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WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
A sock puppet in a performance for children given by a clown to teach nutrition.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
VS of state government buildings intercut with ballet dancers, female clown, and government department directory; Ben Wattenberg, in voiceover, noting government's increased involvement in peoples' everyday lives led to an increase in government budget by 500%.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Ben Wattenberg, sitting in chamber of the New York State Legislature in Albany, swivels chair to face camera, and explains how continued government growth forces more taxation and borrowing, and when businesses complain, government will attack them for being either heartless or caring only about profits. It's a strategy that only temporarily works. Wattenberg swivels back and gets up.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt Shots of vacant factories in Upstate New York. Shots of dilapidated buildings in a Northern American city, possibly Buffalo, NY. (Poverty, slum, Urban Decay, recession). Empty factory.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Wattenberg on the podium of the New York State legislature pontificates about the evils of "Big Government".
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
New York Governor Hugh Carey speaking on the podium of the New York State legislature. Our buildings were the tallest and the most sumptuous. Our civil servants, the most highly trained and paid. Our public assistance programs, the most expensive. Thus our taxes also became the highest in the nation. And every interest group and advocate came to think of the state budget and the state subsidy of local budgets as the never-ending horn of plenty that could pay for more and more each year. Now, The Times of Plenty , The Days of Wines and Roses are over.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
New York State Legislature in session. Albany, New York
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Shot of historical building in Albany, New York.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
POV from front of train travelling through snow covered landscape. Aerial of Niagara Falls. Aerial of Buffalo featuring industrial district. Aerials of Buffalo's downtown, steel mill, lakeside grain elevator, and Ford auto plant; foggy/hazy conditions. Ben Wattenberg, in voiceover, comments on Buffalo's economic decline.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Car emblems (Volkswagen, Toyota, and Subaru). VS of small cars driving, including a Volkswagen Beetle. Ben Wattenberg, in voiceover, comments on the decline of domestic car manufacturing.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Travelling POV down a suburban street in Buffalo; row of houses, adults and children walking, running on sidewalk. Chet's Grill; signs in window. Ben Wattenberg, in voiceover, comments on Buffalo's population decline.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Ben Wattenberg in a Buffalo's Broadway market.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
VS of English/Polish language signs in the Broadway Market (a.k.a. "Polish Market"). Adult Caucasian man behind a mobile cart.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Adult Caucasian male butcher behind display case speaks to Ben Wattenberg, lists closed businesses that have impacted the area.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Adult African American man and woman walking toward camera, carrying bags; Broadway Market (a.k.a. "Polish Market").
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
Adult Caucasian male butcher talks about the closed businesses in the area.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
VS of boarded up storefronts in downtown Buffalo on a gray and dreary day; adult African American woman, Caucasian male walking on street. Stray dog. Woman waiting for a bus; light snow falling. Trash bin; zoom in to "Have a Good Day Buffalo".
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
(The audio track is absent here. Poor tracking also.) Ben Wattenberg parts two stacks paper on desk, speaks to camera, then points to color coded map of contiguous United States behind him. Broken windows.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
(The audio track is absent here. Poor tracking also.) VS of dilapidated buildings in an American city, possibly Buffalo. Wildroot Cream Oil factory; empty. Adult Caucasian man walking in front wall with graffiti. Man standing on street in front of boarded-up buildings. Ben Wattenberg sitting behind to stacks of papers, speaking to camera.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
(The audio track is absent here. Poor tracking also.) Ben Wattenberg sitting behind two stacks of papers, speaking to camera. Niagara Junk Company building.
WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
(The audio track is absent here. Poor tracking also.) Amtrak train. Ben Wattenberg carrying bag, boarding Amtrak train. VS of train pulling out of station. POV from front of train travelling through snow covered area.
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - "Red River Blues"
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - "Red River Blues" - Library of Congress Field Recording CU record spinning on turntable, pan out to see man & woman at the Library of Congress archive, listening to vinyl. Dissolve to rural scene with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee sitting in front of barn, playing & singing "Red River Blues", young man in FG is seen operating recording equipment. MCU Brownie McGhee playing guitar & singing while Sonny Terry plays the blues harp (harmonica), pan to CU of turntable cutting the disk. Great piece of music history.
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