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"Four fuel cells power an experimental U.S. Army Truck, and also operate its weaponry and communications equipment. The cells produce electricity by chemical oxidation, driving the truck up to 40 mph. Panning U.S. Army truck powered by hydrazine electric fuel cells. CU Electric fuel cells under hood (stickers on engine for U.S. Army & Monsanto). Man closing hood of truck. Man driving away.
African Chief
Solemn, colorful, primitive ceremonies mark the swearing in of a new chief of the Guto Tribe, largest in all Rhodesia. The new 70-year old Chief, is the center of all the pomp and military honors. Premier Smith's all white regime has given new power to the Chiefs. Older British man in business suit bestowing elderly tribal Guto chief with pith helmet & cane at ceremony in village. Panning from behind Guto Chief inspecting Rhodesian soldiers marching (note their fez headwear). Guto Chief reviewing troops, leopard skin hanging in FG. Guto chief being bestowed with leopard skin cape. Rhodesian army soldiers presenting arms, British officer with saber in FG. Side view of Guto chief, Royal Union Jack (British flag) flying on screen right. Tribesmen in Western clothing standing, watching ceremony. Villagers dancing, stroking the chief's goatee beard for good luck.
July 29, 1994 - Part 2
(11:39:31) Senator Bryan. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD H. BRYAN Senator BRYAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Our focus in this phase of the Whitewater matter must be threefold: First to inquire if there was improper interference into the independence of regulatory agencies. Second, to ascertain if conflicts of interest existed and were ignored. Third, to determine if there was an effort to mislead the public and/or the Congress. It is this Committee's duty to conduct a thorough, fair, and nonpartisan inquiry and we established a process to do just that. Because Mr. Fiske, a Special Prosecutor looking into the entire Whitewater/Madison matter has asked the Committee to confine the scope of this bearing to only those matters be has completed investigating, there will undoubtedly be questions left unanswered for the time being. This will not be because there is an attempt to avoid a full discussion but in order to prevent the Special Prosecture's investiga 28 tion from being compromised. Mr. Fiske has not yet completed his investigation. The Congress should learn from its mistake in the Iran-Contra hearing. By holding hearings, calling witnesses and offering them immunity for their testimony before the Special Prosecutor had completed his case, Congress ultimately compromised that inves. tigation. Our judicial system paid the price when the prosecutor's cases were then thrown out of court and convictions were overturned. We should not make that mistake again. The process that we have established to review areas of inquiry, once Mr. Fiske has completed his work, is the sensible and responsible way to handle this matter. (11:41:05) Mr. Fiske has concluded that no criminal offenses were committed in this first phase of his investig ation. This Committee's charge, however, is much broader. It is this Committee's obligation to consider the ethical propriety of certain actions taken by public officials. In my view, some contacts appear to be improper. Some discus. sions appear to be inappropriate. Compounding whatever errors may have occurred is the undeniable fact that from day one statements made and questions answered bad to be revised, written, and retracted until the shadow of doubt was cast simply because all the facts were not forthcoming from the outset. Another lesson to be learned is that policymakers and regulators must be kept separate. No one person can assume both roles. Whatever errors Mr. Altman may have made, he was placed in an untenable position. The independence of regulators is one of the basic tenets of our Government. This is not a problem unique to this Administration. It has occurred in the past. Regardless of au decisions later made, the independence of the Resolution Trust Corporation was, in my view, undermined when a Treasury Department policymaker was put in charge. Mr. Chairman, we need to take legislative action to ensure that the head of the RTC will be totally independent A high ranking Treasury political appointee has the responsibility and duty to to advance the interest and policies of his Administration. Mixing the two is asking for trouble and in this case we found it. We should amend the RTC regulations so that a future regulatory independence is insured, None of us yet have the knowledge to judge the entire matter and those questions are left to be answered by Mr. Fiske's full probe when it is completed. There are legitimate questions which this Committee should ask. The Committee has a right to know. The Committee has a right to ask. The media has a right to report. That's what makes our system a democracy and that is all good. What is not good are the innuendoes, the leaks, the exaggerations, and distortions which have occurred around this hearing. It is time for that to end. My role in this hearing is simple. I want to get at the facts fairly and openly. And although it appears no criminal violations have occurred, I am troubled by the conduct of some of the Administration's aides. The President, in my opinion, has not been well-served by their zeal and I'm particularly bothered by the testimony before 29 this Committee by Mr. Altman and the series of explanatory letters that followed. I'm hopeful, however, that today's hearing focusing on the tragic death of Vincent Foster can be conducted in a manner which will not unnecessarily add to the personal grief his family has already endured. This is not the time, nor the place for -sensationalism. I did ' not know Mr. Foster but from what I've beard about him, be was a good man who came to Washington to serve his President and his country. Mr. Fiske concluded, and I quote: That Vincent Foster committed suicide in Fort Marry Park on July 20, 1993. Although the Contributing facto" to his depressed state can never be precisely determined, there is no evidence that any issues relating to Whitewater, Madison Guar. anty, or CMS played any part in the suicide. While I do not advocate that this Committee should be bound by all of Mr. Fiske's findings, I do find reprehensible the attempts by some to invent a new scenario surrounding Mr. Foster's death. Let us deal solely with the facts as they occurred. I thank you, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you, Senator Bryan, Senator Bennett.
Kite Flying
"The first annual Kite Carnival is held on the grounds of the Washington Monument sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Some 200 entries, all shapes and sizes, make the day lively. Even a kite hospital stands by to repair any kites snared by angry trees." African-American & Caucasian adults & children ready or pose with homemade kites in field. An older man wearing sunglasses and a trenchcoat try to fly a flower-shaped kite with little success. Middle-aged man trying to fly kite, only to have the kite string get caught around his ankle. Smithsonian Building is in the BG. Nice Girl with short haircut flying kite, pan right to kite with Washington Monument in BG. Sign at base of a tree: "Beware! Kite Eating Tree." Heavily damaged kite stuck in tree. Kite with bald eagle shape and design being flown and brought safely to ground.
Displaced Vietnamese to Refugee Camp
"A mass evacution moves some 6,000 Vietnamese families from a village in the hotspot of Zone C constantly under fire. They arrive at a refugee camp near Saigon, where each family is provided a house and daily meals. The Saigon regime, with U.S. aid, built the camp. TLS/MSs - Vietnamese civilians-- some wearing concial palm leaf hats-- loading belongings onto U.S.- Army lorries (transport trucks). LS - Scene, military officers wathcing on. MS - Two young Vietnamese girls watching, one holding upside-down dead chicken (hen). MS - Buck naked boy & girl filling bucket with water. CU - Elderly Vietnamese man with long goatee looking into cam. 3/4 view CU - Old Vietnamese man wearing eyeglasses & palm leaf hat. MS - Three Vietnamese children. TLS - Lorry pulling away with ARVN officer riding siderail, waving to crowd. LSs - refugee convoy pulling away. MS- Woman stepping from cab of truck with young son in arms. TLS - Palm-leaf wall being hoisted from truck. MCU - Girl holding young brother in her arms.
July 29, 1994 - Part 2
(11:49:30) OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARBARA BOXER Senator BOXER. Thank you, Mr, Chairman. When Attorney General Reno appointed Robert Fiske to investigate Whitewater, her choice was pretty universally praised, except by, I assume, Senator Faircloth. who, in my view, viciously attacked Mr. Fiske in big opening statement. At the time Senator D'Amato said: Bob Fiske is uniquely qualified for this position. He is a man of uncompromising integrity who will unearth the truth for the American people. So I believe in properly honoring Mr. Fiske's request. The Senate voted for sequential hearings, and I would note that this Committee has responded to the resolution in a most serious and professional fashion and I compliment both sides of the Committee leadership for that and the staff of both sides. The first issue is the Vince Foster death. Independent Counsel 31 The overwhelming evidence compels the conclusion that Vincent Foster committed suicide, There is no evidence that issues related to Whitewater played any part in his suicide. Now, you've heard that several times. But that's the crux of the matter. Mr. Chairman, the exploitation of Vincent Foster's death by those who want to hurt this Presidency is one of the saddest chapters in our recent political history. Mr. Foster's family deserves better. There are lessons to be learned from the Foster suicide. The first is that every person needs to be alert to signs of depression in family, friends, and colleagues, and to recognize that depression is a real illness which requires professional help. The other lesson is more general. Vince Foster said in a law school address, and I quote: There is no victory, no advantage, no fee, no favor which is worth even a blemish on your reputation for intellect and integrity. Dents to the reputation in the legal profession are irreparable. That's Vincent Foster's own words. Mr. Foster was not prepared for the cold political world. Yes, there is a lesson for all of us here, both Democrats and Republicans. National politics will never be gentle, but let there be boundaries and just a little bit of respect for each human being, if for no other reason then for the children, Vince Foster's children, our children, all of America's children. They watch us, Mr. Chairman, and they listen, and the tone is too often ugly Four days before be took his Re, Mr. Foster told his sister he was hesitant to see a psychiatrist because it could jeopardize his security clearance, I'm pleased that the Administration has initiated a review into the policy of interpreting a person's visit to a psychiatrist for a reason to deny or revoke a security clearance, The second issue for our Committee regards contacts between the Administration and Treasury personnel. Here again, Mr. Fiske has found no criminal violations, but our job goes per, as has been stated so eloquently by colleagues on both sides, into whether there was improper conduct or unethical behavior. I have reviewed the ethics guidelines that apply here. We must determine if White House staff violated their own guidelines, which Senator Roth had behind him which read in part "no member of the White House staff should contact any independent agency with respect to any pending adjudicative or investigative matter." We must determine if Treasury officials breached guidelines issued by the Office of Government Ethics when they contacted White House staff. Those guidelines state that an employee shall not make "improper use of nonpublic information to further his own private interest or that of another." I would note that the President himself has said, "it would be better if the meetings and contacts bad not occurred." And White House Counsel, Lloyd Cutler, told the House Banking Committee "there were too many people having too man discussions . about too many sensitive matters." So already, Mr. Altman., lessons have been learned by this Administration. I want to state a special concern. This Committee has the right to expect that the testimony from witnesses is truthful and complete And I share the concerns expressed by Senator Bryan and Senator Gramm and others. For witnesses to shade the truth or 32 give incomplete answers based on tortured interpretations of our questions is unacceptable. Mr. Chairman, in trying to understand all of this, let us not forget human nature. In my view, the White House/Treasury contacts stem from an all too human desire to ensure that something that happened 8 years ago not interfere with the urgent task of governing. Since the Whitewater events happened so many years ago, before this President was President, why not simply keep the White House staff out of it completely. If there's a problem with press inquiries, refer those to a private attorney who is handling the issue. So yes, Mr. Chairman, there are lessons that have been learned and lessons to be learned by all of us. No one on this Committee should be high and mighty and superior about all this. No one of us is perfect, and I hope these bearings will help all of us do a better job for the American people.
Bridge (San Fransisco) bridge
Bridge (San Fransisco)
San Francisco
Cities, San Francisco museum
San Francisco- Girl in China Town Shop
Chinese girl in front of jade objects. CU of objects, arranging objects. Smiling girl CU of strange looking food?
San Francisco
San Francisco Skyline & harbor
San Francisco cable cars - Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco Airport Day ON PREVIEW TAPE #201187
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San Francisco harbor
Golden Gate Bridge
SFO
San Francisco City Hall, streets Street in front of El Presidio, cable cars, cable car turns around. Building with palm trees. Street scenes -cars and bus quite nice. Sea front -hotel / building facade and cars pass by.
San Francisco Skyline, Alcatraz, etc.
17 Year Cicadas
(Tape 2) Adult 17 Year Cicadas on fern
Princeton 16 - Harvard 0
Princeton's unbeaten eleven takes on Harvard at the Tiger home grounds and score early as they recover a fumbled punt over the goal-line. Then Charlie Gogolak, who kicks with a side-winder motion, boots three field goals and Princeton wins, 16 to O, to remain undefeated. Princeton University stadium filled to capacity with football fans. Princeton faces off with Harvard on the football field. Princeton kicks the ball right into the end zone, Princeton falls on the ball to score a Princeton touchdown. The scoreboard, Princeton 10 - Harvard 0. Gogolak kicks the football and it sails over the goal post, Princeton 13 - Harvard 0. Charlie Gogolak kicks his third field goal and Princeton ends up winning the game, Princeton 16 - Harvard 0.
Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) is in heavy training in Houston, for his title defense, February Sixth, against Ernie Terrell. The champion's draft board has said he could be drafted in February, two appeals having already been turned down. Experts say Terrell should be Clay's toughest opponent to date. Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) shadow boxing in a boxing ring. CU Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) jumping rope. A group of people sitting and watching Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) working out. Cassius Clay with protective head gear boxing with his sparing partner. The boxing fans applauding approving of Muhammad's work out performance. CU Upper body shots of Cassius and his sparing partner boxing. CU Head and face shot of Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali reciting a little poem: "He's going around claiming to be the real heavy weight champ. But after I'm finished he'll just be a tramp. Now I'm not saying this just to be funny. I'm fighting Ernie because he needs the money. Boxing fans applauding. CU Muhammad Ali drinking water from a paper cup.
July 29, 1994 - Part 2
(11:55:28) The CHAIRMAN. Senator Boxer, I might just make one comment before yielding to Senator Domenici, and that is, as you spoke about Mr. Foster and the tragedy of his death and the impact upon his family, I was so struck, as I m sure you were in reading of the report of Mr. Fiske, that Mr. Foster in days just before his death did try to get help. He called professionals who might have been able to counsel him in dealing with this depression problem that be obviously bad. And one of the great ironies is that he called at a time when the professional was not there. So the evidence we have was that although be tried on two occasions to reach for help, it's just fate that be was not able to get the help at that moment and then sadly didn't try it again. Senator BOXER. And he also feared that if he did make this contact, he could lose his clearance. The CHAIRMAN. Yes. And that is a matter of the record and we'll get into that at some point. Senator Domenici. Senator MACK. If I could, Mr. Chairman, since you're having dialog back and forth on these different issues and questions. I feet compelled to make a response here that there's an implication that at some point there are going to be some questions asked about Foster's death, and somehow that's going to be terrible for us to do that on this side. But I would just remind everyone that we are here because, frankly, of the way the whole situation was handled. There have been serious questions raised so I think people ought to be sensitive to that. The CHAIRMAN. Let me say, Senator Mack, and I don't want to digress at this point, but that certainly wasn't the implication or intention of my remark. Senator Domenici. (11:57:17) OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR PETE DOMENICI Senator DOMENICI. I hope it wasn't the implication of anyone's remarks because I don't think that's the intention on this side, and I think we'll just let it evolve with reference to his death. I don't think anyone on our side is challenging whether or not it was a suicide. So perhaps we can get rid of that rather quickly. 33 But, Mr. Chairman and Members of this Committee, I guess as I look around-even though I'm wayover on this side of the table on the end-I think I've been in the Senate longer than anyone here and I have learned in that period of time, fellow Senators, not to rush to Judgement. And I don't do that very often. In fact, I did not do that in this case. But having considered the facts gathered in advance of these bearings, I have to admit that I'm more than a little distressed about the actions of a number of Administration officials in this matter. Mr. Chairman, much has been said about the Fiske investigation. I believe it is probable that we have more evidence today about Whitewater as it relates to these bearings than Mr. Fiske bad in his investigation, I believe we've bad depositions of more people. Just as much evidence has been gathered and so I believe we now what we're talking about. On this side, we're going to talk about facts. We have many facts. I'm not sure the House had facts, but we've had an opportunity because of this Committee's leadership and the Senate which gives a fair opportunity to both sides. We have plenty of facts to back tip what we're doing. But this story is regrettably an all too familiar part of history in this city because the contacts between the White House and the Treasury Department regarding the RTC investigation into Madison reveal yet another opportunity, another instance in which political considerations took precedence over all else, and I am firmly convinced about that. And that's not a small matter because these actions have seriously jeopardized the RTC's independence. Let me discuss just a couple of items-tbere are many more-but a couple that trouble me deeply. First, I want to focus on something Senator D'Amato raised in his opening remarks. Exactly what did the President's closest advisors at the White House know about the RTCs investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty and bow did this knowledge potentially compromise the RTC's ability to complete this investigation? And I believe we are going to find, before we are finished, that it did that mightily. Confidentiality and secrecy are critical to a successful criminal investigation. Everyone knows that. Otherwise, evidence can be destroyed, testimony' tailored, investigative techniques limited, and the advantage of surprise lost. Yet, the Madison Guaranty investigation's confidentiality was repeatedly violated.