Focus on the 70s - The Carter Years - PT3: China is granted economic trade status, Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David Peace Accord, gas shortage and oil crisis, the Islamic Revolution, Iranian hostage crisis, Ronald Reagan is elected President.
MSs Chinese women working in small fabric shop in China, customers at counter. Panning MS Red Chinese (PRC) Army soldiers running into trench with flamethrowers during military exercise. MS Israelis walking. MS Egyptian Army soldiers aiming rifles into air, firing during memorial ceremony. MCU President of Egypt ANWAR SADAT riding in convertible.
Camp David Peace Accord, 1978: CU Prime Minister of Israel MENACHEM BEGIN; MSs Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter at table for signing of the peace accord, shaking hands; CU Begin speaking-- "No more war. No more bloodshed. No more bereavement. Peace onto you. Shalom, Salaam, forever."
MS group of young Muslim men chanting, shaking fists in air. U.S. Gas/Oil Shortage: B&W MS of car at pump, sign in FG reads "Sorry! No More Gas Today." Color MS sign propped up against garbage can reading ""Sorry No More Gas Today." MS sign posted in gas station window reading "Sorry Temporarily Out of Gasoline! Service Bays Open." MS pre-Iranian Revolution leader SHAH OF IRAN (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi) and his wife EMPERESS FARAH DIBA posing for press on hill overlooking sea. TLS crowd of anti-Shah protesters in Iran.
MSs Iranian Islamic holy leader AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI walking onto a platform, waving them back, hundreds of Iranian people clamoring to get closer to him-- an Arabic child is passed to him, he kisses child, child is handed down into teeming throng (crowd). The Islamic Revolution & the Iranian Hostage Crisis. MS blindfolded American hostage surrounded by his Iranian captors. The Iranian hostage crisis. TLS freed American hostages alighting plane, night.
DO NOT USE: TLS delegates holding Reagan/Bush signs at 1980 Republican National Convention. MS President JIMMY CARTER posing with Vice-President WALTER MONDALE waving from podium at Democratic National Convention.
MS U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivering national televised address, 1980: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social & political fabric of America."
Presidential Inauguration 1981: MS Chief Justice WARREN BURGER administering Oath of Office to U.S. President RONALD REAGAN, wife NANCY REAGAN watching. Jan 20, 1981; LS four ceremonial howitzers being fired in honor of Reagan's inauguration.
Presidential Inauguration 1981: MS Ronald & Nancy waving to crowd from podium at Inauguration; Jimmy Carter shakes Ron's hand, congratulates him.
DO NOT USE: Jimmy Carter talks about crisis of confidence in American lives as credits roll over.