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Soul! EP 5
Ellis Haizlip introduces The Last Poets. The Last Poets (David Nelson, Gylan Kain, Abiodun Oyewole, Nilija) perform "Die, Nigger." Angry, biting performance poetry, black theater. Excellent, stunning performance. At outset, FO/FI MS studio audience clapping, pan to Ellis Haizlip, Clayton Riley, Barbara Ann Teer, and Loretta Long applauding enthusiastically. Ellis Haizlip thanks The Last Poets, asks the audience to give them one more round of applause.
Soul! EP 5
Ellis Haizlip introduces singer Marion Williams. Marion Williams performs the jazz ballad synonymous w/ Lady Day, "God Bless the Child." Piano accompaniment. Ms. Williams had such a glorious voice. Excellent performance.
Soul! EP 5
Ellis Haizlip interviews briefly singer Marion Williams (family, hometown, recording schedule). Ellis Haizlip closes show, thanks guests, introduces Marion Williams. Marion Williams performs "How I Got Over." Uptempo gospel w/ piano accompaniment. Credits roll at outset.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
1970s film about air pollution. Its causes, effects & possible solutions. (environment, pollution)
Alcoholism: I Was Going To School Drunk
This 1970s film deals with teenage drinking and teenagers whose parents are alcoholics. (Alcohol abuse, addiction, underage drinking, alcoholism)
Biofeedback: Listening to Your Head
Scientist explore the use & potential of biofeedback - listening to our brain waves. (science, experimental)
Biochemical Revolution: Moods of the Future
1970s film about how drug use is changing the society. (research, mood altering, research)
The Brain: Creating A Mental Elite
Film looking at the functions & potential of the human brain. Film looks at research being conducted & speculates on the future. (medical research, science, science fiction, sci-fi, futurism)
Cancer: The Wayward Cell
Film looks at the causes, possible treatments & the physical & emotional effects of cancer. Several doctors & scientists are interviewed. One patient, Christine McGuire, tells her story. (disease, research, treatment)
Lifelines: A Career Profile Story
This film features Dr. Edgar Schein of the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T who discusses the insights of his research into career formation. Shots of 3 different men at their jobs. (social science)
Cities: Living in a Machine
This film looks at some of the 1970s new living environments that are being developed to meet the incredible world population increases. It looks squarely at the problems we face in rebuilding the earth so that people can live on it. (Futurism, social science, engineering, design, predictions)
Crime
The film looks at the many faces of crime and the activities of law enforcement agencies, which try to control it (organized crime in North America, street gangs, terriorism). In the future, criminologists will employ dye guns, lasers, voiceprints, exotic x-rays, bomb sniffers, and neutron analysis.
Depression & Suicide: You Can Turn Bad Feelings Into Good Ones
The film stimulates a healthy, open discussion about the physical and emotional pressures that cause depression, and how they can be alleviated or prevented. Most of the footage is general footage of people & their daily lives in the 1970s. The VO talks about depression, but their is no footage of hospitals or suicide.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
We see how traditional sources of energy will be depleted in the near future. Nuclear power, solar power, pollution.
Evolution by DNA: Changing the Blueprint of Life
Interviewed is David Suzuki, a geneticist working on biological evolution, who is studying the common fruit fly to find out exactly how genes work in heredity. (DNA, genetics)
The Family: Lifestyles of the Future
Film tries to predict what families will be in the year 2000. General shots of daily living in 1970s. Some of the footage is of experimental communal living, but it could also work for general daily life.
Flying: From Here to Infinity
"A DOCUMENT Associate Inc. Production" Animation of space flight. White spaceship flying over Earth, separating from booster rocket, which falls back toward Earth; spaceship's rockets fire as it flies away. POV animation flying past stars. Adult Caucasian male talking about men and women being "artificially" selected for flights to Mars where they will eventually breed to create progeny to live on Mars, which which be a sub-speciation of human, unable to come back and live on Earth; man standing in between two globes, bigger one in the FG.
Fusion: The Electric & Infinite Future
Film explores the possibility of using fusion to replace our consumption of fossil fuels.
Smoking: Games Smokers Play
1970s Anti-smoking educational film w/out the scare tactics. At times uses humor to attack the reasons people smoke.
Habitat 2000: Human Scale Cities
1970s film speculating on the year 2000 city of the future.
Cheap Noir Scenes
Master 1480 - Tape 1 TLS three white male police detectives (classic crime-busting dicks wearings suits and ties, fedoras) clammoring out of shiny black sedan parked in dark alleyway (more like a studio lot or large sound stage); brick buildings line alley; like a scene from a cheap film noir. (5-3) TLS police car (squad car) parked in middle of tree-ridden rural dirt road during late afternoon, headlights beaming; police car rolls toward camera cautiously; white male cop on passenger side hops out to assist white man lying on ground beside black sedan with white-wall tires; felled man appears to have been victim of a gang beating. Crimes and misdemeanors. Like an excerpt from a cheap forgotten film noir. (5-2)
Salmon Fishing, Fishery
Master 1480 - Tape 1 WLS scenic salmon fishery in Pacific Northwest United States (minor waterfall collapsing into fishery pond, lake & buttes in midground, mountains in BG). LS small natural waterfall at fishery. Panning TLS two white male fishery workers riding in pulley cart across waterfall. TLS/MSs white male fishery workers standing on platform over fishery pond near base of waterfall, catching rather large salmon with large hoop nets attached to long handles.
Wharf Activity
Master 1480 - Tape 1 Nice LS small scattered groups of Caucasian people walking along fisherman's wharf area. TLS Fish Grotto & Mike's Seafood restaurants along wharf area. Something inherently seedy, seamy about this area.
USC Trojans Football
Master 1480 - Tape 1 High angle LS Army (West Point) collegiate marching band marching, performing, filing onto football field from stadium tunnel. Panning LS USC Trojans marching band standing, performing National Anthem near sideline, crowd standing in background. Fuzzy LS crowd standing in bleachers(sea of white shirts). Great LS spectators calmly filing toward & into tunnel exit along bleachers after game. Panning high angle LS University of Southern California Trojans performing on field, marching toward exit. Panning LS West Point marching band marching along sideline, tilt up to spectators seated in stands. Nice LS packed crowd seated calmly in bleachers, some waving hats. MS white female majorette twirling baton, performing happily for camera while Army marching band marches & performs in BG. H/a LS USC Trojans performing, marching onto field. H/a WLS/LSs USC marching band performing during halftime show. Great MS majorette twirling baton, performing routine while West Point Academy marching band marches behind her. H/a LSs marching band performing on field during halftime, nighttime game. (15-6) Panning high angle sideview LS field goal being kicked successfully during collegiate football game (team in dark jerseys is probably USC). Panning h/a sideview LS kickoff return for five yards. Panning h/a sideview LSs shotgun pass to quarterback who passes to receiver for five yard gain; another shotgun pass on which the QB sneaks up the middle for another 5 yd gain; another shotgun pass who throws 30 yds to receiver who's brought down at sideline; another shotgun to receiver for 1st & 10; another shtogun pass to QB who passes to receiver in end zone for touchdown (TD). (15-4)