Parade. A dragon balloon comes down the street. Shot of people holding the balloon ropes to the front of the dragon. Kids look up at the balloon. From Little Red Riding Hood, a float showing the wolf in Granny's bed comes down the street. CU of float. Three floats, representing The Three Bears, come next. CU on the Papa Bear float. Volunteers, dressed as conducters, pull along a train engine and wave to the crowd. CU of three inflated passanger heads from train past by. Kids watch as it goes by. CU of king's head at the train float's end. Shot of children. A Captain Hook balloon moves past the camera. Another balloon passes the camera. Shot of small floats coming down the street(Look like mice?). Santa and his sleigh are escorted down the street. Kids wave to Santa. Santa waves to crowd.
College Football: Ohio State vs. Michigan. Shot of stadium crowd. The dark jerseys have the ball. The ball is handed off to a running back(#44) who runs for 15 to 20 yards before being tackled. At about the 7 or 8 yardline, the ball is handed to (#44) again who runs it in for a touchdown. Crowd reaction. On another series of plays, the dark jerseys try a pass play, but it is intercepted by defender(#35) who runs it back till he is tackled at about the 10 yardline. On the next play, the lighter jerseys team quarterback(#22) throws a touchdown pass. Crowd Reaction Shot. The light jersey team has the ball again. Running back(#40) runs for about sixty-five yards before he is forced out of bounds. Quarterback(#22) throws a touchdown pass and the crowd goes nuts.
College Football: UCLA vs. USC. UCLA vs. USC. Panning shot of packed stadium. Dark jersey quarterback(#18) throws a bomb which is caught for a touchdown. Crowd shot. The other team tries a running play, but he is knocked out of bounds at the 1 yard line. On the next play, the ball is handed off and the running back leaps over the pile in the middle to score a TD. Crowd Shot. The ball is kicked off, but the ball is striped from the ball carrier and is recovered by the kicking team at the 15 yardline. The quarterback throws a touchdown pass into the endzone. Crowd shot. On another play series, the opposing quarterback throws a pass up the middle, but the pass is batted into the air and intecepted. The defender is tackled at the 11 or 10 yardline. The quarterback throws another TD pass.
A-Bomb Escort: Huge Super-Sonic Fighter Unveiled. Pilot climbs into cockpit. Closer shot of pilot settling into the cockpit. Pilot taxis US Air Force Fighter past the camera. Plane begins to taxi down the runway. It takes off and the camera follows it. Camera follows it as it flies overhead. Aerial shot of the jet in the air. Groung camera follows the jet as it does a roll.
El Canberra Con 1700 Tourist Canberra ship from London, makes it's first visit to New York. Various shots of Cruise, passenger liner. Tugboat aside ship, lifeboats visible. American flag on boat, "Canberra" scene in the distance. New York skyline with passenger liner. Passengers seen waving aboard ship.
Dignitary Disembarks from plane. Group of men, in dark overcoats and hats, cluster around the boarding stairs as a bald man, in a lighter overcoat leaves the plane. The group walks toward a set-up of microphones. The man in the light overcoat makes a statement. The press takes notes. The lighter overcoat man shakes hands with one of the dark overcoat men.
US Base Opened in Amsterdam. Delegates sit at a table and talk. CU of a flag. Delagate turns and shakes hands with a military official. Military men salute and flag is held out. The numbers 406 and 512 are on it. A man in a black overcoat and hat gives a speech from a podium. Military men other people stand behind him. Military men salute. A man pulls back a curtain and unveils a plaque. CU of plaque: "amp Nieuw-Amsterdam. D Kamp Is Op 16 November 1954. Geopend Door Mr. Arn. J. D'Ailly Burgemeester Van Amsterdam." American flag is raised up the flag pole.
Nice opening sequence, credits rolling beside Warren Smith of M'Boom playing timpani (tympani) drum in half-light. Diss to producer Ellis Haizlip introducing show, then Bobby Hebb.
Singer & guitarist Bobby Hebb performs "You've Got Soul" with super-cool Ron Carter on electric bass. Silky smooth, minimal soul blues number with jazz chords. "I've got soul, you've got soul. All of God's children, we've got soul." Bobby Hebb plays a hollow body electric guitar.
The Persuasions (Jimmy Haynes, Jerry Lawson, Herbert Rhoad, Jesse Russell, Jayotis Washington) perform "Buffalo Soldier" (acapella).
The Persuasions (Jimmy Haynes, Jerry Lawson, Herbert Rhoad, Jesse Russell, Jayotis Washington) perform a medley: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" / "You've Got A Friend" / "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand" / (acapella; note the outfit change).
Singer & guitarist Bobby Hebb with Ron Carter on electric bass performs the excellent jazzy soul song "A Natural Man" from the "Love Games" LP.
Ellis Haizlip thanks Bobby Hebb & The Persuasions, introduces M'Boom and their sonic wizardry. Percussion septet M'Boom (Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits) perform "Jihad Esmort" (jazz instrumental using congas, shakers, guiro, clave, traditional trap kit drum sets, whistles, gongs, marimba, xylophone, tympani drums). Improvisation, improvised music. Wild, chaotic.
Percussion septet M'Boom (Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits) continue performing "Jihad Esmort" (jazz instrumental using marimba, xylophone, triangle, bass drum, bells, tambourine, woodblocks, tympani, drum sets, gongs, whistles, sleigh bells, etc). Improvisation, improvised music.
Percussion septet M'Boom (Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits) continue performing "Jihad Esmort" (improvised jazz instrumental using marimba, marching snare, cymbals, vibraphone). At outset, Ellis Haizlip thanks the members of M'Boom.
Military Official Honored. Military official and a guy in dark robes(judge?) look at a book on a table. Guy in robes hands a tube(some sort of honors?) to military official and shakes his hand while another guy in robes looks on. Panning CU shot of the three men.
Big Automated Statutes in Toyland. Shot of a clown statute balancing big square blocks on his fingers and nose. A turbaned and bearded guy sits indian style next to him. Closer shot of revolving blocks on the clown's nose and hands. Shot of the bearded turban statute sitting indian fashion nodding his head and blinking his eyes with his lips moving. CU of its head nodding with eyes and lips moving. Mother and daughter look at an automated seal balancing a block on its nose and flapping its flippers. There is a partial sign behind the mother and daughter: "...toyland." Automated clown laughing with cow beside it being milked. CU of udders pouring into a bucket. Young boy pets a horse. Camera moves from a CU of an elephant's eye moving down to a sign by its feet: "Jumbo, The...Elephant 1475." CU of sign: Frosty, the Arctic Polar Bear 850." CU of sign: "The Pig Banquet 2475."
Ellis Haizlip introduces Bobby Hebb with Ron Carter on bass. Singer & guitarist Bobby Hebb accompanied by Ron Carter on electric bass perform the oft-forgotten hit "Sunny." Soulful, jazzy blues. Ron Carter "demonstrates how many hours you should practice before picking up an instrument" by performing smooth bass solo.
Percussion septet M'Boom (Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits) perform mystical opening sequence of "Anna on Tepia." Improvised jazz instrumental on vibraphone, shakers, tympani, bells, finger cymbals, rainshakers, marimba, sleigh bells, saw, gongs, etc.
Percussion septet M'Boom (Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits) continue performing "Anna on Tepia."Improvised jazz instrumental on vibraphone, tympani, marimba, xylophone, cymbals, gongs, drum kits, timbale, marching bass drum, etc.
Ellis Haizlip introduces The Persuasions. The Persuasions (Jimmy Haynes, Jerry Lawson, Herbert Rhoad, Jesse Russell, Jayotis Washington) perform acapella 1950s do-wop medley: "Sincerely" / "A Thousand Miles Away" / "Good Night Sweetheart" / "Down the Line" / "Speedo" / "I Only Have Eyes for You" / "Tears on my Pillow." Excellent! Funky keyed graphics in BG (old technology, graphics).
Nice MS Warren Smith of M'Boom performing drum solo on tympani (timpani) & gong in half-light, Soul! logo on screen right. Credits eventually roll on screen right.
Water The Drop of Life Part Three: The Perils of Pollution. Documentary about the global uses & abuses of water. Shot on location in numerous countries. Originally shot on Super 16mm. Letterboxed widescreen version (more than likely 1.66).
Aerial of scenic tropical waterfall, sheer drop. Panning TLS crane swimming in water, reeds in BG. TLS drought-stricken tree fallen near semi-arid vegetation. LS small oil facility (repository) in otherwise wooded area (third world country). MS economically poor South American woman making necklace while standing in doorway of home. CU illustration of woman in oily water of stream. CU thick oil sludge (pollution) marring shore. TLS scenic marsh, lillypads floating among reeds; MCU lilypads; MS reflection of sun shimmering on water. Former Prime Minister of Israel SHIMON PERES says "The Middle East is becoming slowly a desert." Activist & actor TED DANSON says "It's about your stewardship of what you inherit & how well you take care of it & pass it on." His Holiness the DALAI LAMA (Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso) says "Ultimately, human beings are in the mercy of nature." MS herd of young gazelle standing huddled in wild. TLS two waterfowl waddling from river, through marsh. MS spider monkey with long thick tail climbing tree branches. TLS bulldozer pushing mud through wetland. MCU polluted water (oil slick, oil spill). Excellent slow motion shot drop of water falling into still pool, causing ripples & reflex droplet in center. Opening credits & montage.