Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
TAPE 2 Chipping Sparrows feed on ground
Capitol Journal - Illegal Immigration
02.00.24.- panning LS's a scenic valley in Upstate NY, late summer (farmhouses, river, trees, etc). 02.03.13.- tight LS's & MS's in woods. 02.06.07.- low angle LS's clouds passing in sky. 02.07.32.- EST shots of a church. 02.08.36.- more LS's of valley (cars on road & bridge, boats on river). 02.11.50.- wide LS's of a river, houses along banks by bridge (small town feel, typical of the Adirondack area). 02.12.56.- LS's extremely rocky area of river. 02.14.04.- high angle MS of four ducks swimming near rocky coast. More river shots, water raging about rocks. 02.15.47.- more scenic LS's of the quaint river town. 02.18.55.- tight LS's of calm black river.
16.00.26.- shaky traveling shots of production floor, employees making baseball gloves at work stations. Camera wobbles past workers sewing and assembling gloves (by hand or by machine); a table of materials waiting assembly. 16.11.55.- traveling shots past racks of batter's helmets (dark & light blue, red, black, and gray). 16.14.15.- traveling shot through shipping & receiving department (warehouse). 16.15.05.- traveling shots through production area, batter's helmets being assembled (more racks of helmets drying after being painted; helmets on conveyor belt, workers assembling them; employees painting helmets). 16.25.01.- EST shots of Rawlings factory. MS's Rawlings road sign. 16.31.29.- CU employee pulling thin leather strips through eyelets of baseball glove. 16.32.28.- product shots of 2 finished leather gloves on a table.
Lots of short film clips thrown together in what appears to be no particular order (or reason). The footage is all very badly scratched and camera work is annoyingly shaky. Some clips are of light/objects in sky; hard to make out, though. Other shots of small child/toddler outside. Weird.
Peaceful bar room
Capitol Journal - Abortion
"Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx." Very interesting footage of poverty, family and race, particularly among Puerto Rican and African-American communities in the South Bronx, New York.
Overexposed shots of (government?) buildings, then some shots of harbor, docks, people loading/unloading, temple, street market (not quite as overexposed). Overexposed high angle pan. Better shots of streets, children, military vehicle, man feeding monkeys, girl feeds them VS monkeys in trees. Barbed wire fence around Ford plant. More overexposed wide shots. VS harbor with lots of boats. Poolside pans of people lounging. Pan of hotel exterior (Singapore Continental). 04:19 Cu sign: Hitel Siam Inter-Continental. Vs other hotel exteriors and pool. 05:24 amazing footage from boat on a canal or river of rural shanty homes on the water. River corwded with boats and docks and rural riverside markets. People paddling up and down. 06:06 Policeman directs boat traffic from roof of low building next to the water. 06:51 several pans of crowded apartment complex. OVerhead pan of docks/harbor crowded with boats. 07:57 wide pan of mountainside homes crowded together. more riverside pans, boats. Overhead shots of fountains, traffic, urban scenes. POV from boat on water of urban docks, buildings, other boats in water. 09:29 VS boys and family on small flat-bottom boats paddling. 09:51 ext. Ilikai Hotel, ext Waikikian hotel, poolside and grounds. Notes on can: "Aylward #15: Hong Kong and Singapore 1965". Dull and touristy color home movie footage of these cities. Interesting sights, terrible cinematography. Vacation, travel
(01:00:00) WETA logo, PBS funding credits (01:00:14) Opens to montage of brief violent clips from contemporary tv programming - lots of explosions and gun firing, in tv studio Capitol Journal host HODDING CARTER introduces show (01:00:44) Capitol Journal title credit and animation (01:00:50) In studio Carter introduces the subject of tv violence, various clips of violent scenes from tv programs are intercut with street interviews of boys who all declare their love of violence, Carter standing outside the Capitol Building segues to Senate Hearings on the subject of tv violence, shot of Senator PAUL SIMON introducing to the Senate Judiciary Committee a bill he has developed - this intercut with quick clip from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, representatives from the major networks testify at the Senate hearings about their fears of censorship (01:07:32) Clip from the "A-Team" of thugs a machine gun at a little dog and an ensuing hand to hand brawl, Psychiatrist Dr. ROWELL HUESMANN (?) testifies before Senate Committee about the effects of tv violence on children, various kids on the street give their two cents about the effects of tv violence on their peers, PEGGY CHARRON of Action for Children's Television explains how she feels tv violence should be countered with other programing (01:11:04) Back in the studio Carter introduces his discussion panel: Senator Paul Simon, Dr. THOMAS RODECKI, ROY DANISH of the Television Information Office, JOE SWERDLOW (?) of Channels - they debate whether tv violence causes violent behaviour in viewers, the tv industry's relationship to violence, how violent programing should be dealt with (01:26:42) Carter thanks guests and closes out show, credits roll (01:27:30) PBS funding credits
A series of test commercials for Miles Laboratories (now Bayer). Some in B&W, others in color.
Western gun fight
Train robbery
Has no title
Indian
Campfire
Indian ruins - Arizona
Bonanza
Old west / U.S. cavalry fort
Indians
MS riders on toward camera?
Indian reservation
Misc. Indian tribes