WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Frost Belt
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".