1965BLACK NEWS SHOW
9 Part MINISERIES WITH OSSIE DAVIS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AUTHOR JOHN WILLIAMS TRAVELS TO NIGERIA TO EXPLORE HIS ANCESTRAL ROOTS
AUTHOR JOHN WILLIAMS TRAVELS TO NIGERIA TO EXPLORE HIS ANCESTRAL ROOTS
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GRAYSCALE COLOR BARS
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TITLE CARD "INDIANA UNIVERSITY AUDIO-VISUL CENTER"
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NET LOGO (WNET)
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HIGH ANGLE PAN AM PLANE ON TARMAC
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AIRPORT IN NIGERIA. RUNWAY WORKER "NIGERIA AIRWAYS TARMAC" ON UNIFORM SIGNALING PLANE ON RUNWAY
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AUTHOR JOHN A WILLIAMS GETS OFF OF PLANE IN NIGERIA AND ENTERS AIRPORT
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INT AIRPORT NIGERIA. UNIFORM GUARDS CHECK PEOPLE IN
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CU PASSPORT, OPENING AMERICAN PASSPORT (PHOTO OF JOHN A WILLIAMS)
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JOHN A WILLIAMS IN CAR, CAB, POV DRIVING THROUGH LAGOS IN NIGERIA. STREET SCENES IN LAGOS
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OPENING CREDITS
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HIGH ANGLE STREET SCENES IN LAGOS NIGERIA
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POV DRIVING IN LAGOS NIGERIA
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JOHN A WILLIAMS IN CAR BEING DRIVEN THROUGH LAGOS, TOUR BUS
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CAR DRIVING UP TO HOTEL IN LAGOS
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INT HOTEL FRONT LOBBY, AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN AUTHOR JOHN A WILLIAMS WALKS UP TO DESK TO CHECK IN, SIGNS FORM
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN'S HANDS OPEN WALLET PORTFOLIO WITH PASSPORT, AKES OUT PICTURE OF TWO BOYS HIS SONS AND STANDS IT ON DESK IN FEDERAL PALACE HOTEL
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INT. HOTEL ROOM, WILLIAMS, AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN STANDING AT WINDOW LOOKING AT THE WATERS OF THE HARBOR
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PAN ACROS COASTAL JUNGLE OF NIGERIA
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STILL OF MARCUS GARVEY. HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.
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SPEEDED UP FOOTAGE OF MARCUS GARVEY'S BACK TO AFRICA RALLY, HUGE PARADE. BLACK PRIDE
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POV TRAVELING ON AFRICAN RIVER, THICK FOLIAGE AND PALM TREES ON SHORE. PEOPLE ALONGSIDE SHORE WITH THEIR SMALL BOATS AND CANOES, AFRICANS LIVING BY THE RIVER. AFRICAN PEOPLE STANDING BY STRAW AND GRASS HUTS AS VIEWER PASSES BY
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SIGN FOR "BADAGRY TOWN" NIGERIA
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SMALL BOAT WITH SAIL ON AFRICAN RIVER, GRASS HUTS CAN BE SEEN IN BACKGROUND
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NIGERIANS ON SHORE SORT FOOD INTO BASKETS
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NARRATOR WILLIAMS STANDING BY BOATS ON SIDE OF AFRICAN RIVER, TALKS ABOUT IT BEING A SLAVE PORT
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YOUNG AFRICAN NIGERIAN MAN WALKING WITH HUGE BUNDLE OF STICKS FIREWOOD ON HIS HEAD
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PALM TREES AND GRASS HUTS BY THE RIVER
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TWO AFRICAN NIGERIAN MEN WHITTLE HUGE STACK OF WOOD
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AFRICAN NIGERIAN WOMAN MAKING POT, HOLLOWING OUT INSIDE OF HUGE CLAY POT
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MEN IN DUGOUT CANOE ON AFRICAN RIVER PADDLING, LIFE ON THE SHORE OF AFRICAN RIVER NIGERIA
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NARRATOR WILLIAMS, AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN TRYING ON SLAVE CHAINS, LEGACY OF SLAVERY
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NARRATOR WILLIAMS, AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN IN AFRICAN VILLAGE OPENS UP DOOR AND WALKS INTO SETTLEMENT, PROPERTY OF DESCENDANTS OF AFRICAN SLAVE TRADERS, STRAY DOG RUNNING AROUND. MAN LOOKS INSIDE MAUSOLEUM OF SLATE TRADING NIGERIAN, REMNANT OF OLD AFRICAN SLAVE TRADING POST
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VARIOUS AFRICAN STATUES AND CARVINGS DATING BACK TO THE GREAT AFRICAN EMPIRES BEFORE THE SLAVE TRADE, AFRICAN ART
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RELIGIOUS RITUAL OF ANIMISTIC AFRICANS IN NIGERIA, DANCING WOMEN, TRADITIONAL GARB, TEMPLE DEDICATION, RELIGIOUS RITE. SINGING AND DANCING AT AFRICAN FUNERAL. DANCING AND DRUMMING, CELEBRATION OF LIFE, LIVELY FUNERAL
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NARRATOR WILLIAMS STANDS IN FRONT OF MOSQUE
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SHUTTERS OF WINDOW OPENS AND A MAN (MUEZZIN) SINGS CALL TO PRAYER (ADHAN), SLOW PULL OUT TO SHOW MOSQUE. WONDERFUL ESTABLISHING SHOT FOR ISLAM
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STREETS IN NIGERIA. AFRICAN MEN IN ROBES MUSLIM MEN WALK THROUGH STREET ON THEIR WAY TO THE MOSQUE FOR PRAYERS. PEOPLE ARRIVING FOR PRAYERS
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SANDALS ON GROUND OUTSIDE OF MOSQUE
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INT MOSQUE IN NIGERIA IN AFRICA, MEN SIT ON FLOOR. OLDER MAN UP FRONT LEADS SERVICE. EVERYONE KNEELS ON. FLOOR, PRAYING SALAT, ISLAM IN AFRICA
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PAN UP STATUE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II WITH NIGERIAN FLAG FLYING, EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
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BLACK AFRICAN MAN GETS OUT OF HIS CAR PUTS ON WIG AND JUDGE'S ROBE FOR COURT
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BLACK AFRICAN JUDGE WALKING UP STEPS INSIDE COURTHOUSE. JUSTICE SYSTEM OF NIGERIA
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INTERVIEW WITH CYPRIAN EKWENSI, NIGERIAN AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. HE TALKS ABOUT THE DECREASING INFLUENCE OF WHITE CULTURE, BUT THE LEGACY OF ADMINISTRATION, POST-COLONIAL NIGERIA.
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BEACH AT TARKWA BAY IN LAGOS NIGERIA. WHITE PEOPLE TOURISTS AND IMPERIALISTS. WHITE PEOPLE ON AFRICAN BEACH SWIMMING SUNBATHING. BLACK AFRICAN NIGERIANS VENDORS SELLING FOOD TO WHITES ON BEACH
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BLACK AFRICANS NIGERIANS ON BEACH, SEGREGATED BEACHES. PEOPLE SIT AND SUNBATHE SWIM
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CYPRIAN EKWENSI TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENCE IN RECREATION BETWEEN WHITES AND BLACKS IN NIGERIA. "THE BLACK MAN HAS COME INTO HIS OWN"
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OUTDOOR SCHOOL. NIGERIAN MAN TEACHER SITS IN CHAIR WHILE AFRICAN BOYS SIT ON GROUND DOING SCHOOLWORK LEARNING LESSON
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CU AFRICAN WOMAN SMILING, PAN OVER TO SMILING AFRICAN MAN
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BLACK AFRICAN NIGERIAN WOMAN CARRIES BABY ON HER BACK THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE
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YOUNG AFRICAN WOMAN IN PROFILE, CHEEK SCARS, RITUALISTIC SCARRING
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VARIOUS SHOTS OF NIGERIANS, AFRICAN, YOUNG MAN, YOUNG WOMAN, OLD MAN WITH TRADITIONAL CAP LOOKING INTO DISTANCE. VOICEOVER SPEAKS OF "NEGROTUDE"
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AFRICAN MASK
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BLACK AFRICAN NIGERIAN MAN IN SPEEDO WALKS ON BEACH TOWARDS CAMERA
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NIGERIAN WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUMES DANCE IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
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BLACK NIGERIAN AFRICAN DANCE IN NIGHTCLUB, MODERN DRESS
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TWO NIGERIAN WOMEN LAUGH
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NIGERIAN CHILDREN LAUGHING AND SMILING AT CAMERA
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NARRATOR WILLIAMS STANDS BY HUGE PALM TREE
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EXT UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN IN NIGERIA
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INT COLLEGE CLASSROOM IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN IN NIGERIA
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WS FANCY HOUSE IN NIGERIA
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HIGH SHOTS OF HIGHWAY IN NIGERIA, TRAFFIC, BUSTLING MODERN CITY
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DIRT SLUM ROADS IN POOR NIGERIAN VILLAGE WITH PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, WORKING, CARRYING LOADS ON HEADS
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INT HOTEL LOBBY IN NIGERIA, WHITE MEN IN SUITS SIT IN COMFORTABLE CHAIRS
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INT HOTEL RESTAURANT IN NIGERIA. WHITE MAN ON BUFFET LINE WHILE BLACK MAN IN CHEF'S HAT SERVES HIM, WHITE PEOPLE DINE AT OUTDOOR TABLES.
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CU BLACK MAN PLAYING SAXOPHONE
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BLACK AFRICANS NIGERIANS DANCING AT NIGHT TO LIVE BAND
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CU HANDS CLACKING CLAVE STICKS
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NIGERIAN AFRICAN MODERN BAND PLAYS ON OUTDOOR STAGE AT NIGHT
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BLACK AFRICANS NIGERIANS DANCING AT NIGHT TO LIVE BAND. MAN IN TRADITIONAL ROBES DANCES AROUND
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DISPLAY OF BOOK CHINUA ACHEBE "ARROW OF GOD" IN BOOKSTORE. HOST JOHN A WILLIAMS WALKS INTO SHOT, PICKS UP BOOK, TALKS ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AFRICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AFRICAN ROOTS, AFRICAN PRIDE
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (WILLIAMS) WALKS THROUGH BOOKSTORE
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BOOKS BY AFRICAN AUTHORS: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF KWAME NKRUMAH, SELECTED POEMS OF LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR, TOM MBOYA: FREEDOM AND AFTER, etc.
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PAN UP STATUE OF AFRICAN MAN REACHING UP WITH HATCHET, STATUE IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING
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UNIFORMED BUGLER RAISES BUGLE TO LIPS AND PLAYS, AFRICAN BAND BEGINS, NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION 1960 HUGE SIGNS MAN IN CRANE SETS UP SIGN
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CHEERING CROWDS FOR PROCESSION. HUGE DECORATIONS, CROWD DRUMMERS, PARADES, FLAGS BEING CARRIED WOMEN THROWING FLOWERS, NIGERIAN MEN ON HORSEBACK IN UNIFORMED PROCESSION, CROWDS CHEER, FLYOVER BY AIRPLANES, WS MARCHING BAND INFORMATION ON FIELD
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PROTEST MARCH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA. GROUP OF PEOPLE MARCHING IN STREET
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PAN UP WHITE POLICE OFFICER WITH NIGHTSTICK BATON DRAWN AND HELD AT THE READY
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PROTEST MARCHERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS SURROUNDED BY POLICE
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AFRICAN AMERICAN EXILES GET OFF OF PAN AM PLANE IN AFRICA
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HOST WILLIAMS SITS ON COUCH AND TALKS ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AFRICA
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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH, PEOPLE PEACEFULLY MARCH IN PROTEST, SPEAKERS, CROWDS
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POLICEMEN ON HORSEBACK. POLICE OFFICERS WITH DOGS WALK ALONG LINE OF PROTESTORS
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BACK OF POLICE WAGON "PADDYWAGON" CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTORS AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AND FEMAL BEING TAKE OUT OF VAN
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JAMES MEREDITH SITTING BY POOL IN NIGERIA, INTERVIEWED BY JOHN A WILLIAMS ABOUT RELATING TO AFRICANS NOW THAT HE'S STUDYING IN NIGERIA RATHER THAN THE U.S. TALKS BAOUT BEING AN AMERICAN
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INTERVIEW WITH CYPRIAN EKWENSI CONTINUES, HE TALKS ABOUT RELATIONS BETWEEN AFRICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS, THE SLOW JOURNEY TOWARDS EQUALITY
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INTEWRVIEW WITH CHINUA ACHEBE, NIGERIAN AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL BROADCASTING. ACHEBE TALKS ABOUT THE IMPRESSIONS OF AFRICAN THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE, THE INTERNALIZED LIES BOTH GROUPS HAVE
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POV TRAVELING ON AFRICAN RIVER, NIGERIAN VILLAGE ALONG THE SHORE
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NIGERIAN WOMAN IN TRADITIONAL GARB STIRS POT OUTSIDE, HOST WILLIAMS COIMES OVER AND BENDS DOWN OVER FOOD POT
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PAN UP AFRICAN STATUE
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HOST WILLIAMS TALKS TO NIGERIAN MAN IN. TRADITIONAL GARB NEXT TO CAR
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HOST WILLIAMS SITS NEXT TO WHITE PASSENGERS ON BUS
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THREE WHITE MEN AT OUTDOOR TABLE IN CAFE
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HOST WILLIAMS, AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN TRYING ON SLAVE CHAINS
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NIGERIAN MAN IN TRADITIONAL CAP
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OLD NIGERIAN MEN SITS OUTSIDE OF HIS HUT WITH BUCKET, GOAT WALKS BY
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HOST WILLIAMS WALKS UNDER PALM BRANCH AN ACROSS LAWN
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HOST WILLIAMS AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN SITS IN HOTEL ROOM TALKING ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS, SAYS AMERICA IS HIS HOME. GETS READY, GETS COAT AND SUITCASE PUTS PASSPORT IN POCKET, MAN LEAVING HOTEL ROOM
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HOST WILLIAMS AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN WALKS THROUGH AIRPORT IN NIGERIA AT NIGHT
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CREDITS ROLL OVER AIRPORT AND EMBARKING SCENES
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NET LOGO (WNET)
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