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Mr. Moose
DO NOT SELL A Deputy Dawg cartoon. Moose Hunting season opens. Mr. Moose, with the Dawg's help, tries to elude the n'er empty barrel of a city slicker hunter. Inbetween long bouts of running and getting shot at, Moose and Dawg hide in the county jail, an abandoned coal mine, and Dawg's house. The hunter accidentally shoots up the Sheriff's car, gets 60 days in jail.
1984 - LAWMAKERS - HUNGER REPORT
Host Paul Duke introduces a report on "Hunger in America".
Vietnam - Elevator Doors
POV from inside elevator as doors open and close; doors open to dark hallway, doors close; doors open to a ground floor lobby, mixed street traffic (motorbikes and bicycles) and doorman can be seen through archway door at end of lobby, doors close; doors open to ground floor lobby, mixed street traffic and adult Vietnamese man smoking can be seen through archway entrance at end of lobby; bicycle rickshaws among the traffic; elevator doors close and open, pedestrian stops to talk to man in the archway, doors close.
Vietnam - "City Scene"
Adult Vietnamese man in his underwear, standing in windowsill of multi-story building.
1984 - LAWMAKERS - Lebanon Debate
Host Paul Duke segues to a story about the U.S. Marine presence in Lebanon. Cokie Roberts (National Public Radio) introduces report on Lebanon, where the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing during the recess on the U.S. presence in Lebanon. U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Charles Percy (R-IL) convening hearing and providing a statement detailing the purpose of the hearing. Adult Caucasian male press corps sitting and listening. U.S. Sens. John Tower (R-TX) and John Warner (R-VA) sitting at witness table; Roberts voiceover stating that their trip to Lebanon compelled them to advise the Senate to keep the U.S. soldiers in Lebanon. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN) looking down with head in hands. Sen. Tower testifying to the committee against the idea of withdrawing the U.S. Marines from Lebanon. Men and women attending hearing. Sen. Warner echoes the testimony of Sen. Tower.
The Lawmakers 127 - "Credits"
DO NOT USE – Sponsor credits.
LAWMAKERS
WETA "LAWMAKERS" 6/14/1984 IN 19.57.13-WETA credit/sponsor credits/title sequence 19.58.01-PAUL DUKE/LINDA WERTHEIMER/COKIE ROBERTS-on program: growing lobbying efforts of TEACHERS, and Capitol Hill dining. ROBERTS-intro report on agreement reached on IMMIGRATION REFORM. 19.58.41-Shot from inside Border Patrol vehicle, La Migra asks a shirtless Mexican man if he's a citizen, the man says no, and he doesn't have papers. Shot of surveillance plane flying over the south Texas desert. Shot of INS patroller driving big truck. Shots of INS agents apprehending ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and putting them in the back of the truck. DO NOT USE C/Us of newspaper headlines debating the IMMIGRATION REFORM question. C/S Rep. DAN LUNGREN (R-CA) arguing that the reforms are needed. Congress needs to bite the bullet and make the tough choices. C/S Rep. LUNGREN outside Capitol, says the legislation is bound to have trouble. Shots of WALTER MONDALE rally in Southwest, with largely Hispanic crowd cheering MONDALE. C/S Rep. ROBERT GARCIA (D-NY) outside capitol, says HISPANICS are very loyal DEMOCRATS, but they feel betrayed by the DEMOCRATS favoring IMMIGRATION REFORM. 20.01.03-Shots of MIGRANT WORKERS in fields and orchards. ROBERTS v.o.-HISPANICS oppose the provisions of IMMIGRATION REFORM that call for sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants because they fear it will promote discrimination against legal Hispanic immigrants, legal aliens, and even U.S. Citizens of Hispanic origin. C/S Rep. BILL RICHARDSON (D-NM) in debate in house, argues that under the proposed law, if he used his mother's surname of Lopez to get a job in a border factory, he would be less likely to be hired than someone with an Anglo name. C/S LUNGREN, dismisses the hypothetical. C/S Rep. CLAY SHAW (R-FL) in well, argues that American workers are losing jobs to illegal aliens, tries to disguise his nativism by saying he's concerned about minority workers being hurt the most. ROBERTS v.o.-a motion to remove EMPLOYER SANCTIONS from IMMIGRATION REFORM was defeated. 20.02.52-Shot of Mexican or Mexican American marchers holding banners advocating AMNESTY for current ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. DO NOT USE Clip of a campaign ad, charging some candidates with supporting ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. C/S Rep. GARCIA, says that the candidate KENT HANCE used NATIVISM to leapfrog in the polls. C/S Rep. LUNGREN, says he's afraid of the demagoguery around the issue, Amnesty is a practical solution to passing tougher IMMIGRATION laws. Shots of groups of ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, men, women, children, crossing a river, children in an inner tube. C/S LUNGREN, says it's better to legalize current ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and get tougher on future ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. C/S Rep. GARCIA, says that as long as there are problems in Latin America, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS will continue to try to come to the U.S., in the tradition of the founding fathers, he adds.
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20.04.55-DUKE/ROBERTS/WERTHEIMER-discussion of IMMIGRATION REFORM legislative process, potential pitfalls. The HISPANIC CAUCUS has taken a defeat as the bill moves toward a vote. DUKE-intro report on WEAPONS SHIPMENT to PERSIAN GULF. 20.07.47-Shots of ARTILLERY (I think it's a howitzer), SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES, and a TANK in operation in a rocky desert. Shots of soldiers with machine guns and mortar shells. Shot of ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILE being fired. DUKE v.o.-controversy over shipments of AIR DEFENSES to SAUDI ARABIA to prevent bombing related to the IRAN-IRAQ WAR. Shot of the missile destroying an airplane. Shots of STINGER (ANTIAIRCRAFT) missile station with soldiers fitting missiles onto launcher. Shots of a House Committee Hearing. Rep. TOM LANTOS (D-CA) criticizes the REAGAN ADMINISTRATION for making the shipments over Memorial Day when Congress was not in town to object. C/S Rep. LEE HAMILTON(D-IN) argues that the proportion of U.S. oil supplies that comes from the PERSIAN GULF is small. The Assistant Secretary of State argues that a cutoff in any part of OPEC would affect the U.S.. HAMILTON is not convinced. 20.09.41-DUKE-mostly, the Congress was angry that NATIONAL SECURITY was being invoked to protect FOREIGN POLICY from Congressional scrutiny. WERTHEIMER-report on ACADEMIA lobbying Congress for funding for projects. 20.10.22-C/S Rev. William Byron, President of Catholic University, talks about lobbying Congress for funds. C/S Rep. BOB WALKER (R-PA) says that the established peer review procedures are better than politicizing grants by voting them on the House floor. Shots of Campus of Catholic University. Shots of Campus of Georgetown University. C/S a Florida Congressman, argues that funding a facility at Florida State University was not simple pork because the Government decided that such a facility would be good for the national interest. C/S the head of American Association of Universities, says it's not good for Congress to make "political" decisions about grants and funding. Says that traditional Federal sources of funds have dried up in past 15 years, so universities have been lobbying Congress directly. 20.12.46-c/s Rep. DON FUQUA (D-FL) argues that it is the right of Universities to petition the government for their wishes. C/S Rev. Byron, says that lobbying Congress is effective.
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River Life, Afternoon
02:07:20:- LS's of a variety of boats in the river on a sunny afternoon; in the BG are ramshackle homes and oxen eating grass. LS's of the bank by a more commercial area (buildings and people traveling on roads), several docked boats in the bay; a woman washes her clothes in the river. Many tight LS's of people of boats in the bay, going about their daily routines (fishing, chopping wood, washing, etc). 02:13:03:- nice peekaboo MS of a woman in a straw hat washing clothes in a blue bucket on the riverbank; leaves and such hang in the FG. Cut to unobstructed MS of same, zoom out to wide shot of area. Wide MS of man wading in river, collecting grass. Tight LS of children playing in the water (okay, they're skinnydipping). More LS's of cattle eating, people rowing in boats. MS of woman in straw hat crouching on dock, washing clothes in the river. Cute MS of five children standing on a docked boat and waving to the camera.
Dr. The's Statement (continued)
02:33:18:- Continuation of interview of DR. THE, Director of the Central Hospital in Hue, Vietnam (see WPA 727 for more information). NOTE: THE ROOM IS ECHO-HEAVY, AND THE MICS HAVE A HARD TIME DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SPEAKERS. They talk about many health related issue in Vietnam: if the province has enough doctors, especially in the countryside; if young Vietnamese doctors are allowed to travel overseas to hone their specialized training. MS's of the video producer handing Dr. The some gifts for the hospital: thick medical books and audio tapes based upon those tomes; good MS's of Dr. The inspecting the gifts, rattling the audio tape as if something is inside. Ends with MS of Dr. The giving his thanks.
Central Hospital in Hue
02:44:59:- EST shots of the hospital on a sunny afternoon. CU of the sign, zoom out to resume former shot, pan L to a blue steel fence where several men stand. Cut to MS of a local boy looking lost, framed by the blue steel; pan R to CU of a local man standing at the fence, smiling into the camera, then zoom out to MS. Cut to more EST shots of the hospital. CU of an adorable girl poking her head through the blue steel bars, eating a banana and peering into the camera. Back to more EST shots, ending with a MS of Dr. The leaving in his car. 02:48:02:- Various LS's of the streets and sidewalks outside the hospital, people wandering or riding bicycles for home. Nice tight LS of people walking on a sidewalk, past a long stretch of barbed wire fencing (six feet high of it). LS of a pharmacy kiosk, several people sitting on a curb outside it; MS of the female pharmacist talking to a male customer. EST LS's of people walking along a pink patio, an inner courtyard of the hospital's psychiatric ward. Low angle MS's of psychiatric patients in their pajamas, smoking cigarettes and leaning against a railing.
Lawmakers - Budget
Lawmakers - Budget 2/12/1984
Lawmakers - Inter-American Foundation
Lawmakers - Inter-American Foundation
Bicyclists in Hue, Vietnam
05:40:04:- good tight LS's of bicyclists and small engine motorcyclists riding along a sunny afternoon path by the Central Hospital in Hue.
At Home With the Phams
05:41:18:- MS's of Mrs. Pham, Hai and Hip's mother, taking dirty pots and pans from a mattress-less bed in a deep blue room of their home (Hai and Hip just finished breakfast). MS of Hip helping his mother out. MS's and CU's of Hip and Ray (a congenial yet burly member of the video crew, sporting a crazy Appalacian beard) singing and playing an acoustic guitar inside Hip's home. Wide MS of Ray, Hip, Larry, Mrs, Pham and several others singing (terribly) some American folk song, the name of which escapes me like tunefulness eludes them. You gotta have heart, I guess. 05:46:46:- MS's of Mrs. Pham in a unique orange and white dress, sitting on the deck of her home and talking to her son Hai, a medical intern at Central Hospital in Hue; Hai goes into the house, gets his bike, leaves. MS's of Mrs. Pham watering her plants.
Lawmakers - Presidential Candidates
Lawmakers - Presidential Candidates
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WETA "LAWMAKERS" 2/09/1984 IN 20.11.20-WETA credit/sponsor credits/title sequence 20.12.08-PAUL DUKE/LINDA WERTHEIMER/COKIE ROBERTS-on program: FOREIGN POLICY-MIDDLE EAST and LATIN AMERICA. ROBERTS intro report on LEBANON-Democrats' desire to pass a resolution for withdrawal of MARINES pre-empted by the deteriorating situation, fear of blame by Republicans. 20.12.58-C/S Rep. DANTE FASCELL (D-FL) surrounded by reporters, says that there is no grounds for action in the changing situation. C/U headlines about LEBANON. C/S Sen. CLAIBORNE PELL addressing press, congratulating REAGAN for making the right choice and withdrawing MARINES. C/S TIP O'NEILL outside Capitol, says he's happy the MARINES are leaving. C/S Rep. LAWRENCE COUGHLIN (R-PA) in well of House lauding REAGAN'S decision to withdraw troops to ships. Rep. G.V. MONTGOMERY (D-MS) says REAGAN is making the right choice. Shots of FASCELL speaking to press, says that REAGAN probably acted to avoid bad political baggage for himself and REPUBLICANS. C/S Sen. HOWARD BAKER addressing press, says he doesn't think REAGAN made the decision for political reasons. C/Us of headlines related to continued U.S. NAVAL BOMBARDMENT of BEIRUT. Sen. PELL addressing press, says the NAVAL BOMBARDMENT is still a potentially dangerous involvement in the conflict although troops are not in danger. 20.15.03-DUKE/ROBERTS/WERTHEIMER-discussion of LEBANON situation. Congress concerned about expanding conflict in LEBANON on both parties. Attitude of relief after troop withdrawal, wait-and-see attitude for REAGAN'S next move, political consequences could be significant. DUKE-intro report on revived influence of HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE and chairman DANTE FASCELL, a strong opponent of REAGAN'S FOREIGN POLICY. 20.17.15-C/S Rep. FASCELL, says that the Democrats and Congress are going to fight for influence and involvement in all military decisions. Shot of Committee hearing, Rep. MICHAEL BARNES announces that FASCELL has been elected Chairman. C/S FASCELL-the duty is more than "loyal opposition", it is to present logical points of view even if they differ from REAGAN'S policies. Exterior of INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA. DUKE v.o.-the role of Congress in FOREIGN AFFAIRS has changed from the Founding Fathers' time. Exterior of House. Series of portraits of Congressmen prominent in foreign affairs: John Quincy Adams, James Polk, William Fulbright. C/S a Congressman on Foreign Affairs Committee arguing that REAGAN'S foreign policy is flawed and Congress should lead toward a new approach.
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20.18.54-C/S Former Rep. CHARLES WHALEN, Jr., discusses the party balance with the two houses split, the House foreign committees very active. C/S Rep. STEPHEN SOLARZ (D-NY) says Rep. FASCELL'S chairmanship will increase the Foreign Affairs Committee's influence. C/S Rep. LEE HAMILTON (D-IN) speculating about FASCELL'S potential leadership of Committee. C/S Rep. HENRY HYDE (R-IL), says that FASCELL is a moderate who will rein in the "ultra-liberals" on the committee. 20.20.37-Shot of FASCELL walking down Capitol hallway with cup of coffee in hand, entering Committee hearing room. DUKE v.o.-discusses FASCELL'S political style and desire to take some stands. C/S FASCELL on committee, smoking pipe, says that FOREIGN POLICY can't succeed unless the public supports it. C/S FASCELL, says the Committee can't actually administer policy, discusses limits of power of Congress to direct policy, to give REAGAN advice, although who knows if he'll listen. 20.21.56-DUKE-intro discussion of CENTRAL AMERICA POLICY. ROBERTS-BIPARTISAN opposition in Congress to the report of REAGAN'S appointed Central America Commission [KISSINGER COMMISSION]. 20.22.26-C/S REAGAN flanked by George Bush, announcing the KISSINGER COMMISSION REPORT and coming legislation based on the report, insists on the bipartisan status of that commission, asks for Congress to support it "for moral reasons". C/U of the Commission report cover. Titles show recommendations in economic and military aid and HUMAN RIGHTS GUARANTEES by recipients. Shots of ANTI-CONTRA and ANTI-REAGAN demonstrators on sidewalk, holding signs denouncing KISSINGER COMMISSION and the CONTRAS. Shots of SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, C/S Sen. JESSE HELMS arguing against the FOREIGN AID provisions, calls it a mandate for taxpayer-funded socialism. C/S Sen. PAUL TSONGAS (D-MA) with KISSINGER at witness stand in background, Sen. TSONGAS says that there is no reason to believe that the REAGAN administration will insist on HUMAN RIGHTS in Central America. C/S KISSINGER, declines to answer the question directly, says that REAGAN ADMINISTRATION will work for HUMAN RIGHTS. 20.25.04-M/S TIP O'NEILL on House rostrum. ROBERTS v.o.-in the House, a Bipartisan consensus against the REAGAN plan, voting for the HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION requirements that REAGAN vetoed last year. C/S Rep. MARY ROSE OAKAR (D-OH) says that REAGAN considers HUMAN RIGHTS irrelevant to FOREIGN POLICY. C/S Rep. GERRY STUDDS (D-MA) argues that the RIGHT-WING DICTATORSHIP in EL SALVADOR sees REAGAN'S policy as a license to commit atrocities. C/S Rep. JACK KEMP (R-NY) insists that there has been progress in HUMAN RIGHTS in EL SALVADOR. C/S Rep. HENRY HYDE (R-IL) argues that the HUMAN RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS will turn EL SALVADOR over to the Communists [interesting that he concedes tacitly that the RIGHT-WING government needs to violate HUMAN RIGHTS to maintain power]. C/S Sen. RICHARD LUGAR (R-IN) says that the results will be bad for the U.S. if HUMAN RIGHTS objections stand in the way of policy actions to fight Communism.
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20.26.59-DUKE-series of brief reports: Federal Reserve Chairman PAUL VOLCKER testified that DEFICIT REDUCTION is key to ECONOMIC SECURITY. C/S VOLCKER testifying, says the DEFICIT is going to keep INTEREST RATES HIGH. C/S Jim Wright and other Congressmen entering a meeting with REAGAN on DEFICIT REDUCTION, WRIGHT tells reporters he's hopeful compromises can be reached. DUKE-House Commerce Committee propose national DRINKING AGE of 21. Bill passes to bar UTILITY COMPANIES from passing costs of NEW POWER PLANTS on to CONSUMERS. Rep. BARBER CONABLE (R-NY) announces he won't seek re-election. C/S CONABLE, says he will be totally absorbed in Congress if he stays too long. C/S Rep. ROBERT MICHEL making plea in well of House to fellow Republicans to take the commitment to public service seriously and not retire for personal reasons. 20.29.03-DUKE-Senate took up issue of ACID RAIN. WERTHEIMER-intro report: Discussion of conflict between Industry, Downwind states, and the public on issue. 20.29.31-Clip of Canadian government film: C/S worker firing BLAST FURNACE in STEEL MILL, holds heavy shield over face while opening door. Aerial of a STEEL MILL complex. A v.o. describes the benefits (economic) and consequences (environmental) of coal and oil-burning industry. L/S SMOKESTACK billowing smoke, audio is a bad cover of "Who'll Stop the Rain" by Credence Clearwater Revival. Shot of a lake surrounded by mountains and forests with rain splashing surface. C/S MAPLE LEAVES during rainfall. Graphic map of U.S. shows 34 states affected by ACID RAIN. C/U anit-ACID RAIN pamphlets. C/S Sen. ROBERT STAFFORD (R-VT) says there is growing support for doing something about ACID RAIN problem. ECU REAGAN during State of the Union, proposes "research" into ACID RAIN. 20.30.59-Shots of a committee meeting on Acid Rain. C/S Sen. JOHN CHAFEE (R-RI) interrogating EPA chief WILLIAM RUCKELSHAUS, says the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY needs to get off the stick and act. RUCKELSHAUS says there is always a need to collect data, asserts that the evidence might point to "opposite conclusion" in five years. C/S Sen. GEORGE MITCHELL (D-ME), says that the EPA has not assisted in implementing an ACID RAIN POLICY. Graphic shows the central issue: Should the whole country or just states who pollute pay for reduction efforts. C/S Sen. STAFFORD discusses the regional conflict of RUSTBELT STATES with the EAST COAST. C/S Sen. JOHN DANFORTH (R-MO) says the states pay plan would hurt his state and not help the national problem. C/S Gov. RUDY PERPICH (D-MN) says that his state's tourism and forestry industries are hurt by ACID RAIN that comes from other states. 20.33.17-Clip of film of COAL MINING, shot of a foreman on bullhorn, wide shot of a STRIP MINE as DYNAMITE explodes, close shot of flying dirt and rubble. C/S a MINER driving a bulldozer. WERTHEIMER v.o.-COAL MINING STATES fear that the ACID RAIN LEGISLATION will cost jobs in their states. C/S Sen. STAFFORD, fears that the ELECTION will hurt chances for positive compromise bill. 20.33.49-DUKE/WERTHEIMER/ROBERTS-discussion of political constraints on ACID RAIN LEGISLATION, but it will still be a Campaign issue. Commentary by Charles McDowell on the BUDGET. Visual aid of huge stacks of blue-bound volumes of the Budget. Demonstrates the excessive share of the BUDGET taken up by DEFENSE SPENDING by showing the DEFENSE section of the BUDGET bound with a paper clip. Contrasts this to the concern of all of REAGAN'S economic advisers about the DEFICIT. All in all, a very low-key but potent indictment of REAGAN ECONOMIC POLICY. 20.37.22-DUKE-signs off Closing credits/transcript information/WETA credit/sponsor credits/PBS ID 20.39.06--OUT
Vietnamese Med School
05:51:34:- MS of a fairly feminine looking man sitting in a chair of a medical lab, two female students in white frocks attaching a number of electrodes to his head. CU of the guinea pig. CU's of the lab technicians. MS's of a man fiddling with a brain wave meter, making adjustments and measurements. CU of the readout being printed. 05:53:18:- Tight LS's and MS's inside a medical classroom as a teacher talks about the right vs left side of the brain. Good MS's of the teacher standing at the head of the class and writing on the chalkboard. Good MS's and CU's of students sitting at desks, taking notes.
Palm Trees and Haze
05:28:43:- great bluish tight LS of numerous palm trees, a gross haze hanging illustrously over (on) them.
Lawmakers Feb 23 1984
Lawmakers 2/23/1984
Vietnamese Sunset
Great tight LS of the sun setting over two hazy silouettes of mountains in the distance; in the FG are trees and workers in straw hats tending to a field. The camera holds until the sun sets behind the mountains. Audio of a strange Vietnamese pop song.