CROWN CENTER 1977

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For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / info@historicfilms.com) 00:27:18 CROWN CENTER: PAN TO OLD BUILDING AT SOUTHERN EDGE OF KANSAS CITY TO ITS NEW 350 MILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT WHICH STANDS WHERE EIGHT YEARS BEFORE WAS AN AREA IN DECAY. IT IS CALLED CROWN CENTER. 00:27:36 MONTAGE SOME OF NEW BUILDINGS AT CENTER WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAY PRIVATE INDUSTRY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO REVITALIZATION TO AMERICA'S CITIES. MODERN SCULPTURES, FOUNTAINS AND SIGN ON WALL OF BUILDING, "HALLMARK CARDS", WITH CROWN LOGO. THE COMPANY WHICH FINANCED CROWN CENTER. 00:28:08 CU ZOOM OUT BLACK FEMALE ARTIST PAINTING WITH WATER COLORS AT HER TABLE. FOUNDED BY JOYCE HALL, HALLMARK STARTED MAKING CARDS IN KANSAS CITY IN 1910. 00:28:18 CU STUDIO FLOODLIGHTS COMING ARE TURNED ON, DIRECTLY AT CAMERA. PHOTOGRAPHERS SET LENSES ON STUDIO CAMERA. WORKER MONITORS PRINTING PRESS AS SHEETS OF DESIGNS FOR CARDS ARE PRINTED. 00:28:58 WOMAN PERUSES HALLMARK GREETING CARDS AT RACK IN GIFT SHOP IN CROWN CENTER MALL. 00:29:02 DONALD HALL, HALLMARK'S PRESIDENT AND SON OF FOUNDER, TELLS ABOUT COMPANY'S MISSION, TREATMENT OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AND ABOUT CROWN CENTER, "A PEOPLE ORIENTED PROJECT". STATELY CROWN CENTER HOTEL. BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WITH WATERFALL, ESCALATORS, IN LOBBY OF HOTEL. 00:29:45 AERIAL PAN TWO CHILDREN LOOK OVER RAIL FROM THIRD LEVEL DOWN AT RESTAURANTS, STORES AND NUMBER OF SMALL BOUTIQUES. CUSTOMERS SHOP IN FANCY GIFT SHOP. 00:30:00 CU SNEAKERS OF ALL COLORS, STYLES, HANG ON WALL OF SPORTING GOODS SHOP. PAN TO TEENAGE GIRL TRYING ON SNEAKERS. TWO MEN PERUSE WALL, FILLED WITH HANGING TENNIS RACKETS. 00:30:23 PAN HANGING CHANDELIERS, LAMPS, POTS, PANS. PAN TO APARTMENT BUILDING AT CROWN CENTER WHICH IS PLACE TO LIVE AS WELL AS TO PLAY. PAN OF SMARTLY FURNISHED, SPACIOUS DINING ROOM, MODERN KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM. 00:30:52 CHILDREN WALK THROUGH WALL OF HANGING RIBBONS, TO EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP, CALLED "KALEIDOSCOPE." CU MOVING FORMS, AS SEEN THROUGH KALEIDOSCOPE BY LITTLE GIRL. CHILDREN EXPLORE, CREATE ART ON THEIR OWN AT KALEIDOSCOPE. 00:31:18 CHILDREN GATHER IN STUDIO WORKSHOP WHERE THEY BEGIN THEIR OWN PROJECTS. MONTAGE CHILDREN DO CUT-OUTS, ON COLORFUL CONSTRUCTION PAPER. OTHERS PAINT, DRAW WITH COLOR MARKERS, CRAYONS, GLUE. OLD WHITE-HAIRED MAN HELPS, ENCOURAGES CHILDREN. 00:31:47 HANDS OF DRUMMER DOING A DRUM ROLL TO START SMALL JAZZ BAND PLAY, "SAINTS COME MARCHING IN". MOSTLY MIDDLE-AGED MUSICIANS. CU FACE SHOTS TROMBONIST, TRUMPETER BLOWING THEIR HORNS. DRUMMER WITH WHITE HAIR, GOATEE, SWINGS CROWD WATCHES IN CENTRAL SQUARE, OUTSIDE MALL. 00:32:10 PAN TO HUGE MODERN, TENT LIKE COVER OVERHEAD. MAN PERUSES PAINTINGS AT OPEN-AIR ART FESTIVAL. TWO WOMEN LOOK OVER DRAWINGS OF CLASSIC AUTOS OF FIFTIES, FRONT SHOTS. CADILLAC, FORD, OTHERS. 00:32:41 SIDE VIEW FACE SHOT OF MAN, WHITE MUSTACHE, PIPE IN MOUTH, CAP, SMOKE COMING OUT OF NOSE 00:32:46 TWO BLACK WOMAN EXAMINE HANGING PLANT, WITH CRAFTED ROPE HANGERS. PAN OF POTTERY ON TABLE TO BAND STANDING, PLAYING. LITTLE GIRL SITS IN STROLLER, WATCHES. 00:33:05 PAN OF CENTER TO CITYSCAPE OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.