1963TV DRAMAS
WITH PHILIP ABBOTT, LENKA PETERSON, WILLIAM HANSEN, THOMAS BARBOUR, ROCHELLE OLIVER, EDWARD GROVER, CURT LOWENS, JOHN SPENCER, PAUL MACE, BILLY MCNALLY, LARRY BLEIDNER.
SETTING POST WWII GERMANY ,YOUNGEST VICTIMS OF WAR ORPHANS. THE STORY OF HERMAN GMEINER ?SP AND HIS EFFORTS TO BUILD SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE FOR POST WWII ORPHANS AND HOMELESS CHILDREN OF AUSTRIA. FIRST ONE BUILT IN IMST, AUSTRIA
SETTING POST WWII GERMANY ,YOUNGEST VICTIMS OF WAR ORPHANS. THE STORY OF HERMAN GMEINER ?SP AND HIS EFFORTS TO BUILD SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE FOR POST WWII ORPHANS AND HOMELESS CHILDREN OF AUSTRIA. FIRST ONE BUILT IN IMST, AUSTRIA
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PAN WAR RAVAGED EUROPE, 1945 POST WWII. RUBBLE, BUILDINGS BLOWN TO BITS WITH ONLY SOME WALLS STANDING, PILES OF DEBRIS. LONE SOLDIER WALKS ON STREET.
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LOW ANGLE AUSTRIAN OFFICER HERMANN GOERMINER ?SP, LOOKS AROUND.
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ARMSTRONG VINYL FLOORS & ACOUSTICAL CEILING TILES COMMERCIAL.
HUGH JAMES IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY IN FRONT OF "KENTUCKY FAIR EXPOSITION CENTER" JANUARY 1963. MARQUEES READS "NATIONAL MOBILE HOME SHOW" |
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INTERIOR 1963 MOBILE HOME SHOW. MOBILE HOMES ON DISPLAY DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER. INTERIOR MOBILE HOME SPACIOUS AND MODERN. ARMSTRONG VINYL FLOORS AND ACOUSTICAL CEILING TILES. CLASSIC CUSHIONTON. SEND FOR YOUR FREE MOBILE HOME BOOKLET
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PAN WAR TORN EUROPEAN CITY POST WWII GERMANY. RUINS.
HOMELESS PEOPLE MOVING THEIR BELONGINGS ON PUSH CARTS. CU FEET WITH RAGS AS SHOES. |
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CU PAN RAGGEDY CHILDREN, READS SERIOUS POVERTY. DIRTY CHILDREN WEARING RAGS SEEN FROM THE WAIST DOWN
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WOMEN FORAGING FOR FOOD IN PILES OF DEBIRS
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MONTAGE NEGLECTED ABANDONED CHILDREN AND ORPHANS
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GIRL LAYS IN HOSPITAL BED DULL AND LIFELESS POST TRAMATIC STRESS. MEDICAL STUDENT HERMAN GMEINER LOOKS DOWN AT GIRL IN CHILDREN'S WARD 1949. LISTENS TO DOCTORS GIVE PROGNOSIS OF ABANDONED GIRL'S HEALTH &
HISTORY OF HOW SHE GOT THERE. |
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DOCTORS WALK OVER TO ANOTHER BED IN THE WARD. HEAD WRAPPED IN BANDAGES. CHILD HAS AMNESIA, MALNUTRITION AND RAT BITES ON THE FACE. BOY WAS LIVING IN A CELLER. SAD AND DEPLORABLE CONDITION
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MEDICAL STUDENT TRIES TO GET FELLOW STUDENT TO JOIN A GROUP TO HELP THE CHILDREN, SAYS HE'S TOO BUSY
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MEN STOP TALKING WHEN NURSE WHEELS IN A TOY CART WITH DOLLS AND STUFFED TOYS
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MEDICAL STUDENT BRINGS DULL AND LIFELESS TRAMAUTIZED GIRL A DOLL, SHE DOESN'T RESPOND
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MEDICAL STUDENT CARRIES ON WHERE HE LEFT OFF, TRYING TO CONVINCE FELLOW STUDENT TO JOIN GROUP TO HELP NEEDY CHILDREN
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MEDICAL STUDENT GOES OVER TO RAT BITTEN MALNURISHED BOY TO CHECK ON HIM. TENDER MOMENT
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MAN COMES HOME, HEARS COMMOTION INSIDE, FINDS DIRTY FRIGHTENED RAGAMUFFIN STEALING CLOTHES. HOMELESS BOY DROPS CLOTHES AND RUNS OUT THE WINDOW, MAN CATCHES HIM, GRABS HIM FROM BEHIND BOY STRUGGLES TO FREE HIMSELF BUT TO NO AVAIL, MAN IS STRONGER AND PULLS HIM INSIDE. BOY TRIES TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR BUT THE MAN CATCHES HIM. CAN'T OUTRUN THE MAN.
CORNERED, WITH NOTHING ELSE LEFT TO DO, THE BOY HITS THE MAN, THE MAN HITS HIM ONCE AND HE FALLS TO THE FLOOR, BEATEN. |
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THE MAN HELPS HIM UP, SITS HIM DOWN AT THE TABLE, TURNS ON THE LIGHT. BOY HIDES HIS FACE IN SHAME, MAN ASKS QUESTIONS, BOY SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE PARENTS AND NO WHERE TO LIVE. MAN FEEDS HIM BREAD AND CHEESE.
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MAN TURNS TO CLEAN UP, BOY EATS AND STUFFS FOOD DOWN HIS SHIRT. BOY GRABS A LOAF AND BREAD AND RUNS OUT OF THE APARTMENT THIS TIME TOO FAST FOR THE MAN TO CATCH HIM, MAN STANDS AT THE DOOR LOOKING CONCERNED
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EUROPEAN ORPHANAGE POST WWII, CHILDREN EATING, ONLY AUDIBLE SOUND IT THEIR SPOONS HITTING THE BOWLS. SAD SCENE. TWO VOLUNTEERS SERVE THE CHILDREN FROM BIG BOWLS, SOUP AND BREAD. GROWN BOY DOESN'T WANT TO EAT SAYS "LET ME ALONE" & RUNS OUT OF THE ROOM.
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MAN TURNS AROUND AND SEES THAT HIS FRIEND HAS COME TO HELP HE TELLS THEM ABOUT THE BOY WHO BROKE INTO HIS ROOM. SKEPTICAL ABOUT IF THEY'RE REALLY HELPING THE CHILDREN.
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POST WWII EUROPEAN ORPHANS LIVING IN A BASEMENT, BOY WHISTLES TO COMMUNICATE TO BOY OUTSIDE. BOY COMES DOWN WITH SAID SKEPTICAL MAN WHO BUMPS HIS HEAD, LOOKS AROUND AT THE DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS THESE CHILDREN MUST ENDURE COVERS HIS MOUTH WITH A HANDKERCHIEF AGAINST THE STENCH LOOKS AROUND, TALKS TO A BITTER BOY, GIVES THEM MONEY TO BUY FOOD AND SOAP. THE YOUNGER ONES RUN UPSTAIRS WITH THE MONEY
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MAN TALKS TO GROWN HOMELESS BOY ABOUT HIS RETCHED LIFE
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MAN COAXES HIM TO GET SOME SUNSHINE "COME ON LET'S GET OUT OF HERE" THEY GO UP AND OUT OF THE BASEMENT.
GAINING CONFIDENCE |
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1949 POST WWII EUROPEAN ORPHANAGE SHELTER CHILDREN EAT SOUP AND BREAD
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CU METAL BARS ON INSTITUTIONAL WINDOWS
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SCHOOL DIRECTOR EXITS HIS OFFICE, TALKS TO A MAN ABOUT AN OPENING AT THE SCHOOL, BUT THERE IS NO SPACE. MAN PULLS A LETTER OUT OF HIS INSIDE JACKET POCKET. DISAPPOINTED THEIR IS NO ROOM FOR THE GROWN HOMELESS BOY. THEN HE QUESTIONS THE BARS ON THE WINDOWS, STRICT DISIPLINARY ACTIONS AT THE SCHOOL ETC. THE DIRECTOR REFERS TO IT AS COMPANY PUNISHMENT.
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MAN CARRIES SLEEPING ORPHAN BOY TO HIS PLACE ON THE HALLWAY FLOOR FOR HIM TO SLEEP. HOMELESS CHILDREN SLEEPING IN A HALLWAY WITH NO PLACE ELSE TO GO SAD AND DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS
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MAN HAS TO GIVE GROWN HOMELESS BOY THE BAD NEWS THAT THE SCHOOL CAN'T TAKE HIM IN BUT "WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING FOR YOU". MAN-TO-MAN TALK WITH HOMELESS TEEN. TEEN WALKS SLOWLY OUT OF THE SHELTER
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ANGRY, FRUSTRATED WARDENS FEEL HELPLESS, "WE CANT GIVE THEM BACK WHAT THEY LOST, THEY NEED HOMES AND FAMILIES."
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CU HOMELESS BOY SLEEPING IN HALLWAY ON A COT
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MEDICAL STUDENT IN DEAN'S OFFICE BERATED FOR DROP IN GRADES & POOR ATTENDANCE RECORD "IT WAS MY IMPRESSION YOU WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR NOT A SOCIAL WORKER."
STUDENT FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT HELPING HOMELESS CHILDREN GETTING THEM OUT OF "MONSTER INSTITUTIONS" MORAL RESPONSIBILITY |
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VOLUNTEERS & HOMELESS CHILDREN COME BACK TO THE SHELTER AFTER A WALK IN THE PARK. CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY, TOLD TO WASH UP
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SCREAM FROM ANOTHER ROOM, EVERYONE RUNS, BOY HANGING FROM THE CEILING. TEENAGE SUICIDE. BOY HANGS HIMSELF.
DEPRESSION. MAN HERDS THE YOUNGSTERS AWAY FROM THE SCENE PROTECTING THEIR INNOCENCE |
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MAN CLOSES THE DOOR ON THE SUICIDE SCENE. FEELS RESPONSIBLE HE COULDN'T HELP HIM. READS SUICIDE NOTE "I DON'T LIKE MY LIFE, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE".
CRUMPLES IT UP, PUTS A HAND ON WOMAN'S SHOULDER FOR SUPPORT. |
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ARMSTRONG SUSPENDED CEILING COMMERCIAL MODERN 1960s HOME. PERFECT FOR BASEMENT ROOMS.
RECESSED LIGHTING. LUMINIOUS PANEL. |
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MEDICAL STUDENTS DISCUSS CAREER CHOICES, MAN DOESN'T WANT TO BE A MEDICAL DOCTOR ANYMORE, WANTS TO LEAVE MEDICAL SCHOOL AFTER TEEN'S SUCIDE. SHOWS THEM A DRAWING OF A VILLAGE FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN, TRIES TO SELL THEM ON THE IDEA
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CU MAN SIGNS HIS SIGNATURE ON LETTER, FOLDS IT IN THIRDS STUFFS IN ENVELOPE. FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
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CU MAN OPENS A LETTER AND READS IT. FEW REPLIES FOR FUNDS REQUESTS FOR FUNDS DENIED
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SPEAKER AT PODIUM EXPLAINING HIS IDEA TO GROUPS AUDIENCE MEMBERS QUESTION HIM
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TIRED AND FRUSTRATED MAN READY TO GIVES UP ON HIS IDEA OF A CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. SHOWS FRIEND REVISED EXTIMATE, CUT BACKS ON ORIGINAL IDEA. FRIEND SKEPITAL "YOU'RE BROKE AND NO ONE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU MONEY"
TAKES 12 SHILLINGS FROM HIS FRIEND, THE PRICE OF MEMBERSHIP FOR A YEAR IN THE SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. |
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CU OLD FASHIONED BELL ON FRONT DOOR. CU DOOR KNOCKER.
MONTAGE DOOR-TO-DOOR FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN |
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SMALL TOWN AUSTRIAN MAYOR SUMMONS HERMAN GMEINER TO DISCUSS HIS IDEA. BRINGS HIM OVER TO A MAP OF PROPERTY WOODED 10 ACRES WHERE HE CAN BUILD HIS VILLAGE. THERE IS A CATCH, HE CAN BUILD ONLY ONE HOUSE, IF THAT IS SUCCESSFUL THEN THE PROPERTY WILL BE HIS WITH A CLEAR TITLE. STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE DEAL. MAYOR OF IMST.
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WOMAN IS INTERVIEWED TO BE HOUSE MOTHER WHO WILL LIVE IN HOUSE WITH 9 FOSTER CHILDREN
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MAN WANTS TO HIRE THE FIRST WOMAN INTERVIEWED, WHO IS A CHILDLESS WIDOW, HIS PARTNER A WOMAN, WANTS TO HIRE A MARRIED WOMAN SO THE KIDS WILL HAVE A FATHER AS WELL. HE ARGUES MARRIED COUPLES ARE OUT, A MAN COULDN'T MAKE A LIVING IN THE SMALL VILLAGE & IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN CHILDREN THEY WOULD PREFER THEM OVER THE FOSTER CHILDREN.
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CU MONTAGE WWII ORPHANS. HOMELESS EUROPEAN CHILDREN
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VOLUNTEER LADLES SOUP IN ORPHAN'S BOWL AT SHELTER.
TELLS HIM HE'S BEEN SELECTED TO LIVE IN THE HOME THEY'RE BUILDING. CHILDREN STAND ON LINE FOR BOWLS OF SOUP |
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VOLUNTEERS TALK ABOUT NEW BOY "THAT ONE'S A HOLY TERROR" CAME FROM A HOUSE OF DETENTION,
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MAN MAKES THE BOY HIS NEW MISSION SINCE HE COULDN'T PREVENT SUICIDE OF TEEN BOY. WANTS TO SAVE HIM. SITS AND HAS A HEART-TO-HEART WITH TEEN DELINQUENT. BOY TELLS HIM TO SHUT UP HE HATES HIS PARENTS BECAUSE THEY DIED AND LEFT HIM ALONE. POOR SUFFERING BOY.
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MAN THINKS GMEINER IS MAKING A MISTAKE BY TAKING THE BOY IN TO THE SOS HOME "WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WEEDING OUT THE TROUBLE MAKERS NOT TAKING THEM IN" GOERMINER THINKS "IF WE DON'T TAKE BOYS LIKE ERIC THEN THE WHOLE PLAN'S A FAILURE AND WE DON'T DESERVE THE VILLAGE"
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CU FLOWERS IN BLOOM. WOMAN CARRIES FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN A VASE PLACES ON TABLE. FIRST HOUSE READY TO BE LIVED IN. DOORBELL RINGS. GOERMINER ARRIVES. HOUSE MOTHER ALL SETTLED IN. SAYS THERE'S NO BATHROOM, LACK OF FUNDS. "APART FROM THAT THE HOUSE IS CHARMING"
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GMEINER ASKS IF SHE'S READY TO MEET "THE FAMILY"
WOMAN GETS NERVOUS, TAKES OFF APRON, BERATES HIM FOR LEAVING THE CHILD OUT THERE FREEZING IN THE COLD. HE SAYS THE BOY IS MAKING SNOW ANGELS, WAVES HIS HANDS IS IF MAKING A SNOW ANGLE. WOMAN IS TERRIFIED "WHAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE ME?" |
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NERVOUS HOUSE MOTHER MEETS FIRST FOSTER CHILD, ERIC.
FUSSES OVER HIM. HE SAYS "ARE YOU GOING TO BE MY MOTHER?" "IS THIS WHERE I'M GOING TO LIVE?" "YOU WON'T SEND ME AWAY AGAIN?" WOMAN ASSURES HIM SHE WONT "YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS" GETTING ACQUIANTED. HELPS TAKE OFF HIS WET CLOTHES. |
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GMEINER MEETS WITH THE MAYOR, WANTS TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE RIGHT AWAY. MAYOR REMINDS HIM OF THE TERMS OF THE AGGREEMENT MAN WEARS HIS GLASSES UP ON HIS FOREHEAD
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FOSTER MOTHER AND FOSTER CHILDREN SINGING THREE BLIND MICE. GIRL WANTS TO CHOSE THE SONG, ALREADY CHOSE ONE, FOSTER MOTHER WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER CHILD A CHANCE. GIRL BECOMES A BRAT AND SLAPS THE OTHER GIRL.
ACTING UP. THE KIDS WANT HER TO CHOSE ONE OVER THE REST "WHO DO YOU LIKE BEST OF ALL?" |
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LITTLE BOY BECOMES A TATTLETALE TELLS ON ONE OF THE BOYS. BOY WEARING LEDERHOSEN WALKS OVER TO SMALLER BOY, THREATENS HIM "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU" WOMAN DISFUES THE SITUATION BY DISTRACTING THEM
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DOORBELL RINGS. GMEINER AND THE MAYOR ARRIVE FOR DINNER ASKS TO SPEAK TO THE BOYS. SOMEONE GOT IN TROUBLE IN TOWN STORE WINDOW BROKEN IN TOWN. ONE OF THE BOYS DID IT. "A DELIBERATE ACT OF VANDLEISM".
WHEN ASKED IF THEY DID IT, THE BOYS ONE BY ONE SAY "NO". ONE IS LYING. GOERMINER DEFENDS THE BOYS, THE GUILTY ONE LOWERS HIS HEAD IN SHAME |
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ARMSTRONG EXCELON TILE COMMERCIAL. DRIFTSTONE CU HANDS PLAYING THE BONGOS. BOSSA NOVA MUSICIANS PLAYING INSTRUMENTS. CU ACIENT CLAY MASKS. CU 1960s BALLET FLATS. WOMAN DANCING BRAZILIAN DANCE ETHNIC DANCE. COUPLES DANCING THE BOSSA NOVA. ILLUSION OF POLISH STONE IN MODERN VINYL ASBESTOS. CU CUTTING VINYL TILES TO SIZE. MODERN 1960s HOME
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FOSTER MOTHER SERVES MEN TEA AND CAKE. TALK ABOUT FOSTER CHILDREN. MAYOR SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE SITUATION.
"ONE OF THEM IS LYING AND YOU KNOW IT. GUILTY BOY EAVESDROPS LISTENS AT THE DOOR & FEELS BAD. MAYOR READY TO LEAVE, WOMAN SEES BOY SLIP AWAY WHEN SHE GOES FOR THE MAYOR'S COAT. GUESSES HE'S THE GUILTY ONE |
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THE MAYOR TELLS THEM "IF THEY'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR A LAIR THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU OR YOUR VILLAGE. BOY CONFESSES TO THE CRIME "I BROKE THE WINDOW" ASKED WHY SAYS THE BOYS WERE CALLED A DIRTY NAME BY THE SHOPKEEPER FOSTER MOTHER IS PROUD. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE SHOPKEEPER TOLD IT "HE WAS ALWAYS A STRONG OPPONANT OF A CHILDREN'S VILLAGE". CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT THE VILLAGE
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GMEINER HAS A HEART-TO-HEART WITH THE BOY WHO TELLS HIM HE TOLD THE TRUTH BEACUSE HE STOOD UP FOR THEM.
ANOTHER BOY IN A BATHROBE APPEARS AND SAYS "HEY ERIC AREN'T YOU EVER COMMING TO BED?" ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY "KID BROTHER" |
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THE MAYOR TALKS ON THE TELEPHONE DEFENDS THE SCHOOL &
FOSTER HOME. |
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HARMAN GMEINER MEETS WITH THE MAYOR WHO TELLS HIM
SOME OF THE WOMEN IN THE VILLAGE WANT TO KEEP THE FOSTER KIDS OUT OF THEIR SCHOOL "I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE TREATED AS OUTSIDERS" "I WANT THEM TO MIX AND MINGLE AND MAKE OUTSIDE FRIENDSHIPS |
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WOMAN LOOKS OUT WINDOW THROUGH PARTED CURTAINS.
WAITING FOR KIDS TO COME HOME FROM SCHOOL WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FIRST DAY AT NEW SCHOOL. BOY SHOUTS "MAMA MAMA" BOY BRINGS HOME HIS NEW BEST FRIEND FROM SCHOOL. ALL EXCITED. FOSTER KIDS COME HOME FROM SCHOOL ALL EXCITED, SHOW FOSTER MOM THINGS THEY MADE. |
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ANIMATED ARMSTRONG ONE STEP FLOOR CARE COMMERCIAL WOMAN SCRUBS THE FLOOR.
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FILM ENDS
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