Ron Doerring Collection

Susie Steps Out

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You You This is a film about a girl named Suzy and her day on the town It all started one morning when Suzy went outside to ride her bicycle as Usual her father decided to take movies of her It was a lot of fun But it just wasn't the real thing and she was ready to do more than pedal up and down the sidewalk Well today was her lucky day her father asked her if she'd like to go for a ride She was ready to go So off they went First they drove through town To look at all the sights and see what's going on.

It was a beautiful day for a ride But then her father had a surprise for her.

He took her to a nearby amusement park Boy she couldn't wait to get at all those rides.

They just called her Her First ride was on a small train which went around the park It was called the Hiawatha and it went real fast It was like riding the real thing with the wind blowing in your face But it just didn't have the class it didn't have the excitement of the other rides She couldn't wait till the trip ended Next Suzy rode on the rocket ship ride You can get dizzy on this one.

This should be fun This is one ride that she could go on by herself.

There isn't room for her daddy on this thing And off we go She was ready to go Shucks this is kind of tame also Let's try another one Ah the carousel the favorite of everyone is the merry -go -round to ride a beautiful horse What a joy Then it's time to ride the little dipper Boy that did it we won't tell you what happened to her next We came back home And after getting over the morning Suzy was ready for another trip She had to get all prettied up and ready to go So she asked her father to take her to the shelter Her father says yes Come on dad.

I'm ready.

Where are you? Let's see now which car shall I take ah this one has an open door This must be the one will be using Well here we are at the zoo did you ever see such animals They call this an elephant It's as big as a house and it has a long nose that touches the ground and big flappy ears Daddy said it looked like Aunt Emily I believe him Suzy fed him peanuts, and he liked her for that That's what you call face -to -face Right The giraffes have real long necks also They could reach over the wall to get something to eat One boy he fed him peanuts, but not Suzy.

She was afraid of them Next in line was Monkey Island This is a big rock with a stream of water surrounding it and there's lots of monkeys and goats on the rock It must be a boring thing to do just walking up and down and around that rock But people kept throwing them peanuts and stuff to eat Time to see the lions the kings of the jungle Boy just like Africa And there's no bars around they're out there on that big rocks and the caves Suzy was impressed by this Then they came to a big pond with a lot of pretty birds some with real long legs and long beaks It was pretty but there must be other things The silliest looking birds if you want to call them birds were the penguins They look like a bunch of old bridegrooms who lost a wedding She didn't know what they were talking about But maybe it was about all the People looking in Or maybe it was a barbershop quintet Let's listen in The bears were out doing tricks in the bright sunlight so that people would throw them food They must be tame The brown bears would put on a show But it seemed that the polar bears They're used to the cold weather they put on a better act One he would stand right up and beg for his food and people would throw them peanuts It was a fun day but Suzy was tired and it was time to go home and time to go to bed So like Suzy would say Thank you for coming Goodbye now

Identifier
F.2005-02-0057
Date Of Production
1955
Abstract
Short wide-screen amateur film about a girl named Susie's day on the town. Made by George Ives, a Chicago Metro Movie Club member, and edited by Kenosha Cine Club member Ron Doerring. The audio from a corresponding 1/4" magnetic sound reel has been digitally added to the picture for online presentation.
Run Time
0:08:20
Format
16mm
Extent
250 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Form
Amateur
Subject
Zoos
Amusement parks
Animals
Children
Related Collections
Ron Doerring Collection

Related Places
North America ➜ United States

Main Credits
Ives, George (is filmmaker)

Additional Credits
Doerring, Ron (is editor)

 
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