is demolished. 03:32:06:03 VS building under construction; modern apartment buildings; modern office building frame; congested 1960s city street. 03:32:36:20 Great VS Hollywood Freeway in 1960s.03:34:00:29 Workers laying new pipelines for tract housing project under construction; pan down row of tract houses under construction.03:36:20:21 Tractor plowing over farm land to make room for tract housing project. 03:36:37:05 Tractor plowing rows in soil right up to edge of tract housing project. 03:37:12:05 Large mechanical arm pouring concrete. 03:37:26:16 Great aerial shot of suburban sprawl along foothills, probably Southern California; small modern dam; large concrete irrigation canal.

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Barr Films

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