ROGER TOREY PETERSON:
PAN WOODED AREA TO STUDIO OF WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST,
NATURALIST, ROGER TOREY PETERSON, AMID HEAVY
FOLIAGED AREA IN CONNECTICUT. SEVENTY YEAR OLD
PETERSON SITS AT WORK TABLE BY WINDOW, PAINTS
OWLS, USING STUFFED OWL FOR MODEL.

CU ROGER PAINTS SEVERAL VIEWS OF OWL WITH SMALL
BRUSH, AS SEEN LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER. HE
CLUTCHES STUFFED OWL WITH OTHER HAND.

PETERSON SPEAKS OVER HAND-HELD RECORDER AS HE
WORKS REVISING HIS FIRST TWO FIELD GUIDES. HE
NARRATES. SAYS HE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH OLD
DRAWINGS, IS DOING THEM OVER AGAIN.

MONTAGE VARIETY OF SPECIES OF BEAUTIFUL BIRDS,
INCLUDING TURKEYS, PAINTED BY PETERSON.

VERMONT LEGISLATURE:
CU HAND OF LEGISLATOR POUNDING GAVEL, PAN TO HIM
SAYING, "HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER." PAN TO
LEGISLATORS AT THEIR SEATS. PEOPLE OF VERMONT HAVE
CHOSEN TO BE REPRESENTED BY LEGISLATURE OF
PRIVATE CITIZENS WHO WORK THREE MONTHS A YEAR IN
THE WINTER MONTHS.

HOUSEWIFE, REPRESENTATIVE MADELINE CUNIN SITS AT
DESK AMID OTHER LEGISLATORS. SHE MANAGES ENTIRE
VERMONT BUDGET. SHE NARRATES AS SHE MEETS WITH
VARIOUS CITIZENS.

YOUNG GRETCHEN MORSE SITS IN HER LEGISLATIVE SEAT.
CU GRETCHEN SITS ON PICNIC TABLE ON PORCH OF HOME,
DOES PAPER WORK CONCERNING HER JOB. SHE NARRATES.
CHILDREN SWIM IN SMALL LAKE, PLAY WITH INNER TUBE.
GRETCHEN CALLS TO THEM FROM SHORE.

VISITORS GALLERY FULL OF CONCERNED ADULTS AND
VISITING SCHOOL CHILDREN.

KEI INSTRUCTS HER TROUPE OF DANCERS CALLED "MOVING
EARTH" WHO PERFORM HER BODY OF WORKS WHICH SHE
CALLS, "LIFE" THAT SEEM TO HAVE FEW ANTECEDENTS.
THEY HAVE PERFORMED IN MAJOR U.S. CITIES AS WELL
AS EUROPEAN, EASTERN CAPITALS, RECEIVING HIGH
CRITICAL ACCLAIM.

TWO SHIRTLESS MEN DO DANCE RESEMBLING WRESTLING
MATCH, INTERLOCKING ARMS, LEGS IN STANDING
POSITION, EACH THROWING OTHER TO GROUND.

GROUP POUNDS ROCKS TOGETHER, SLAM FEET ON GROUND,
AS THEY DANCE TO RHYTHM MADE BY THESE SOUNDS.

TAKEI, TWO MALE DANCERS, DO SLOW CONTACT DANCE.
END UP TOGETHER IN BALL-LIKE EMBRACE.

CU DECAYING TREE TRUNK ATTACKED BY COMMON ORGANISM
CALLED JUNGLE ROT. THIS ORGANISM BREAKS DOWN
CELLULOSE INTO SUGAR.

BLACK FEMALE TECHNICIAN AT GULF OIL CHEMICAL TAKES
VIAL OF LIQUID SUGAR OUT OF VIBRATING MACHINE,
AFTER IT WAS CONVERTED FROM CELLULOSE. THE REASON
FOR THE INTEREST IS THAT SUGAR IS ONE STEP AWAY
FROM ALCOHOL, WHICH IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PETROLEUM.

SCIENTIST PUTS SOURCE OF CELLULOSE, IN THIS CASE,
TREATED MUNICIPAL GARBAGE, IN LARGE GLASS BEAKER,
HE ADDS YEAST, ENZYME DERIVED FROM FUNGUS. TH
E ENZYME CONVERTS CELLULOSE TO SUGAR, AT SAME TIME
YEAST CONVERTS SUGAR INTO ALCOHOL.

HARD HAT WORKERS SHOVEL INDUSTRIAL WASTE AT PAPER
MILL, ONTO CONVEY WHICH TAKES IT UP TO LARGE VAT
OF LIQUID, DROPS IT IN. THIS WASTE IS A SOURCE OF
CELLULOSE WHICH GOES THROUGH PROCESS AT PLANT,
COMES OUT ALCOHOL ON THE OTHER END.

MONTAGE COUPLE JOGGING TOGETHER ON BOARDWALK,
WOMAN RUNS WITH HANDS IN POCKETS OF JACKET, YOUNG
GIRL RUNS ON SIDEWALK, PASSING CAB IN BACKGROUND.
MEN RUNNING BOTH WAYS ON PARK WALK, PARK BENCHES
IN BG. OTHERS RUNNING, DIFFERENT SETTINGS.

CROWD WATCHES RUNNERS PASSING BY SMALL STORES
IN BUSINESS DISTRICT. OLD WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR WITH
CHILD IN HER LAP. CROWD OF RUNNERS NARROW OUT INTO
SMALL GROUPS.

SMALL CHILD SITS IN STREET AMID SPECTATORS.