1970s NEWS
American Flag:
CU on American Flag billowing in the wind, sunshine is showing through the material, really good shot of sun shining through the stars part of the flag, upward shot of flag on pole with sun behind, American flag blowing in the wind, good color
American Independent Party (04/09/1978):
Group of men and women sitting at a table with American flags and other political slogans on walls, older man in suit at podium with signs on wall reading: "Our Public Schools- Freedom Democracy", "Busing...Bad Trip", "Stop Unlimited Taxation", two official looking men with sign in background: "Stop Unlimited Taxation, Save Homes, Reduce Rents, Provide Jobs, Reject Scare Tactics, Vote YES on 13", woman sitting with two men with sign in background: "The American Independent Party--No North, No South, No East, No West--One Great Nation Heaven Blessed" with large blue eagle as emblem on sign, shot of audience (mostly senior aged men and women) with one young bearded hippie guy standing and talking in audience, various CU shots of audience members, sign that reads: "This is Maddox Country, with an autograph that says "best wishes, Leonard Maddox"
National Flags:
Red, white and green flag with initial "R" in the center, various small flags grouped together, red, white and blue flags hanging from wall, American flag, red flag with black dragon, exterior shot of The Flag Store with awning and sign and woman walking by, CU on British flag, CU California State flag, flag with snake that reads: "Don't Tread on Me", flag with red dragon holding out talons with a tongue shaped like an arrow, marijuana leaf flag
United States Army:
Army men exiting helicopter in desert terrain, CU on army men wearing fatigues, artsy shot of army man behind barren tree, Enlisted man McCain talking wearing great Buddy Holly glasses, helicopter landing in dirt clouds, CU shot of medic tent and Asian male dentist working on black man's teeth with Asian woman assistant, various shots of military men performing jobs at the base camp, group of men in fatigues walking through gates carrying backpacks and guns, artsy shots of men through low, dried grass
Air Force Base Radar:
Astrology/Exploratorium like dome building, satellite radar in background, CU shot on sign that reads: "666 Radar Sq. Det 3, 14 MWS, US Air Force Mill Valley AF Station", Air Force man standing cocky at gate with hand on belt, old tan truck in background, CU on radar station
Airline Ticket Counters:
Three men with woman standing in high-rise building with model of San Francisco on table, sign in background says: "Scale Model of the City of San Francisco", ticket counter of Japan Air Lines with customers standing at counter, shot of Japanese family with mother handing out tickets, CU of man behind ticket counter, Pan American ticket counter, Air Canada sign, Singapore Airlines sign, CP Air counter, Lufthansa Air counter, Philippine Airlines counter, line of ticket counter workers, man with beard smoking a cigarette at the ticket counter, super 70's men with beards working at airlines counter, sign that reads: "London, Hong Kong, Manila, Guam, Honolulu, Bucharest, Belgrade, Frankfurt, New York", CU of airline arrivals/departures sign, Japanese character sign, shot of woman with her arm folded under her boobs, neon sign indicating the "International Rotunda"
Stills of Airplanes:
Black and white stills of airplanes from the 30s and 40s, photographs of landing strips and airplane hangers, still of American Airlines Condor 1933-1934
Gay National Educational Switchboard (10/02/1978):
CU of man talking on telephone, sign on wall has handwritten messages that read: "please refer callers to Pacific Center 444-5555 (Berkeley), Gay Community Center (863-9890) and the Woman's Switchboard (431-1414), stationery for the Gay National Educational Switchboard with jar of Honey Valley Natural Honey on the desk, man with hairy arms leafing through a file with pink paper, sign that reads: Gay National Educational Switchboard, bearded man in suit with pink triangle pinned to lapel talking in front of map of America, CU on map with colored push pins covering the Northeastern states, especially New York, the map's header reads: Resources for Gay Women and Men, Call Toll Free National: 800-227-0888, in California 800-652-1442; man with fuzzy curly hair and earring answering the phone, man with floral vest and beard answering the phone, CU on article on wall that discusses Proposition 6, lesbian woman in pink flowery shirt enters room and talks to bearded guy. Gay lifestyles, Queer, LGBTQ.
Technology:
1970s video tape machine pressed, pan to TV with Tommy Lasorda on screen.
Thermostats:
City buildings, woman with long painted red nails turning on a thermometer, Westinghouse thermostat
PG&E Rolling Brownouts/Rancho Seco:
group of people in conference room, man wearing black ring holding a large sign that reads: margin: what effects it? another sign that reads: margin during peak (as expected) for the year 1979, another sign reads: Forced Outages in MW beginning in the year 1974 and running through 1978, map of California is displayed while group of men look on, sign that indicates electricity use of various appliances