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New Naval Chief Is Sworn In
Shaky, blurry dull in contrast and imagery Admiral Harold R. Stark takes over the post of Chief of Naval Operations, succeeding Admiral Lathy, newly-appointed Gov. General of Puerto Rico. Former Sec s of State Francis B. Sayre, new Commissioner to the Philippines, leaves the White House with Ex-Commissioner Mcnutt, after a conference with President Roosevelt.
Modern Venus Chosen
Shaky, blurry dull in contrast and imagery A parade of feminine pulchritude! Vying for the title of 'Miss Modern Venus' at Steeplechase Park. A colorful contest, with the cup going to pretty Grace Reilly, perfect in every detail!
August 2, 1994 - Part 10
(00:25:24) Mr. ALTMAN. Senator you said I think that we've now established that the truth wasn't told. I respect your judgment, but that is not-I do not believe that. Let me say two quick things: First of all, I used the term "substantive contact." I meant that in relation to the RTC investigation of Madison. That is what I meant. You may not agree with that definition but that is what I meant. Second, my response to Senator Domenici may not have been a great response, but I said I'm not counting certain trivial or incidental contacts. That's what I did say. Senator GRAMM. Meeting people in the hallway you said. It was not that it wasn't a great response, Mr. Altman, the point is that it was not the truth. That is the problem. Mr. ALTMAN. No, Senator, you're wrong. My response made quite clear that there had been other contacts. I don't think you can read my response any other way than that. Senator GRAMM. I'll read it exactly. You keep going on with this evasive language. And Senator Domenici says, "Well, I assume we are not arguing there that you had-you are not suggesting you had more than one are you?" That's obvious. Did you have more than one meeting? He's not saying "Substantive meeting." In fact., he is challenging your evasive term, to which you say, "No." Now what part of no don't you understand? Mr. ALTMAN. I then go on to say, "I'm not counting-" Senator GRAMM. You go on to say, "I am just saying that if you run into someone in the all, if nu see that thing in the paper this morning, I'm not including that." You're not suggesting the meeting on November 3 was running into somebody in the hall, are you? Mr. ALTMAN. What I was trying to say, Senator, was that Senator GRAMM. Are you saying that the February 3 meeting running into somebody in the hall? Mr. ALTMAN. What I was trying to say, Senator, was that I wasn't counting contacts that I consider incidental, but let me just Senator GRAMM. Incidental? You call up and ask somebody to let come over to the White House to talk to them, and call that incidental? Mr. ALTMAN. Had nothing to do with the RTC investigation of Senator GRAMM. I want to stop, because I want to get to my questions. ALTMAN. I do want to say, Senator, if I misinterpreted the question, I do apologize, I do, Senator GRAMM. No one with your background and education intellect could have, in my opinion, misinterpreted that question. Both of us know something about securities law. You made your living, and a good living, at it, I might say. Securities law requires full disclosure of anything that a reasonable man would con- sider material in making a decision. A material omission of fact is 514 just as much a violation as a misstatement. That is the principle-", that governs a profession you have been in most of your life. Now I want to ask my question. Mr. ALTMAN. You remember, of course, that Mr. Fiske looked into this. Senator GRAMM. Two hours ago I tried to talk about this meeting that you asked for on February 3. 1 said that it appeared to me from sworn testimony that Maggie Williams said you called her to set it up. You said that you called Mr. Ickes to set it up. it seems to me that maybe the logic is that you would have called Mr. Ickes, because he is the Deputy Chief of Staff, whereas Maggie Williams works for the First Lady. So maybe you were right on that, but I want again to read what Maggie Williams says you said. "Well, Roger called me and be said to me, I've decided not to recuse. And he said I want to tell some people in the White House' that. And I mean I remember thinking to myself so tell them. And then he said I'm on my way to a meeting, but I would like to get a few people together and tell them and I thought OK And he said could you grab a few people and get a few people or call a few peo- le and I said OK" Then she goes on to say that she called Harold, Geoge, and Eggleston. You remember that you set this up with Ickes, and I guess that makes more sense, because he worked for the President and the White House, not for the First Lady. Where was the meeting? Mr. ALTMAN. The meeting was in the West Wing. I can't remember precisely where it was. Senator GRAMM. The meeting was in Maggie Williams' office, and we have four sworn statements to that effect. Mr. ALTMAN. Senator, I believe I called Mr. Ickes. I believe that firmly, that's my best recollection and I believe it to be true. Senator GRAMM. Can I ask you a question? Let's assume that Mace Williams is not telling a falsehood, and let's assume that, in act, if it was in her office, the odds are probable that she's right and you're wrong. Most people don't--I don't set up meetings in Mr. D'Amato's office, but let's just assume she's right. Why on earth would you call the Chief of Staff of the First Lady of the United States to talk about this issue?
18th Century Furniture Care Products
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 97559 C 03.00.00 Infomercial ca. 1978 promoting wood furniture care products. Lots of shots of old 18th century style furniture. Demo of how to strip and refinish a small end-table. VO says products are (amazingly) not harmful and guy doing the demo does not use gloves, but the bottles have "danger" warning on them. Var. shots of applying products to charis, tables etc. Woman polishing chair.
The Crossroads Crash
Preview Cassette 97789 Part 1 (Time code resets) National Safety Council Film on how to properly (and improperly) approach and cross intersections. Mostly driver POV shots. CU traffic light changing red to green. Slow motion accidents. Cars appear suddenly, causing accidents: an illustration of how accidents happen.
French Exhibitors Arrive
A group of French theater owners arrive for the annual convention of the theater owners of America. They will discuss problems of mutual interest with their American counterparts, then go to Washington and Hollywood to view the studios. Establishing shot - Prop plane landing on the tarmac. MS - French theater owners disembarking from the plane. MSL - All the French theater owners pose for a picture in front of the plane. MCU - President of the French Federation, Adolph Trochee and Mrs. Lillian Geared. MS - Theater shaking hands with Adolph Trochee.
New Cable Takes Voice Across Sea
The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable is completed, a 2,000 mile strand of heavily armored wire that will for the first time carry voice signals from hemisphere to hemisphere. The $45,000,000 project is the fruition of path finding engineering research. Establishing shot - A map showing New York, the ocean, London. MS - Men working off a conveyor belt with electronics to help boost fading voices. CUS - Hands putting a coupling together. MCU - A machine twisting the cable that will cross under the sea to London. POV - Back end of the cable ship laying down cable. CUS - A technician making the final splice on the cable. MCUS - Two technicians watching a huge electronic or early computer machine. The cost at this time in 1956 is $12.00 for three minutes.
On The Political Front
As the Presidential Campaign moves into high gear, Ike and Adlai visit the National Field Days as Jasper on successive days, to greet and address the 100,000 attending, a tailor-made cross-section of the farm voter. Establishing shot - Throngs of farmers turn out to greet President Eisenhower. MS - Mamie and President Eisenhower shaking hands with the farmers. MLAS - Throngs of Eisenhower supporters, I Like Ike signs pop up from the mass of the crowd. CUS - Of grass roots America, smiling. MS - President Eisenhower standing at the podium. CUS - Adlai Stevenson shaking hands with the farmers LWAS - A huge crowd turns out to see and hear Adlai Stevenson speak.
August 2, 1994 - Part 10
(00:30:34) Mr. ALTMAN. Senator Senator GRAMM. What relevance, what possible relevance, could this have to her? Mr. ALTMAN. Senator, first of all, all we're talking about is how the meeting came about, not what was at the meeting. Senator GRAMM. I'm sorry, please, just answer my question. What possible relevance could anything you have-could have said to her about the RTC or recusal, what possible relevance could it have to her? Mr. ALTMAN. Again, Senator, I believe I called Mr. Ickes and I had this conversation primarily with Mr. Ickes. Let me point out to you, you have sworn testimony from the participants in the February 2 meeting, some of whom say the meeting took lace in Mr. Nussbaum's office and some of whom say it took place in Mr. McLarty's office. Senator GRAMM. Well, I don't have any such disputes on this particular meeting. I have all of these different 515 Mr. ALTMAN. I'm just pointing out, people can recollect these differently. I don't dispute the essence of the meeting. I just things happen to think I called Mr. Ickes. Senator SARBANES. Senator Sasser. Senator SASSER. You know, sometimes I think Mr. Chairman we could save a lot of time here if we can excuse the witnesses and let the Senators make their speeches and read the record and give their interpretation of the record. I think that might get through these hearings faster and don't even need the witnesses make our points. Let me see if I can be brief. The hour is late and Mr. Altman has been sitting in this Chair now, for what, almost 8 hours. Mr. Altman, at the February 2 meeting-and this is the big meeting in Mr. McLarty's office Mr. ALTMAN. Yes, sir. Senator SASSER. -Did Mr. Nussbaum or anyone else make any effort to influence the RTCs consideration of bringing civil litigation on the Madison question? Mr. ALTMAN. No, sir. Senator SASSER. Well, let me ask you this: Are you aware of any effort by anyone in the Administration, on the outside of the RTC, impede the RTC from submitting its criminal referrals to the Justice Department on this matter? Mr. ALTMAN, No, sir. Senator SASSER. Are you aware of any effort by anyone in the administration, outside of the RTC, to influence-are you aware of effort by anyone in the Administration to impede the RTC from submitting the criminal referrals to the Justice Department? Mr. ALTMAN. No, sir. As you know, I don't believe there's a shred evidence to the effect that the criminal referrals were delayed, compromised, altered, or affected whatsoever, Senator SASSER. The criminal referrals were, in fact, made to Justice? Mr. ALTMAN. Yes, sir. Senator SASSER. Now have you read these criminal referrals? Mr. ALTMAN. No, sir. Senator SASSER. Have you read any of the substantive papers on which the referrals were based? ALTMAN. No, sir. Senator SASSER. To your knowledge, did the RTC handle the Madison referral any differently than the way it handles other re- ALTMAN. No, sir. Senator SASSER. Now, Mr. Altman, Senator Dodd, I thought, did job sort of giving some perspective to this whole conbut when you became Interim Chief Executive Offi- the RTC on March 16, 1993, how long did you expect to hold position? ALTMAN. Only until the Administration's nominee for permanent chairperson was confirmed, and I thought that would be and then I could leave after a short time, As you know--- say "as you know"--- didn't want the job. I knew it was Senator SASSER. The RTC was a bag of worms, right? 516 Mr. ALTMAN. I knew that. Senator SASSER. And not many people wanted to be associated with the RTC. Mr. ALTMAN. But I thought it would be pretty quick and we get our nominee up pretty soon after that, but it ran into trouble and didn't work. Senator SASSER. All right now. During this period in 199 much time were you -spending on the business of the Res Trust Corporation? Mr. ALTMAN. We typically bad biweekly staff meetings. Senator SASSER. Yes, about 4 hours a week, I think you said. Mr. ALTMAN. Three or 4 hours. Senator SASSER. Three or 4 hours a week. Now during this period of time, I remember seeing you here in the Capitol on a num0 ber of occasions when the Administration was getting its budget approved which took up a large portion of 1993. Mr. ALTMAN. Yes, Sir.
Of All Things #1: The Egret
Of All Things #4: Bugs
orig.
1950s - Of All Things #5: Las Vegas - Title Card and Montage
"Of All Things!" title card. Superimposition of several moving images over one another: Airplane flying with trailing smoke/exhaust; oncoming locomotive; adult Caucasian man landing, water skiing; flower blooming; heron or stork taking off; scorpion; Capitol Building; fighter planes flying, one drops out of formation; anti-aircraft guns firing; groups of adult men and women surfing, boating on waves.
Of All Things #6: Brazil
Of All Things #7: Argentina
2 prints
Of All Things #11: Cedar Waxwing
orig.
Of All Things #12: Sports Origins
orig.
Of All Things #13: Sandpipers
Of All Things #14: Egypt
2 Prints and orig.
Of All Things #15: Warsaw Poland
2 orig. and 1 print
Of All Things #16: Rio de Janiero
Print and orig. pos. master
Of All Things #20: Dog's Field Trails
orig and print.
Of All Things #21: Summer Fun--Summer sports
3 prints. 1 is black and white
Of All Things #22: Polo
b-wind master, print
Of All Things #23: Soccer
Print is beginning to decay (vinegar syndrome)