1950-1959SOCIAL ISSUES
WHAT IF THERE WERE NO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS. FACTORY WORKER "JOE SMITH", WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASK WHILE WELDING. SPARKS FLYING. CALLED TO MEETING. (UNION MEETING) WORKERS IN FACTORY GO INTO MEETING ROOM. HANDED PAMPHLET AS THEY WALK IN AND SIT DOWN. MAN UNHAPPY, DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH CHARITY. UNITED APPEAL. WISHES THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST. RUBS BUTTON AND HIS WISH COMES TRUE. EVERYBODY DISAPPEARS. DISEMBODIED VOICE TALKS TO HIM. HE WISHES HE WAS HOME. AT HOME. FAMILY COMES RUNNING OUT OF SUBURBAN HOME. WIFE AND KIDS. DAD HOME FROM WORK. BLUE COLLAR WORKER. HUGE MOB OF SMALL CHILDREN COME RUNNING AROUND THE CORNER AFTER HIM AND KNOCK HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND. ATTACKED BY KIDS, GOOD CITIZEN. SOUND BYTE, "DO AN HONEST DAY'S WORK". THREE MEN IN OVERALLS TAKE OFF THEIR CAPS AT THE SAME TIME. IN UNISON. PAYROLL DEDUCTION CARD. ASKING FOR MONEY. MAN THINKING. LOOKS AROUND CONFUSED. PAPERS ON FLOOR. DESERTED ROOM. BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA. FAMILY WAVES. SALVATION ARMY MAN SHOWS PEOPLE AROUND. GETS HIT IN THE FACE WITH BASKETBALL. BOYS PLAY BALL IN LIVING ROOM. HAT MAGICALLY APPEARS. VNA - VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION. RETARDED AND BLIND CHILDREN DOING WORK, CRAFTS IN MAN'S KITCHEN. BOY HANDS MAN SOMETHING. WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR STARES AT FOOD. CAN'T FEED HERSELF. OLD PEOPLE IN BEDROOM. CU MAN CUTS FOOD. TRIES TO FEED LADY. SHE WON'T EAT AT FIRST. DABS MOUTH WITH NAPKIN. OPENS MOUTH AS IF HE WERE FEEDING A BABY. LOOK OF SURPRISE. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. CRIPPLED BABY CRYING. MAN PICKS UP BABY. SITS IN ROCKING CHAIR. SURGEONS WITH FACE MASK COME OUT OF THE DARKNESS TOWARD HIM. BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, YMCA. EVERYONE CROWDS AROUND MAN. THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. NO ONE CAN HELP. MAN LOOKS UP IN PANIC. MAN BACK AT MEETING LAST ONE TO SIGN UP. LEAVES MEETING ROOM. MAN PUTS ON WELDING MASK GLOVES. PROTECTIVE GEAR. GETS BACK TO WORK IN FACTORY. INDUSTRY.
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WORKERS HEAD TO WORK IN FACTORY, MEN IN OVERALLS, PERKY MUSIC
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| 00:25:38 17.12 |
LABORERS LEAVE WORK AS MANAGER HANDS OUT PAMPHLETS
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| 00:25:46 25.58 |
WORKER ENTER HALL AND SIT DOWN AND TAKE OFF HATS, WEARING OVERALLS, ATTENDING A UNION MEETING
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| 00:25:49 28.88 |
MAN TAKES SEAT AND OPENS PAMPHLET AND READS IT
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| 00:26:00 40 |
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF MAN READING LIST OF AGENCIES
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| 00:26:04 43.88 |
MAN FROWNS AS HE LOOKS UP, CUT TO POV OF MAN WATCHING SPEAKER, THINKING, HIS GRUMBLING THOUGHTS SPOKEN
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| 00:26:20 59.91 |
MAN'S HAND HOLDING SMALL UNION BUTTON
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| 00:26:22 61.61 |
ECU OF WHITE MAN
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| 00:26:24 63.6 |
MS OF MANAGER PRESENTING INFO ON CHARITY GIVING
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| 00:26:31 70.33 |
MS OF MAN IN AUDIENCE THINKING ALOUD, HE RUBS THE BUTTON ACROSS HIS CHIN AND HIS SHIRT, CUT TO CLOSE OF CHEST, "I WISH THERE WAS NO UNITED APPEAL."
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| 00:26:44 84.06 |
ECU OF MAN LOOKING UP, ZOOM OUT TO MAN DISCOVERING HE'S ALL ALONE IN MEETING ROOM, HE HEARS VOICE
"YOU GOT YOUR WISH JOE...THAT'S A MGIC BUTTON" |
| 00:26:57 96.19 |
MAN HEARS VOICE TALKING ABOUT MAGIC BUTTON AND HIS WISHES COMING TRUE, CUTS TO PAMPHLETS AND RIPPED POSTERS IN ROOM
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| 00:27:18 117.81 |
MS OF MAN HOLDING BUTTON AND THINKING AS VOICE IN HIS HEAD TALKS TO HIM
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| 00:27:29 128.13 |
MAN THINKS OF A WISH ABOUT TRAFFIC, BETHLEHEM SHIFTS
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| 00:27:36 135.22 |
CU OF MAN'S CHEST, HAND RUBBING BUTTON OVER HIS HEART
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| 00:27:39 138.84 |
MAN STANDS NEXT TO HIS CAR AND HOUSE, LOOKS AROUND SHOCKED, MAGIC BUTTON
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| 00:27:42 141.86 |
WIFE AND DAUGHTERS AT DOOR TO HOUSE WAVE TO FATHER, SUBURBIA
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| 00:27:45 144.45 |
MAN SHUTS THE CAR DOOR AND WALKS OVER TO FAMILY IN BRICK HOUSE, SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT
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| 00:27:56 155.16 |
HUGE GROUP OF CHILDREN RUSH AT HIM, ACROSS SUBURBAN YARDS, THEY KNOCK HIM TO THE GRASS
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| 00:27:59 159.04 |
MAN IN HOUSE IS HIT BY BASKETBALL, ZOOM IN ON HIS SALVATION ARMY HAT
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| 00:28:10 169.86 |
BOYS PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIS HOUSE
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| 00:28:15 174.97 |
LOW ANGLE OF DISGUSTED MAN, CUT TO MS, MAN GESTURES TO HIM TO FOLLOW
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| 00:28:30 189.25 |
ECU OF MAN WITH WORRIED EXPRESSION
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| 00:28:32 191.49 |
MEN IN HALLWAY OF SUBURBAN HOUSE
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| 00:28:42 201.46 |
ELDERLY SICK COUPLE IN BEDROOM
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| 00:28:45 204.47 |
MS OF MAN, HAT MAGICALLY CHANGES TO A NURSES CAP, VOICE TALKS ABOUT THE VISITING NURSE SERVICE
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| 00:29:01 220.91 |
HIGH ANGLE OF ELDERLY MAN IN BED
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| 00:29:04 223.88 |
ANGRY MAN THROWS DOWN THE NURSES HAT AND LEAVES THE ROOM
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| 00:29:10 229.59 |
MAN WALKS OUT TO DINING ROOM AND FINDS PEOPLE MAKING THINGS AT HIS TABLE, PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. DESCRIBED BY NARRATOR AS "RETARDED CHILDREN" AND BLIND WORKSHOP IS HELD IN HIS HOUSE.
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| 00:29:26 245.54 |
YOUNG MAN WITH DOWN SYNDROME, WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. SHOWS MAN WHAT HE MADE.
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| 00:29:41 260.64 |
MAN WALKS INTO HIS KITCHEN WITH ITEM, HE LOOKS UP AND SMILES
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| 00:29:51 270.38 |
WOMAN AT TABLE NEEDS HELP EATING, DISEMBODIED VOICE DESCRIBES SITUATION
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| 00:30:11 290.71 |
MAN SITS DOWN AND TRIES TO FEED RECOVERING WOMAN, 1950S KITCHEN
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| 00:30:23 302.46 |
CUT TO 1950S PLATE OF FOOD, BAKED POTATO AND PORK CHOP, PEAS AND CARROTS, MAN CUTS MEAT
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| 00:30:27 306.93 |
CU OF PATIENT NOT EATING, MAN TRIES AGAIN, FEEDS HER LIKE A BABY
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| 00:30:42 321.5 |
EMPTY PLATE OF FOOD
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| 00:30:47 326.93 |
MAN WIPES WOMAN' MOUTH, CUT TO MAN OPENING HIS MOUTH, WOMAN SMILES
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| 00:30:53 332.35 |
1950S KITCHEN WITH PIXIE COOKIE JAR, MAN AND WOMAN AT TABLE, HE GIVES PATIENT A TOY, MAN RELUCTANTLY GETS UP AND SMILES AT WOMAN
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| 00:31:13 352.96 |
MAN ENTERS HIS LIVING ROOM "OH NO", CUT TO SMILING HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, IN WHEELCHAIRS WITH BRACES
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| 00:31:33 372.33 |
MAN IS OVERWHELMED, RUBS HIS FACE, HE HEARS A CRYING BABY
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| 00:31:48 387.52 |
CRYING BABY ON COUCH, MAN PICKS UP BABY AND COMFORTS HIM
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| 00:32:08 407.17 |
MAN SITS IN ROCKING CHAIR WITH BABY, HE LOOKS UP, LISTENS TO VOICE ABOUT ORPHAN CHILDREN
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| 00:32:32 431.55 |
SURGEONS WITH MASKS EMERGE FROM THE DARK
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| 00:32:37 436.21 |
MAN IN DARK ROOM HOLDING BABY IS SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS NURSES, LITTLE LEAGUE
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| 00:32:48 447.46 |
TIGHT SHOT OF BOY SCOUTS, PAN ACROSS COMMUNITY GROUPS, GIRL SCOUTS
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| 00:33:08 467.27 |
CUTE LITTLE GIRL BLINKS
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| 00:33:12 471.47 |
MAN WITH BABY SITTING IN DARK ROOM IS SURROUNDED BY COMMMUNITY GROUPS THAT DEPEND ON CHARITIES
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| 00:33:23 482.65 |
HIGH ANGLE OF MAN SURROUNDED BY NEEDY PEOPLE, ZOOM IN ON HIM LOOKING UP
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| 00:33:43 502.25 |
MAN LOOKS FOR BUTTON TAKES ONE FROM LITTLE GIRL AND RUBS IT ACROSS HIS CHEST, WHILE HOLDING A BABY, "I WISH THERE WAS AN UNITED APPEAL."
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| 00:33:58 517.4 |
MAN RETURNS TO MEETING ROOM AND RUNS RIGHT UP TO MAKE A DONATION
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| 00:34:08 527.8 |
WORKERS LEAVE MEETING, BLACK AND WHITE MEN
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| 00:34:14 533.24 |
MS OF MAN LOOKING DOWN, HE LOOKS UP WHEN HE HEARS THE VOICE AND SMILES, LOOKS AT BUTTON FOR THE UNITED APPEAL "THE MAGIC BUTTON", VOICE TALKS ABOUT PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
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| 00:34:30 549.83 |
MAN EXITS BUILDING
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