(B&W) Tilting TLS Capitol Dome, American flag flying from front. MS of President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) delivering Inaugural Address, Jan 20, 1965: "If American lives must end & America's treasure be spilled in countries that we barely know, then that is the price that change has demanded of conviction & of our enduring government."
Santa Clauses in New York. Five Santa Clauses walk down the sidewalk among everyday pedestrians. The Santas hand out candy to the crowd. One Santa hands candy to a little kid. The five Santas enter a restaurant called Marcardo's Italian Restaurant and Bar. Shot of Air Conditioned sign on canopy. Shots of men removing their Santa outfits.
Cut to TLSs street conflict in the Dominican Republic between Communists and ruling military government. Cut to MS President Lyndon Johnson speaking at White House press conference, enuciating the Johnson Doctrine: "We can not, must not, and will not permit the establishment of another communist government in the western hemisphere. We know that many who are now in revolt do not seek a communist tyranny." Cut to MS/TLSs U.S. Marines in combat gear including flak jackets acting in the Dominican Republic, establishing order, climbing buildings, running along empty streets.
(B&W) U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam: TLS field artillery gun firing; MS infantry soldier firing short round bazooka; LS soldiers advancing through rice paddy, one of whom falls, perhaps hit; MS Caucasian & African-American army soldiers patroling, passing village hut. Cut to MSs President Johnson & First Lady Lady Bird Johnson greeting wounded soldiers (some on stretchers) returning home; she kisses their cheek, he shakes their hand, unless the soldier is black, in which case they merely watch on.
Second Intifada; MS - camera in crowd of demonstrators, all young men and boys - one man with megaphone raised above crowd on someone's shoulders and he leads their chants, using megaphone, bullhorn. Palestinian flags waving. MS crowd marching, chanting "Allahu Akbar"
Camera walks through groups of people standing in/along street. Street is charred from fires and strewn with debris. Camera approaches crowd gathered turning over a car. They turn car on it's side and set it on fire. Cu car on fire. Cam pulls back and car is engulfed in flames. Young Palestinian men, demonstrators, meander around the area - then start to run and shout - they start throwing rocks. MS young men from behind overturned car throw rocks. TLS Israeli soldiers firing into crowd from their jeep. Back to crowd, throwing stones. Ambulance siren. M&M candy billboard in background. TLS young men throwing Molotov cocktails from behind burning car. Men duck as shots ring out. Long sequence of rock-throwing, shouting, dodging bullets. They roll the burning car in front of themselves to advance their position. Pile of tires is stacked up further ahead; western Caucasian press photographer.
Second Intifada; Zoom in to ambulance driving away, sirens blaring, fires burning in b/g, shouts of protestors throwing rocks from behind overturned car. MS young men throwing rocks, ducking as shots ring out.
DO NOT USE TV newscast of a search and destroy mission in Vietnam.
Second Intifada; Cam pans crowd - fast. TLS Israeli soldiers firing on crowd from jeeps. TLS soldier loads gun and fires. ME press photographer photographs ambulance as it is loaded with Palestinian wounded. LS lone Palestinian throws rocks from street. Crowd of young Palestinian men, demonstrators, throwing rocks at Israeli jeeps from behind burned out car. LS jeep in distance, zoom in. TLS men running, fire burning in street, press videographer follows as they run to back of ambulance. TLS wounded Palestinian screams on ground, is picked up and carried towards ambulance. TLS Israeli Defense Force (IDF) firing from jeeps. MS demonstrators, pan to jeeps. Street is full of rocks and stones. MS demonstrators behind car, Palestinian flag on car. TLS young man covers his head with black scarf. Small fires in street from Molotov cocktails - zoom in to jeeps being pelted with stones. Jeep retreats. MS group of 6 or 7 men throwing, ducking.
Second Intifada; TLS Israeli jeep stops on road, soldier jumps out and fires gun (grenade launcher). LS debris filled street. TLS demonstrators throw stones, carry an injured man away towards ambulance. Cam pulls out to overturned car, demonstration in b/g. LS, TLS ambulances, wounded man is carried and placed into ambulance. TLS demonstrators helping wounded, sirens blaring. MS boy with slingshot on ground aims. TLS demonstrators with rocks, overturned car, fires in street. Chaos, shouting. Two young men behind overturned cars throwing stones. VS men behind overturned cars, throwing stones. TLS Israeli soldier behind door of jeep in the street. MS soldier puts tire in road. CU jeep interior, soldiers conferring.
(Color) Panning LSs Douglas A-1 propeller fighter bombers dropping naplam on a Vietnamese jungle, creating large phosphorous flashes. MSs US infantry soldier hoisting an M-60 machine gun over his head while wading through thick brush, then stalking through jungle. TLSs U.S. marines advancing through a cleared village; MS marine firing .45 calibre handgun. Aerial of American soldiers deploying from UH-1 Huey helicopter on mountain in Vietnam, Huey taking off. Aerial two CH-47 Chinook helicopters in rice paddy. Aerial several Ch-47 & UH-1 helos in rice paddy. TLSs UH-1 attack helicopter gunship flying toward cam. MSs side door machine gunners firing on paddies. Air to air shots of Hueys flying over Vietnam. Military. Vietnam war. Combat. Battle. Weapons.
Second Intifada; MS Israeli jeeps in road, TLS same (from behind, facing demonstration. TLS fire burning in street, orange flames and black smoke. TLS 4 Israeli jeeps lined up in street. MS tire on fire on street. Elevated LS of protestors behind overturned cars, throwing stones. MS tangled, charred metal cars on street, young men behind them, fires burning b/g. TLS men throwing stones. OTS MS of Israeli soldier standing behind door of jeep firing on crowd.
Second Intifada; worms eye view of street - strewn with stones. VS of demonstration area, Israeli jeeps parked in street, fires and smoke in street. Press photographer walks past camera, ducks as shots ring out.
DO NOT USE (Color) Stills of anti-war protesters in the United States.
Second Intifada; CUs cam in crowd with masked/hooded Palestinian militants with guns. CU elderly man sitting, begging, in front of building. ECU on his face. His hand is open, shaking, with a coin in it. MS Palestinian militants in street - organizing a funeral procession. MS cam walks through street, along a line of cars slowly moving towards camera. Shouting in distance - a funeral procession is making its way towards the camera. MS at front of procession - men walk arm in arm, loud chanting behind them. Masked, hooded militants with guns atop a flower covered jeep surrounding body. Zoom in on body on stretcher on jeep, wrapped in flags (Palestinian and Hamas) and scarf. Zoom out as procession continues through street. VS CU banners and flags (Palestinian and Hamas) in crowd. CU front of line with hooded, rifle bearing militants -one tries to wave off camera. Procession towards camera - men walk arm in arm. High angle shot over other photographers also covering the funeral. Cu as jeep approaches cam. Portrait of Yasser Arafat mounted on grill of jeep. Elevated LS of crowd, procession. Zoom in to jeep, body. Zoom out. Flags waving overhead. Zoom in to body again. Chanting throughout procession. MS as jeep passes camera. Elevated shot looking down on crowd as it passes, lots of flags, chanting. Orderly crowd. TLS jeep with body. Slightly elevated shot as crowd passes, they break from chanting into a song. CU, cam in the crowd close behind men with guns as they chant. Elevated LS of procession, jeep approaching cam. Zoom in to body.
Second Intifada; CU SV Palestinian men in jeep slowly driving in street - part of funeral procession. Elevated LS of street as procession approaches intersection. Zoom in to crowd with banners, chanting in distance. Zoom out to WS of intersection. TLS crowd filling intersection. Zoom in to jeep with body as it rounds the corner into intersection. Zoom out to crowd filling streets. Chanting throughout. Orderly crowd.
DO NOT USE Opening Titile & B&W still of a white girl doing her homework in front of the television.
Second Intifada; CU elderly Palestinian man. CU man standing in grave, preparing it. Militants with hoods, masks and guns stand over the grave looking down at camera. VS man around the grave, talking quietly. Grieving relatives stand over the grave. CU over crowd - some shouting, and chaos. TLS relatives say their goodbyes, kiss the dead body. Chanting. Cu as body is lowered on stretcher into the grave. A young man is helped placing concrete slab over the grave. Hooded, masked militants gathered quietly in street.
Second Intifada; CU elderly Palestinian woman speaks to the camera.
Second Intifada; TLS another funeral procession with hooded militants carrying body on their shoulders.
MS South Vietnamese camera crew (16mm Mitchell camera with crystal synch sound) filming U.S. Army infantry in Vietnam. MSs weary Caucasian and African-American U.S. infantry soldiers marching past camera in Vietnam.
DO NOT USE Cut to Anacin TV commercial about a trucker with a headache pulling into a truckstop.
Second Intifada; MS pan ambulances in street. LS young kids with sling shots throwing stones. CU teen-age boy prepares a sling shot. VS CU teenage Palestinian boys. CU ambulance interior with medics checking supplies. LS group of men carry wounded to ambulance. Cam is close on wounded. LS group of men and boys gathered under awning. TLS one man stokes a tire fire in the street. TLS 3 young men throw and sling stones at Israeli jeeps which are not that far away, one has a Palestinian flag sticking out of his pocket. TLS man stoking tire fire in street. Jeep in b/g; demonstrators, protesters; marching in street.
TLS suspected Viet Cong (hooded) being hauled from a Marine transport helicopter in field.