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SAN FRANCISCO:
BUSY STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, PEDESTRIANS, FAMED TROLLEY CAR, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. ZOOM AWAY TO WHARF WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, TOURISTS GATHERING, TAKING GROUP PHOTOS, ARTISTS PAINTING ON CANVASSES, STREET ENTERTAINERS, MIMES, CLOWNS, JUGGLERS, ENTERTAINING THE CROWDS. |
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PAN OF VENDERS STANDS, SELLING JEWELRY, ANTIQUES, CLOTHING, OTHER ITEMS. CU BEARDED ARTIST DOES PENCIL DRAWINGS OF PEOPLE.
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| 00:54:13 44.83 |
YOUNG COUPLE SET UP IN STREET, OPEN UP VALISES CONTAINING COSTUMES, MAKE-UP. CU BEARDED MAN PLAYS VIBES.
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| 00:54:23 54.83 |
CU HUGE ENDOGENOUS CRABS BEING STEAMED ON OPEN STEAMER. VENDOR HOLDS UP THE HUGE CRAB.
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| 00:54:30 61.83 |
CU MAN, WOMAN START PUTTING ON CLOWN OUTFITS, HE WITH FLOPPY HAT, SHE WITH MULTI-COLORED WIG. CU HE LOOKS IN MIRROR, APPLIES FACE MAKE-UP. SHE WHITENS FACE WITH POWDER PUFF. YOUNG SPECTATORS WATCH THEM.
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| 00:55:03 94.83 |
CU FACE SHOT OF WOMAN APPLYING EYE MAKE-UP TO LOOK LIKE CLOWN. HE PUTS ON GLASSES WITH RED NOSE ATTACHED. MAKES COMIC EXPRESSION IN MIRROR.
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| 00:55:30 121.83 |
CU MUSICIANS' HAND POUNDING COW BELL AS GROUP PLAY ALL SORTS OF DRUMS. BLACK MUSICIAN PLAYS COW BELL DANCES WITH LITTLE BLACK GIRL. CU LITTLE DOG SCRATCHES ITS FLEAS WITH HIND LEG.
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| 00:55:44 135.83 |
CU YOUNG MAN DOES ROPE TRICK FOR AUDIENCE.
FOURSOME IN 19TH CENTURY COSTUME SING CAROLS. TRUMPET PLAYER IN GORILLA MASK, SANTA HAT PLAYS ALONG WHARF. BOATS IN MARINA IN BG. |
| 00:55:57 148.83 |
WHITE FACES MIME IN COLORFUL COSTUME, MIMICS PASSER-BYS. WALKS ALONGSIDE THEM. CU YOUNG MAN TAKING PHOTOS. MIME MIMICS YOUNG BOY HOPPING FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITH ARMS FOLDED.
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| 00:56:21 172.83 |
FAMED TROLLEY MAKES TURN AT TOP OF STREET, PASSENGERS HANG FROM THE SIDES.
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| 00:56:37 188.83 |
CU WINDOW OF VAN OPEN, TRUMPETER STICK OUT HORN, STARTS TO PLAY JAZZ. GROUP OF WOMEN WATCH, SMILE.
TROLLEY IS PHYSICALLY TURNED AROUND FOR RETURN TRIP DOWN HILL. |
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CU LITTLE BLOND GIRL PLAYS VIOLIN. ABOVE SHOT OF GROUP OF CHILDREN PLAYING VIOLINS, LED BY TWO ADULTS. CROWD WATCHES. FACE SHOTS OF CHILDREN AS THEY PLAY.
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| 00:57:13 224.83 |
BLACK DRUMMER BEATS AWAY. MONTAGE PEOPLE STROLLING ALONG, MIME DOING HIS THING, TWO CLOWNS DO JUGGLING ACT. CROWD WATCHING.
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| 00:57:33 244.83 |
DOG WITH COSTUME DOES TRICKS FOR CROWD, JUMPS THROUGH HOOPS HELD BY YOUNG FEMALE CLOWN. ROOSTER IS RAISED OVERHEAD ON BROOM STICK BY CLOWN. PAN SMILING FACES OF CROWD ENJOYING ENTERTAINMENT.
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| 00:58:14 285.83 |
RALPH AUSTIN, RANCHER:
COWBOYS TURN STEER ON ITS BACK, HOLD IT AS BRANDING IRON IS APPLIED. BY RANCHER RALPH AUSTIN. PAN HERD OF CATTLE RAISE DUST AS IT COMES TOWARDS CAMERA. AUSTIN ON HORSE IN MIDST OF DUST CLOUD. |
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RALPH COUNTS CATTLE AS THEY ENTER CORRAL. CU HE REPAIRS FENCE ON RANGE, CLIMBS ON HORSE, RIDES AWAY. CATTLE JAMB ROADWAY AS CAR SLOWLY TRIES TO MOVE THROUGH. AUSTIN SITS, ON HORSE, WATCHES AS CATTLE MOVE BY HIM.
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| 00:59:58 389.83 |
ABOVE SHOT OF DOZENS OF CATTLE BUNCHED TOGETHER IN SMALL PEN, SURROUNDED BY COWBOYS BIDDING FOR THEM.
VOICE OF AUCTIONEER HEARD IN BG. CU AUCTIONEER CALLS FOR BIDS IN FAMILIAR RAMBLING VOICE. MONTAGE FACE SHOTS OF COWBOYS WATCHING, INCLUDE AUSTIN. |
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AIRLINER COMING IN FOR LANDING AT WASHINGTON, DC.
AIRPORT. AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE TAXIS BY CAPITOL DOME BUILDING IN DISTANCE. |
| 01:01:00 451.83 |
AUSTIN, IN BUSINESS SUIT, BRIEF CASE, CROSSES STREET AT AIRPORT ON WAY TO MEETING. CU SIGN ON MEETING ROOM WALL, "F. C. A., FARM CREDIT ASSOCIATION". AUSTIN SITS WITH OTHERS AT MEETING TABLE DISCUSSES LOANS. HE SPEAKS.
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| 01:01:53 504.83 |
AUSTIN, IN BUSINESS SUIT, WALKS TOWARDS STEPS OF CAPITAL. ZOOM AWAY. CU "MEMBER OF CONGRESS"
WRITTEN ON LARGE SEAL. HE SHAKES HANDS WITH CONGRESSMAN IN OFFICE. |
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MONTAGE AUSTIN TALKS TO SEVERAL CONGRESSMEN, DISCUSS BILL TO HELP RANCHERS. SITS IN OFFICE WITH STATE SENATOR.
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| 01:02:34 545.83 |
AUSTIN AND BRIEFCASE EXITS CAPITOL BUILDING, GETS INTO WAITING CAB FOR RIDE TO AIRPORT, HOME.
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AUSTIN RIDES HIS HORSE IN FIELD WITH CATTLE.
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| 01:03:10 581.83 |
SAN ANTONIO:
CARVED WOODEN DOOR ON DECAYING SPANISH CATHEDRAL. WEATHER BEATEN STONE CARVINGS, ZOOM AWAY FROM MODERN OBSERVATION TOWER HIGH ABOVE CITY, HEAVY AUTO TRAFFIC, DOWNTOWN. |
| 01:04:09 640.83 |
FOUNTAIN WATERS IN MODERN MALL. TALL MODERN APARTMENT BUILDING AS SEEN FROM GROUND UP. CANAL WITH BRIDGE IN FRONT OF BUILDING, LOOKS LIKE RIALTO BRIDGE IN VENICE, ITALY. PEOPLE WALK ALONG SIDEWALK STREET BEING THE CANAL.
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| 01:04:30 661.83 |
MONTAGE PADDLE BOATS, INSTEAD GONDOLAS, PASS UNDER BRIDGE, RIDE ALONG CANAL IN FRONT OF BUILDING.
PEOPLE WALK THE PROMENADE. |
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SMALL BOATS, CROWDED WITH TOURISTS, RIDE UNDER BRIDGE.
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| 01:04:54 685.83 |
MEXICAN BRASS BAND, WITH COLORFUL SOMBREROS, PLAY INTRODUCTION FOR PARADE OF HORSEBACK MEXICAN WOMEN, MEN IN ARENA. ETHNIC MUSIC. HUGE CROWD IN STANDS.
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CU ARTIST IN STANDS, DRAWS MEXICAN COWBOY WHO POSES ON HORSE, IN ARENA. MEXICAN COWBOY RACES AFTER STEER ON HORSE, GRABS IT BY TAIL, PULLS IT ALONG UNTIL IT FALLS. JUDGES WITH LARGE MEXICAN SOMBREROS, SCORE HIS PERFORMANCE.
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CU YOUNG GIRL WITH LARGE EYEGLASSES PEERS OVER WOOD FENCE, BROAD SMILE. CU MEXICAN VENDOR ROLLS OUT DOUGH FOR A TORTILLA. BEEF ON SKEWERS COOK ON BARBECUE, BRUSH IS USED TO DAUB THEM WITH SAUCE.
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CU WOMAN BITES INTO A TORTILLA. SMALL GIRL WALKS ALONG BITING INTO HUGE COTTON CANDY.
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MEXICAN BAND PLAYS FOR COSTUMED DANCERS, DOING ETHNIC DANCES ON STAGE. MEXICAN GIRLS IN COSTUME, DANCE. ETHNIC DANCE MEXICAN.
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| 01:07:00 811.83 |
PAN PEOPLE SIT FOR FIESTA AT LONG TABLES ON BOTH SIDES OF CANAL. BALLOONS ATTACHED TO TABLES
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| 01:07:11 822.83 |
NIGHT SKY IS LIT UP BY FIREWORKS, AS COLORFUL FLOATS WITH ENTERTAINERS WEARING GLITTERING COSTUMES, RIDE DOWN CANAL, TO APPLAUD OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF CANAL. COINS ARE THROWN INTO CROWD FROM FLOATS.
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| 01:07:30 841.83 |
GIRLS IN COLORFUL JAPANESE, EGYPTIAN COSTUMES, GO-GO GIRLS, BATHING BEAUTIES, SPANISH FLAMENCO DANCERS, OTHERS, RIDE DOWN CANAL.
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| 01:08:19 890.83 |
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS:
TUG BOAT SAILS BY TANKER ANCHORED IN NEW ORLEANS HARBOR. SCENES OF NEW ORLEANS CITY AS SEEN FROM HARBOR AT DAYBREAK. CU FREIGHTER "TURNDOT" ANCHORED IN HARBOR. HUGE CRANES ALONG PIER. |
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AERIAL VIEW OF TANKERS TIED UP ALONG PIERS. PAN LONG LINE OF OIL TANKERS ANCHORED IN HARBOR.
TANKER SAILING ALONG IN HARBOR, NEW ORLEANS CITYSCAPE IN BACK GROUND. BARGES HEADING TOWARD SHORE. |
| 01:09:10 941.83 |
CU TUGBOAT CAPTAIN AND MATE AT HELM. LS TUGBOAT PUSHES BARGE INTO POSITION. CU CAPTAIN COMMUNICATES OVER HAND-HELD RADIO. CU TUGBOAT PUSHES AGAINST FREIGHTER. CU CAPTAIN PUTS CONTROLS INTO "STOP" POSITION
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| 01:09:46 977.83 |
IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS, BLACK CLARINETIST, GUITARIST, TRUMPETER, SIT ON CHAIRS IN PARK, BELT OUT SOME JAZZ. HORSE-DRAWN SURREY CARRIES TOURISTS THROUGH FRENCH QUARTER. STREET SIGN, "BOURBON STREET". SIGN, "CRAZY SHIRLEYS" HANGS OVER CAFE' IN BG. CU STREET LAMP WITH STREET SIGN, "PIRATE N."
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| 01:10:02 993.83 |
AERIAL PAN OF CITY AND HARBOR, RAIL YARDS, OIL STORAGE DEPOTS. HUGE CRANE ALONG PIER, PILES OF CARGO IN YARD BEHIND. LOAD OF TIMBERS BEING LIFTED ABOARD SHIP VIA CRANE. HUGE CONTAINER BEING LIFTED.
NEW BULL DOZERS LINED UP ON PIER. |
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AERIAL TWO FREIGHTERS SIT SIDE BY SIDE ALONG PIER.
HARD HAT BLACK LONGSHOREMAN GIVES HAND SIGNALS TO CRANE OPERATOR. CRANE OPERATOR BEHIND CONTROLS. |
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THREE LONGSHOREMEN TUG AWAY AT LINES TRYING TO KEEP LOAD FROM HITTING SIDE OF SHIP AS IT IS LOWERED TO PIER. MONTAGE GRAIN BEING POURED INTO HOLD OF SHIPS. RUSSIAN HAMMER AND SICKLE EMBLEM ON SOVIET FREIGHTERS' SMOKE STACK.
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| 01:11:10 1061.83 |
MONTAGE NAMES ON SHIPS FROM ALL COUNTRIES AT NEW ORLEANS PIERS. GRAIN BEING POURED INTO HOLDS.
SHIPS, BARGES, MACHINERY OF ALL SORTS BEING USED TO HANDLE CARGO, SMALL AND LARGE. |
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MONTAGE CARGO OF ALL KINDS BEING LIFTED ABOARD SHIPS BY VARIOUS METHODS. LONGSHOREMEN DRIVING FORKLIFTS, TRACTORS, CARGO HANDLERS.
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| 01:12:52 1163.83 |
RIVER BOAT PADDLES ITS WAY DOWN RIVER. FREIGHTERS RIDING IN HARBOR, FIREBOAT SPRAYING HOSES SKYWARDS AS IT SPEEDS DOWN HARBOR.
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AVERY ISLAND:
FOG COVERED SWAMP. CU BRANCHES COVERED WITH SPIDER WEBS. LARGE ALLIGATOR SWIMS ACROSS TOP OF WATER. FLOCK OF WHITE EGRETS REST ON FISHING PIER, DILAPIDATED PIER, DEER IS BARELY SEEN THROUGH FOG. |
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EGRET FLAPS ITS LARGE WINGS, ALLIGATOR CONTINUES ITS SILENT JOURNEY ACROSS SWAMP WATERS.
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MONTAGE EXOTIC FLOWERS OF ALL COLORS RISE THROUGH THE TALL GRASS ALONG SHORE. BIRDS OF ALL COLORS AND SIZES MINGLE TOGETHER IN HEAVY BRUSH.
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HUGE OUTSTRETCHED LIMBS ON OLD OAK TREE STRETCHES ACROSS SWAMP WATER, HEAVILY LADEN WITH SPANISH MOSS. CU BEAUTIFUL COLORED SMALL BIRD, RED FLOWERS.
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| 01:14:38 1269.83 |
LARGE HILL OF PROCESSED WHITE SAND-LIKE SUBSTANCE LIES OUTSIDE UNIQUELY SHAPED MINE BUILDING
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BULLDOZER DIGS INTO POWDERY SUBSTANCE INSIDE MINE SHAFT, FILLS BUCKET
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PAN PILE OF HUNDREDS OF WOODEN WINE BARRELS FULL OF UNIDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE. WORKER SCOOPS OF TOP LAYER OF SUBSTANCE IN BARREL, POURS IT IN CARTON
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ALMOST FULL BARREL OF RED SUBSTANCE. BLACK FORK LIFT OPERATOR LIFTS BARREL, RIDE AWAY WITH IT.
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| 01:16:10 1361.83 |
HUGE GREENHOUSE FULL OF SMALL POTS OF LEAFY UNIDENTIFIED PLANTS, PEPPERS?
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WOMAN WORKER STIRS BARRELS OF RED LIQUID, PROBABLY RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE
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MONTAGE SMALL BOTTLES RESEMBLING HOT PEPPER SAUCE BOTTLES, RIDE ALONG CONVEYOR BELTS AT BOTTLING PLANT. RED LIQUID AUTOMATICALLY FILLS BOTTLES, BOTTLES ARE CAPPED AND LABELED AUTOMATICALLY.
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| 01:17:45 1456.83 |
MONTAGE MARE SHOTS OF WILDLIFE, PLANTS IN THE SWAMP LAND OF AVERY ISLAND. ALLIGATOR SKIMS TOWARDS SHORE, RABBIT GRAZES IN GRASS, LOTS OF EGRETS
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