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DMZ Vietnam Refugees
An entire village of 3,000 people in the de-militarized zone is evacuated to a rear area by U.S. Marines as fighting comes dangerously close to the buffer-zone hamlet. Establishing shot - Vietnam refugees in the process of being evacuated, you can see the look of despair on their faces as they walk. MCU - Mother carrying her belongings on a shoulder pole and her two children walk behind her. High Angle shot - Children just looking at the camera man. Low Angle shot - Two Vietnam men loading a table on to a cart. CU - Front view of an older Vietnamese woman and a profile shot of her husband, both are holding opened umbrellas. MS - Tents put up in an open field to house the refugees. CU - A Vietnamese family cooking on a open fire. . MS - Vietnamese sitting in a tent, smiling.
The Island of Quemoy Watches Red China
On the tiny island of Quemoy, "cork in the Red bottle", Free Chinese troops live and work underground, manning radio stations. Giant balloons carry leaflets, medicine, food, and necessities to the Communist mainland, less than two miles away. Establishing shot - Red China seen from the Island of Quemoy. MS - Barrbed wire and a soldier on patrol holding his riffle. Rear shot - Two women walking into a broadcasting building. Front shot - Two women walking into the broadcasting building. MS - Soldiers blowing up balloons that are able to carry 40 pounds, carrying leaflets and encouragement to fellow Chinese who live in Red China. MS - Helium tanks that filled the balloons and hundreds of balloons flying up into the sky. High Angle shot - Medical supplies, clothes, books and other necessities are supplied by the balloons. MS - Men letting go of clear plastic bags filled with Helium, massagers of hope.
Glamour Grannies
A bathing beauty contest for grandmothers is won by 48 year old Mrs. Rosemary Saks, twice a granny, twice married, about to walk the aisle a third time in one month. She admits to 48. Establishing shot - The grandmothers are standing and posing for the camera man. Most of the grandmothers are wearing a one piece bathing suit but there is one grandmother in great shape wearing a bikini. MS - The women queue in line and stop before the contest judges. Close up - Rosemary Saks admitting to being 48 year's old, and she is crowned the winner of the beauty contest.
European Cup Thropy
Bayern Munich, West Germany, and Glasgow Rangers, Scotland, play to a scoreless tie at the regulation end of the European Cup game. A "sudden death" overtime goal by Roth wins it for the West Germans. Opening shot - The soccer players are on the field engaged in a heavy kicking game of soccer. CU - Four ladies sitting and watching the soccer game. MS - The West German's goalie just made a great save. MS - West German, Roth just kicked in a soccer goal. High Angle shot - All of Roth's teammates are all over him, hugging and jumping around. That was the winning goal. High Angle shot - The spectators from the stands break free and run on to the field.
Egypt Accepts United Nations Cease Fire
After four days of war, Jordan and Egypt accept the U.N. cease-fire. Israeli forces drive across the Sinai to the Suez Canal, break the Gulf of Aqaba blockade, take the Old City of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Israeli forces drive spear heads across Sinai Peninsula, west to the Suez Canal, Israeli tanks rolling down the road. MS - Two Israeli shoulders manning their machine guns in their trenches. MCU - Two Israeli soldiers, smiling. CU - Partial sign "Welcome To Gaza" CU - Israel Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan. CU - A damaged building. High Angle shot - Israeli boarder patrol frisking Palestinians. Exterior shot - United Nations Building. Rear shot - US Ambassador, Arthur Goldberg. MS - Ambassadors representing 15 nations CU - Israel's Foreign Minister, Abba Eban. Exterior shot - United Nation Building.
A Thousand Nigerians Volunteer For The Army
Some ten thousand Nigerian men and women volunteer for the Army after the eastern state, Biafra, declares its independence. The government declared unofficial war, saying Biafra would be "crushed." Busses are lined up to carry civilian volunteers to the Nigerian Army recruiting center, trucks are lined up, on one this is written' "God Knows The Best - IJE-ONA" . MS - A crowd of men running. CU - Nigerian soldiers are hitting the men with sticks across the shoulders. CU - Women queue up to enlist in the Nigerian service. MS - A crowd of men walking towards the camera.
Impeachment Hearings House Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974 Walter Flowers
Impeachment Hearings House Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974 Statement of Representative Walter Flowers (D - Alabama) [00.56.50] [Continued Speech by Representative FLOWERS, D-Ala.] Obviously America is a nation with many flaws, but it is also nation with hope so vast that only the most foolish or the most pessimistic would fail to realize it. We, have, all made mistakes, and will probably make some more in the future. Some of them have be' big ones with important and even sometimes tragic consequences. But, my friends and fellow countrymen, we have not always failed and it is important to be aware of our successes as well. In all of history there has been no other nation to do as much for our own people while at the same time extending a helping hand of freedom, generosity and compassion to a world in need. And I say it is important to remember these accomplishments, and let us remember that some of them have been accomplished in the last 6 years under President Nixon, because they might otherwise be persuaded to abandon those values and those institutions that are responsible largely for these achievements and they are also, I say, our best hope for further progress. Now, I have said on many times that we can make great progress and improve our society, and still not have anything that will live or last unless we concern ourselves with underlying values. If we believe in nothing, my friends, if we don't have a sense of moral purpose, then there is little possibility of our Nation or we as individuals reaching the heights of which we are capable. We have, in the, tradition of this Nation, a well-tested framework of values, liberty, justice, worth, and dignity of the individual, in individual responsibility, and more. Our problem is not now to find be values, but I say our problem is to be faithful to those that we pro and to make them live in modern times. You know, I always think back to the Preamble of our Constitution. It starts off, as we all know, "We the people of the United States. And surely, at least to me, there is no more inspiring phrase than, the people, of the United States." Not -we the, public officials Of United States, not we the certified experts, or we the educators, we the educated, or we the grownups over 21 or 25. -Not we the privleged classes or whatever. But just simply we the people, we acting our communities across the Nation can pull our fragmented society together again. At the grassroots of our complex and mechanized industrialized Nation, we can renew the moral fiber of America. Young and old alike, we can create an America in which men and women, and young people speak to one another once again in trust mutual respect. We sharing common objectives and working toward common goals can bring our Nation to a point of confidence and well-being. We can provide a soul and character so vitally needed in our native land. 'You know, we are the people of the United States, and we can do these things. We here in this room are the representatives also, of the people of the United States, and even more particularly in this case, representatives of the representatives of the people. And we have awesome task that no one else can do for us. Let me close my remarks here by paraphrasing something Harry Truman was Supposed to have said once. "I try never to forget who I am. and where I come from and where I am going back to." And I would add that I cannot forget that I must get Up every morning for the rest of my life and live with my decision here on these terrible alternatives. I shall listen to these debates, and only then shall I cast my vote.. And I can only vote as I am convinced in my heart and mind, based on the Constitution and on the evidence. you, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. The committee -will recess until 1:30.
Liberace Show #1, Master 101
Selections: "Dizzy Fingers" "Paderewski's Minuet" with Quartet "All in the Game", vocal with George Liberace "Tico, Tico" with George Liberace "Moonlight Sonata" "Cement Mixer", a comedy song
Liberace Show #2, Master 102
Selections: "Lover" (Rodgers and Hart) "Peer Gynt Suite" (Eduard Greig) "September Song" with vocal "Cumana" (Berkley Allan) "Intermezzo" "Piano Roll Blues" with vocal
Liberace Show #3, Master 103
Selections: "Tchaikovsky's 12th Street Rag" "Polish National Dance" "Tenderly" with vocals and George Liberace "Brazil" with George Liberace "Concerto in B Flat Minor" (Tchaikovsky) "Dark Eyes"
Liberace Show #4, Master 104
Selections: "The Bumble Boogie" "Tales From the Vienna Woods" "I Miss You So" with vocal (features nice CUs woman turning on record turntable, Columbia Records vinyl record spinning, stylus needle being lowered; MS silhouetted woman holding, hugging framed photo of significant other serving abroad (serviceman) while gazing out window; diss to CU Liberace singing schmaltzy pop ballad "Blue Tango" (Leroy Anderson) "14th Hungarian Rhapsody" (Liszt) "Walking My Baby Back Home" with vocal
Liberace Show #5, Master 105
Selections: "Dardanella" "Stardust" "I Don't Care As Long As You Care For Me" (theme song, with vocal) "Malaguena" "Chopin's Piano Music" "Chopsticks-- Chopin Style"
Liberace Show #6, Master 106
Selections: "Nola" "Margie'-- variations on a theme "My Foolish Heart" with vocal "Maiden's Wish Samba" "Liebestraum-- Dream of Love" "After You've Gone"
Liberace Show #7, Master 107
Selections: "The Saber Dance" "Glow Worm" "Blue Bird of Happiness" with vocal "La Cucaracha" "Schubert's Serenade" "St. Louis Blues"
Chrysler Cars on Airstrip
001-1 Car on Airstrip 001-2 Plymouth on airstrip 001-3 Dodge on airstrip 001-4 Car on runway 001-5 Car on airstrip 001-6 Man getting out of jet into car 001-7 Plymouth on airstrip by jet 001-8 plymouth on airstrip 001-9 Man getting out of car into jet 001-10 plymouth on airstrip 001-11 Plymouth on airstrip
Chrysler Cars on Airstrip
001-12 Man gets out of jet into car 17:34 - 18:30 001-13 Dodge on display 18:31 - 19:04 001-14 Station wagon on airstrip 19:06 - 19:21
Liberace Show #8, Master 108
Selections: "Spaghetti Rag" "Stardust" "I Don't Care, As Long As You Care For Me" (opening credit song) with vocal "Malaguena" "Momma Does the Mambo The Best" (features cameo by Liberace's mother) "Grand Waltz in A Flat" (Chopin) "Boogie Woogie"
Impeachment Hearings: House Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974 (2/2)
[01.26.03--continued speech by Rep. MANN, D-SC] And then his lawyer, Mr. Shapiro: "I have represented witnesses before congressional committees for something like 20 years in times perhaps as unhappy as these, with passions perhaps high as they are in these times. This is the most impressive committee performance it has ever been my pleasure to witness, both in terms of treatment of the witness, and the attention of the members of the committee, in connection with the questions that were asked, and the kind of consideration Chair has shown to other members of the committee and to the witness' the counsel, and I say as a citizen wholly apart from Mr. Colson's counsel and I want to separate that, you are very impressive people and I think you are doing a very impressive job." Now, what of these people that they are talking about this co tee. It is not a. group of volunteers. It is the Judiciary Committee of the, House of Representatives and the average tenure on this committee is probably 6 years. We have different backgrounds. different biases, conscious or unconscious. Different philosophies I am persuaded that the search for the truth is paramount of us and that each has the courage to vote for that truth because, like beauty, it is in the eyes and the heart and the conscience of the seeker. This is a big country and we, represent a cross section of that country. It is with some concern that I have been aware over these weeks of the detractors of this committee, those, who would attempt to discredit this committee, for whatever motivation, those who would fire the fuels of emotion that are based largely on a confusion that exists in our country today concerning the separation of powers and concerning the role of a Representative, in this Government of ours. Do yet in the United States the people still govern? Do they govern through elected representatives? In this era of power that our goverernmental system has brought us to in the -world where our involvement in foreign trade and foreign affairs puts the President out in front as the symbol of our -national pride and as the bearer of our flag, and here we have in the House of Representatives 435 voices speaking on behalf of different constituencies with no public relations man employed by the House of Representatives, and I wonder if the people want their elected Representatives to fulfill their oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. you want us to exercise the duty and responsibility of the power impeachment, whether that means conviction or exculpation? You know, some of the things that cause me to wonder are the that keep coming back to me, "oh, it is just politics," or, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Are we so morally bankrupt that we would accept a past course wrongdoing or that we would decide that the system that we have is incapable of sustaining a system of law because we aren't perfect? There has been one perfect to whom one of those statements is attributed. But our country has grown strong because men have died for the system. You will hear "the system" used by each of us but we have built our country on the Constitution and that system contemplates and that system has resulted in men putting that system above their own political careers. That system has been defended on battlefields and statesmen have ended their careers on behalf of the system and have either passed into oblivion or into immortality. We have all read of the role of Edmund G. Ross in the Johnson impeachment and how he voted his conscience. Did we also know that about 20 years later he said that he would hope that his vote would not be construed as being in derogation of that constitutional power of impeachment, and that at a proper time on some future day some Congress would have the courage to fulfill its duty. How much I would have like to have had all of the evidence and I say now we are here, we are ready to receive additional evidence. It is not too late. How much I would have liked to have heard on the transcripts, let's do it because it is good for our country. I have expressed no prejudgment. I am entitled to the thoughts, the arguments of my colleagues on this committee. I am entitled to the time remaining to me to study the evidence, and when I vote, I do not ask that everyone agree with my vote, although I would hope that before they disagree that they would recognize my role and their responsibility to know the facts as I know them. But I would ask that they attribute to me and to every member of this committee compliance our oath, sincerity and conviction because it has been said that this verdict--and I use the wrong word, because I would not through egotistic exercise deprive the Senate of the United States of trying a proper case and reaching a proper verdict, and let us not on this committee fall into the trap of saying we are determining the guilt or innocence of the President--will determine whether or not the American people are entitled to a trial in an open forum which trial YOU have not had these past 9, 10, or 11 weeks or these past 6 months. Let. us not usurp unto ourselves the final judgments but perform our function to determine whether or not there is clear and convincing evidence' of impeachable conduct upon which the President of the United States shall be called upon to have the opportunity [01.35.55--TAPE OUT]
Impeachment Hearings: House Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974 (1/2)
[00.02.00] [in to NPACT logo--weird rotating 3-D Capitol Dome effect, very dated--with title "impeachment debate"--cut to LEHRER in studio] LEHRER welcomes viewers introduces live coverage of President NIXON's speech on the economy [cuts to stage, two dozen men flank podium in two wings, a moderator takes podium to introduce the President, as sponsored by four major LA business organizations--NIXON takes podium--cut to side view shows audience of middle-aged white people clapping--cut to close head/shoulders of NIXON smiling broadly, ready to give the SAFE AUDIENCE one of the most BORING SPEECHES ever delivered--note, however, that NIXON is in no worse form as a public speaker than usual, employing strange head movements, monotonous tone, and strange spinal contortions of the body, as if there were no IMPEACHMENT CRISIS at all] NIXON thanks the moderator, the audience, and the business groups. Says he wants to discuss the major problem facing the US--Inflation, and the fight against it. Says that the inflation is the result of longterm failure of industrialized world to increase productivity to meet demand, government deficit spending, increase of money supply to facilitate borrowing, which all add to rising prices. [cut to a reverse angle shot of the audience] Add to this grain production shortages due to crop failure, and the oil embargo, NIXON says that fortunately food production is increasing, and the oil embargo has ended, leveling oil prices, slowing the rate of inflation. Says there will be some delay before this settles out. Says also that the effects of minimum wage increases have added to prices Mentions demands raised for "swift, spectacular action" , proposals for wage and price controls, draconian constrictions on money supply at risk of recession, or lower taxes to stimulate economy, or the defeatist pose of learning to live with inflation. NIXON says that none of these paths will be taken. Instead, he will proceed from the proposition that "short-term relief brings long-term grief", and concentrate more on POLICIES than on PROGRAMS. I.E., policies respecting basic market forces, First, "what we are not going to do". Not going to resort to controls [pavlovian applause from free-marketers in audience], saying that controls will only create new market distortions. Not going to resort to new deficit spending, tax cuts, or credit loosening. Such would be fighting fire with gasoline (NIXON'S analogy). Neither will they resort to tight-money shock treatment, which would raise unemployment too high. Are going to control inflation by increasing productivity. Look toward long term, willingness to stick to a plan despite pressures. The administration will continue to monitor the entire economy, and will not allow any hardship to take effect. Says that anti-inflationary policy is simply effort to check growth of demand in proportion to growth of supply. In short run, must be focused on reducing demand, because increasing supply can take time. Exceptions to this are returning farmland to cultivation and sale of raw materials. Longer term emphasis on producing more, [Nixon reiterates his topic sentence for the fifth or sixth time, displaying a remarkable flair for redundancy, not to mention redundancy] NIXON claims that the most important thing the Federal Government can do to check demand is to reduce spending. Pledges not to accept new spending, [ taking care to make "eye contact" with camera so you know he's telling the truth--draws applause from the budgethawks in the audience] Announces that 40,000 federal employees will be fired next year. [thanks, Dick!] Savings will be $300,000. [00.13.40]
Liberace Show #9, Master 110
Selections: Unknown Title "Galloping Horses-- Allegreto D Minor Sonata" (Beethoven) "I'll Be Seeing You" with vocal (the closing theme song) Unknown Title "Prelude in C Sharp Minor" (Rachmaninoff) "Start the Day With A Smile"
Liberace Show #10, Master 111
Selections: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" "Sophisticated Lady" "Lullaby" with vocal "Lady of Spain" "Traumerei" (Schumann) "There'll Be Some Changes Made" with vocal
Liberace Show #11, Master 112
Selections: "Cumana" "Variations of I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" "I'm Loved At Last" with vocal "Crazy Rhythm" "Ava Maria" (Bach- Gounod- Schubert) "Ragtime Joe- This Old Piano Of Mine" with vocal
Liberace Show #12, Master 113
Selections: "12th Street Rag" "Torna Sorrento" (Italian Medley) "September Song" with vocal "Tico, Tico" "Liebestraum- Dream of Love" "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
Liberace Show #13, Master 201
Selections: "Beer Barrel Polka" "Malaguena" "As Time Goes By" with vocal "Humoresque" A SKIT INVOLVING LIBERACE AND PUNCH AND JUDY PUPPETS "Punchinello" (Rachmaninoff) "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window" with vocal