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1969 - Santa Barbara - Oil Spill
Oil spill; small rolling waves. Water's reflection off an oil spill. Tide washing oil ashore.
Carmel MissionsBell Tower
Carmel Missions Bell Tower
Missions
Missions
Santiago Mission
Santiago Mission
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo - (1941)
Mining Morton
American Mining Congress meeting in session, unidentified adult Caucasian man speaking to room of adult Caucasian men; man enters late and takes seat. Middle-aged adult Caucasian man stating there is a lot of work to be done in the mining industry, that metal-mining people, gold in particular, have been relatively free of accidents; in order to reduce accidents, technology must be improved. Two cameras focused on man in what appears to be an otherwise empty room.
Traffic Accident
Slow-moving highway traffic. Orange blinking caution light. Cars slowly moving along two lane highway, passing semi-truck that lost control and jack-knifed on side of road; tow truck in BG. Truck on shoulder, trailer leaning into ditch; tow truck in BG. VS moving vehicles. Traffic moving slowly past accident scene. Headlight of semi-truck; yellow truck on shoulder, lights blinking. Front of jack-knifed semi-truck and trailer. Traffic slowly moving past accident; two blinking orange caution lights on yellow truck.
Philip C. Barragate
Adult Caucasian male reporter interviewing attorney Philip C. Barragate in office setting, possibly police station, discussing "Police in Trouble" by James A. Ahern. Barragate says the book makes derogatory comments about the Cleveland Police Department, accusing the department of being corrupt and susceptible to bribes. He thinks the statements will be damaging to each individual's morale as well as the department as a whole, hence a lawsuit has been filed. Reporter asks him what will be the nature of proving or disproving the allegations when the lawsuit comes to trial. Barragate believes all they have to do is prove Mr. Ahern published these comments in his book and the burden will fall on the defense for proving the allegations in the book to be true, which will be difficult.
Cleveland Mayor Ralph Perk Press Conference
Mayor of Cleveland Ralph Perk holds press conference to discuss the Capital Improvements Project, which highlights the replacement of 420 older model police vehicles with new 1973 models at a cost of $1.6 million dollars; one adult African American man among adult Caucasian men seated around table, all taking notes. Mayor Perk states the replacement of older vehicles should help the city improve overall costs of operations. Additionally, 10 million dollars will be spend on the construction of the Willard Park underground garage.
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel, director of the Cleveland Orchestra, stands at podium and says, "Thank you." Applause from audience. Audience of adult Caucasian men and women seated at round tables with numbered markers. Maazel bowing, acknowledging applause, shaking hands with middle-aged adult Caucasian male. Audience seated at tables. Group of middle-aged adult Caucasian men around Maazel. Maazel shaking hands.
Dick Gregory on Cities
VS comedian-activist Dick Gregory seated at table in front of classroom chalkboard; uniformed adult Caucasian male police officer standing by door. African-American adult male reporter, seated; adult Caucasian men standing and listening in BG. Gregory seated at table with African American adult male and Caucasian adult female opposite him; 16mm film camera on tripod. Gregory talking about the progress of Richard Nixon, claims that more schools have been integrated under President Nixon in six months than the Democrats have done in sixteen years, done in spite of Nixon, not because of him. Now that there's no deal to be made with the White House, the African-American community has had to come together and address its own issues. There have been fewer riots since Nixon has been in office, arguing the reason being due to a Republican being in office-- when Democratic Presidents and mayors were in office, there was no pressure to submit a workable poverty program, implying Democrats knew African Americans were going to vote for them anyway.
Fire
Aftermath of apartment building fire; group of mostly adult Caucasian men gathered outside building, looking at damage, talking to one another. Different views of the apartment building; broken windows, destroyed furniture.
Election Board Meeting
Election board meeting in session, middle-aged adult Caucasian men (including Joe Cippilone) sitting around a conference table and discussing problems encountered during the last election; adult Caucasian men and women watching, taking notes. Middle-aged adult Caucasian man summarizes purchase of 2,800 new voting machines, scheduled to be implemented all at once, but with significant delays, some machines were not delivered until late in the day on Election Day. Another middle-aged adult Caucasian man explains that had potential delivery issues been brought up the week before, more delivery trucks would have been employed to move machines into place in time. Adult Caucasian male hands typing on stenograph. Adult Caucasian man making it clear that blame should not be pinned on any particular person. Man thinks there should be holidays on the two most important days of the year, which are the days in which citizens elect their public officials. VS election board meeting.
Gould Strike
Gould Ocean Systems Division sign. Members of U.A.W (United Auto Workers) local #1631 strike in front of Gould building. Picket sign reads "U.A.W Local 1631 on Strike," middle-aged adult Caucasian male standing next to sign. Black car passes behind adult Caucasian male picketers. African-American adult male and female in front of Gould sign, holding placard and umbrella. Gould sign.
County Sheriff Ralph Krieger
County Sheriff Ralph Krieger seated at desk, defending local law enforcement agencies accused of corruption by a story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. While he thinks methods the Cleveland Plain Dealer used to get the story need to be cleared up, he has asked the auditor of the state of Ohio to audit the Sheriff's Department, and has invited investigation of the County Prosecutor and any other department warranting investigation. Off-screen male reporter asks about the accusation against an employee of the Sheriff's Department working overtime to promote a barbecue; Krieger says the accusation is false, considering the employee in question was on leave of absence at the time, and all employees are evaluated at the end of the year, as is the amount of overtime pay left in the budget.
City Council
General views of an Ohio City Council session, seated adult African-American and Caucasian men and women. African American adult man speaking with elderly Caucasian woman at podium, councilman E.J. Turk sitting above the two. Overview of Ohio City Council chamber.
Mayor Ralph Perk on Nixon, Vietnam
Mayor of Cleveland Ralph Perk speaking at press conference about U.S. President Richard Nixon's decisions on the war in Vietnam. Mayor Perk: "As a loyal American who places his faith in the judgement of the man in the White House, Democrat or Republican, I hope and trust that President Nixon has made the right decision for our country and for the world." Mayor Perk jokes about how he had a feeling he would be asked about this topic, shows prepared statement to the press.
County Sheriff Ralph Krieger
County Sheriff Ralph Krieger seated at desk for interview: "Oh, of course I have no idea why the [Cleveland] Plain Dealer would print it. The headline, you understand, could have been the other way and been just as true: 'Sheriff's Committee aids Slant(?),' see? It's a matter of... beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I suppose the method of the presentation of the story was with the reporter. And I certainly don't question the news media's right to investigate a public official. I think his public actions are open to the scrutiny of the press, and would certainly continue to fight for your right, or anybody else's right, including the [Cleveland] Plain Dealer, to say it."
Weather
Overview of traffic moving slowly along four lane expressway. Two African-American male and one female children walking across lawn, their heads covered to protect them from the rain. Blinking road sign: "Speed Limit 20." Two Caucasian children, one male and one female, walking along sidewalk; girl wears winter coat and white hat, boy wears coat with hood pulled over head. Two African-American adult women standing under sheltered bus stop, both wearing raincoats, scarves covering their heads. Young adult Caucasian woman wearing long raincoat, bell-bottom pants, walking with bouquet of flowers.
Mayor Ralph Perk Press Conference
Dr. J.C. Robertson and Mayor of Cleveland Ralph Perk laughing at press conference. Mayor Perk introduces new Health Director Dr. Robertson, says his services will be needed full-time for six months to help rebuild Ohio's Public Health Services. After which, Dr. Robertson's services will be dependent on Ohio's Health Department's priorities and progress made in recruiting and hiring a permanent appointee. hand of adult Caucasian male holding a pencil, open notepad. Unidentified adult Caucasian man looking down. Mayor Perk picking up his notes, leaving podium and room.
Joe Cippilone
Board of Elections director Joe Cippilone answering question posed by adult Caucasian male reporter: "Not only are the supervisors supervised, but all the way down the line-- Certainly it's the most closely supervised election I've ever seen. And probably rightly so. I'm not trying to say they shouldn't watch every single thing, including me." Reporter: "What happens, Joe, if anything goes wrong today?" Cipillone's face drops somewhat before responding: "Oh, Heaven help me. No. It won't go wrong. It won't." Reporter asks, "Heaven help who?" Cippilone, chuckling nervously, "Heaven help everybody."
Rep. Ronald Mottl on Lottery Question
Caucasian adult male reporter interviews Ohio State Representative Ronald Mottl (D), who states that Methodist religious leaders are opposed to the state lottery, but that does not mean their parishioners feel the same way. In fact, he thinks the vote would be positive among Catholics, Protestants, and even some Baptist and Methodist ministers.
The Points
The tunnel to Glacier Point
Mrs. Gilligan at Ladies Luncheon
Caucasian adult and middle-aged women taking coffee and snacks from refreshment table at ladies luncheon. Mary Kathryn Dixon Gilligan, first lady of Ohio and wife of Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan, meeting and speaking with seated women. Two elderly Caucasian adult women seated; one has her hair in a bun, the other wears a pillbox hat, both wear dark horn-rimmed glasses. Mrs. Gilligan speaks about the stigma of mental illness and the idea that admitting mental illness and seeking help is still seen as a weakness. Adult African-American male reporter asks if enough is being done; Mrs. Gilligan thinks more can be done in Ohio, and there is movement in that direction.