MS Asian-American boy throwing paper airplane in backyard. low angle GV looking up at paper airplane in flight, blue sky BG. Pan & tilt down facade of high-rise office building. Panning MS reference books on shelf in library, zoom in to white teenage girl writing at table. MCU man reading newspaper at bus stop. MCU teenage boy writing letter at desk. MS street-side magazine rack. CUs industrial printing press in operation, rolling & spitting out printed sheets of paper. MS man operating pressing press. CU photographic paper being removed from stop bath in darkroom.
MS boy pouring milk onto breakfast cereal at table. MS girl cutting gift wrapping paper w/ scissors. MS woman pushing grocery cart filled with groceries (& two kids) to station wagon car in parking lot. MS woman removing groceries from paper bags, putting away groceries in kitchen. MS woman crumbling brown paper bags & throwing it into overflowing garbage can. TLS several raking leaves, refuse along sidewalk. CU ye old typographic text. CU Declaration of Independence. CU cursive script. CU first page of Old Testament, first Book of Genesis. MS/CUs Asian-American boy folding paper airplane in backyard, then flying it.
DO NOT USE: Opening credits.
Tilt down from cloudless blue sky to city skyscrapers, highway interchange. TLS Golden Gate Bridge, city of San Francisco in BG. TLS two-lane traffic over small bridge, cars crossing. Panning LS commercial jet airplane taking off. TLS freight train moving across leafless winter landscape. GV several rockets on outdoor display. LS freight train moving across countryside, passing in front of industrial mill in far BG. MCUs young woman writing letter at desk.
CU print of the US Constitution. CUs Declaration of Independence, inc signatures. CU sheet of papyrus. Details ancient Egyptian drawings, hieroglyphics.
Everything you ever wanted to know about soap: history, cultural significance, manufacture, uses.
MCU Caucasian baby (infant) enjoying being given sponge bath. MS grade school aged Caucasian girl standing in front bathroom mirror, turning on faucet to wet washcloth, rubbing bar of soap on washrag, washing face w/ soap & water. CU Caucasian woman washing hair in the shower, lathering. MS Caucasian man putting laundry into washer at Laundromat, box of Tide on washing machine. MS pre-teen Asian-American girl washing dishes in kitchen sink. Adorable MCU/MS charming, sad-eyed dog being given bath by Caucasian girl in metal tub. CU sponge being dipped onto bucket of soapy water, pan out to MS of teenage boy washing car in driveway. Rear MCU following feet of African-American teenage boy w/ muddy tennis shoes walking into kitchen. Tilt up MS from muddy shoes to teenager being scolded by mother holding mop, she gives him a good stare before pointing. CU face of teen boy looking around. Traveling MS laundry detergents on grocery store (supermarket) shelf: Bold, Tide, Ajax, Arm & Hammer.
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Traveling MS laundry detergents on grocery store (supermarket) shelf: Purex, Rinso, Oxydol. Traveling MS liquid dish-washing detergents & soaps on store shelf: Joy, Dawn, etc. MS product shot of soaps, detergents: Tide, Cascade, Shield, Fantastik, etc. Slow motion MS legs of grade school kids playing soccer in very muddy field. MCU muddy soccer ball rolling. MS legs w/ muddy shins & feet w/ dirty soccer cleats walking toward camera, stepping in puddle.
MS Caucasian boy dressed soccer jersey & covered in mud, standing at the bathroom sink, rubbing his dirty hands under the water, still covered in mud he proceeds to wipe his filthy hands on clean hand towel. CU boy wiping muddy hands on white towel, leaving nasty dirt streaks. MS/MCU same muddy boy washing hands in sink, first filling the basin w/ water then using bar of soap, lathering & rinsing then wiping hands on towel. CUs Caucasian man washing hands w/ soap & water, wets hands in basin, lathers with bar of soap, rinses w/ running water.
DO NOT USE: Illustration of single cloth fiber showing how soap attracts & removes dirt.
Yellowstone National Park - PT1: Educational film regarding Yellowstone National Park. Originally shot on film.
Scenic TLS pan steaming geyser lake (hot springs), dusk or dawn. Tilting up TLS misty jagged rock face. Panning TLS snowy rock face, gorge, valley. MS geyser erupting, spewing steam & water. TLS tourists near hot springs, geysers, pan out to TLS. Rear GV elderly men taking photos of geyser action. MS two male tourists taking pictures while herd of buffalo (bison) run past them. High angle LS men fly fishing in river. MS man windsailing on lake. MS young female elk walking through deep snow (winter). MCU male moose grazing in grass. High angle LSs Yellowstone River snaking through valley. GVs waterfalls.
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Excellent MS/TLSs geysers erupting, gushing. MCU bubbling mud (mud pot). Panning MS hot springs. MCU boiling spring. Panning TLS steam plumes over hot springs. MS small stream waterfall surrounded by snow. TLS snowy river (winter).
Several scenic shots of steam, hot springs, geysers within the park (geothermal activity). MSs boiling, bubbling water. Scenic TLSs geyser rising from river, evergreen forest in BG.
LS/TLSs Old Faithful geyser erupting, spewing, gushing. Several scenic GV/MS/LSs of Mammoth Hot Springs. MCUs bubbling mud pots.
Panning WS Alpine Meadows (volcanic plateau). Scenic TLS/MS rivers & waterfalls of Alpine Meadows. Panning WS Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone showing the Yellowstone River down below. LS waterfall w/ steep drop. Panning WS cannon walls & Yellowstone River gorge.
Establishing GV The Inn at Old Faithful. Panning GV The Lake Hotel. Panning LS scenic Yellowstone Lake at dusk. Panning LS scenic Yellowstone Lake during summer day.
Male elk walking across prairie field, coming to stop near female elk grazing or laying in grass. Head of young, possibly female, bighorn sheep chewing, looking around. Female elk. Male moose laying in grass. Several American bison walking through woods. Bison rubbing face against small conifer tree. Male elk wading into stream. Ducks swimming in lake. Male moose grazing in marsh area of river. Bighorn sheep coming down a steep rocky incline to graze on grass. Young bighorn sheep walking along rocky terrain.
Funky Soul opening, Joe Dennis providing voiceover. CU/MS poet Nikki Giovanni, sporting Afro hairstyle & wearing long flowing red dress w/ silver circular pattern, reciting "Kidnap Poem." (Opening line of "Ever Been Kidnapped by a Poet?")
Nikki Giovanni introduces Wilbert Hart, William Hart, Major Harris, otheriwse known as the Delfonics. The Delfonics perform "Trying to Make a Fool of Me." Words can't possibly describes the colorful though oddly cut jumpsuit-like outfits they chose to wear. Funky in-studio band provides hot accompaniment, the guitarist drenching the song with tasty wah-wah during the breakdown. At outset, TLS black audience applauding.
Nikki Giovanni introduces South African singer Miriam Makeba. Miriam Makeba performs "Brand New Day." In-studio band accompaniment. At outset, TLS black audience applauding.
Nikki Giovanni interviews Miriam Makeba, welcomes her to the States. Nikki asks of her husband Stokely Carmichael (the couple had exiled themselves to Guinea, West Africa in 1971); Miriam replies that he is very active in teaching & politics & intends to come back to the U.S. Miriam Makeba discusses the difficulties she has endured thus far on her American tour, says "the only difference between South Africa & America is very slight" & that "South Africa admits what they are (racists, bigots)." Miriam Makeba says she records exclusively for a label owned by the Guinea government, mentions Union of South Africa. Ms. Makeba says she is happy w/ her life, that she wouldn't change a thing, that she has made her own decisions & if something fails then she has no one else to blame. Ms. Makeba elects not to incite the rancor of the U.S. government on camera. Miriam says she has a daughter, Bongi, & two grandchildren, Lumumba & Zanzi.