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WOUNDED KNEE UPRISING
03/08/1973
ABC
NYBU14024M
CONTINUATION OF FILM TRANSFER FTG FOR CS ON AMERICAN INDIAN UPRISING AT PINE RIDGE RESERVATION AT WOUNDED KNEE. 09:19:38 POV THROUGH US FLAG OF SUNSET. 09:19:44 SHOT PULLS OUT TO SILHOUETTE SHOT OF INDIANS ON RIDGE. 09:21:02 SILHOUETTE SHOT OF AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM) OCCUPIED CHURCH ON RESERVATION. 09:21:10 TIGHT SHOT OF TEPEE. 09:21:19 VS OF INDIANS BUILDING TEPEE. 09:21:52 MS OF ARMED INDIAN. 09:22:08 TIGHT SHOT OF ARMED INDIAN. 09:22:25 CORRESPONDENT RON MILLER SU. CUTAWAY. 09:23:06 VS OF MAN GLADHANDING OTHERS IN SNOW NEAR CARS. 09:23:45 MS OF INDIANS STANDING IN ROAD NEAR CARS. 09:24:02 TIGHT SHOT OF FEDERAL OFFICIAL AT PRESS CONFERENCE AS HE SAYS THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO MOVE IN ON INDIANS ON RESERVATION. 09:24:31 HE SAYS NEGOTIATIONS ARE TAKING A NEW TURN W/ ARRIVAL OF AIM ATTORNEY. 09:24:49 BLANK. MILLER TRACK. 09:25:35 TIGHT SHOT OF NATIVE AMERICAN ATTORNEY RAMONE RUBIDO AT OUTDOOR PC AS HE SAYS AIM MEMBERS WILL STAY ON RESERVATION EVEN IF IT MEANS THEY HAVE TO DIE. 09:25:45 HE SAYS LOCAL BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA) OFFICIALS DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE THIS & ARE USED TO PUSHING INDIANS AROUND. 09:25:54 RUBIDO THIS IS THE LAST STAND & THESE PEOPLE WILL STAY UNTIL THEY GET SOME JUSTICE. 09:26:01 MILLER SU. 09:26:24 TWO SHOT OF ARMED INDIANS ON RESERVATION AS ROCK MUSIC BLARES FROM UNSEEN RADIO. 09:26:41 VS OF INDIANS ON RESERVATION. 09:27:18 MS OF INDIAN HOLDING RIFLE WHILE KNEELING NEAR TREE. 09:27:30 MS OF ARMED INDIAN AT CAR AS UNSEEN MAN SHOUTS WHERE THE FUCK IS MILO. 09:27:45 MS OF CAR EXITING AREA. 09:27:49 TWO SHOT OF ARMED INDIANS ON ROVING PATROL. 09:27:56 TIGHT SHOT OF ARMED INDIANS STANDING BEHIND WALL WHILE AIMING RIFLES. 09:28:15 LS OF INDIAN RUNNING IN FIELD. 09:28:24 VS OF ARMED INDIANS IN FIELD AS GUNFIRE SOUNDS. 09:28:33 MS OF AIM LEADER RUSSELL MEANS OUTSIDE AIM OCCUPIED CHURCH AS HE SAYS THEY NEED DISCIPLINE & PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT WEAPONS ARE ALL ABOUT. 09:28:48 TIGHT SHOT OF MEANS AT OUTDOOR PC AS HE SAYS YOUNG BUCKS ACT LIKE WARRIORS DURING THE DAY BUT SPLIT AT NIGHT TO LEAVE OLD GUYS IN THE TRENCHES. 09:29:16 VS OF INDIANS OUTSIDE CHURCH AS UNSEEN PERSON TELLS PEOPLE TO MOVE DOWN TO TEPEE FOR MEETING. 09:29:33 MS OF MEANS WALKING W/ OTHERS TOWARD TEPEE. 09:29:45 TIGHT SHOT OF RUBIDO AT OUTDOOR PC AS HE SAYS HIS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS BUT THE ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. 09:30:24 HE SAYS FEDERAL PEOPLE ARE ITCHING TO COME IN & ANNIHILATE ENTIRE POPULATION ON RESERVATION. 09:30:52 RUBIDO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS OVERREACTING & THIS PROVES INDIANS ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. 09:31:20 HE SAYS AIM PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO COME DOWN TO RESERVATION BY LOCAL PEOPLE. 09:32:09 TWO SHOT OF MILLER & RUBIDO. 09:32:46 TIGHT SHOT OF SENATOR JAMES ABOUREZK (D-SDAK) AT CAPITOL HILL PC. 09:33:06 HE COMMENTS ON SEEING WEAPONS DURING TOUR OF WOUNDED KNEE. 09:33:09 BACK SHOT OF ABOUREZK SITTING AT TABLE AT PC. 09:33:12 TIGHT SHOT OF ABOUREZK AS HE SAYS MAJORITY OF INDIAN GRIEVANCES AT PINE RIDGE ARE LEGITIMATE & JUSTIFIED GRIEVANCES. BLANK. ABOUREZK TRACK. 09:34:36 TIGHT SHOT OF SENATORS GEORGE MCGOVERN (D-SDAK) & ABOUREZK ON RUNWAY IN SOUTH DAKOTA W/ OTHERS DURING IMPROMPTU PC. 09:34:44 MCGOVERN SAYS THEY WILL HAVE A BRIEFING ON SITUATION AT BIA OFFICES. 09:34:54 TIGHT SHOT OF MCGOVERN WHO SAYS HE DOESN'T APPROVE OF AIM TACTICS. 09:35:09 HE SAYS THEY ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO WHAT AIM HAS TO SAY TO SEE IF SOME ARRANGEMENT CAN BE MADE FOR THE RELEASE OF THOSE HELD BY AIM. 09:35:27 TIGHT SHOT OF ABOUREZK WHO SAYS INDIAN PEOPLE SHOULD RUN BIA AS PART OF INDIAN SELF DETERMINATION. 09:35:41 HE SAYS IT IS TIME THAT NON INDIANS STOP TELLING INDIANS HOW TO LIVE. 09:35:53 VS OF OFFICIALS EXITING RUNWAY INCLUDING ABOUREZK & MCGOVERN. 09:36:08 MOS INTV W/ WOUNDED KNEE RESIDENT WHO SAYS HE CAN'T TELL ANYTHING ABOUT THE SIEGE AT PINE RIDGE. 09:36:36 MOS INTV W/ WOUNDED KNEE RESIDENT WHO SAYS HE HAS NO OPINION ON TAKEOVER OF RESERVATION. 09:37:04 MOS INTV W/ WOUNDED KNEE RESIDENT WHO SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT SIEGE. 09:37:28 MOS INTV W/ RESIDENT WHO OFFERS NO COMMENT. 09:37:43 MOS INTV W/ WOMAN AS SHE REFUSES TO COMMENT ON SIEGE OF RESERVATION. 09:37:59 SHE SAYS AIM SHOULDN'T TAKEOVER WOUNDED KNEE. 09:38:09 MOS INTV W/ MAN OUTSIDE BUILDING AS HE SAYS NO COMMENT. 09:38:19 TIGHT SHOT OF WOMAN WHO SAYS PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON THE TAKEOVER AT PINE RIDGE. 09:38:58 SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T LIKE WHAT AIM IS DOING. 09:39:07 TIGHT SHOT OF AIM LEADER DENNIS BANKS AT PC IN BUILDING ON RESERVATION AS HE SHOUTS WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS WAR. 09:39:31 TIGHT SHOT OF MEANS AT PC AS HE SAYS THEY HAVE WON A VICTORY OVER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SINCE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS PULLING OUT. UNSEEN PEOPLE BANG DRUM & CHEER. 09:40:02 MS OF INDIANS AT CAMPFIRE. 09:40:24 TIGHT SHOT OF WOMAN COOKING MEAL OUTDOORS. 09:40:50 MS OF CHILDREN RUNNING NEAR CAR. 09:41:17 VS OF ARMED INDIANS IN BUILDING. 09:41:59 MS OF INDIAN WHO TELLS OTHERS OF POWWOW. 09:42:22 HE ASKS FOR ONE FLESH OFFERING FOR TWO GUYS WHO GOT HIT. 09:43:07 HE SAYS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME FEDERAL OFFICIALS OFFERED A CEASE-FIRE & VIOLATED IT AT A LATER DATE. 09:43:45 MS OF INDIANS EXITING AIM OCCUPIED GENERAL STORE. 09:44:21 MS OF ARMED INDIANS EXITING BUILDING. 09:44:37 POV THROUGH OPEN WINDOW OF CAR OF RIFLE. 09:44:42 MS OF MEN ENTERING MOBILE HOME. 09:44:53 MOS INTV W/ WOMAN WHO OWNS STORE AS SHE COMMENTS ON AIM RAID ON HER STORE. 09:45:22 SHE SAYS SHE WAS VISITED ONCE BEFORE BY AIM ON 73/03/09. 09:45:45 MILLER SU. 09:46:09 TIGHT SHOT OF MCGOVERN AT OUTDOOR IMPROMPTU PC AS HE SAYS HE HAS FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDIANS HIS ENTIRE PUBLIC LIFE. 09:46:41 HE SAYS TACTICS OF AIM ARE NOT WAY TO MOVE PUBLIC OPINION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PROBLEMS OF INDIANS. 09:46:48 TIGHT SHOT OF ABOUREZK AT OUTDOOR IMPROMPTU PC AS HE SAYS AS CHAIRMAN OF INDIAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE HE WILL CONVENE MEETING IN SOUTH DAKOTA TO TRY TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN TREATMENT OF INDIANS. 09:47:07 VS OF MCGOVERN & ABOUREZK WALKING OUTDOORS W/ OTHERS. 09:47:22 VS OF ABOUREZK & MCGOVERN W/ OTHERS IN BIA BUILDING. 09:48:06 MOS INTV W/ INDIAN WHO SAYS AIM IS DOING GOOD WORK BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN OVER WOUNDED KNEE. 09:48:39 MOS INTV W/ ANOTHER INDIAN WHO SAYS HE SUPPORTS TAKEOVER OF RESERVATION. 09:48:56 MOS INTV W/ MAN WHO SAYS HE HAS TO WORK FOR A LIVING & CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY MEMBERS OF AIM DON'T WORK. 09:49:14 HE SAYS THEY OUGHT TO RUN THE WHOLE DAMN BUNCH OUT OF HERE. 09:49:47 MS OF INDIANS ON HILL (NO AUDIO). 09:50:35 TIGHT SHOT OF INDIAN IN NATIVE DRESS WHILE WALKING W/ OTHERS (NO AUDIO). 09:51:01 TIGHT SHOT OF INDIAN LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS. 09:51:44 CU OF ELDERLY INDIAN IN NATIVE DRESS (NO AUDIO). 09:51:55 TIGHT SHOT OF OVERTURNED TRUCK AT ROADBLOCK. 09:52:09 CORRESPONDENT BILL WORDHAM SU. 09:52:41 TIGHT SHOT OF CROSS IN AIM OCCUPIED CHURCH. 09:52:46 MS OF DEBRIS ON CHURCH ALTAR. 09:53:13 VS OF DEBRIS IN CHURCH. 09:53:26 TIGHT SHOT OF SLIT DITCH AT BUILDING FOUNDATION LEADING TO OPENING IN BASEMENT. 09:54:03 MS OF TRAILER HOMES. 09:54:09 TIGHT SHOT OF MOLOTOV COCKTAIL ON GROUND. 09:54:14 SHOT PANS TO RUBBLE OF BUILDING. 09:54:21 TIGHT SHOT OF SMOLDERING WRECKAGE. 09:54:50 MS OF ARMED MAN IN CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORM WALKING NEAR WRECKAGE. 09:55:10 VS OF WRECKAGE. 09:55:20 TIGHT SHOT OF INDIAN WOMAN FEEDING CHILD WHO SITS ATOP CAR HOOD. 09:55:50 MS OF INDIANS SITTING IN VAN. 09:56:03 VS OF INDIANS AT CARS. 09:56:26 LS OF CHURCH AS INDIANS SIT ATOP CARS IN FG. 09:57:07 MS OF ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS NEAR ROAD. 09:57:12 MS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN JEEP. 09:57:15 WS OF ROADBLOCK AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS STOP CAR. 09:57:29 TIGHT SHOT OF ARMED OFFICER. 09:57:40 MS OF OFFICERS PLACING TWO HANDCUFFED INDIAN MEN IN CAR. 09:58:11 HAS OF ROAD. 09:58:35 SHOT PANS TO LS OF BUILDINGS. 10:05:33 SLATE. 10:05:40 CLIP OF 1973 ABC NEWS PROGRAM AT EASE FEATURING HARRY REASONER & HOWARD K SMITH. BLANK. 10:05:51 SLATE. 10:06:21 CLIP OF ABC NEWS AT EASE. 10:06:30 TWO SHOT OF SMITH & REASONER. BLANK. 10:07:26 TIGHT SHOT OF SMITH WHO INTRODUCES TOPIC OF REBELLION AT WOUNDED KNEE. 10:07:40 FILM EXCERPTS OF SIEGE AT WOUNDED KNEE. 10:08:04 B&W STILL PHOTOS OF INDIAN CHIEFS OF 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING GERONIMO. 10:08:09 TIGHT SHOT OF HISTORICAL MARKER READING THE TRAGEDY AT WOUNDED KNEE DECEMBER 1890. 10:08:12 VS OF INDIANS INCLUDING MEANS. WESTERN MUSIC BLARES. 10:08:42 TIGHT SHOT OF SMITH. 10:09:04 VS OF CORRESPONDENTS. 10:12:35 VS OF CORRESPONDENT ANNE KESSLER AS SHE COMMENTS ON COVERAGE OF WOUNDED KNEE. BLANK. 10:14:20 TIGHT SHOT OF AIM NATIONAL LEADER CARTER CAMP AT PC AS HE SAYS OGLALA SIOUX INDIANS FOR SHORT TIME LOST REASONS AS TO WHY AIM IS HERE, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS. 10:14:49 TWO SHOT OF MILLER & CAMP. 10:14:58 CAMP SAYS THEY WANT EDUCATION REVAMPED ON RESERVATION WHICH INVOLVES TEACHING OF TRIBAL WAYS PRIOR TO TEACHING OF READING, WRITING & ARITHMETIC. 10:15:23 HE SAYS ON PINE RIDGE RESERVATION ECONOMY IS CONTROLLED BY A FEW WHITE RANCHERS & BIA. 10:16:44 CAMP SAYS THEY WANT NEGOTIATIONS TO COMMENCE AGAIN W/ THOSE AT WHITE HOUSE LEVEL. 10:19:08 HE SAYS PINE RIDGE SIEGE IS SUPREME TEST OF AIM & THEY WILL EITHER WIN HERE OR DISBAND. 10:19:25 TWO SHOT OF MILLER & CAMP. BLANK. MILLER TRACK. 10:23:56 VS OF ARMED INDIANS LOOTING SUPERMARKET. 10:24:09 MS OF INDIANS BUTCHERING ANIMALS IN BUTCHER DEPARTMENT OF STORE. B ROLL OF WRECKAGE IN STORE. 10:25:49 TIGHT SHOT OF NEAR EMPTY STORE SHELVES. 10:26:08 MS OF INDIANS IN BUTCHER AREA OF STORE. 10:27:13 TIGHT SHOT OF GRAFFITI ON FROZEN FOOD BEEN READING HELP YOURSELF. UNSEEN INDIAN SAYS 100% DISCOUNT AT TRADING POST. 10:27:28 LS OF FIRES AT NIGHT (NO AUDIO). 10:28:24 OUTDOOR INTV W/ MEANS AS AIM OCCUPIED CHURCH APPEARS IN BG. 10:28:40 HE SAYS MILITARY SITUATION HAS TO BE RESOLVED AS WELL AS ISSUE OF CHARGES AGAINST AIM MEMBERS PRIOR TO NEGOTIATION. 10:29:26 MEANS SAYS THEY HAVE THROWN THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE & ARE PREPARED TO DIE TO CREATE CHANGE. 10:30:19 HE SAYS NIXON ADMINISTRATION HAS ONLY RESPONDED THROUGH USE OF MILITARY & THAT LEAVES ONLY RECOURSE THROUGH LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. 10:30:42 MEANS SAYS VIGILANTES ARE WORKING W/ FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO ENCIRCLE PINE RIDGE. 10:31:07 TWO SHOT OF MEANS & MILLER. 10:32:35 VS OF INDIANS SLEEPING ON FLOOR. 10:33:06 MS OF TEPEE. 10:33:12 MS OF MEANS LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS. 10:33:30 EXT OF CHURCH. 10:33:33 VS OF INDIANS TAKING DOWN TEPEE. 10:34:14 TIGHT SHOT OF GUN IN HOLSTER WORN BY MAN NEAR TEPEE. 10:35:13 MS OF MEN LOADING TEPEE STAKES ABOARD PICKUP TRUCK. BLANK.
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