File Master #892 1/10/82 through 2/2/82

FM00892 (01-10-1982 -- 02-02-1982)

1. Ku Klux Klan Rally 01-10-82 12
00:00:00 – 00:00:57
KKK is marching – not for usual reasons but to insist on their right to use the Auditorium. Interview with a Klansman and footage of a few members marching – natural sound.

2. Weather – Europe 01-10-82 11
00:01:07 – 00:01:51
People skiing along with cars on the road; streets covered in snow; snow-clearing machine and people cleaning streets manually – silent.

3. Cobb Gas Trouble (Mac) 01-11-82 6
00:01:58 – 00:03:43
Firefighters pouring water into a building; Jim and Gail Cruddup’s (?) smoking house.
Interview with Gail (crying). The cause of fire is unknown.
Various shots of the neighborhood; fire department. Some houses do not have gas, and fire department offers shelter to those suffering from cold.
Stand-up inside the fire department – it is comfortable here.
Reporter: McClellan, Don.

4. Citrus Freeze 01-13-82 6
00:03:50 – 00:04:35
Various shots from a citrus farm: fruit being collected, shots of trees, oil burners keeping trees warm (footage from last night), icicles on trees. Silent.

5. DC Boon Recovery 01-14-82
00:04:54 – 00:05:33
Airplane flying high above Potomac River; rescue team working using trucks and boats – silent.

6. MLK March 01-16-82 12
00:05:37 – 00:07:04
Voiceover. Old footage of MLK’s speech (footage from Aug. 1963); contemporary footage of a Washington DC rally for MLK’s birthday to become a national holiday; service in Ebenezer Church in Atlanta, with Coretta Scott King in attendance, service continues on MLK’s grave; the outside of the MLK Center for Social Change – some natural sound.

7. Rosalynn Carter/ERA (GR) 01-17-82 6
00:07:10 – 00:09:20
Voiceover. Well-dressed women arrive to a building, communicate inside. They are preparing for the battle for ERA. Rosalynn Carter is in attendance.
Speech by Carter. Natural sound.
People donating checks.
Speech by Representative Cathy Steinberg. Natural sound.
Stand-up.
Reporter: Reaves, Gary.

8. ERA Rally (HP) 01-18-82 6
00:09:30 – 00:12:12
Voiceover. ERA supporters gathering for a rally, marching. Footage from the same rally in Atlanta (some natural sound).
Interviews with supporters.
Lawmakers say the march is not going to make any difference.
Footage of a House meeting; stand-up.
Reporter: Phillippi, Hank.

9. Williams 01-19-82 12
00:12:15 – 00:13:03
Microscope view on the fibers from suspected child murderer Wayne Williams’ carpet; scientist using microscope to examine victim’s clothes. Natural sound.
Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children Story

10. Williams Trial (BJ) 01-19-82 6
00:13:12 – 00:14:31
Footage of suspected child murderer Wayne Williams’ parents, Faye and Homer Williams, 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 two victims, Nathaniel Carter and Jimmy Ray Payne; carpet fibers. Sketches from trial. Voiceover summarizing statements of experts involved in the production of carpets. The outside of the Williams’ house.
Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children Story
Reporter: Bjorkman, Ernie

11. ERA Vote (HP) 01-20-82 11
00:14:37 – 00:16:28
ERA supporters and opponents in the Capitol hallway; footage of a House meeting, debate. Only one person spoke against the ERA. ERA was defeated.
Interview with Cathy Steinberg: disappointed but not surprised.
ERA supporters not giving up.
Stand-up.
Reporter: Phillippi, Hank

12. Reagan/Mayors (v/o) 01-21-82 6
00:16:38 – 00:17:25
An unidentified woman and man speaking in a press conference; an unidentified woman gives interview outside – silent.

13. Weather Wrap (GR) 01-24-82 6
00:17:34 – 00:19:45
Aerial and ground shots of snow in Atlanta. Voiceover on the way Atlanta weather compares to weather in other parts of the country.
Footage and voiceover from The Nation: heavy blizzard in Minnesota, snow clearing machine barely moving through snow; person skiing home; residential neighborhood, piles of snow almost reaching second floor; people trying to clear out driveway.
Footage from Atlanta airport – flight arriving from Minneapolis, people entering airport.
Interviews with passengers.
Footage of two people pushing a car uphill in Atlanta; car slides back down.
Car barely visible in the blizzard in De Moines, road sign shaking from wind; flooded highway in Baltimore; ground and aerial shot of snow in Atlanta.
Reporter: Reaves, Gary.

14. Refugees (Def) 01-24-82
[not present on tape]

15. Congress 01-24-82 12
00:19:47 – 00:21:01
Video gives date as the 25^th.
Stand up at the Capitol: outlining Reagan’s plans. Reagan’s photo on screen along with a text summary of his proposals. Story switches to Senate agenda (voiceover and footage).
Footage of reporter meeting with Sen. Harrison Williams convicted of bribery. Nurses working in hospital – some legislators want to outlaw abortion. They plan to forbid courts to order the bussing of school children – children using school bus. Lesson in a classroom – senators want to permit prayer in public schools.
Back to stand-up: other plans.
Reporter: Greenwood, Bill (ABC News)

16. Dozier Communiqué 01-25-82
00:21:08 – 00:21:34
Poster with Gen. Dozier holding a paper; text around Dozier’ photo says “Red Brigades” in Italian. Silent. Footage from Italy.

17. Railroad Station 01-26-82 6
00:21:38 – 00:22:20
Footage of the outside of a facility and parking lot; painted pictures of a railway station – silent.

18. DC 10 Folo 01-28-82
00:22:27 – 00:23:09
Shots of a wrecked airplane in water; people hugging emotionally at an airport; person being transported on stretcher; police officer carrying child – silent.

19. Opec. Clean-Up 01-30-82 11
00:23:10 – 00:23:52
Footage of people being searched by agents in civil clothes, one protesting; police officers on scene; one person being escorted into a small building or truck.

20. Busbee Meets Reagan 02-01-82 6
00:24:02 – 00:25:36
Footage of Reagan’s meeting with governors.
Voiceover describing the meeting.
Speech by Governor Busbee: mostly supports Reagan and disagrees with Mayor Andrew Young’s idea that Atlanta will suffer from Reagan’s program.
Stand-up.
Reporter: Fleischer, Andrea

21. Dozier/Brigades (v/o) 02-01-82 11
00:25:42 – 00:26:18
People in cells; armed men in military attire patrolling territory; woman gets out of car and then gets back in – silent.

22. Von Bulow Trial (v/o) 02-02-82 11
00:26:23 – 00:27:10
Footage from the trial of Claus von Bulow for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny von Bulow; people arguing emotionally – silent.