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The Woman's Decade: Beyond Beginnings
UN Conference for Women, 1985: shots of Nairobi, Kenya; women delegates viewing presentations at different booths about global women's issues; workshop geared to promote understanding of the lives and cultures of different worlds; Iranian delegate, picture of the Ayatollah around her neck; Native American delegates running workshop; American feminist intellectual Bella Abzug saying that this is a chance to avoid politics and embrace unity; people at informal conference.
Juveniles and Justice
MS of a Caucasian male teenager being handcuffed by a police officer, night. His face is not seen. (arrest, criminal)
Juveniles and Justice
DO NOT SELL: Opening title.
Juveniles and Justice
Rack focus CU of police lights flashing, night, zoom out to MS of host Sheila Banks introducing show: "Where have we gone wrong as parents, as a society, and what do we do about it?"
Juveniles and Justice
Cut to 1984 newsreel regarding the gang rape and murder of Catherine Fuller, a mother of six and resident of Washington, DC: MSs of paramedics rolling a covered dead body on a stretcher from a crime scene, into waiting ambulance; MS African-American policeman using two-way radio. MSs detectives and personnel conducting investigation.
Juveniles and Justice
DO NOT SELL: Still of Montgomery, Co., Maryland resident Stevie Wilson, a boy who was slashed "beyond recognition" by a playmate in 1984.
1985 - Juveniles and Justice
Caucasian children playing, hiking through a creek; MCU red Radio Flyer wagon.
Juveniles and Justice
DO NOT SELL: Newspaper headline about a babysitter who was killed by teenagers. Stills of Craig Cromwell, a young black teen was killed outside a housing prject in 1984.
Juveniles and Justice
Low angle MS of signs marking W. Franklin and N. Fremont intersection in DC, a housing project in BG and a liquor store sign (Coca-Cola sponsored) in FG.
Juveniles and Justice
DO NOT SELL: Blk & white photos. MS small church service. Unidentified TV station coverage of murder in South Philadelphia.
George Bush Inauguration
DO NOT USE Opening segment involving cropped excerpts of the Inaugurations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Opening credits.
George Bush Inauguration
FO/FI MS political dignitaries walking (away from camera) in hallway in Capitol Building. Cut to MS host Paul Duke in studio, introducing program.
George Bush Inauguration
MS of President RONALD REAGAN, First Lady NANCY REAGAN, President-elect GEORGE BUSH and BARBARA BUSH exiting White House; Mr. Reagan answers a reporter's question about any final thoughts by cryptically saying, "Keep the faith"; Mr. Reagan gets into a black limousine. TLS of crowd gathered in stands at the Capitol Building for Inauguration ceremony.
George Bush Inauguration
Paul Duke, in studio, speculating about the Inauguration and discussing past ones with commentators William Leachenburg and Norman Ornstein.
George Bush Inauguration
Slightly high angle MS of President RONALD REAGAN and NANCY REAGAN walking through hallway in Capitol Building. MSs of BARBARA BUSH and MARILYN QUAYLE taking their seats in the Inaugural gallery, waving and talking to folks. MSs of Mr. & Mrs. Reagan, flanked by Secret Service members, walking through Capitol. TLS/MSs military band performing. Nice MSs of Ronald & Nancy Reagan descending steps, assuming seats in gallery, beaming upon their Revolution. MS Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan smiling eagerly. MCU Barbara Bush, daughter-in-law (and current First Lady) LAURA BUSH standing behind her. MCU Nancy Reagan displaying stiff smile.
George Bush Inauguration
MSs Vice-President-elect DAN QUAYLE (J. Danforth Quayle) walking through Capitol, escorted by Sen. GEORGE MITCHELL and Rep. TOM FOLEY; VO dubs Mr. Quayle as "George Bush's George Bush". TLS/MSs crowd, gallery. MSs Mr. Quayle descending steps to gallery, standing briefly with wife MARILYN QUAYLE, then moving near podium to shake hands with RONALD REAGAN; Mr. Quayle & Mr. Reagan have informal (and unscheduled) chat. TLS crowd in gallery.
George Bush Inauguration
MSs President-elect GEORGE BUSH Sr. (George Herbert Walker Bush) walking through Capitol halls; escorting Mr. Bush are Sen. WENDELL FORD and House Speaker TOM WRIGHT; Mr. Bush descends steps, shakes hands with President RONALD REAGAN, waves to crowd. Good MCUs of Mr. Bush, wife BARBARA BUSH, son GEORGE W. BUSH and his wife LAURA BUSH. MS of Master of Ceremony Sen. Ford assuming podium, Mr. Bush and Mr. Reagan joking around behind his back begins the Inauguration.
George Bush Inauguration
Sen. Ford welcomes everyone. MSs of Rev. BILLY GRAHAM reading the Invocation; MSs of President-elect GEORGE BUSH, BARBARA BUSH and GEORGE W. BUSH bowing their heads reverently; MS President RONALD REAGAN and NANCY REAGAN doing the same; MSs VP-elect DAN QUAYLE bowing head; MCU George Bush scowling.
George Bush Inauguration
Sen. WENDELL FORD introduces The Harlen (KY) Boys Choir, under direction of Dave Davies. The Harlen Boys Choir perform "This Is My Country". C/A shot of the American flag flying from the Capitol Building, zoom out to wide shot of flag and Dome. C/A shot of small American flag flying from front of black limousine with the license plate of "USA 1". C/A shot of GEORGE BUSH listening.
George Bush Inauguration
TLS Sen. WENDELL FORD (R-KY) introduces Sen. TED STEVENS. MS Sen. Stevens introducing Dan Quayle, the Quayle family and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor. MSs of Justice O'Connor swearing in DAN QUAYLE (J. Danforth Quayle) as Vice-President of the United States, while MARILYN QUAYLE and their children Tucker, Benjamin and Corrin watch on. MSs of the Quayle family waving to crowd, shaking hands, then resuming their seats.
George Bush Inauguration
MS Sen. TED STEVENS (R-AK) introducing US Army Staff Sgt. ALVIE POWELL. MSs of Staff. Sgt. Powell singing "God Bless America". C/A shot of American flag waving (nice tight shot).
George Bush Inauguration
WETA Coverage of the 1989 Inauguration of President George Bush, Sr.
George Bush Inauguration
Sen. WENDELL FORD introduces President GEORGE BUSH while cannons continue firing. Mr. Bush begins Inaugural Address: "There is a man here who has earned a lasting place in our hearts & in our history. President Reagan, on behalf of our Nation, I thank you for the wonderful things that you have done for America. I have just repeated the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, & the Bible on which I placed my hand is the Bible on which he placed his. It is right that the memory of Washington be w/ us today b/c he remains the Father of our Country. And he would be gladdened by this day; for today is the concrete expression of a stunning fact: our continuity these 200 years since our government began. We meet on democracy's front porch, a good place to talk as neighbors and as friends. For this is a day when our nation is made whole, when our differences are suspended. And my first act as President is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads. Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for Your love. Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely. Make us strong to do Your work, willing to heed and hear Your will, and write on our hearts these words: "Use power to help people." For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us remember, Lord. Amen."
George Bush Inauguration
President GEORGE BUSH continues Inaugural Address: "I come before you & assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise. We live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it better. For a new breeze is blowing, & a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree. Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy through the door to freedom. Men & women of the world move toward free markets through the door to prosperity. The people of the world agitate for free expression and free thought through the door to the moral and intellectual satisfactions that only liberty allows. We know what works: Freedom works. We know what's right: Freedom is right. We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections, and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state. For the first time in this century, for the first time in perhaps all history, man does not have to invent a system by which to live. We don't have to talk late into the night about which form of government is better. We don't have to wrest justice from the kings. We only have to summon it from within ourselves. We must act on what we know. I take as my guide the hope of a saint: In crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity. America today is a proud, free nation, decent and civil, a place we cannot help but love. We know in our hearts that this country has meaning beyond what we see & that our strength is a force for good. But have we changed as a nation even in our time? Are we enthralled with material things, less appreciative of the nobility of work & sacrifice? My friends, we are not the sum of our possessions. They are not the measure of our lives. In our hearts we know what matters. We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it. What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there? That we were more driven to succeed than anyone around us? Or that we stopped to ask if a sick child had gotten better, and stayed a moment there to trade a word of friendship? No President, no government, can teach us to remember what is best in what we are. But if the man you have chosen to lead this government can help make a difference; if he can celebrate the quieter, deeper successes that are made not of gold & silk, but of better hearts & finer souls; if he can do these things, then he must."