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Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
Rear view MS jai-alai player bouncing ball on court, preparing to serve. Great panning TLSs jai-alai game in progress (cam on court for very kinetic, frantic feel). Panning MSs jai-alai players (including one rather unprofessional man wearing white t-shirt & blue jeans) bouncing, serving ball on jai-alai court. Nice MS player in t-shirt & blue jeans leaping, volleying ball off wall. TLSs jai-alai game in progress (serving, volleying, returning, etc). Jai Alai. High angle LS crowd making for exit, others still seated at jai-alai theater. H/a MS four seated old men (senior citizens) perusing jai-alai betting programs; gambling. H/a LS seated crowd, jai-alai players standing on stage & waving to crowd before running off-stage. Panning LS crowded balcony, floor; stop at jai-alai game in progress; quick pan to starting shot, repeat.
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
MSs people holding tickets, passing through turnstile at jai-alai arena (no faces, only torso & legs; in certain instances this could easily pass for concert goers entering arena for rock show); young white man wearing dirty blue jeans w/ tucked-in shirt & black leather belt; a white woman wearing a t-shirt featuring the Playboy bunny appears briefly; young white woman wearing open-toe sandals, bell-bottom polyester pants; portly woman in unflattering pink dress; dark-skinned man wearing dark t-shirt & white jeans. Great MS middle-aged Hispanic man in dark suit taking tickets, tearing them in half & giving attendees the stubs as they pass through turnstile (could pass for concert-goers entering concert hall for rock show); fashions are typically 1970s: bell bottom pants, plaid pants, cheeky mini-skirts, etc. Rear view MS of same (though only adults pass through in this shot). MSs adults (mostly) & young adults passing by and/or purchasing tickets at ticket booth (ticket counter, box office) advertising 75 cent matinee seats; Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American -- a melting pot, if you will; fashions for men include feathery long hair, polyester everything, funky facial hair, "Teddy Bear" caps. TLS/MSs betting agents working at counter, people placing bets or waiting to place bets. Gambling. Betting. Wager. Wagering.
Jai-Alai (Crowds, Players, Ticket Taking, Betting, etc)
TLS main facade of Miami Jai-Alai arena; zoom in to TLS crowd of mostly older adults filing into building. Over the shoulder MS box office agent counting money in enclosed booth while people mill about in lobby; pan & focus to ticket agent taking money, issuing tickets (money exchange, goods & service, ticket purchase through little window). TLS main facade of Miami Jai-Alai arena; zoom in to TLS crowd of mostly older adults filing into building.
Statue of Liberty, Manhattan, New York Harbor
Master 1490 - Tape 1 Great traveling shot from boat sailing in New York Harbor of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island in BG. Great static TLS Statue of Liberty; 3/4" vantage point of Lady Liberty holding torch. WLS cityscape of Lower Manhattan from across harbor; zoom in to tighter shot of skyscrapers. Tighter LS Manhattan skyscrapers, harbor & scattered boats in FG. Great full-on low angle TLSs Statue of Liberty (gray overcast skies in first shot, partly sunny in second). Traveling shot of Statue of Liberty from boat sailing in NY Harbor; zoom in to tighter shot of Lady Liberty. Traveling shots cityscape of Lower Manhattan, tugboat zipping across frame of second shot; skyscrapers. Traveling shot freighter barge sailing in Harbor.
U.S. Navy Destroyer Fires Depth Charges
Master 1490 - Tape 1 Nice TLS rear 3/4 view from sailing U.S. Navy destroyer; naval officer stands on deck, peering through binoculars while sailors fire three Mark 9 depth charges into sea from deck-mounted Mark 6 K-Gun launchers (projectors); cam pans right to last charges hitting water while earlier charges explode underwater, producing a massive though strangely beautiful plume of water & spray that spans wide & high. TLS same but from higher deck angle; pan right to large underwater explosions setting forth high-reaching spray. Gorgeous colors. TLS underwater explosion from depth charge. Opposite angle shot of U.S. sailors firing depth charges into ocean from sailing naval vessel; pan left to charges hitting water & sinking, shortly after which exploding. More of same.
View of B-17 Bombers in Flight from Gunner Turret
Master 1490 - Tape 1 Color WWII (World War Two, WW II, World War II) footage. Brief but great shot from gunner turret of B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in flight: idle heavy machine gun in FG, bomber fleet flying in formation in BG. MS ammunition bandolier hanging in gunner turret, bombers flying in distance. Air to air shot of bombers in flight. Great air to air shot of three B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight.
U.S. Destroyer, Mt. Fuji
Master 1490 - Tape 1 Excellent LS/TLSs silhouette of U.S. Navy destroyer sailing in placid water during sunset, cloud-shrouded Mount Fuji in BG.
Newsboy Selling L.A. Examiner on Street Corner
Master 1490 - Tape 1 MS white male teenager wearing white t-shirt & blue jeans selling Los Angeles Examiner on street corner across street from Crescent Drugstore (newspaper boy, newsboy). Flood-rise jeans, what with the cuffs cut to about his lower calf. Boy holds stack of newspapers in each arm, wanders about as late model 1950s cars (tailfins, tail fins, chrome) pass in BG. Prototypically 1950s.
Volcano!
Master 1490 - Tape 1 TLS miniature set, fire & smoke spewing from "volcano." MS fire & debris launching from faux volcano. MS lava pouring from flaming faux volcano. MS hot lava searing down hill of miniature set. Phoney, fake, silly, funny, strange, unusual. B-grade special effect.
Reno
Master 1490 - Tape 1 Various establishing shots of Reno, Nevada, circa 1982.
Reno
Zooming (in) WLS city of Reno, Nevada, night; array of lights; zoom in to various hotel casinos (the names of which except Circus Circus hotel casino are indecipherable from this distant vantage point). Nice WLS sleepy city of Reno cast in dark-blue light of dawn, snowy mountains in distance; zoom in to tighter shot of lights, buildings.
Reno
WLS/LSs city of Reno, Nevada, day; snow-capped mountains in distance; traffic on highway in FG; some commercial buildings, mostly residential. Panning LS commercial district (some inauspicious hotel & casinos such as Sundowner & Circus Circus mixed in there but for the most part this is a terribly unassuming tract).
Reno
TLS neon sign & marquee for Harold's Club in Reno, Nevada, night. LS neon signs, marquees, facades for Harold's Club, Harrah's (advertising The Debbie Reynolds Show with Martin Lewis) & Calneva (Cal Neva), automobile traffic on street in FG, nite. TLS arching "Reno-- Biggest Little City in the World" sign over street, zoom in to neon sign for Riverside Hotel & Casino, night. TLS arching neon street sign -- "Reno, Biggest Little City in the World"; neon signs for Fitzgerald's & Horseshoe hotel & casinos in BG, night. TLS vertical neon sign for Horseshoe, nite. TLS horizontal neon signs & entrance for Horseshoe & The Nugget. TLS sign on facade & entrance for The Gem casino (array of slot machines visible through windows), nite. MS glittering neon sign for Harold's Club. Nice DOF TLS banyon of glittering neon signs along hotel casino strip in Reno (The Hilton, The Nugget, Horseshoe, etc). Gambling.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
Environmental Activism: CU/MS group of enivonmental activists laying on the ground, lying still as if dead, some wearing gas masks, participationg in theatrical demonstration. Sirens in the distance.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
Various shots of the landscape. Shots of ice flows & water. Ice breaking. VO talks about the greenhouse effect.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
Ecologist Dr. Barry Commoner, MS he talks about greenhouse effect & pollution.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
Montage of images demonstrating sources of air pollution: factories, aerial shots of large cities, VO talks about the effect on the environment.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
MS of crowds of commuters coming up out of a subway station. MSs crowds of pedestrians walking down crowded urban street.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
CU of a blue flame. Montage of images demonstrating different types of flames and combustables, VO talks about burning things polluting the air.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
Low angle pan across large electrical sub-station. LS/GV factories with smokestacks.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
MS of Ecologist Dr. Barry Commoner talking about the environment.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
Montage of pollution makers including smoggy cities and factories. MS pans across a series of tubes & ducts at a factory.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
MS cars piled on rack, being moved at junkyard. MS claw moving junked car. MSs piles of garbage. Series of MSs showing bulldozers moving trash into burn pile, huge flames incinerate the heaps of garbage.
Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air
LS large atomic (nuclear) power plant near the water. CUs of hands on dials inside the power plant. CU dancing orange/red light on monitor. LS exterior atomic power plant. CU solar flares shooting from the surface of the sun. GV/MS equipment inside the atomic power plant.