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Series: Films
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AE 401
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Early Sign Manufacturing, circa 193816 mm, black & white, silent Short film demonstrating road sign construction. Includes
intertitles. Production: unknown
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AE 408
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Eau Claire Sand & Gravel Company, 1929 16 mm, black & white, silent : Short film on road and bridge construction in the small towns near
Eau Claire, including Thorp, Withee, Stanley and Black River Falls.
Features footage of various construction companies working on roads,
including F.F. Mengel Company, Vogt-Mengel Company, and Alfred Brown
and Company. Footage also show a Wisconsin Highway Commission
Inspector and an inspector identified as “Buzz”
Cernaghan. Includes intertitles.
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CC 697
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Medians in Wisconsin, circa 1960s-1970s16 mm, color, silent Shows various types of medians on Wisconsin highways. Production: Presented by Wisconsin Highway Commission
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CC 695
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On the Record, 1955 February 916 mm, black & white, sound Kinescope television press conference moderated by Roy Vogelman with
guest Harold L. Plumber, Chairman of the State Highway Department.
Plumber is interviewed by a panel comprised of George Roggerson
(Wisconsin State Journal), Allen Oscar (editorial services, UW
Extension), and Lloyd Woodruff (Assistant Director of Bureau of
Government of UW Extension). Produced: Roy Vogelman
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CC 413
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Plans for Progress, circa 1960s 16 mm, black & white, silent : Possibly a workprint containing footage of road and bridge
construction throughout the state. Footage of families and groups of
people disembarking a Greyhound bus and waiting for a train,
possibly at the old depot in Madison, Wisconsin. Footage ends with
an airplane departure and aerial views of bridges, highways and
airports.
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CC 699
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Roads and Loads, 195016 mm, color, silent Scenes of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railroad, possibly on West
Washington Avenue in Madison. Unedited footage of various farm and
other manufacturers of consumable products and the vehicles and
roads that bring them to us, including milk producers, Blatz beer,
quarries, etc. Shows soil composition and testing at the State
Highway Commission Office and testing. This is possibly a
workprint. Production: by W.F. Steuber
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AE 414
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The Road to Prosperity, circa 1960s-197216 mm, color, sound Short film on the interstate highway's impact on the United States
economy. Production: Presented by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of Public Roads Producer: William E. Hall
Writer/editor: S. Paul Klein Narrator: Peter
Jamerson Photography by: George W. Crum and Charles H.
Ritter
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AE 400
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Tree Transplant Program, 196916 mm, color, silent Unedited footage of tree harvesting and replanting in the Eau Claire
area. Possibly an early workprint. Production: State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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Series: Amateur Footage
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AE 407
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1970 Film Highlights, undated 16 mm, color, silent : Unedited footage of tree harvesting and replanting in the area of
Waunona (Madison?). Footage cuts to highway and bridge construction
in the Sauk County and Wisconsin River area before cutting again to
a marching band exiting a school bus, miscellaneous footage of a
ceremony with police and Miss Superior with a flag raising,
speeches, and tree planting. Footage of a I-94 highway sign for
Madison/Cambridge 2 miles ahead and erecting a sign for 1 mile to
Madison/Cambridge. Cuts to Madison Division of Transportation
building off of University Avenue in Madison followed by a highway
sign for Madison/Sun Prairie.
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AE 404
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Black River Falls-Hixton Section of I-94 Dedication, circa 1967-1968 16 mm, black & white, silent : Footage begins with a sign for “A Salute to Highway
Progress” followed by large crowds and a podium presentation.
Reel includes various ribbon cutting ceremonies at locations along
the Black River Falls and Hixton section of I-94. Cities include Eau
Claire and Mondovi, Osseo and Fairchild, Alma Center and Pigeon
Falls, Hixton and Alma Center. Notable creative ribbons ceremonies
include incorporation of ribbons made of Land-O-Lake butter
packages, cutting a ribbon with a Native American hatchet, Miss
Strawberry Queen, and the presentation of a hunting bow and
demonstrations of traditional Native American dancing.
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CC 698
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Disctrict 7-South 182 Before Reconstruction, 1970 16 mm, color, silent : Sign for Iron County followed by miscellaneous point of view car
footage of the road, water in a ditch, signs, bridges and both rural
dirt and less maintained roads contrasted with new roads. Footage
cuts to fall colors on trees, lake footage and signs for Connor
Industrial Forest, Rat Lake Block, and Nicolet National Forest.
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AE 405
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District 7, #2, St. Germain Lake 16 mm, color, silent : Seeding test plots and car point of view shots of a highway, trees
and bridge. Footage cuts to a sign for Crystal Muskie Campground
Beach-Picnic area with miscellaneous campground footage. Sign for
Sparkling Lake with more campground footage followed by signs for
Diamond Lake and Grandmother Falls.
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AE 406
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District 7, #3, undated 16 mm, color, silent : Sign for Laona and footage of a main road in a small town. Scenes at
a lumberyard and then a wooded area with a creek. Footage cuts to a
water tower with “Petticoat Junction” written on the
side. Point of view shots a small town from inside a car and a sign
for Prentice.
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CC 696
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Dodge County Road Building, circa 1930s-1940s 16 mm, black & white, silent : Footage of construction and road building in Delton by Sarrington
Company and of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin. The Iron Ridge footage
includes scenes of Herman Street, Pleasant Avenue, East Avenue,
Hyland Avenue and North Main Street. Construction scenes include
surveying, laying cement and blasting with dynamite.
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AE 402
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Interstate Route 94 in Waukesha County/U.S. Route 141 North of Milwaukee/ U.S. Route 41 near Richfield, Washington County, circa 1959-1960 16 mm, color, silent : Aerial footage of Interstate 94. Also contains footage of U.S. Route
41 near Richfield, Washington County and U.S. Route 141 north of
Milwaukee.
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AE 411
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Kingsley Bend Project, circa 1960s-1970s 16 mm, color, silent : Footage of men excavating patches of earth and measuring out square
land in a wooded area before shifting to a view of a dirt road
looking towards a finished highway with miscellaneous views of a
river and train tracks. More views of wooded areas along with
construction equipment and tree removal. This footage possibly shows
Indian mounds in construction areas from either the Devil's Lake or
Wisconsin Dells area in 1971.
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AE 412
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Return to Roads and Loads #2, circa 1960s-1970s 16 mm, color, silent : Road construction and repair footage, including highlights on poor
road conditions, cracks, and potholes. Includes split screen view of
the road before and after repair.
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AE 409
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Scenic Easements, circa late 1960s-early 1970s 16 mm, color, silent : Unedited footage of signs, including Mueller Climatrol Division of
Worthington Corporation and Schneider's. Various scenes of a river
and bluffs from the point of view of a car driving along a highway.
Also includes shots of a family in the car. More river/bluff footage
and a historic marker for the Mississippi River Parkway, highway
views and a family picnic.
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AE 403
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South Madison Beltline, 1971 May 7 16 mm, color, silent : Amateur footage of a sign for “Beltline West” in Madison,
Wisconsin. Footage of cars and construction on the beltline and cars
being redirected for construction. Signs for “South
Beltline” and “Nakoma Road,” and the intersection
of “Seminole Highway” and “Avon Road.”
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