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Oil Refinery Fire
"Egypt loses eighty percent of its oil-producing capacity as two refineries and a number of storage tanks go up in flames. Israeli artillery set off the inferno in a three-hour exchange with Egyptian guns across the Suez Canal." Nighttime TLS/LSs massive fires at oil refinerie, firefighters doing not much more than watch on (nothing else to do). Oil containers set ablaze spewing clouds of thick smoke.
Race of the Aces Bicycle Race
"The top bicycle racing stars of Europe in the Race of the Aces on the Longchamps course in Paris. After sixty miles of round and round, Belgium's Eddy Merckx is across the finish line first." TLS start of bicycle race along tree-lined street. Tracking shots men riding on motor-assisted bikes, pacing competition. MS crowd sitting in bleachers. MS winner Eddy Merckx receiving ribbon.
Whitewater Hearings August 1, 1994 - Part 1
(11:05:44) The CHAIRMAN. So, by the fact that you did not know he was going, he obviously didn't invite you to go with him. Is that correct? Ms. KULKA, That's correct. The CHAIRMAN. I want to read you a section of a deposition that Mr. Ickes gave to our Committee about this February 2, 1994, meeting to which Mr. Altman went. There's two or three parts to it, so bear with me here. This will be information that you will be hearing for the first time, I think, Mr. Ickes says the following: The purpose of this meeting on February 2, 1994, at the White House and the focus of Altman's discussion, was the relationship of the time that he felt this investigation might be wrapped up. He said, at least in so many words: That it was his understanding that the investigation probably would not be concluded and that a determination could not be made by the RTC's General Counsel as to whether there was the basis for a civil claim until after the expiration of the statute of limitations. Now that's a direct quote that I've just given you from Mr. Ickes. 'Later in his deposition, he was asked this question: With 8 respect to the information that the inquiry could probably not be wrapped up to re General Counsel's satisfaction, the inquiry about Madison could not be up the wrapped up to their satisfaction, before the statute of limitations would expire as far as you knew, was that public knowledge when he said it? This was the second question to Mr. Ickes, and be answered: I don't know whether it was public knowledge or not. I assume that it was. When you say public, did the public in general? No, I don't think it was. I don't know it was. But it was my assumption that this information was not known to public in general and probably very few people inside the Administration. 10 Is it fair to say that was not public information at that time? Ms. KULKA. It's fair to say that all of those statements are inaccurate if they are meant to be a report of anything I told Mr. Altman. They are directly contrary to the advice I gave Mr. Altman, The CHAIRMAN. He makes no reference to you here in his answers. Mr. Ickes is talking about-because you weren't at the meeting, he's talking about what was represented, as he remembers it, by Mr. Altman at the meeting. Ms. KULKA. Since I have no knowledge of what Mr. Altman said or what Mr. Ickes heard, or anyone else at that meeting, I can only tell you what I advised Mr. Altman, and that is not a reflection of it. The CHAIRMAN. Right. But the question I asked you was, was that information public information at the time? Ms. KuLKA. I'm sorry. I don't mean to argue with you, Senator, but that information, if you say that we wouldn't be able to form a decision about bringing a case, is not accurate. So, it wasn't public, but it wasn't so. It couldn't have been public or private because it was never the advice I gave or the position we were taking. The CHAIRMAN. I see. Ms. KULKA. I'm sorry. The CHAIRMAN. No. That's what we want to do, we want it to be as clear as we can make it here. Ms. KuLKA. Right. The CHAIRMAN. That's why these questions have to be asked and answered, so there's no question about it. We'll come back to that because Mr. Ickes, obviously, has given a different recollection of the events at that time, Senator D'Amato. OPENING COMMENTS OF SENATOR ALFONSE M. D'AMATO Senator D'AMATO. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to maybe follow up on something. Ms. Kulka, in the February 1, 1994, meeting where you gave your briefing to Mr. Altman, do you recall who else was present? Ms. KULKA. I really don't recall. I think that Mr. Ryan was present, but I don't recall if anybody else was. Senator DAMAT0, Mr. Ryan, were you there? Mr. RYAN. I don't recall. Senator D'AMAT0, Was Benjamin Nye there? Do you recall Benjamin Nye? Ms. KuLKA. I don't recall. Senator D'AMAT0. I'm going to read you his testimony. Benjamin Nye is an assistant at the Treasury Department. Do you know Benjamin Nye? Ms. KuLKA. Yes, I do. Senator DAMAT0. What is his position? Ms. KULKA. I think be's an assistant or a special assistant to Mr. Altman. Senator D'AMAT0. He was at this meeting. I have a deposition here. I'll read you part of it. This is a question being put to Mr. Nye: Why don't you tell me, in your own words, what was discussed at the meeting? Answer: I believe it was a discussion about RTC issues, more generally. But one of the issues, I believe, was this question of procedurally, what Ellen Kulka should do or, you know, the questions she would face procedurally, on the Madison case. Question: One of those issues was whether an action should be commenced or not commenced? Answer: The issue, as I understand it, was, in light of the circumstances' the February 28, 1994, expiration of the statute of limitations, whether one should seek a tolling agreeing or drop cases or file suits based on what she deemed would be imperfect information. Question: What did Mrs. Kulka say about the imperfect, or the information at that point?
Mississippi
Mississippi River
On preview cassette # 211232 Light House (day and night) First shot of light house looks like Timelapse. Passes day into night. Mississippi River scenics. Tall grass along waters edge. Old man holding two large fish, shows to camera. Date? clothes? Lake Pepin sign. Waterway scenics. People knee deep in river, recreation. POV from boat, going down river. Two people seated by rail, river tourboat? Old woman pulls rope on boat, ringing bell? Traveling shot as boat passes camera, we see people on boat: workmen, passengers, fisherman? a black (african american) cook with chef hat walk over to railing. Neat shot. Barge. Scenics. "New Orleans District" steamboat? Flood? POV from car with car driving in front along flooded, rural road. Good footage of paddleboat, showboat fades into passengers unloading onto dock. Fisherman making net as little boy watches. Another shot as fisherman holds up large fish in hand net, shows off to camera. Lighthouse/beam. River locks? closing. Lighthouse, day, fades into cu of lighthouse.
PREVIEW CASSETTE # 201755 Mississippi River into Gulf of Mexico
Southern Home
Mississippi River
Mississippi River
Misc. river sources
Mississippi River (?women)
St. Martinsville, Louisiana
1950s - Glacier National Park - Camping
Adult Caucasian female feeding two Caucasian male children at picnic table as an adult Caucasian man comes out of tent in FG, walks to the table where she hands him a spatula to put meat on the grill.
Las Vegas (night)
Las Vegas
Las Vegas - Vegas 1970s style with great color & establishing content, day shots.
Las Vegas (night) driving shots
Las Vegas (day) driving shots
Las Vegas at Night
Las Vegas at Night - Vegas 1970s style with great color & establishing content.
Las Vegas (night) - driving shots
Las Vegas (night) -driving shots - 1977
PREVIEW CASSETTE 202064 Las Vegas (day) driving shots 1977
Vegas Strip at Night
Vegas Strip at Night - Vegas 1970s style with great color & establishing content.
Whitewater Hearings August 1, 1994 - Part 1
(11:10:29) Answer: -Just that she wouldn't have enough time between-her feelings were that she wouldn't have enough time between then, the date of the meeting-and that date was February 21, 1994-and February 28, 1994, the statute of limitations expiration, to make an informed, a decision as she would need to make. In her opinion, that wouldn't be enough time to, sort of, go through all of these mountains of documents and so forth or for her staff to do so, so, ultimately, she would have to be making a decision with the best information possible at that time. Question: So the shortness of time and the inability to develop fully the facts of that case was identified as problems? Answer: Yes. Question: Did Mr. Altman or Ms. Hanson offer any advice or discussion on those with Mrs. Kulka? Answer: Only it wasn't so much a response as to, sort of, informing him-him, being Roger-of the situation and making him realize that the recommendation would be coming to him. Does that refresh your recollection, your discussion that you would have difficulty completing this investigation? Mr. Altman recalls it that way, and Mr. Nye, who was there, has given us information. We know that later on, by way of depositions, Mr. Altman actually goes to Mr. Ickes and advises Mr. Ickes of this. Ms. KULKA. I do not understand anything that you just read to be inconsistent with my recollection of what I've said. If I may explain the advice I gave, and what the tenor of the discussion was, I would appreciate it, I told Mr. Altman that it is certainly an unusual circumstance to have the short period of time we had to examine such a complex set of issues, and that no prosecutor that I knew or plaintiffs lawyer, would want to have to put together this kind of case in that period of time. I said we were committed to do it and would do the best we could, given the period of time, to put together any cases we saw against anyone we could show had engaged in conduct that fit within the definitions of fraud or intentional misconduct. Further, to the extent that we couldn't do the best job, we would do what we could to file the complaints we needed to file, amend them later if further discovery after the date made that appropriate Senator D'AMATO. Did you say this, with that kind of detail? Ms. KuLKA. That's correct. Senator DAMATO. Or did you-then Mr. Nye did not accurately represent your views when be said you said you wouldn't be ready to go forward. Ms. KULKA. That's correct. I never said that. I said we would be bringing forward a couple of different approaches and that it may well be that one of the approaches with various, any potential parties who might be named defendants, would be to seek tolling agreements, as I believe, Mr. D'Amato, you had urged us to do in 12 some of your correspondence, so that we could have a better record to go forward on. But that , in any event, if we thought there was any case that could be made, and we wouldn't be subject to Rule 11 sanctions under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, we would be prepared to file those complaints, whether or not we received tolling agreements, if we believed that was appropriate. Only in the case where we did not have any information that would lead us to believe that we could make a good faith case against someone whose conduct was either intentional wrongdoing or fraud, would we decide not to go forward with that case. Senator DAMATO. Let me ask you something. You're an experienced litigator representing a client on the civil side who had a potential civil action being brought against him by an agency. If you're aware that a case was not complete, would you enter into a tolling agreement with that vital information? Ms. KULKA. I did explain to Mr. Altman the circumstances under which I understood potential defendants would or would not enter into tolling agreements. Senator DAMATO. But, I'm saying to you, if you were advisedyou, as a private attorney-that the information was not complete and the Government was contemplating bringing a case against your client, would you recommend that our client enter into a tolling agreement if you were armed with that information? Ms. KULKA. Under a variety of circumstances, I may well recommend that. It has to do with whether my client wants an action filed against him or her ' where he believes that additional information may be able to convince the plaintiff or the prosecutor that filing is not appropriate, and therefore Senator DAMATO. Isn't that information very unusual to be given and is never given-would you give that information to a client or to a prospective person that to bring you're going to the file a suit against? Would you give them the information, that was not com- plete, indeed you Might want a tolling agreement, you would be seeking a tolling agreement? Ms. KULKA. I would not give that information. Senator D'AMATO. Thank you very much. Let me ask you one other thing, Ms. Kulka, because my little red light is on. During the time of mid-January through February, you discussed this Madison matter with Mr. Altman on several occasions, Is that correct?
Space Report - Gemini and Ranger Open A New Era
See also catalog # 529486 and 529488 This could be called the Saga of the Heavenly Twins. A comprehensive pictorial report of the voyage of the Molly Brown. Lt. Commander John Young and Major Virgil Grissom take off from Cape Kennedy on a Gemini flight that opens a new era in space. For the first time a space vehicle is maneuvered in space, swung around, its orbit changed. The Gemini is a much more sophisticated and versatile vehicle than was the Mercury. It proves its worth in the program that will culminate in a space rendezvous. The piloting of a space vehicle is deemed as historic as Russia's "walk in space". So far as is known, the Soviets have never maneuvered a capsule - necessary routine for a space contact. Second half of the week's double-header was the successful flight of the Ranger 9. This photographic vehicle sends a new series of pictures back from the moon which are transmitted for immediate showings on screens across the nation. It is the third successful moon shot to give scientists new knowledge of the moon's surface prior to a man's landing there. This is a High Angle Shot of Cape Kennedy. MS - Naval truck pulls up to a waiting crowd, out step the astronauts, Major Virgil Grissom and Lieutenant Commander John Young dressed in their flight suits. The astronauts are escorted to the Rocket - Gemini 3. The astronauts riding up in an elevator to the entrance of the Rocket. Gemini 3 sitting on a launching pad. The astronauts are helped into the seats of the nose cone of the rocket. CU Head shots of the astronauts. The clamps that hold the rocket on the launching pad are being removed. LS Gemini 3 fires up her engines on the launching pad and it s a lift off into space. In Washington DC, President Lyndon B Johnson sitting on a chair watching the flight of Gemini 3. A ball of fire out in space and that is Gemini 3. POV - The empty tanks being discarded by Gemini 3. Animation - A drawing of Gemini 3. Inside the cock pit you see one of the astronauts hands push a button and then you see the animation of Gemini 3 turn and point up. High Angle Shot (in space) looking down at Gemini 3. High Angle Shot - Gemini 3 with its parachute open coming in for a landing in the ocean. Gemini 3 landing in the ocean. Aerial Shot USS Intrepid. Helicopters lifting off the flight deck of the Intrepid. Aerial Shot - Astronauts in a life raft. High Angle Shot taken from the Rescue Helicopter. Astronaut lifted into the chopper. Sailor looking through binoculars at the helicopters. Rescue helicopter landing on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid. Major Grissom and Lieutenant Commander Young escorted to debriefing. High ranking officers shaking the hands of the astronauts. President L.B. Johnson, I know that both of you fellas are mighty happy and the entire nation is happy too. I know that I speak for the rest of this country when I tell ya that we re very proud of you and that we re very grateful for your safe return. High Angle Shot - Sailors pulling on ropes hauling in the nose cone of Gemini 3. MS - Gemini 3 being lowered on to the flight deck of the Intrepid. Crowds of journalists and sailors gathered around the Gemini. The two astronauts posing with the nose cone of Gemini 3. Animation of Ranger 9 taking photos of the moon. Crowds gathered to see moon images. MS - Clock on the wall. People watching the monitor, moon shots show up on the monitor. People applauding. Aerial S - USS Intrepid. Astronauts Major Virgil Grissom and Lieutenant Commander John Young cutting a huge cake. The astronauts and the naval crew eating the cake. Naval officers as well as lower ranking personal sitting in an audience. One of the astronauts standing at the podium. He unrolls a drawn piece of paper with the drawing of Unsinkable - Molly Brown.