1975AMERICANA
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DIRIGIBLES:
MAN CLIMBS MOORING MAST TO TOP & UNTIES WIRE HOLDING BLIMP IN PLACE. BLIMP IS SLOWLY MOVES AWAY AS MEN TOW "GOODYEAR" BLIMP INTO OPEN FIELD. (HF-YTV) |
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HUGE NAVY DIRIGIBLE TIED UP AT MOORING ON FIELD.
DRAWINGS OF HUGE MODERNISTIC DIRIGIBLES OF THE FUTURE. |
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CU SHOT OF GOODYEAR BLIMP TAKING TO AIR, PASSING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. NAME, "MAYFLOWER N1A" WRITTEN ON TAIL SECTION. "GOODYEAR BLIMPS "MAYFLOWER"
AND SISTER SHIPS "COLUMBIA" AND "EUROPA" FLY IN FORMATION. AS SEEN FROM GROUND. |
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SHOT OF BLIMP WITH CITY BELOW, AS SEEN FROM OTHER BLIMP FLYING ABOVE. CU YOUNG CAPTAIN WITH SUNGLASSES AT HELM. AERIAL VIEW OF BLIMP FLYING OVER GREEN COASTAL WATERS AND BEACHES. SHADOW OF BLIMP ON WATER.
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| 00:03:17 132.7 |
MONTAGE DRAWINGS OF MODERNISTIC SHAPES OF AIRSHIPS TO COME. AERIAL SHADOW OF BLIMP FLIES INLAND ACROSS SANDY BEACHES OF FLORIDA, PASSING CITY BELOW AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING.
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CU SHOT OF BLIMPS RED NOSE SECTION. GROUND CREWS GRAB DANGLING ROPES TO PULL IN BLIMP. SHOTS OF BLIMP TIED UP TO MOORING AS SUN GOES DOWN. SHOT OF BLIMP AS IT TAKES OFF, ITS BACK END GOING AWAY.
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| 00:05:10 245.7 |
PHI BETA KAPPA:
PRESERVED 1776 COLONIAL HOUSES & VILLAGE OF WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. SMALL CANNON ON DOORSTEP OF HOUSE. CANNON ON CAMPUS GROUNDS OF COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY. OLD COLLEGE BUILDING IN DISTANCE. NAMED FOR KING WILLIAM, QUEEN MARY. SECOND OLDEST COLLEGE IN U. S. (HF-YTV) |
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OLD FURNITURE, DOORKNOBS, DESKS, FIREPLACES, AS SEEN BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JOHN RANDOLPH, JOHN MARSHALL, JAMES MONROE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ALL ASSOCIATED WITH COLLEGE.
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| 00:06:01 296.7 |
OLD WEATHER VANE, HANGING SIGN, AT RALEIGH TAVERN, MEETING PLACE FOR INTELLECTUALS.
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STUDENTS, FACULTY, WEARING COLONIAL COSTUME SIT FOR DINNER AS BLACK WAITERS, IN COSTUME OF PERIOD, SERVES IN BUILDING WHERE FIVE STUDENTS FORMED FIRST GREEK LETTER FRATERNITY IN COLONY, PHI BETA KAPPA. WILLIAM AND MARY REMAINS SPIRITUAL CENTER OF PHI BETA KAPPA, DESPITE FACT CHAPTERS HAVE FORMED IN 151 COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND GRADUATE ASSOCIATIONS, WITH 120,000 LIVING MEMBERS.
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MALE, FEMALE STUDENTS WALKING, CHATTING, BIKING ON CAMPUS GROUNDS, CARRY BOOKS TO CLASSES IN VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
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DIGNITARIES READ OATH, REPEATED BY GROUP OF MALE, FEMALE STUDENTS BEING INITIATED INTO FRATERNITY.
EACH IS GIVEN GOLD FRATERNITY PIN. PAN FACES OF STUDENTS TAKING OATH. CU EACH SIGN LOG. |
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MALE STUDENT WHO WAS SELECTED TO EXPRESS THE MEANING OF THIS HONOR, SPEAKS FROM STAGE.
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BABYLON ALL-STARS:
FACE SHOT OF CONDUCTOR AS HE LEADS HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA PLAYING SWING MUSIC OF THE 1940s. PAN MALE, FEMALE MUSICIANS. THE ALL-STARS COME FROM VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF BABYLON, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. TEACHERS ARE ALL MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED FOR WELL KNOWN SWING BANDS. (HF-YTV) |
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CONDUCTOR LEADS. SHOTS OF SAXOPHONE SECTION, TROMBONE SECTION PRACTICING SMALL PARTS, AS TEACHER WATCHES
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PAN FROM CONDUCTOR TO GUITAR SECTION, PIANO, BACK TO GUITARS, THEN TO SAX SECTION, TROMBONES, TRUMPETS, BACK TO SAX WHICH ONLY GIRL IN ORCHESTRA PLAYS. ZOOM IN ON GIRL PLAYING SAX.
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CU TRUMPET SECTION. CU PIANO PLAYER'S FINGERS ON KEYS. CU GUITAR PLAYER'S HAND PLAYING. HAND ON TROMBONE SLIDE.
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OIL RIG:
HELICOPTER PILOT LOOKING OUT WINDOW AT VAST OCEAN. AERIAL OIL PLATFORM STANDING IN MIDDLE OF OCEAN ON CONTINENTAL SHELF, AS SEEN BY PILOT. "MARINER II" IS FARTHEST OUT, IN DEEPEST WATER. HELICOPTER LANDING ON PLATFORM. PILOT GETS OUT DONS HARD HAT. (HF-YTV) |
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CRANE LIFTS CONTAINER OF FRESH FOOD FOR 60 MAN CREW, FROM BOAT ALONGSIDE RIG. MAN OPERATING CRANE LEVER FROM SMALL STATION ON RIG. TWO HARD HAT WORKERS GET RIDE AS CRANE LIFTS THEM, BOX OF DRILL HEADS ONTO RIG.
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LEGS OF RIG HOLDING HULL OF RIG, EXTEND INTO WATER LS BOAT STANDING BY TO EVACUATE CREW IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. PAN TWO 3000 HORSE GENERATORS SUPPLYING POWER TO OPERATE THE RIG.
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BLACK, WHITE HARD HATS INSTALL SECTION OF PIPE TO DRILL, ATTACH CHAIN AROUND PIPE TO SCREW IT IN.
PIPE, AS LONG AS SIX KILOMETERS, ARE LIFTED OUT TO CHANGE WORN DRILL HEAD. |
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WORN OUT BLACK WORKERS ENTER LAVATORY, WASH UP AFTER WORKING SHIFT. THE CREWS WORK TWO TWELVE HOUR SHIFTS, SEVEN DAYS ON, SEVEN DAYS OFF. CHEF IN KITCHEN, COOKS FOOD WHICH IS GOOD, PLENTIFUL.
CREW SITTING, EATING, CHATTING AT FOUR MEN TABLES. |
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MEN SIT ON SOFAS, WATCH TELEVISION. CU FACE SHOT MAN WEARING HARD HAT SITS WITH CUP OF COFFEE IN HAND, PUFFS CIGARETTE WATCHES TV. CU MEN PLAYING DOMINOES.
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CREWMEN SIT, LAY DOWN ON BUNK BEDS, RELAX, TALK.
ABOVE SHOT OF HUGE BLOWOUT PREVENTION STACK IS LOWERED INTO WELL AT 3 A. M. WORK NEVER STOPS. MONTAGE MEN HARD AT WORK WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT. BLACK WORKER HITS PIPE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AS OTHER HOLDS IT WITH HUGE WRENCH. |
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TV CAMERA IS LOWERED TO BOTTOM TO CHECK RESULTS OF BLOW-OUT PREVENTION STACK WHICH TOOK 10 HOURS TO REACH BOTTOM. HARD HAT WATCHES ON TV. LS HELICOPTERS TAKE CREW TO LAND FOR WELL DESERVED REST, ANOTHER CREW CONTINUES TO DRILL.
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SKI AVALANCHE PATROL:
SKI PATROLMAN, PROFESSIONAL SKIER DARWIN STONEMAN, SKIES DOWN MOUNTAIN IN LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, UTAH. SHOT OF SERENE-LOOKING CANYON, FAMOUS FOR IDEAL SNOW CONDITIONS. (HF-YTV) |
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STONEMAN & TWO OTHERS LEAVE ROOM AT RESORT TO GO UP MOUNTAIN BEFORE SKI AREA OPENS. THEY ARE GOING TO START AN AVALANCHE. CU FEET OF STONEMAN AS HE SLIPS INTO SKIES.
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THREE PATROLMEN SIT ON SKI LIFT FOR TRIP TO TOP.
PATROL SKI TO SMALL CANNON, (RECOILLESS RIFLE), AT TOP OF HILL, UNCOVER IT, SET RANGE. SHELLS ARE TAKEN FROM UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA, LOADED IN CANNON. CU FACE SHOTS OF PATROLMEN AS THEY DON NOISE PROTECTORS FOR THEIR EARS. |
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LONG SHELL IS LOADED IN GUN, PATROLMEN HOLD EARS CANNON IS FIRED INTO MOUNTAIN-SIDE. ZOOM IN ON SMALL AVALANCHE CAUSED BY EXPLOSION. FIRING GOES ON FOR ABOUT FIFTY ROUNDS. STONEMAN RADIOS REPORT TO BASE OF MOUNTAIN, SO AREA CAN OPEN FOR THE DAY.
SKIERS WAIT PATIENTLY FOR WORD. |
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LS LONG ROW OF SKIERS SEATED ON LONG SKI LIFT GOING UP MOUNTAIN.
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CU PATROLMAN CHECK HIS ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTER WHICH EMITS SOUND IF HE IS BURIED BY AVALANCHE.
LS SKIER PUSHES LOOSE SNOW WITH SKIES AS HE MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS SIDE OF HILL. |
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LS FAST MOVING PATROLMAN HOLDS ONTO EMERGENCY SLED AS HE SPEEDS DOWN HILL. HE STOPS ALONGSIDE OTHER PATROLMEN LEANING OVER INJURED SKIER. CU LEG IS PUT IN SPLINT, SKIER IS TIED INTO SLED FOR TRIP DOWN HILL TO WAITING AMBULANCE.
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LS TWO PATROLMEN CLIMB UP HILL SIDEWAYS TO AREA WHERE THEY WILL PLANT EXPLOSIVE CHARGES. CU FUSES ARE PLACED INTO HAND-HELD CANISTERS, LIT AND TOSSED UP SIDE OF HILL. RESULTING EXPLOSIONS CAUSE SMALL AVALANCHE.
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STONEMAN MAKES A RUN DOWN BUMPY HILL, FOR PLEASURE STONE HITS HILL SENDING HIM SKYWARD AND DOWN ON HIS BACK. NARRATOR'S VOICE ECHOES, "LOOK OUT BELOOOOOOW."
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