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Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
LS/MSs oil refinery in Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon basin: exhaust burning from twin pipe towers; repository tank. MS sign: "Petroproduccion Proteja Nuestro Oriente-- Peligro! Gas Alta Presion" w/ skull & crossbones. TLS oil pipeline spanning across stream. MS/CUs nasty oil slicks, sludge, dripping oil leaks beneath pipelines & in toxic waste pits (pollution, environment). MSs oil company workers sanding, attaching, installing oil pipeline in Amazon basin. TLS twin towers burning off excess fumes at oil refinery. Nice traveling shot along river in Amazon during rainstorm. TLS Cofan hut, two small dogs running down stairs. Cofan Indian OLGA TAMILLO says "In order to have water we must collect the rainwater after it has rained for a long period of time. It looks black. It's full of salts. We have to clean it or throw it away. It has to rain a lot before it is safe to collect the rainwater." Acid rain.
Soul! # 309 "Journey to the Sun"
Singer & pianist Zulema performs a deep soul cover of the Carpenters hit "Close To You." Cool.
Soul! # 309 "Journey to the Sun"
Gerry Bledsoe-- wearing ugly plaid pants & tight black turtleneck-- thanks Zulema, introduces clip from the blaxploitation classic "Superfly."
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Cofan Indian ROMELIA MENDOA says "The entire river is dirty now. B/c the river has become so filthy, we can no longer bathe in it. All sorts of sickness have come to us from the pollution that can now be found in the river. We can't do anything w/ it, not even wash our clothes. Also, look at my feet, how they have become diseased. We are suffering a lot from sicknesses like this. We also suffer from other oil-related illnesses. As I was saying earlier, if we had not dug wells & continued to drink the water, we would have died of drinking kerosene-polluted water." Acid rain. TLSs Cofan Indian man fishing from boat on river in Amazon basin, Ecuador. Panning LS deforestation in rainforest, numerous downed & felled trees near clearing. LS twin stacks burning exhaust at oil refinery in Ecuador; nice MS reflection of exhaust towers, flames in oily pool at refinery. CU spider monkey. MCU oily, polluted water (oil slick). LS four Cofan Indian children playing on sand bar in river.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Former Soviet President MIKHAIL GORBACHEV says "The Cold War is over & the arms race has been stopped, leaving behind deep scars in the sense of damage to the environment in many regions. The consequences are disastrous." Excellent TLS/LSs abandoned, crumbling or partially operational industrial factories in former Soviet republic (remnants of Soviet Union) in silhouette against dawn sky; panning TLS abandoned railcars, stop at factory in BG; MS reflection of factory in polluted pool. TLS electric street car trolley passing cam in Donetsk, Ukraine, Russian Orthodox church in BG. TLS rail cars hauling aggregate through railyard. Panning TLS polluted water pools at coal mining facility. Panning TLS pinkish-gray smoke drifting from smokestack. Panning MS pollution around sewer grate, two boys playing in BG. TLSs houses, overflowing sewage on outskirts of Odessa. MS Ukrainian woman stirring pot of gruel outside home. MS chickens roosting in pen. Natasha of Odessa says "At the moment we have very big problems in our city, even w/ the water. Especially on the street, it's just awful. The sewage just flows over the streets. This sewage even float around outside, it even comes into the yards. For the children it's awful. We, us adults, we can stand it in a way, but for the children it is terrible. And the water running from the tap is just terrible. Without boiling it, it is not even possible to drink it." MS/CUs Natasha & her mother cutting vegetables, drawing water in kitchen.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
TLS senior citizens of Odessa, Ukraine, sitting in shade, tilt down to heavily polluted sewer basin. MS black cat sitting beside water pollution. Valentina & Raisa of Odessa say "We have been living in these conditions now for about 2 months. We don't know anymore who we have to contact. Our children, old people, children live here. We don't know who we have to contact. We contacted the executive committee, the city water management organization a lot of times. And everywhere they refuse to help us. They either have no pipes or they have no people or no technical means, but it doesn't make it easier for us. All of us are suffering from the sewage. Besides that, the drinking water sometimes when you open the tap, not always, sometimes you can see tadpoles swimming in it. We boil it but are we sure that boiling helps? We ask you to help us soon, just to remove the sewage as soon as possible. We have no air to breath, we are out of breath." MS/CUs open, polluted sewage water, frogs & bugs swimming in filth.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Panning MS garbage, debris, pollution in garbage dump in Moldova (creepy face of doll, canteen, trash, refuse); LS/TLS/MSs Molavians scavenging through refuse at garbage dump, looking for treasures. LS collection pond on farm. MS woman drawing water form well. TLS/MS biologist drawing water sample from well in Moldova. MCU chemist testing, stirring water sample in lab. TLS/MSs Moldavians hauling animal feces on carts, pitching animal waste onto cement platform w/ pitchforks. TLS/MSs residents at outdoor town meeting. TLS/MSs Vladimere Vygoing repairing cement well. Vladimere Vygoing says "We've emptied 20 tons of garbage from here & later on when we cover it w/ plates I want to pave it w/ stones, fill everything up w/ clay & decorate everything & make it look decent. But of course we need assistance. The authorities pay attention, but we are just doing it by ourselves. It's hard, very hard. Cement is expensive. A sack of cement costs 10 grivnas & here you need 1.5 tons. It's a lot of money. There is no money. It would be possible if we had the assistance to restore & dig springs. So we are going to do it, but as long as we don't get assistance we do it by our own means." MS/CUs clean water in near-finished well.
Soul! "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (Larry Brown, Lloyd Parks, Bernie Wilson, Teddy Pendergrass) perform "Ebony Woman." Soulful R 'n' B ballad with Harold Melvin and Teddy Pendergrass on lead vocals. Watch out for the magnificent split-screen latter in the song.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
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).
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Secretary-General of the United Nations KOFI ANNAN says "What I would say is that individuals should never underestimate their own influence & the role they can play in chnaging things for the better. I think they should speak up. They should be able to say in their community, Stop polluting our rivers, stop wasting water, I can't take this anymore. Begin talking to neighbors & friends & begin to organize & begin let the policy makers know they are concerned. Challenge their governments." Former President of Soviet Union MIKHAIL GORBACHEV says "I know & I witnessed what poor condition the river Rhine used to be in. Today they are fishing in this river again."
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
LS freighter sailing on Rhine River. LS Rhine River. TLS/MSs fishermen hauling fishing nets, catch onto small motorboat sailing on Rhine. Fisherman Karl Kuhn says "Until 1955, we used Rhine water to make tea & coffee. But then the quality of the water deteriorated." Panning LS sprawling industrial factories, manufacturing plants. LS boats & freighters sailing along waterway, factories in BG. MS wastewater pouring into collection tank. Great microscope shots of bacteria multiplying, spreading rapidly. MCUs fish dying in polluted water tank. LS/TLSs water treatment plant. Peter Diele of the Rhine Environmental Check Station says "The water quality of the Rhine has improved. 30 years ago, the Rhine was a symbol of a river that had been destroyed by humans. In the last 30 years, billions have been spent on cleaning wastewater. You can see the result on this curve that shows the percentage of oxygen which was very low in the 1970s & from then on increased again or on the amount of animal species that lived in the Rhine. In the 70s, most species died. But the Rhine has been recovering ever since & right now we almost have as many species as we did 100 years ago. That's a positive development." Panning TLS Rhine River.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) File footage of fire & toxic waste spill into the Rhine at Scheiserhalle, November 1986: massive explosion, night; aerials of pinkish toxic chemicals in Rhine.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
LS freighters sailing on Rhine. TLS/MSs floating monitoring stations in Rhine. MS/CUs water data & tests being conducted in surveillance station laboratory. MS/CUs technicians processing data using computers. TLS/MSs biologists inspecting salmon in containment tank designed to acclimate the fish before ultimately releasing them into Rhine River. Environmental Consultant Nicholas Proust says "The salmon say something about the quality of the water. It is a perfect fish for fishing & consumption. So when it exists in the river, the water is clean & that's important." TLS water from stream pouring into Rhine. MS man pulling in fishing net from boat.
Water the Drop of Life: Pt 3 The Perils of Pollution
Former Soviet President MIKHAIL GORBACHEV says "People should understand that when dealing w/ nature we have already exceeded the bounds of the permissible far too much. The situation is becoming dangerous. It affects people s health in a negative sense. If we go on treating nature the way we do now we might find ourselves in a very difficult situation." Actor/activist TED DANSON says "Politics, government, laws, the economy, everything should be run off of what is best for the environment. Then you would solve all of your problems, you really would. You would make money, and you would have a healthier, happier, more spiritual place." His Holiness the DALAI LAMA (Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso) says "Water is considered a source of survival. Maybe we can describe it as one truth." TLS Cofan Indian man rowing boat along river in Ecuador. TLS wastewater pouring into basin beneath bridge. LS Ladrones plant. TLS water traveling along sluice, toward cam. TLS dried river bed.
Soul! # 61 "Gladys Knight & the Pips"
Gladys Knight says she hopes to touch everyone's soul at some point during the show. She says 1971 was a very good year for them & hopes 1972 will be just as good. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To."
Soul! # 61 "Gladys Knight & the Pips"
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Friendship Train."
Soul! # 61 "Gladys Knight & the Pips"
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "If I Were Your Woman."
Soul! # 61 "Gladys Knight & the Pips"
FOR FULL PERFORMANCE WITH AUDIO, PLEASE CONTACT WPA. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform upbeat version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (live). Cutaways of African American audience listening, clapping, dancing in chairs, applauding.
Soul! # 61 "Gladys Knight & the Pips"
Norman Jordan recites poems "Feeding the Lions", "August 18th", "The Sacrifice" & "Dead Dreams." Carolyn Rogers recites poem "You Name This One." Norman Jordan recites poems "Allah", "Clairvoyance", "One Eyed Critics (Black Writer's Conference)", & "Popsicle Coal."
Soul! EP # 311 "Black Fire"
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) Clip from the motion picture "Sounder."
Soul! EP # 311 "Black Fire"
Funky Soul opening credits w/ recorded theme provided by King Curtis & the Kingpins.
Soul! EP # 311 "Black Fire"
Taj Mahal performs unidentified instrumental on thumb piano (metallophone, mbira, kalimba).
Soul! EP # 311 "Black Fire"
Taj Mahal performs "Ricochet" (instrumental) on banjo.
Soul! EP # 311 "Black Fire"
Taj Mahal performs "Cake Walk Into Town" on steel guitar. Rollicking blues song w/ whistle solo.