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American Crocodile
(Tape 1) American crocodile, CU of teeth and head, then crocodile walks around.
Softshell Turtle
(Tape 1) Softshell turtle swimming underwater, looks like it's trying to catch fish, shot from above the water.
Brown Anole Lizard
(Tape 1) Brown anole yawning, turns its head.
Alligator
(Tape 1) Alligator's teeth from head on with its mouth closed, zooms out to see alligator laying on ground.
Beaver
TAPE 2 16:46:15 Beaver takes branch to lodge in rain
Beaver
TAPE 2 16:47:09 Beaver cuts sapling in half
Beaver
TAPE 2 14:24:06 Beaver swims in very rough water
Beaver
TAPE 2 14:26:45 Beaver's nose C.U.
Beaver
TAPE 2 14:37:37 Beaver tows branch to lodge C.U.
Beaver
TAPE 2 14:42:08 Beaver cuts branch in half and swims off with it
Beaver
TAPE 2 14:43:15 Beaver carrying several branches, see teeth
Beaver
TAPE 2 02:48:11 Beaver feeding C.U.
Beaver
TAPE 2 02:49:42 Beaver go'es up over dam
Beaver
TAPE 2 02:50:38 Beaver towing branch - see teeth
Eastern Chipmunk
Master 2138, Tape 1 CU Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) sitting on a rock.
Female Woodchuck and young
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Female Woodchuck (Marmota monax) looking out over tall grass. A young woodchuck pops up next to her. The woodchucks peer out from their den. Another young woodchuck pops up. The woodchucks look out on the surrounding prairie. The two young woodchucks leave the den and explore.
Female Woodchuck and Young
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Female Woodchuck (Marmota monax) peering from her den out onto prairie. Two of her young are next to her. Two more young woodchucks pop their heads up. Two of the woodchucks eat grass.
Female Woodchuck and Young
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Female Woodchuck (Marmota monax) and a young woodchuck peer from their den out onto the prairie. The young woodchuck leaves the den and sits and eats grass. Two other woodchucks pop their heads up. The other young leave the den; one joins his sibling and eats grass.
Young Woodchuck
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Young Woodchuck (Marmota monax) sitting upright at his burrow. The woodchuck runs off.
Woodchucks
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Young Woodchuck (Marmota monax) running through grass to his burrow. The woodchuck enters the den near his mother. Other young woodchucks pop their heads up and look out onto the prairie. One of the young woodchucks leaves the den and eats grass. The other woodchucks disappear back into the den. The woodchuck stops eating and disappears into the den.
Female Woodchuck and Young
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS young Woodchuck (Marmota monax) peering out from burrow. His mother pops up next to him. The woodchucks look out on the prairie. The young woodchuck disappears into the burrow.
Gray Squirrel
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) hiding on tree limb (very little of the squirrel is visible).
Gray Squirrel
Master 2138, Tape 1 MS Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) sitting on tree limb.
Capitol Journal - Budget, Superfund, Immigration and Drugs
(01:00:00) WETA logo, PBS funding credits (01:00:13) Capitol Journal opening credits and animation (01:00:34) Capitol Journal host MARK SHIELDS and HODDING CARTER sit in a tv studio in front of a large monitor on which is picture of the House floor, two hosts discuss Congressional stand off on the budget and other end of the fiscal year issues, on screen text lists legislation currently going through the House and Senate (01:02:12) In studio Shields segues to Congressional footage regarding the budget, Senator MARK HATFIELD - Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - asks for the passage of a stop-gap budget to keep the Congress running for another week, shots of various unidentified congressmen, Representative TRENT LOTT criticizes the continuing resolution budget passed by the House calling it "bloated", various shots of the Capital Building (01:04:03) Shields interviews Representatives LEON PANETTA and LYNNE MARTIN both of the House Budget Committee in their respective offices, they both give explanations as to why the national debt has continued to grow and what they believe should be done about stopping the annual deficit (01:07:11) Back in studio Shields and Carter discuss the National debt and deficit and what they mean to the Democrats, Republicans and the average American, they also discuss the new budget and how the money in it is being allotted (01:11:28) Carter segues to examination of the Superfund renewal, families of toxic waste victims hold a press conference on Capital Hill calling for the renewal of the Superfund - fund used to clean up toxic waste, Representative DENNIS ECKHART points out to the House the anniversary of the Superfund which as far as renewal has gone over looked, shots of a House / Senate Committee designed to reformulate the Superfund (01:13:35) Back in studio Carter and Shields talk about whether or not the White House administration will pass Congress' Superfund renewal (01:14:50) Shields segues to immigration reform, Representative PETER RODINO, Representative DANIEL LUNGREN, Representative ROMANE MAZZOLI, Representative TRENT LOTT, Representative Panetta, and Representative ROBERT MICHEL on the House floor all give their two cents about immigration reform (01:17:45) In an interview with Shields Senator ALAN SIMPSON voices frustration over what has become of his immigration bill (01:18:35) Back in studio Shields and Carter discuss the fallen immigration reform legislation, Carter segues to the drug bill, Senator JOSEPH BIDEN speaking before the Senate calls on senators to check their partisan "six-shooters" at the door, on screen text displays the proposed anti-drug bill measures, Senator BARRY GOLDWATER speaking on the Senate floor criticizes House suggestions to introduce the U.S. armed forces into the drug war, Senator MACH MATTINGLY (?), Senator ALFONSE D'AMATO and Senator ROULA HAWKINS all speak before the Senate in favor of the death penalty, onscreen text displays the costs in involved in the House and Senate anti-drug bills, Senator WILLIAM ARMSTRONG points out the hypocrisy behind supporting a budget inflating anti-drug bill (01:23:11) Back in studio Carter and Shields discuss the anti-drug legislation being debated in Congress and end of the term Congressional issues relative to the upcoming elections (01:27:10) Shields closes out the show, credits roll (01:27:30) PBS funding credits