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Biography: Joseph McCarthy
Great TLSs of the Capitol Dome (Capitol Building) at night. Montage of McCarthy's censure hearing, Senators debating, and the delivery of the verdict; shots of McCarthy with lawyer at hearings. MSs of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, arm in sling, walking into conference room with attorney after censure verdict; MSs press corps, cameras. MCU Joe at press conference: "I don't think the American people are fooled. They know that I'm being censured b/c I dared to expose Communism and treason in government". More shots of McCarthy at various Senate hearings. MSs President DWIGHT EISENHOWER and wife MAMIE EISENHOWER at a Republican picnic; shot of reporters & press filming them. Various shots of Joe speaking to camera (no sound) or at meetings.
George W. Bush Speech to Joint Session of Congress
President George W. Bush speaks to a Joint Session of Congress in light of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 on Washington and New York.
Senate Majority and Minority Response to Bush Speech regarding 9/11 Attacks
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott respond to the President George W. Bush speech to a Joint Session of Congress in light of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 on Washington and New York.
Moving Mountains
Opening montage of historical recreations / re-enactments of ancient Egypt and Rome: title announces that "the world's work had become an insufferable burden on the shoulders of man as early as 5000 years ago"; shots of ancient Egyptian male slaves breaking and moving large rocks while foreman cracks whip (nice shots of sweaty muscles, quivering sandaled feet as they struggle in this early hellhole construction site); dissolve to TLS two filthy male Roman plebians blowing glass the old fashioned way; TLS of patrician Roman princess drinking wine while her male slave fans her, a vestal woman entering and throwing herself at her royal feet, knocking over and breaking the wine glass (VO says that "a society based on oppression must eventually crumble and the Roman Empire fell to the barbaric hordes that supplied a large part of the slave labor").
Moving Mountains
Historical recreation (re-enactment) of The Middle Ages and Colonial Times: title says that "the world's work demanded flexible power-- muscle power. Animal muscle was too clumsy for most jobs, and human muscle, slave or free, proved too weak to keep pace with progress"; MS fief or serf tilling shady ground beneath tree, feudal lord castle in BG; MS of a Christian monk stoking fire, studying in a dark abbey; MS filthy men taking grain sacks and wooden barrels from warehouse as the boss looks on. Colonial times: MS/CUs frontersman outside cabin with musket and axe, preparing to cut logs for housing.
Combat: The Constant Reality - Vietnam War
Sequence of stills and moving images from Vietnam War. Vietnam
Moving Mountains
MS of male blacksmith, tattoo on his left arm, pounding a metal rod on an anvil inside a foundry, 1957. Cut to re-enactment MS of colonial woman and child weeping over grave of husband. Cut to re-enactment shots of early grain combines, some pulled by horses, harvesting in field. TLS of early industrial production equipment (enormous churning gears) in operation. Cut to 1957 MCU factory gears spitting out ball bearings. TLS of an early slat combine working in a grain field (recration). MS white men wearing white t-shirts pushing a large cart of white grain sacks down a dark aisle in a factory, 1957. MS man lifting a wood barel onto another one. MS of bare chested (shirtless) white man using a jackhammer. MSs white & black men lifting, tossing, sorting lumber and materials at construction site. Title says that "mechanization is linke dot the growth of leisure and abundance in the history of human dignity".
Moving Mountains
TLS tractor-mover moving large unprocessed lumber. MSs forklifts in warehouses. MSs man sliding box of glass ampules along metal rollers inside Abbott Laboratories warehouse. MS forklift lowering heavy newsprint paper rolls in warehouse. TLSs of large forklifts lowering and moving a huge palette of processed wood in a supply yard (railcars). TLSs crane lifting cement mixer to top of building at construction site. TLS/MSs of an airline ground crew driving carriers, loading up a United Airlines commercial airplane.
Moving Mountains
Aerials view of Clark construction company plants and factories located throughout Michigan. TLS/MSs inside steel foundry (sparks and molten metal), employees (all of whom are African-American) and machines shaping white-hot steel; pounding and cutting steel; white men weld steel. TLS/MSs hydraulic cyclinders, torque converters and other equipment parts being assembled and tested. Depiction and description of techniques used in manufacturing Clark machinery; phases of assembly; crane attaches tractor cab to its base.
Moving Mountains
TLS Clark tractor-dozer on flatbed, awaiting railroad delivery. MS forklift hauling wooden crate of soft drink in warehosue in Capetown, South Africa. More shots of forklifts being used in warehouse. TLSs tractor shovel picking up load of white sand in quarry, dumping load into truck. MS black station wagon pulling up to curb in suburbia, troupe of white businessmen in business suits get out and enter Clark facility. Shots of businessmen touring facilities, viewing forklifts. MSs men learning maintenance of new equipment, then watching AV show in classroom; MS of white man putting slide into slide projector; slides of illustrations of futuristic construction equipment. Title card says that "eficient machines sweep aside the need for brutal use of human muscle, shorten the days work and speed the flow of goods to meet human wants".
Moving Mountains
WLS of a rock quarry on a sunny day, pan L to see one of its walls leveled by TNT (dynamite) explosion. TLS crusher. TLSs tractor hauling aggregate and sand. MS white man getting off tractor while another man gets on; former man walks over to Chevy, drives off for home, his work day completed. TLS/MSs of working class white male coming home: drives bubbly green Chevy into suburban driveway, gets out, greets his young son who's wearing a baseball uniform, enters home. TLS/MSs of stereotypical 1950s white middle class family having a picnic in their backyard on a sunny day: Dad sits in wood lawn chair and reads the Seattle Record newspaper, son in baseball unform sits idly by, Mom and teenage daughter prepare and cook and serve food.
Moving Mountains
Montage of log processing from felled tree to finished chair: TLSs tall tree falling to ground in Pacific Northwest forest, logs placed onto loading truck, fed onto mill; shots of processed wood (lumber) being cut and drilled; EST shots factory. Cut to MSs white man sitting in wood lawn chair and reading Seattle Record newspaper. TLS tractors hauling pulp pine wood in forest in Canada; EST shot paper mill, raw wood pulp in FG; clamped forklift lowers large roll of newsprint from top of stack in warehouse. Great MCU metal mailbox ("US Mail" and "Mike Wellman" written on it) on post being opened, a newspaper being placed inside; blue sky BG. Panning MS of food on picnic table as white woman preps the meal; TLS white woman and teenage daughter taking burgers from grill and putting them onto buns. TLS tractor trailer zipping along highway. TLS tractor trailer filled with livestock (cows) pulling into "meat-packing center", otherwise known as a slaughterhouse. MS black man operating forklift, picking up palettes of grainsacks; MS sacks of rice (from India) being lowered via forklift. MS middle class white family eating at picnic table.
Moving Mountains
The concluding Clark construction equipment parade: high angle and ground level MS/LSs of white men wearing white labcoats riding all the colorful models of Clark forklifts, tractor shovels, timber handlers, scrapers, giant dozers and cranes in some absurd parade strangely evocative of May Day in Moscow.
War Demonstration "B"
Good footage of college students protesting the Vietnam War. The segment begins with student protesters standing around with signs that read "Stop the Bombing-Out Now smc". Shot of a young woman with braids sitting on the ground while other protesters stand around her. There is a sign in front of her that reads "Cleveland Says Out Now". Elevated shot of the group gathered on the lawn.
Federal Building TV 8 Demo
A group of protesters are demonstrating in front of a city building. They carry signs and chant "Billionaires Profit Off Vietnam". CU of building with "Radio WJW TV" lettering on it. Shot of protesters listening to speaker. Camera pans over group of protesters showing various people who turned out for the cause. The group consists of both men and woman who look to be about twenty-something. The majority of the protesters are Caucasian, but there is one African-American man in the mix. More shots of protesters.
Combat: The Constant Reality - Operation Urgent Fury and Operation Just Cause
Video footage from Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada) and Operation Just Cause (Panama). Grenada and Panama
Combat: The Constant Reality - Operation Desert Storm
Video footage from Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War). Many of these shots are very brief. Kuwait and Iraq
Combat: The Constant Reality - Military Funeral
Combat: The Constant Reality - Military Funeral Virginia MS Officer performs "Taps" in heavy snowfall. Slow motion tracking shot through what is probably Arlington cemetery - in winter snow, and in spring with blossoms in foreground. Back to same MS of officer.
NASA Shuttle Flight STS-27
NASA mission logo with names: Gibson, Mullane, Ross, Shephers, Gardner, zoom out to official mission photo of the 5 crew members.
NASA Shuttle Flight STS-27
WS shuttle on launch pad, engine starts, huge white smoke. CU engine at lift off. CU nose of shuttle as it take off. MS shuttle lifting off and beginning its rotation. Passes through light clouds. MS something (rocket booster?) falling in blue sky- thick white plume of smoke. Blurry shot of shuttle - orange flare as rocket boosters separate and slowly fall away.
NASA Shuttle Flight STS-27
WS shuttle on launch pad, engine starts, huge white smoke. CU engine at lift off. CU nose of shuttle as it take off. MS shuttle lifting off and beginning its rotation. Passes through light clouds. MS something (rocket booster?) falling in blue sky- thick white plume of smoke. Blurry shot of shuttle - orange flare as rocket boosters separate and slowly fall away.
NASA Shuttle Flight STS-27
View of earth from shuttle (blue curve against black background). View of mountain range from shuttle - topography fills frame then zooms out to show curve of the earth, black space. Another close shot of mountainous topography, and wider shots of the blue planet ( really nice shots).
NASA Shuttle Flight STS-27
Daily life on a space shuttle. Astronaut heats up some food, shaves. Other astronauts float around - one brushes his teeth. Another 'pours' liquid soap onto a washcloth and washes himself. CU sign "Urine collection" Shot of toilet. Astronaut zips himself into his sleeping bag contraption and goes to sleep. Another guy exercises on a treadmill.
NASA Shuttle Flight STS-27
Astronauts take truns at zero-gravity backflips in a confined area. Wacky weightless fun and games. One astronaut - with his shirt wrapped on his head, a fake eye patch on and a metal rod in his mouth - floats to the camera like a pirate in pursuit of? Then, a games of zero-gravity baseball with an edible ball (looks like m&ms) that gets 'batted' into the pitcher's mouth! Then a game of football - these guys are having a good time.