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PUPPETRY:
CU PUPPETS, INCLUDING ELVIS PRESLEY-LIKE SUPERMAN
WITH MOUSTACHE, BLACK "RED HOT MOMMA" AND OTHER
UNIQUE FIGURES JUMP UP BEFORE CAMERA, COMICALLY
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

CU MALE STUDENT WORKS MOUTH OF HIS PUPPET HE
HOLDS WITH HIS ARM UNDER PUPPET'S CLOTHING. CU
HAND OF STUDENT SEWING PUPPETS CLOTHING. ANOTHER
USES SCISSORS TO CUT FOAM STUFFING. GIRL DRESSES
HER COLORFUL PUPPET.

PROFESSIONAL PUPPETEER ROBERT HANFORD, ASSISTANT
JAN FRAZIER, SHOWS STUDENTS HOW TO CONCEAL THEIR
ARMS UNDER CLOTHING AS THEY WORK PUPPETS.

COLLEGE STUDENTS PUT ON PUPPET SHOW FOR SMALL KIDS
AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CU BOY WATCHES WITH AWE AND FEAR AS "GHOST"
APPEARS ON STAGE ALONG WITH "NIGHT OWL" CU MALE
STUDENT SCREAMS DIALOG AS HE LIFTS HIS CHARACTER.
CHILDREN LAUGH AND APPLAUD AS SHOW ENDS.
CHARACTERS APPEAR ON STAGE, TAKE BOWS.

ROW UPON ROW OF OF SHELVES HOLDING PATENTS.
MONTAGE OF OLD DRAWINGS OF DEVICES PATENTED BY THE
ORGANIZATION. LARGE U. S. MAIL TRUCK SEEN THROUGH
OFFICE WINDOW AS IT DELIVERS NEW PATENTS, FOUR
TIMES A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

BLACK, WHITE WORKERS SORT AND PROCESS PATENTS,
SEARCH FOR INFRINGEMENTS. WOMAN WORKS MICROFILM
APPARATUS WHICH MAKES RESEARCH SOMEWHAT EASIER.

TWO EXAMINERS, ONE OF SOME 1500 EXAMINERS OF
LAWYERS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, PERUSES A FILE.
THEY ARE THE LAST STEP TOWARDS APPROVAL. THE TWO
AGREE ON ISSUING A PATENT.

DRAWINGS OF OUTLANDISH INVENTIONS INCLUDE A
MUSTACHE GUARD, NAPKIN HOLDER FOR MAN'S CHEST,
GRAPEFRUIT SHIELD, DOG-POWERED CARRIAGE,
SUBMARINE WHICH RIDES ALONG BOTTOM ON WHEELS, AND
LONG PERISCOPE TO SURFACE.

WINGS:
MAN WITH BACK TO CAMERA SPINS PROP ON VINTAGE
PLANE THEN RUNS AWAY FROM IT AS PROP SPINS. GROUND
CREW RUN ALONG GUIDING VINTAGE FOKKER TRIPLANE
AFTER LANDING, PILOT WITH WHITE SCARF FLYING IN
WIND, WAVES TO CAMERA, AS SEEN FROM BACK SEAT. A
VARIETY OF VINTAGE PLANES INCLUDING SPADS,
HAWKERS, SOPWITH CAMELS, OTHERS TAKING OFF, IN
FLIGHT AND LANDING. ALL TAKEN IN BLACK AND WHITE
FILM TO DEPICT VINTAGE FILM.

CU OWNER COLE PHALEN TELLS HOW HE PURCHASED SIX
VINTAGE PLANES AND HE AND FRIENDS ADDED TO THEM
SINCE, FORMED FLYING CIRCUS. DURING THE WEEK THEY
WORK AS SCHOOL TEACHERS, COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS, ART
DIRECTORS, BUT ON WEEK-ENDS THEY FLY.

GROUND CREWS ROLL OUT THEIR PLANES INTO FLYING
POSITION. CREWMAN FALLS AWAY AFTER HE SPINS PROP
TO A START. CU GRASS BLOWS IN THE WIND CAUSED BY
PLANES PROPS. MONTAGE VARIETY OF VINTAGE PLANES
TAKING OFF, CIRCLE THE FIELD.

CU YOUNG BOY SCOUT SMILES AS HE WATCHES PLANES
FROM GROUND AT AERODROME, A BIG TOURIST ATTRACTION
IN HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK. CROWD WATCHING SHOW
COME FROM ALL OVER TO SEE FULL TWO HOUR SHOW.

CHILDREN WATCH KEYSTONE KOPS CHASING VINTAGE CAR
IN FIELD.

OWNERS AND GROUND CREWS ROLL PLANES INTO HANGARS
AND PACKED AWAY FOR ANOTHER DAY.

SHOT OF BRIGHT SUN BLAZING IN THE SKY. AS NARRATOR
SAYS, "THERE IS MORE ENERGY IN THIS VAST
THERMO-NUCLEAR FURNACE THAT THE EARTH WILL EVER
POSSIBLY NEED"

STUDENT WITH BEARD, LONG HAIR, HEAD BAND, STANDS
AT BLACKBOARD BEFORE OTHER HIPPIE-TYPE STUDENTS
PLANNING EXPERIMENTS THAT WILL USE, NOT ONLY THE
SUN, BUT OTHER FORCES OF NATURE. DRAWING OF
WINDMILL-LIKE STRUCTURE ON BLACKBOARD.

UNDER EYE OF INSTRUCTOR, THEY EXPERIMENT WITH
SHAPES, PUT TOGETHER A GEODESIC DOME USING
MATERIALS SCROUNGED FROM LOCAL JUNK YARDS.

STUDENTS CLIMB DOWN LADDER, CHEER WHEN PROPELLERS
START TURNING ON WINDMILL.

GIRL'S BASKETBALL:
CU ALERT FACES OF GIRLS IN POSITION ON FREE-THROW
LINE OF BASKETBALL COURT AS ANOTHER GIRL PREPARES
TO SHOOT FROM FREE-THROW LINE. CU GIRL'S FEET AS
SHE BOUNCES BALL SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SHOOTING.
SHE SHOOTS BASKET.

BEAUTIFUL, ORNATE, DOMED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN
HEART OF DOWNTOWN, WHERE PLAY-OFFS OF GIRL'S
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE HELD.

STUDENTS HAWK PROGRAMS OUTSIDE STADIUM, CROWDS
OF MOSTLY TEEN-AGERS, PARENTS, ENTER STADIUM TAKE
SEATS IN STANDS. CU TROMBONES OF SCHOOL BAND PLAY
INTO CAMERA, GIRL HOLDS BAG OF POP CORN, STUFFS
THEM IN MOUTH.

GIRL TEAM RUN ONTO COURT TO AUDIENCE CHEER. GAME
BEGINS, YOUNG GIRLS MAKING SPECTACULAR PLAYS,
GARALOUS AUDIENCE KEEPS DECIBEL LEVEL AT HIGH
PITCH.

STUDENTS IN AUDIENCE RUN EMOTIONALLY OUT ONTO
FIELD AFTER GAME WINNING BASKET, AUDIENCE GOES
INTO WILD CELEBRATION.

WALDEN POND:
BOOK BY THOREAU FLOATS GENTLY INTO CU VIEW. ZOOM
IN ON FACE SHOT OF WRITER THOREAU IN PORTRAIT,
CIRCA 1845, TO HIS EYES CU. ZOOM IN ON RIPPLING
WATER, AND OTHER SERENE SHOTS OF WALDEN POND AS
NARRATOR RECITES FROM BOOK.

CU ANT WALKS ALONG BRANCH PROTRUDING ABOVE POND.
SLIMY SLUG CRAWLS ACROSS THE GROUND. CU PREYING
MANTIS LOOKS LIKE A BRANCH UNTIL IT MOVES.
I HAD THIS ADVANTAGE, MY LIFE ITSELF WAS MY
AMUSEMENT, IT NEVER CEASED TO BE NOVEL"

LS RUSTING CURVE OF RAILROAD TRACKS, ZOOM IN TO
SPIKE ON RAIL. "NOW THAT THE CARS HAVE GONE BY,
AND ALL THE RESTLESS WORLD WITH THEM, I FEEL MORE
ALONE THAN EVER."

SPIDER WEAVING WEB. CU SHOT OF COLORFUL SPIDER
WEAVING ITS WEB. NARRATOR CONTINUES.