POV driving mountain highway, navigating drastic curves, heading toward Rocky Mountains.
Rocky Mountains - Early Spring, some snow melt apparent. Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared.
WS peaks of Rocky Mountains with lake & evergreen trees in FG. Wide pan mountain valley showing snowy peaks in BG & frozen lake Mid-Ground. Stationary GV valley scene showing peaks, evergreen forest & frozen lake.
Wide scenic pan of mountain valley showing snowy peaks in BG, evergreen forest Mid-Ground & frozen lake in FG. Similar shot repeated in opposite direction.
Stationary WS of valley showing snowy peaks in BG, evergreen forest Mid-Ground & frozen lake in FG, slow zoom in. Similar shot repeated. MS Prairie Dog standing on rock pile.
Driving into Small Town - Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. POV driving into small Midwestern town, passing light oncoming traffic & Danish-style windmill building. POV driving in empty parking for the "Danish Immigrant Museum", driving toward the Danish Windmill building.
GV farm showing several silos & barn, turn-about then POV driving rural road passing light oncoming traffic, farms and farmland.
POV driving rural road passing light oncoming traffic, farms and farmland. TLS rural road with pick-truck driving by & storm clouds hovering. POV driving rural road following behind pick-up truck, storm clouds hovering.
POV driving rural road passing light oncoming traffic, farms and farmland, storm clouds looming. TLS rural road surrounded by farmland.
Covered Bridges of Madison County - Talent is cleared, unless otherwise noted. Crowd shots are not cleared. POVs approaching & driving through the historic Cedar Bridge in Madison County.
Chairman Peter Rodino and Representative Harold Donohue with assistants and other committee members standing for recess. Paul Duke begins voiceover.
(DO NOT USE image of Jim Lehrer) Paul Duke and Jim Lehrer seated at desk. Duke observes that two significant things took place. In his interpretation, Duke says it appears that Representative McClory, a Republican, announced his willingness to vote for impeachment on some significant counts. Also, Representative Smith, another Republican, saying that he will not vote for the impeachment, and that he is only satisfied with evidence regarding the secret bombing of Cambodia. Jim Lehrer remarks that Cambodia is not considered a significant part of the charges against Nixon. Adds that the push to delay the proceedings until the White House tapes ordered released by the Supreme Court are delivered into committee hands has failed to gain much momentum. Ranking Republican Hutchinson spoke strongly in favor of delay, with weaker support from Smith, and none from McClory, with Democrats urging to proceed immediately, and favoring impeachment. Says that there have been few surprises thus far, with Democrats united and Republican weaker and more divided.
(Do not use voice over of Jim Lehrer) A shot of aides working in the empty committee room.
DO NOT USE Jim Lehrer introduces reporter Caroline Lewis on Capitol Hill.
The empty committee room. Lewis voiceover reports that the meeting room has been cleared due to a bomb threat, resulting in the summary dismissal of the committee. Lewis says this is why Chairman Rodion looked "uptight" when he announced the recess. Caroline Lewis standing in a hall with microphone in hand. She says that the room is being checked.
Empty committee room, two men seen checking under seats. (Do not use voice over of Jim Lehrer). Paul Duke reminds that the Senate Watergate committee also experienced a bomb threat.
DO NOT USE Jim Lehrer announces a pause in coverage
DO NOT USE PBS network ID.
Side angle of studio, a WETA spokesperson seated in the foreground, Jim Lehrer and Paul Duke visible behind him. Spokesman sayssays that WETA coverage is "maximum opportunity" to see the hearings, which will continue "gavel to gavel" on a daily basis for as long as the hearings continue. Solicits membership contributions to fund the coverage.
Domestic Kitchen Scene: MS happy boy jumping up and down after learning the 7th is a Saturday, "Pat can go the circus because it isn't a school day...", boy's mother takes the calendar off the wall so he can look at it more closely, now he will figure how many more days till the circus arrives. CU calendar as Pat points at it with his finger, he is figuring out how many days there are from April 27th till May 7th.
Domestic Kitchen Scene: MCU boy proclaiming that there are ten more days till the circus arrives. MCU mother & son seated in the kitchen as mom reassures Pat that ten days is not that long to wait, boy gets up from chair & hangs the calendar back on the wall, he counts the days he will have to wait once again & then walks off with a disappointed look on his face.
Impeachment Hearings: House Judiciary Committee, July 24, 1974 Washington DC
Cut shot of Paul Duke and Jim Lehrer seated at desk. (DO NOT USE image of Jim Lehrer) Paul Duke announces "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the hearings with Jim Lehrer, Paul Duke, and PBS system.
Paul Duke calls the hearings a "moment of truth" for 38 committee members. Having heard evidence, time to decide, expected to recommend impeachment, possibly by a large margin, some members have begun to draft articles of impeachment. Cut to shot of the hearing room with lots of press. Paul Duke says that the impeachment articles are expected to encompass at least: 1: Obstruction of Justice; 2: Abuse of Executive Authority; and 3: Contempt of Congress by failing to hand over evidence.