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SCHOOL OF THE ARTS:
NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL TEACHES CHILDREN THREE R'S. ALSO SHOWS THEM HOW TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH LANGUAGE OF ART. |
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CHILDREN GATHER AROUND FEMALE TEACHER WHO SHOWS THEM HOW TO TRANSFORM MANY DIFFERENT MATERIALS TO ART FORM. CHILDREN SIT ON FLOOR WITH TEACHER
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| 00:02:44 105.4 |
LITTLE BLACK BOY SQUEEZES INK ONTO PRINTING PRESS.
TEACHER WATCHES EACH STEP, FINISHED PRODUCT. OTHER KIDS WORK WITH CLAY. ANIMATED CLAY FIGURES ARE FEATURED IN HOME MOVIE BY CHILDREN. |
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CHILDREN POSE IN GROUP AND GIVE THREE CHEERS.
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| 00:04:16 197.4 |
LOS ANGELES FREEWAY:
AERIAL PAN OF FREEWAY. ITS MANY INTRICATE CLOVER-LEAF OVER PASSES. LOW LEVEL VIEW SHOWS CARS MOVING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. |
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SHOT OF TRAFFIC MOVING IN SIX LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. CU SHOULDER PATCH,"CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL" ZOOM OUT TO PATROLMAN ON PHONE AT COMMUNICATION CENTER, WHERE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT TRAFFIC JAMS.
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| 00:05:03 244.4 |
TRAFFIC ON SIX LANES HEAD TOWARDS CAMERA. WOMAN WORKER WORKS AT SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL, COORDINATING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO TROUBLED AREA.
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| 00:05:39 280.4 |
EMERGENCY HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT. AERIAL VIEW OF FREEWAY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES AS SEEN FROM HELICOPTER. SHOT SHOWS PILOT AT CONTROLS, SHOT OF LOS ANGELES, LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER.
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| 00:05:59 300.4 |
CU TV CAMERA MOUNTED IN HELICOPTER MONITORS TRAFFIC, SENDS PICTURES TO HEADQUARTERS. TRAFFIC SEEN ON TV SCREEN.
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| 00:06:25 326.4 |
STATION WAGON WITH FLASHING LIGHTS PULLS OVER TO SHOULDER ON FREEWAY. COMMUNICATIONS PICKS IT UP ON TV SCREEN, CALLS FOR HELP. LS LIGHTED SIGN ON FREEWAY CAUTIONS OTHER MOTORISTS AS TO "CAUTION AHEAD."
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| 00:06:59 360.4 |
TOW TRUCK DRIVER ACKNOWLEDGES MESSAGE ON RADIO, SPEEDS TOWARDS TROUBLED VEHICLE. PATROL CAR PULLS UP BEHIND PARKED STATION WAGON, PATROLMAN GETS OUT
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| 00:08:07 428.4 |
FISH FARMING WITH LUMMIS INDIANS:
SAM CAGEY, HEAD OF LUMMI INDIAN TRIBE OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST WALKS ALONG DIRT ROAD. PACIFIC OCEAN IN BACKGROUND |
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TWO LUMMI INDIANS WEARING RAIN GEAR, STAND ON RAFT IN MIDDLE OF HUGE SEA PEN AND HATCHERY, BROADCASTS HANDS FULL OF FEED TO FISH IN HATCHERY.
TINY FISH JUMP OUT OF WATER IN FEEDING FRENZY |
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CAGEY STANDS ON ONE OF MANY LONG PLATFORMS SEPARATING THE MANY BEDS OF OYSTERS, TROUT AND SALMON AS HE CHATS WITH INDIAN WORKER SPREADING FEED INTO TANKS.
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| 00:10:02 543.4 |
INDIAN CHEMISTS TEST SAMPLES OF WATER AND OYSTERS IN TANKS AT THEIR LABORATORY.
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| 00:10:29 570.4 |
LUMMI INSTRUCTOR TEACHES MEMBERS OF OTHER INDIAN TRIBES IN ART OF AQUA-CULTURE, WHICH THEY HAVE BECOME HIGHLY SKILLED. CAGEY TELLS ABOUT SCHOOL
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| 00:11:34 635.4 |
TWO LUMMIS STAND ON OUTBOARD MOTOR-POWERED RAFT, BROADCAST FEED INTO HATCHERY.
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| 00:11:43 644.4 |
FROSTBITING:
TWO-MAN SAIL BOATING. BUSINESSMEN HOUSEWIVES, STUDENTS PREPARE THEIR SMALL SAILBOATS FOR RACE ON WEEKENDS. THEY CALL THEMSELVES "FROSTBITERS". |
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MOM PUTS ON LIFE-JACKET. SHE AND DAUGHTER LIFT BOAT OFF PIER AND INTO WATER.
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OFFICIAL SOUNDS HORN FOR BEGINNING OF RACE, AS ANOTHER CALLS OUT OVER LOUDSPEAKER. SEVERAL SAILBOATS LINE UP FOR START. CU HAND OF OFFICIAL PRESSES TIME CLOCK AND THE BOATS ARE OFF.
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| 00:14:05 786.4 |
FULL SIZE SAILBOAT CATCHING WIND IN SAILS. SMALL BOY, GIRL ENJOY RIDE IN BOAT WITH PARENTS
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| 00:14:40 821.4 |
HOMESTEADING:
OLD IDEA RENEWED IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. CU PORTRAIT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. DRAWING OF CONGRESS IN SESSION PASSING HOMESTEAD ACT OF 1862, GRANTING 160 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND TO ANY ADULT AMERICAN WILLING TO LIVE ON IT, WORK IT FOR FIVE YEARS. |
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DRAWINGS, OLD PHOTOS OF PIONEER FAMILIES POSING ALONGSIDE COVERED WAGONS, HOMES ON PRAIRIE, FARMING LAND.
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| 00:15:15 856.4 |
ZOOM OUT WILMINGTON, DELAWARE CITY HALL BUILDING.
MONTAGE DESERTED, RUN DOWN TENEMENT HOUSES IN SLUM AREA, CAUSED BY RUSH TO SUBURBS. STRAY DOGS RUN AROUND STREET LINED WITH STRING OF ATTACHED, ABANDONED, TENEMENT HOUSES |
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PROGRESSIVE YOUNG MAYOR SITS IN OFFICE WITH STAFF MEMBER, SIGNS HOMESTEAD ACT FOR HIS CITY, WHICH WILL GIVE DEED TO ANY ADULT WHO WILL RENOVATE AND LIVE IN HOUSE FOR FIVE YEARS.
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| 00:15:59 900.4 |
BLACK BOY THROWS DEBRIS TAKEN FROM INSIDE HOUSE, ONTO PILE ON LAWN. TWO ADULTS BLACK MEN WITH AFROS, TEAR OUT UNSTABLE WALLS, FLOORS FROM INSIDE
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| 00:16:41 942.4 |
TWO MEN WATCH AS ANOTHER WORKS ON ELECTRICAL OUTLET IN WALL. CU HAND OF BLACK MAN WORKING ON OUTLET. LITTLE BLACK BOY WATCHES IN AWE. ZOOM IN ON ROW OF TENEMENT HOUSES WITH ONE ALL PAINTED AND READY FOR LIVING IN. BLACK WOMAN FIXES CURTAINS IN LIVING ROOM CONTAINING NEW FURNITURE.
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| 00:17:40 1001.4 |
MAN EXITS HOUSE WITH HAND FULL OF DEBRIS, THROWS IT ON PILE ON LAWN, WAVES TO CAMERA.
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HEAD IN THE STARS:
12 YEAR-OLD KEN KULAK RUNS PLANETARIUM AT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN NEW ENGLAND. |
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AS STUDENTS FILE INTO SEATS, KEN SITS AT CONTROLS OF GIANT EQUIPMENT ROTATING OVERHEAD. SCHOOL CHILDREN SIT BACK IN THEIR SEATS, LOOK AT MILKY WAY, OTHER STARS ON CEILING AS KEN NARRATES.
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MS KEN SITS AT CONTROLS OF EQUIPMENT COATING $150.000, READS FROM SHEET. CU FACE SHOTS OF KIDS LOOKING UP. PAN OF KEN AT CONTROLS TO HUGE ROTATING EQUIPMENT ABOVE.
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KEN SITS WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, HELPS PLAN FULL PROGRAM.
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| 00:20:26 1167.4 |
KEN PEERS THROUGH LARGE TELESCOPE OUTSIDE HIS HOME
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| 00:21:11 1212.4 |
ROTATING ROOF OF CHILDREN'S PLANETARIUM.
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THEATER OF THE DEAF:
CU YOUNG WHITE MAN WITH SUNGLASSES, AFRO HAIRCUT, DOES SIGN LANGUAGE FOR CAMERA, ACTS OUT IN PANTOMIME "THE EAGLE AND THE RAT" FOR GROUP OF YOUNG DEAF PEOPLE IN PARK, BEING TAUGHT BY NATIONAL THEATRE FOR THE DEAF. |
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YOUNG ASIAN WOMSN DOING SIGN LANGUAGE AS ANOTHER WOMAN TRANSLATES. GROUP SITS IN CIRCLE ON GROUND, HEAVY WITH LEAVES, UNDER A TREE. ASIAN WOMAN STANDS IN THEIR MIDST DOES SIGN LANGUAGE AS YOUNG MAN TRANSLATES.
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| 00:24:17 1398.4 |
TWO WOMAN TAKE TURNS DESCRIBING FEELINGS IN PANTOMIME AND SIGN LANGUAGE. YOUNG NON-DEAF WOMAN TELLS WHAT SHE INTERPRETED FROM THE WOMEN.
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| 00:25:21 1462.4 |
DEAF ACTORS DON GREASE PAINT AND MAKE-UP IN DRESSING ROOM BEFORE GOING ON STAGE WHERE THEY WILL PERFORM "CANDIDE" BY VOLTAIRE. CU MALE ACTORS PUT ON EYE MAKE-UP. CU FEMALE PUTTING ON EYE MAKE-UP
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| 00:25:48 1489.4 |
DEAF ACTORS DO SCENE FROM "CANDIDE" ON STAGE FOR LARGE STUDENT AUDIENCE. ACTORS SPEAK IN SIGN LANGUAGE AS HEARING STUDENT DUBS IN THE WORDS IN PERFECT TIMING. CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON ACTOR DUBBING IN DIALOG.
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| 00:27:08 1569.4 |
CU FACE SHOT OF YOUNG WOMAN IN AUDIENCE THOROUGHLY ENJOYING PERFORMANCE. CU OF ACTOR DOING SIGN LANGUAGE AS TRANSLATOR DUBS IN VOICE. CROWD APPLAUDS.
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