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WIZARD WHEELS:
SKATEBOARDS. TEENAGE SKATE BOARDERS WEARING HELMETS, KNEE PROTECTORS GIVE AMAZING EXHIBITION, INCLUDING HAND STANDS, ON SPECIALLY BUILT COURSE. (HF-YTV) |
| 00:54:32 28.36 |
CU SET OF FOUR DRILLS ON DRILL PRESS MAKES HOLES IN SKATE BOARD, WHICH STARTED AS A TOY, MADE INTO BIG BUSINESS WITH THE DISCOVERY OF URETHANE.
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| 00:54:38 34.36 |
CU WORKERS HAND USING PRESS, TO INSTALL BEARINGS INTO URETHANE WHEELS, THEN ATTACHE THEM TO AXLE OF SKATE BOARD. URETHANE WHEELS ALLOW SKATE BOARDS TO GO FASTER, MANEUVER MORE EASILY.
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| 00:54:50 46.36 |
CU FEET OF YOUNG GIRLS AS SHE MOVES ALONG SIDEWALK IN RESIDENTIAL AREA. BOY ROLLS DOWN DRIVEWAY, SCOOTS DOWN SIDEWALK.
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| 00:55:07 63.36 |
PAN SKATE BOARD PARK. DOZENS OF PARKS WERE BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE OF DANGERS OF SKATEBOARDING IN CITY STREET. BEGINNER SKATES DOWN CURVED RAMP. SKATE BOARDERS RIDE FROM SIDE WALL TO SIDE WALL ON "HALF PIPES," A LONG SMOOTH CEMENTED GROVE IN GROUND WITH WALL ON ONE SIDE, RAILING ON OTHER.
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| 00:55:23 79.36 |
PRO SKATER SPEEDS FROM SIDE TO SIDE, ALMOST GOING OVER EDGE. IN FREE STYLE COMPETITION, YOUNG TEEN GIRL DOES FANCY STEPS ON BOARD, BOY STANDS ON HEAD, WOMAN USES TWO SKATE BOARDS.
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| 00:55:50 106.36 |
MONTAGE YOUNG SKATEBOARDERS PUT ON AMAZING DEMONSTRATION OF ACROBATICS ON HALF PIPE AND ZIG ZAG COURSE. YOUNG MAN PRACTICES HIS FREE-STYLE ROUTINE. DOES A SPIN LIKE ICE-SKATER.
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| 00:56:34 150.36 |
MONTAGE SKATERS SPEED DOWN HILL ZIG-ZAGGING AROUND HUNDREDS OF CONES PLACED EVERY FEW FEET. BODY CONVULSES AS EACH ZIGS, ZAGS, AT HIGH SPEED, KNOCKING DOWN NARY A ONE. AMAZING FEAT. SEVERAL ANGLES SHOWN.
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| 00:57:29 205.36 |
THE MAGIC GUN OF DOCTOR ASMUS:
CU ANCIENT MARBLE BUST OF JULIUS CEASAR WITH DECAYING NOSE CAUSED BY INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. ZOOM IN, OUT, MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL WITH ORNATE CARVINGS, OTHER ANCIENT BUILDINGS ALL SHOWING SIGNS OF DECAY. (HF-YTV) |
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PAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO, CAMPUS.
CU YOUNG PHYSICIST JOHN ASMUS PUTS ON DARK GOGGLES AS HE USES LASER TO RESTORE DECAYING STATUE. WHILE USING LASER TO MAKE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PICTURES OF DECAYING STATUARY, ASMUS DISCOVERED LIGHT FROM LASER GUN CAN CLEAN MARBLE AND STONE. |
| 00:58:21 257.36 |
CU LASER GUN CLEANS SMALL SECTION OF BUST EACH TIME ASMUS PRESSES TRIGGER. HE SPEAKS AS HE CLEANS SECTIONS OF BUST. TELLS HOW IT WORKS. CU LASER SENDS SHORT PULSATING BEAMS, WHICH IS KEY TO ITS EFFECTIVENESS
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| 00:58:34 270.36 |
DOCTOR ASMUS WITH POINTER IN HAND, PICTURE OF LASER ON PLACARD, TEACHES STUDENTS, SEATED ON GROUND BEFORE HIM OUTSIDE BUILDING. ASMUS EXPLAINS THE ENTIRE PROCESS AS HE POINTS TO VARIOUS PARTS OF LASER DRAWING.
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| 01:00:08 364.36 |
CU FACE SHOT OF ASMUS WEARING DARK GOGGLES AS HE AIMS, SHOOTS LASER AT STATUE. POP IS HEARD EACH TIME HE SHOOTS.
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| 01:00:26 382.36 |
CU PAN OF ORNATE ARCHES, MARBLE DESIGNS IN BUILDINGS WHICH ARE CANDIDATES FOR LASER CLEANING.
DRAWINGS SHOW HOW HE PLANS TO CLEAN UPPER SECTIONS OF ARCHWAYS USING CRANE ARM TO SWEEP OVER LARGE AREAS. |
| 01:01:07 423.36 |
ZOOM OUT PRICELESS PAINTING, WHICH CAN ALSO BE RESTORED, CLEANED WITH LASER. ZOOM OUT ARCHWAY IN FLORENCE ITALY SHOW THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE WHEN HALF OF IT WAS CLEANED BY ASMUS, BRINGING OUT COLORS WHICH ARE NON-EXISTENT IN THE OTHER HALF.
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| 01:01:29 445.36 |
ZOOM IN ON RARE BOOK, MANUSCRIPT THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE DESTROYED BY AGE, POLLUTION, CAN NOW BE RESTORED IN RECORD TIME.
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| 01:01:51 467.36 |
WHAT WENT WRONG?:
MONTAGE OF DAILY HEADLINES DESCRIBING FAILURE OF MAN OR EQUIPMENT RESULTING IN DEATH, INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE. "HINDENBURG CRASHES IN NEW JERSEY", PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDES, 37 HURT," "PLANE CRASHES 179 DIE," "BRAKES FAIL." (HF-YTV) |
| 01:02:17 493.36 |
ZOOM IN BUILDING DOOR SIGN "FAILURE ANALYSIS ASSOCIATES," OF LOS ANGELES. CU ALAN TETTLEMAN, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF METALLURGY, DOCTOR BERNARD ROSS, MECHANICAL ENGINEER, DOCTOR GERALD GARDNER A CONSULTANT IN HUMAN FACTORS, WHO FORMED THE COMPANY, SIT AT MEETING.
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| 01:02:44 520.36 |
YOUNG BEARDED SCIENTIST WORKS SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC MACHINERY TO PROBE REASONS WHY SYSTEMS FAIL. ZOOM IN ON CRANE AT BUILDING SITE. "WHY DID A BOOM ON CRANE SNAP OFF," ASKS NARRATOR.
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| 01:03:11 547.36 |
TETTLEMAN BENDS OVER, EXAMINES BROKEN PIPE WHERE MAN DIED BECAUSE METAL FAILED. TAKES NOTES, MEASURES THICKNESS OF METAL WITH MICROMETER, AS HE TRIES TO DETERMINE IF NEGLIGENCE WAS INVOLVED.
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| 01:03:55 591.36 |
CU TETTLEMAN EXAMINES METAL FROM FRACTURED CRANE BOOM, IN LAB, UNDER A MICROSCOPE. PHOTOGRAPHS IT.
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| 01:04:15 611.36 |
YOUNG GRADUATE STUDENT PLACES BIT OF METAL IN IMPACT MACHINE, TO STUDY TOUGHNESS OF MATERIAL INCREASES WEIGHT UNTIL FAILURE OCCURS.
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| 01:04:22 618.36 |
CU BIT OF POLISHED METAL IS PLACED IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TO REVEAL ITS MICRO-STRUCTURE. CU SCREEN SHOWS METAL MAGNIFIED FROM TEN TO FIFTY-THOUSAND DIAMETERS.
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| 01:04:48 644.36 |
CU DOCTOR BERNARD ROSS SPEAKS, SAY "ONE OUT OF TWENTY CASE IS AN ACCIDENT TRULY RELATED TO IMPROPER MANUFACTURE, DEFECTIVE FABRICATION."
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| 01:05:36 692.36 |
MONTAGE BROKEN METAL PARTS, CAR SEATS, TANGLED METAL STRUCTURES, TIRES AND WHEEL HUBS. SCIENTIST PEERS THROUGH MICROSCOPE, TO SEE "WHAT WENT WRONG?"
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| 01:06:07 723.36 |
THE MUPPETS:
FAMILIAR MUPPET CHARACTERS SEEN ON TELEVISION SCREEN DOING THEIR THING. CU PHOTOS OF BIG BIRD, COOKIE MONSTER, OSCAR THE GROUCH, OTHER CHARACTERS CHILDREN HAVE KNOWN AND LOVE ON SESAME STREET. (HF-YTV) |
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JIM HENSON, FATHER OF ALL THESE ZANY CHARACTERS, ONE OF FOREMOST PUPPETEERS IN WORLD, AND ASSOCIATE HOLD CHARACTERS ABOVE THEIR HEADS IN FRONT OF MIRROR DURING REHEARSAL. CU FACE SHOT OD HENSON AS HE DOES DIALOG FOR HIS PUPPET. HE SMILES BROADLY AS HE AND ASSOCIATE ENJOYS THEIR OWN JOKES.
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| 01:08:37 873.36 |
HENSON SITS AT DESK IN OFFICE IN MANHATTAN AS HE DISCUSSES SHOW WITH MALE, FEMALE ASSOCIATES.
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| 01:08:55 891.36 |
PAN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WITH SESAME STREET CHARACTERS, IMAGES OF HENSON AND ASSOCIATE, IN HENSON'S OFFICE. CU TROPHY HEAD ON WALL, OF CARTOON-LIKE REINDEER, WITH SIGN UNDERNEATH, "COOKIE MONSTER FOR PRESIDENT".
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| 01:09:16 912.36 |
PERMANENT STAFF OF EIGHT IN WORKSHOP BRING PUPPET CHARACTERS TO LIFE. CU WOMAN SEWS DRESS ON PUPPET.
CU WORKER PUTS FINGERS UNDER HEAD OF NEW PUPPET, MAKES HEAD MOVE AROUND. HENSON TRIES NEW MUPPET. MAKES IT TALK TO FEMALE WORKER, WHO LAUGHS WITH EMBARRASSMENT. |
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YOUNGER CRAFTSMAN WORKS ON REMOTE CONTROL DEVISE TO FURTHER ANIMATE PUPPETS. CU MUPPET SITS AT FUNCTIONING SEWING MACHINE. MUPPET SITS, ROWS A ROW BOAT, WHILE CRAFTSMAN WORKS REMOTE CONTROL UNIT. CU HEAD MOVES MECHANICALLY. CU FACE SHOT OF WORKER MAKING SAME HEAD MOTIONS
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| 01:10:38 994.36 |
CU PUPPETEER ANIMATES FISH MUPPET. WORKER DRESSES MUPPET. CU HENSON, OTHER PUPPETEERS SIT IN CIRCLE, DO SCRIPT RUN. ZOOM IN ON HENSON READING HIS PART.
HENSON, OTHERS HOLD MUPPETS OVERHEAD, PRACTICE IN FRONT OF MIRROR. |
| 01:12:13 1089.36 |
ZOOM IN, SMILING HENSON AS HE WORKS..
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| 01:12:25 1101.36 |
AMERICA'S SAFEST TOWN:
CU FIRE BURNING IN OFFICE PAPER BASKET, PAN SMOKE ALARM SOUNDING ON CEILING. CU FEMALE DISPATCHER ANNOUNCING "CODE THREE FIRE ALARM." AND ADDRESS. LOUDSPEAKER WITH VOICE OF DISPATCHER SOUNDING ALARM. (HF-YTV) |
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CU FRONT OF FIRE TRUCK, "ENGINE CO. 1," EXITS FIREHOUSE HEADING TOWARDS CAMERA, VEERS OFF DOWN STREET SIREN SOUNDING, LIGHTS FLASHING.
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| 01:13:04 1140.36 |
PAN OF THE WOODLANDS. A BRAND NEW TOWN NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BECOME DEVASTATING FIRE IN ANY OTHER TOWN, WILL LIKELY BE STOPPED IN MATTER OF MINUTES IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE SAFEST IN AMERICA..
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| 01:13:16 1152.36 |
AERIAL VIEW OF WOODLANDS, WHERE EVERY HOME IS WIRED FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS. YOUNG MAN SITS AT COMPUTER, WHICH HAS A MEMORY STORAGE UNIT THAT INSTANTLY RECALLS AND THEN PRINTS OUT PERTINENT INFORMATION ABOUT SOURCE OF ALARM. IF ALARM IS TRIGGERED IT IS INSTANTLY DETECTED HERE.
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| 01:14:07 1203.36 |
ZOOM OUT OF CABIN WITH HEAVY SMOKE EMITTING FROM IT. FIRE ENGINE, SIREN BLASTING APPROACHES SITE.
FIREMAN JUMPS OUT, READIES PUMP AS ANOTHER PULLS HOSE FROM TRUCK FIREMAN RUNS TO HOUSE AS ANOTHER RUNS IN WITH HOSE IN HAND. |
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CU FIREMAN SQUATS DOWN, POURS WATER INTO SMOKING HOUSE.
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| 01:14:55 1251.36 |
FIREMAN ASKS QUESTIONS OF WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS AS HE CHECKS FIRE SAFETY DEVISES IN HOMES, BUSINESSES ON REGULAR BASIS. ZOOM IN SMOKE ALARM.
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| 01:15:18 1274.36 |
SHERIFFS' DEPUTY EDUCATES WOMAN ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST ATTEMPTED INTRUSIONS. HE POINTS TO HER OUTSIDE WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS
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| 01:15:28 1284.36 |
IN REENACTMENT MAN ON LADDER CHECKING HIS GUTTER, SUDDENLY CLUTCHES HIS CHEST AS WIFE WHO IS WATCHING HELPS HIM OFF LADDER, LAYS HIM ON GROUND. SHE RUNS INSIDE AND PRESSES MEDICAL ALERT ALARM WHICH IS INSTALLED IN EVERY HOME IN WOODLANDS.
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| 01:15:47 1303.36 |
CU TELETYPEWRITER, PRINTS ADDRESS AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF PERSONS LIVING THERE. FEMALE DISPATCHER TAKES INFORMATION, CALLS RAINED MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS STANDING BY.
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| 01:16:12 1328.36 |
CU FEMALE VOLUNTEER, AT WORK IN OFFICE IS NOTIFIED BY PAGING DEVISE ATTACHED TO BELT. LS AMBULANCE, SIREN BLASTING HEADS FOR CAMERA. ARRIVES AT SCENE IN TWO MINUTES, THIRTY SECONDS.
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| 01:16:43 1359.36 |
CU MAN ON GROUND CLUTCHING CHEST, VOLUNTEERS APPROACH, START RESPIRATION WITH OXYGEN. MAN IS ROLLED OUT TO AMBULANCE ON GURNEY.
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| 01:17:53 1429.36 |
TOWN MEETING BEING TELEVISED TO EVERY HOME IN TOWN PEOPLE IN LIVING ROOM WATCH IN COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. WOMAN WITH INJURED FOOT, CASTS HER VOTE VIA HAND-HELD UNIT, AS SHE WATCHES PROCEEDINGS
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