News Footage: Garbage; Telephone Information Operators; US Postal Service; PG&E; Plumbing

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Garbage: Exterior signage reads "SIRA Corporation, a Modern Method of Garbage Disposal", exterior shots of blue building, piles of garbage with seagulls flying overhead, CU on seagulls flying and landing on heaps of garbage, man in coveralls shoveling garbage as forklift moves large amounts of waste, CU on garbage pile with all manner of crap (paper, green plant, etc.), interior shot of building, exterior sign that reads " Solid Waste Research and Development Project, sponsored by US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Monitoring", conveyor belt moving garbage from one area of the building to another, group of men standing outside watching the garbage machinery, white man with pointing stick explaining the process to black man in brown velour suit standing by, CU on machinery, CU on incinerator Telephone Information Operators: Male and female telephone operators, CU on woman's face as she speaks with headset on, red haired man with beard sitting next to red haired woman, CU on computer screen with names, addresses and phone numbers listed, woman looking at computer screen while on the phone, CU on woman's face with skin on chin peeling off US Postal Service: Woman sorting mail into cubby holes, postal machine sorting mail, CU on sorting machine, black woman reporter's hand holding up piece of addressed mail that has come from the sorting machine, reporter holding up second letter with John Steinbeck postage stamp, various shots of mail being sorted, reporter holding up pamphlet that reads "What are the new letter mail dimensional standards?" PG&E: Woman customer service rep at PG&E, shot of power lines and poles, CU on switchboard with lights all lit up, black woman talks on phone, electricity pole towers, shots of wires through treetops, cows in a pasture near power lines, scenic shots of rolling green and brown hills littered with electricity poles, CU on sign on power line that reads "DANGER: this tower supports wires carrying electric current at high voltage, KEEP OFF", CU on outside PG&E meter, street signs at Duncan and Douglass, shot of street where power lines have fallen, PG&E crew attending the situation, CU of burning/smoldering power pole, Asian American family stands by and watches the workers, shots of PG&E workers, CU on worker's long red/black polished nails, various male employees talking to customers, invoices being generated, machinery putting inserts together for inclusion in monthly bill, CU on heating vent inside a house surrounded by green shag carpet, more interior shots of the PG&E transfer station Plumbing: Awesome shots of hot plumber guy with leg slung over tub in bellbottom jeans. plumber working on a bathtub surrounded by blue tiles and blue shower curtain, wall is chipped away where plumber needs to access pipes in wall, plumber lays down a tarp, plumber bending over in tub with underwear showing (but no plumber's crack), CU on pipes with bucket underneath, various shots of plumber working in tub