File Master #886 1/5/82 through 1/20/82

FM00886 (01-05-1982 – 01-22-1982)

1. Gordon County Drugs 1-5
00:00:04- 00:01:43
Footage from inside a building full of growing marijuana. Some of the plants are close to six feet tall. Voiceover describes the sophisticated technique and technology used by growers. The crop is worth over $1.5 million.
Interview with an investigator.
Stand-up: only one man arrested so far.
Reporter: Reaves, Gary.

2. Williams Sidebar 1-6
00:02:03- 00:04:28
Various footage of Mary Welcome campaigning, meeting with people, giving interviews, and posing for photos. Voiceover recounts her political career. She is the defense attorney in the Wayne Williams trial.
An unidentified former colleague criticized Welcome as an unfit lawyer (quote on screen).
Stand-up: Welcome admits her lack of experience, so she hired another attorney, Alvin Binder, to help her.
Footage of Binder walking as voiceover introduces him to the viewer.
Stand-up: Binder is doing all of the work.
Footage of Welcome and Binder walking together; DA Lewis Slaton walking.
Reporter: Emerman, BeBe.

3. Williams Prosecutors 1-7
00:04:47- 00:07:41
Story about D.A. Lewis Slaton, the prosecutor in the Wayne Williams trial. Sketch from last major case that he tried.
Stand-up at the D.A. Office: Slaton had not been trying in a while, which causes concerns.
Footage of Slaton walking. A colleague recommends not to underestimate him.
Interview with Tony Axam (former attorney for Wayne Williams). 
Shot of Slaton surrounded by his staff. Voiceover discusses the skills of staff members (names on screen).
Stand-up.
Reporter: Emerman, BeBe.

4. Football 1-8-82
00:7:58- 00:09:11
Footage of two different games from CBS Sports. Voiceover comments on the teams’ strengths.
Reporter: Schaap, Dick (ABC).

5. AT&T-Southern Bell Reax 1-8
00:09:29- 00:10:47
Footage of office employees working. Southern Bell are ready to operate independently from AT&T.
Interview with a Southern Bell official. Phone employees working. 

6. Poland Update 1-10-82
00:11:08- 00:12:58
Close shot of a telegram; woman using telex machine; street phone booth.
Censorship in Poland - it is hard to get information due to the restrictions.
Stand-up in Warsaw: news agencies cannot double check their information.
Footage from Polish TV of government spokesman speaking. Government admitted that Poland has a massive national debt and is unable to pay interest (figures on screen).
Footage of people walking in a Polish street; long line to a store.
Reporter: King, Jerry.

7. Football 1-11
00:13:13- 00:14:21
Game footage from CBS Sports. Voiceover commenting on game.
Reporter: Schaap, Dick (ABC).

8. Cold Animals 1-11
00:14:34- 15:05
Reporter visiting kennels. Dogs barking, wagging tails, one trembling from cold. Natural sound.

9. CFA-Mazda 1-12
00:15:25- 00:12:35
Call for Action report from a car repair shop, repairman showing reporter what the common problem is. New cars have gas filters that are easily frozen, which leads to them not working in the winter. Repairman recommends frequent filter change. Close shots of filter.
Stand-up: CFA number and hours.
Reporter: McClellan, Don.

10. Snow Frolics 1-13
00:17:52- 00:19:07
Footage of Atlantans having fun on a winter day: skiing, sledging, and getting stuck to a passing car. Shots of people and a dog tripping and falling as classical music plays. Voiceover commenting footage.
Reporter: Emerman, BeBe.

11. King Ceremony 1-14
00:19:26- 00:22:06
Footage of a man singing in a church, shots of audience. Voiceover: each year, MLK Peace Prize is given to a person who worked towards King’s goals.
Speech by a man about King. Speech by Coretta Scott King about the dedication of Freedom Hall.
People singing “We Shall Overcome” collectively.
Reporter: Becker, Jill.

12. DC Body Recovery 1-15
00:22:25- 00:23:28
Boats in icy river, diver going into the water; shots of wreckage on the shore; diver getting on a boat, another diver crawling across ice and climbing under it; boat dragging wreckage from under ice; rescue team continues working in the dark – silent.

13. Banks Open 1-16
00:23:46- 00:24:15
Footage of the outside of a bank, three men waiting, clerk opens door, invites them inside; line in the bank; clerks working – natural sound.

14. Warehouse Fire 1-17
00:24:34- 00:25:30
Footage and voiceover: a warehouse is engulfed in bright flames as it is full of flammable materials, firefighters pouring water into fire. The building’s fire system did not work.
Interview with the owner of the building: blames fire on vagrants.
Various shots of fire. Firefighters say fire is contained but will take a while to put out.

15. Arland Williams 1-18
00:25:44- 00:27:29
Footage and voiceover on plane crash in DC: rescue team working, people being dragged out of water. Various ways in which people fought for survival. Man who helped others drowned. Headshot of the man and some biographic facts.
Interview with the man’s colleagues, shorts of the outside and inside of his workplace – Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta.
More shots of rescue team.
Reporter: Becker, Jill.

16. Col. Ray Shooting 1-19
00:27:43- 00:29:39
Voiceover: a gunman shot Colonel Ray while Ray was walking from home to car; no witnesses; more details about the tragedy.
Shots of a street in Paris where it happened. Still photos of Col. Ray’s body on the sidewalk. Footage of repairmen walking on the sidewalk – that’s why no one heard the gunshot.
Interview with a local woman who called the police (translated).
Footage of police examining the site; sidewalk now covered with sand to absorb blood.
Reporter compares Ray’s murder to an earlier story of attempted murder of an American diplomat; shots of places where assault happened.
US Ambassador Galbraith’s visit to Paris: security controlling area, interview with Ambassador.
American and French officials lay a wreath in memory of Benjamin Franklin and another in Col. Ray’s memory.
Reporter: Dobbs, Greg (ABC).

17. Williams Trial 1-20
00:29:56- 00:31:03
Footage of people walking in the street.
Voiceover: Williams owned a rare carpet; fibers from such a carpet were found on both of his alleged victims. Still photos of Williams and the victims, carpet fibers. Sketches from trial, including the demonstration of fibers by fiber experts. Defense disagrees, says anyone could have that carpet.
Reporter: Bjorkman, Ernie.

17a. [unlisted clip] Williams Trial Questioning 1-22
00:31:21- 00:31:37
Interview with a woman who recalls being questioned by police. Clip cut.