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A Marine Chaplain says Mass on an alter of ammunition boxes in a makeshift chapel near the DMZ, where heavy fighting has occurred. Elsewhere, a troop ship provides a chance for GI's to wash the mud out of their boots by dipping them in the Makong River. Soldiers conduct a mass in a burned out section of jungle. An altar is constructed, and a priest conducts a service. Soldiers receive communion and dip their hosts into Holy Water. Separate footage shows a ferryboat on a river. A soldier throws his dirty cloths into the river.
Woodward
"Damascus" wins the Woodward at Aqueduct by a full ten lengths over "Buckpasser" with "Dr. Fager", third. The race establishes the three-year old colt, son of "Sword Dancer", as the greatest racehorse in America. Onlookers stand in bleachers holding racing programs. The horses round the corner of the track. A man stands looking through binoculars. The horses cross the finish line.
Train Crash
"15 dead, 40 injured in a train derailment near the India-Pakistan border. Sabotage by pro-Peking communists (Maoist rebels) is suspected since the derailment occurred one week after Sino-Indian clashes on the Sikkim-Tibet border." TLS/MSs derailed train, Indian soldiers and civilians stand & walk amongst the wreckage; underside of train cars; coach cars rest overturned in a farm field. Panning MSs bodies and belongings scattered by tracks. Panning TLS overturned, derailed train, people & soldiers milling about, two men walking atop train.
Princess Margaret Unveils Memorial Statue
Princess Margaret unveils a memorial statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Brussels during "British Week." The presence of the Princess, despite a recent illness, makes the event gala and cordial. TLS Belgian soldiers dressed in ceremonial garb standing around statue covered w/ British and Belgian flags. MS Princess Margaret walking toward the statue. MS three elderly people standing at guardrail, looking bored. TLS Princess Margaret pulling the flags off by tugging on a rope. CU/MSs statue of Sir Winston Churchill.
Hippie Funeral
"San Francisco's hippies kill-off their name in a mock funeral adopting the name Freebies. The funeral procession winds through Haight Ashbury, ending with a bonfire and Indian dancing." Damn hippies. TLS crowd of longhaired hippies processing down a street carrying a stretcher containing one of their own. MSs "dead" hippie on stretcher. MS hippies carrying large cross a la Jesus. MS hippies carrying coffin. MSs funeral pyre. Come on baby light my fire. MS damn hippies dancing, running around funeral pyre. MS burning cross. MS hippies jumping, leaping over burning fire.
Paper Fashions
"A New York department store window showcases paper fashions in a combined style show-cocktail party. The outfits include formal gowns and beach outfits and some go as high as $60.00 each." TLS/MSs crowds gathered outside department store window to see models dressed in clothes made of paper. MSs male & female models-- both Caucasian and minorities-- posing in glass display. MS/CUs models mingling with buyers and fashion trendsetters at a cocktail party: African-American woman wearing large puffed earrings and tiered ruffled paper dress chatting up suave young black man; tilting shot young white woman wearing paper evening gown. MS female model wearing paper dress waving to small boy on opposite side of display glass.
Automobile Safety Device for Kids
"Detroit comes up with Tot Guard device to decrease child-injury figures from car accidents. It's a plastic shield, which protects the child from being hurled against the dashboard or windshield." Dearborn, Michigan MSs automotive engineers working with early predecessor to the children's car seat, a working model of Tot Guard, a frontside children's car seat. Yes, that's right, here we bear witness to the industry actually condoning children riding in the front passenger seat. MS slightly slow motion simulation crash test with child-sized crash test dummy showing the seat absorbing the shock of impact-- yet the kid is still flung forward & backward rather aggressively. MS white woman buckling boy into Tot Guard in front seat. Over the shoulder CU boy coloring while seated in car. Slow motion TLS/MSs child crash test dummy buckled into frontside car seat in controlled crash test; the dummy is thrown violently forward and backward, whiplash and head trauma certain. "The latest weapon for increased highway safety." Amazing.
College Football-- The Juice is Loose!
"U.S.C. beats Notre Dame, 24-7, for their fourth consecutive victory, and their first win at South Bend since 1939! Simpson scores three T.D.'s for the Trojans, who intercept the Hanratty-to-Seymouth combination five times." Card: "Football - U.S.C. 24 - Notre Dame 7." High angle LS Notre Dame marching band forming letters "ND" on football field. H/a pass interception by Notre Dame guard Jim Smithberger who runs to goal line. Panning h/a TLS Notre Dame quarterback Terry Hanratty makes fake, runs for touchdown. TLS crowd standing, cheering, celebrating. H/a LS USC halfback OJ Simpson running for first down, being tackled out of bounds. H/a TLS O.J. Simpson running again for short yard gain. H/a TLS NS Coach Ara Parseghian walking along sideline. H/a TLS OJ Simpson leaping for touchdown. The Juice is loose! Panning h/a TLS Terry Hanratty passing, being intercepted by Trojan cornerback. Panning h/a TLS Trojan QB giving ball to OJ Simpson who runs rather speedily for 15 yard gain. Great panning h/a TLS OJ Simpson running for touchdown.
NATO Gets New HQ
"NATO moves into its new multi-million dollar headquarters in Brussels. Formal ceremonies mark the opening and member nations draw up a plan to widen NATO's role from merely military to the pursuit of worldwide political policies." Aerial shot of NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Level LS NATO HQ building, parking lot in FG. TLS soldiers representing various NATO member nations standing at attention during flag-raising ceremony. LS flags being raised on flagpoles, Royal Union Jack & American flags in FG. MCU white male United States Marine in dress uniform looking into cam. MCU sailor in fanciful 19th century style dress uniform (unidentified country) posing for cam. MCU black male United States Army officer in dress uniform posing for cam. MCU French officer in dress uniform. Aerial of NATO headquarters.
Tokyo Festival
"A gigantic religious festival in Tokyo National Stadium has some 75,000 people performing intricate dances, gymnastics, and pictorial effects. The finale: World Peace spelled out in 11 languages." TLS/MSs Japanese lay Buddhists (seems more like Shinto to me but they may be Pure Land Buddhists) comprised of women brandishing fans, pointy hats & tambourines performing a synchronized dance in stadium. LS another group forming the outline of roof lines using iron ladders. Sideview MS crowd applauding graciously. LSs audience in grandstands using cardboard cut-outs to depict various pictorial displays: mosaics of flowers, landscapes, etc. MS grandstanders holding up cardboard squares. LS "World Peace" spelled out in grandstands.
On Preview Cassette 210820 Street signs: Keep Right - Keep Left - No Turns
Traffic signal
On Preview Cassette 210820 Walk & Don't Walk signals
Car battery
On Preview Cassette 210820 Old cars & Ticker tape parade
Preview Cassette 210820 Car battery (?)
On Preview Cassette 210820 Turn signal light blinking, car in motion
Cars being filled at gas station
Dashboards, driving, speedometers
Car wheel turning from ?
Car speedometer, tilt up to traffic ahead
Foot on accelerator
Car speedometer tilt up to traffic ahead
Traffic signs - Walk - Don't Walk