Let’s Keep America Beautiful

Year Published: 1950

Complete Record: Attached to the beginning are some shots of the outdoors/nature. Beautiful shots of the great American outdoors from the desert to the ocean to the mountains. People enjoying the scenery. LS of man throws garbage onto side of road. Tracking shot of litter on ground in various places. California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, etc. People at the beach, LS of crowds. LS of man picking up trash in the park. MS of man in car talking about how much he hates Litterbugs and then unknowingly litters himself. MS of woman sitting on bench talking about the same. Woman at beach talks and throws down trash. Subtle littering, something we don’t notice. LS of freeway traffic. LS of dump trucks emptying loads of trash in trash dump. Street cleaners, garbage men. Illustration of United States that shows how much clean-up costs each state. CU of newspaper clipping talking about how expensive it is to clean up after people. Picnickers littering. CU of billboards. MS of judge sentencing nervous man to clean up one mile of highway for littering. LS of policeman watching over same man as he picks up trash on the side of the road. CU of a variety of No Littering signs. LS of woman using public trash can. MS of woman at beach using trash can. Woman at park cleaning up after herself. MS of man in car throwing his trash away. Various shots of people cleaning up and using trash cans. More exterior LS of nature...ah, beautiful nature. Preserve unspoiled beauty!