WIZARD WHEELS:
SKATEBOARDS. TEENAGE SKATE BOARDERS WEARING
HELMETS, KNEE PROTECTORS GIVE AMAZING EXHIBITION,
INCLUDING HAND STANDS, ON SPECIALLY BUILT COURSE.
(HF-YTV)

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

CU FACE SHOT OF ASMUS WEARING DARK GOGGLES AS HE
AIMS, SHOOTS LASER AT STATUE. POP IS HEARD EACH
TIME HE SHOOTS.

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.

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)

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.

CU TETTLEMAN EXAMINES METAL FROM FRACTURED CRANE
BOOM, IN LAB, UNDER A MICROSCOPE. PHOTOGRAPHS IT.

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.

MONTAGE BROKEN METAL PARTS, CAR SEATS, TANGLED
METAL STRUCTURES, TIRES AND WHEEL HUBS. SCIENTIST
PEERS THROUGH MICROSCOPE, TO SEE "WHAT WENT
WRONG?"

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.

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".

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

ZOOM IN, SMILING HENSON AS HE WORKS..

CU FRONT OF FIRE TRUCK, "ENGINE CO. 1," EXITS
FIREHOUSE HEADING TOWARDS CAMERA, VEERS OFF DOWN
STREET SIREN SOUNDING, LIGHTS FLASHING.

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.

CU FIREMAN SQUATS DOWN, POURS WATER INTO SMOKING
HOUSE.

SHERIFFS' DEPUTY EDUCATES WOMAN ABOUT PREVENTIVE
MEASURES AGAINST ATTEMPTED INTRUSIONS. HE POINTS
TO HER OUTSIDE WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS

CU TELETYPEWRITER, PRINTS ADDRESS AND MEDICAL
HISTORY OF PERSONS LIVING THERE. FEMALE DISPATCHER
TAKES INFORMATION, CALLS RAINED MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS
STANDING BY.

CU MAN ON GROUND CLUTCHING CHEST, VOLUNTEERS
APPROACH, START RESPIRATION WITH OXYGEN. MAN IS
ROLLED OUT TO AMBULANCE ON GURNEY.