All language subtitles for Medium Cool 1969 1080p

Better call an ambulance.

- 5251, Chicago.
- 5251.

Better send an ambulance
out to the eisenhower...

In front of the kedzie turnoff.

We got a wreck. We got coverage.
We'll send it in with the bike man.

Ten-four.

Okay.

5251, clear.

That's his public posture,
but he's the one who's right there...

With his eyes glued to the screen
when the blood starts running.

And he's the one who says,
"ooh, isn't it horrible?

Ooh, isn't it horrible?
Let me see some more".

But a lot of people buy
the New York times.

What I mean to say
is that it happens -

it has happened always...

Whether it was a photographer
or a journalist or a cameraman.

When you are in the middle
of something happening, you -

it is a risk of the profession.

What's the difference between a person
who types something and a typewriter?

The typewriter doesn't really care
what's being typed on it.

But a typewriter's a machine,
and you're not a machine.

Actually, I'm kind of an elongation
of a tape recorder.

I'll tell you something else: I've made
films on all kinds of social problems...

And the big bombs were the ones
where we went into detail...

And showed
why something happened.

Nobody wants to take the time.

They'd rather see 30 seconds
of somebody getting his skull cracked...

Turn off the TV, and say,
"let me have another beer".

But Hollywood, the news med...

Well, our position
is one to, uh, to record.

The dynamics happening
in society -

we don't deal
with the static things.

We deal with the things
that are happening, with the violence.

Who wants to see somebody sitting,
somebody lying down...

Somebody talking peace -
unless they're talking loud?

- I think the cameraman makes the choice himself.
- No, ma'am.

He's out there to get the blood
and guts. Yes, I believe that.

The other night on television,
there was a fellow in the ghetto.

If there's something else that is nice,
that could fill the news...

He'll take the stabbings, even if
he's had 27 minutes of stabbing before.

They're some place safe,
away from it. They deplore it...

But they deplore it
like all good people.

All good people deplore
problems at a distance.

Like Thomas Jefferson - he loved
the common man, but at a distance.

This is exactly what happened.

Five cameramen have been killed,
one in Germany.

He was beat to death by a mob -

just literally
stone beat to death - for upi.

Know what the excuse was?

The crowd thought
he was taking pictures for the police.

They had a couple of fellas
in a civil rights protest...

That were chained together,
and I was taking pictures.

The cops said, "don't you think
you'd better load the camera?"

I says, "I'm not out of film".
They say, "load it anyway.

We want to move these guys".
And he starts pushing the lens.

I says, "next time you push me, I'll fall
down and start crying", and he walked away.

The 120 angenieux lens,
and yanking back and forth...

Yelling "black power" at me,
and I'm just shaking to death...

With a $1,200 lens
on the camera.

So here I am in the middle,
and I got no place to hide...

'Cause I'm carrying a 40-pound camera,
trying to get pictures.

And so the rioter
wants to beat me up.

He thinks I'm trying
to identify him for the police.

The policeman wants
to elbow me out of the way...

And I'm being gentle because
he doesn't want the sergeant to see...

He picked up some guy
and threw him in the backseat of a car.

And the editor, who says,
"hey, I want the pictures...

Because my audience
doesn't care what brought this on".

You need the money
to feed your family.

If you don't bring them back,
you're not going to have a job?

Forget that. I've got a job to do,
and I'm interested in it...

But the point
I resent very much...

Is the fact that wherever I go,
I'm beat up.

- Shoot into those troops!
- Shoot 'em!

Shoot the shit out of 'em!
Get 'em!

Hey, you guys are shot!

What kind of country is this?
What's wrong?

We're people! Why are you having
soldiers here with bayonets?

Hey, we got a chaplain. Hold on.

That was an unprovoked attack.
That was retaliatory...

- Kill 'em!
- Not me, not me.

This man has an obsolete weapon.

Make love, not war.

They stabbed one of our guys
right in the belly.

I am brigadier general
Richard t. Dunn...

Commanding general of the
emergency operation headquarters...

Of the Illinois army
national guard.

The emergency operation
headquarters...

Is one which was
established last winter...

For the purpose of planning
and controlling operations...

In the event of civil disturbances.

Over.

Out in the street,
their bayonets are fixed...

And, uh, they know it's for real
in a real riot in the city.

And here we know
it's more or less -

it's a war game, more or less.

- How's it going so far?
- [Couldn't tell you. I'm the enemy.

We love you guys.

We have women for you. Beer.

Come on!

- Sing it, now.
- P glory, glory, hallelujah

p glory, glory, hallelujah

p glory, glory, hallelujah

p his truth is marching on p

- when do we want freedom?
- Now!

- When do we want equality?
- Now!

- When are we gonna get it?
- Now!

It is what our forefathers fought for -
the free choice of people!

Yeah!

But this country is changing.
It is no longer for all the people.

- It is for some of the people.
- Yeah!

- — We see a war we do not want.
- Yeah!

- We see an apathy towards love and brotherhood.
- Yeah!

- Bring out the mayor.
- Bring out the mayor.

Hold on! Hold on!

We want the mayor!
We want the mayor!

We want the mayor!
We want the mayor!

We want the mayor!

We 'ii bring the judge out to talk to you.

We want the mayor!
We don't want a flunky!

We want the mayor!
We want the mayor!

Myfriends,
I've stood before you many times.

Tell it to 'em, mayor!

You elected me mayor of this town
for the last 20 years.

- No, we didn't!
- Tell it to 'em!

We've given you everything
that we thought you needed.

I've let you use our swimming pool
every fourth of July.

- We want it every day of the year!
- We've operated...

We've operated the liquor store
with a minimum of profit.

Sock it to him, baby!
Sock it to him!

I understand
that you have some problems.

- You have avoided our problems!
- I understand that you have...

I understand that you have
some complaints.

We shall overcome.
We shall overcome.

P we shall overcome

p we shall overcome

p we shallovercome p

P someday p

P

Let's get the guys with the cameras!

Four, three, two, one.

Fade in. Richard starts back.

And cue announce.
Keep on coming, but don't look at me.

- And hold.
- What's wrong?

Now, down and in, slowly.

Very slowly.

You riding Iris on this, Jerry?

Slate on one. Stand by to take.

Roll tape to record. In, Arnold.

P Stand by.

Four, three, two, one.

Fade in.

You want to move
over here, please?

Let's go. Time is money.
Let's go.

Gus, is the El gonna be
too loud for you?

No, we can live with it.

Who here is old enough to vote?

- Well, uh...
- I took my physical last week.

Physical to vote?

- Why are you working for Kennedy?
- He's the best. Even my old man says so.

- He's got long hair.
- He's against the war.

- What are you doing here?
- She's my friend.

He's an idealist.
He's for anyone who hasn't got a chance.

- Who are you for?
- I just don't like him. I mean...

Because of oswald
and Dallas and all that.

What does that have to do with it?

I just... I think
he should've looked into it.

There's a lot of serious questions
that haven't been answered.

In the Saturday evening post,
there was a proven statement...

That the CIA knew about
Lee Harvey oswald's trip to Mexico...

Only two months before John Kennedy -

May I help you?

Damn it!

Looks like I'm a prime target.

First the hubcaps,
now my radio antenna.

Rotten kids.

What's the difference? Channel 8's
got lots more where these came from.

That's not the point.

What?

- Where do you want to go?
- How about a movie?

- Hit her, hit her!
- Go after her!

Atta girl!

In the crotch!
Atta baby! In the crotch!

Kill her! Kill her!

- Tie her up!
- Kick her in the back!

Quit lyin' around, there!
Let's see some action!

You're just a chicken!

Atta girl!

Go to work. Go to work.

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

- No cheatin'.
- Goes for you too.

That's right, and you.

All right.
Deuces are wild, Robert.

Whoops.

All right. Show him what to do.

- I don't know.
- Now, deuces are wild, Robert.

They count as anything
you want 'em to.

Hold 'em. Hold 'em.

Take this. Throw the rest away.

- This?
- How many you want?

- I want four.
- Four?

- One, two, three, four -
- how many you want?

Five.

You mean four.

No cheatin', now.

All righty.
Two aces. What do you got?

- I got two treys.
- Two treys.

Two treys.

- What'd you do? You throwed...
- I got two aces.

You throwed my three nines down,
didn't you?

No, he got 'em.

I didn't get 'em.
They're in the deck.

- He threw 'em down.
- Two aces.

Boy, it's hot.
You got anything to drink?

Miss horton,
do you have anything to drink?

- There's plenty of water in the sink.
- I don't want any water.

I want a coke or something.
Let's go get a coke, Robert.

Let's go.

We'll see you there, Harold.
Come on, Robert.

It's hot.

- Where'd your friends go?
- To get a coke.

To get a coke?

- What was you playing?
- Deuces wild.

- Who won?
- Nobody.

"Nobody".

- What's the matter?
- Nothing.

Hey, you're pretty dirty.
You been working them birds.

You better go wash up
before we eat supper.

Well, go on.

Go on, now. Git!

We thank thee, lord,
for this food.

Bless it to the nourishment
of our bodies. In thy name we pray.

Amen.

"The racing pigeon, or homing pigeon...

"Remains faithful to its mate
throughout its life...

"Provided that the mate
is present at all times...

"Especially when
the male bird returns...

"After a long flight.

"In addition,
when the pair has young...

"This bond is even stronger.

"If, however,
the family is separated...

"For an extended period,
the male pigeon...

"Not unlike his human counterpart...

"Can be relied upon to seek...

"Female companionship
elsewhere".

Roll it up.

P this may be the last time

p this may be the last time

p this may be the last time

p may be the last time
but I don't know

P well, it may be the last time
you march on the capitol

P may be the last time
but I don't know

p Well, it may be the last time
you march on congress

P may be the last time
but I don't know

P well, it may be the last time
you march for your freedom

p may be the last time
but I don't know

p this may be the last time p

Appalachia. Appalachia.
You see the sign?

- Could we get a drink of water first?
- To hell with the water. Let's find this guy.

- P
- They're behind the Mexicans, ain't they?

Jeez, I don't know. I heard they were
behind the San Francisco contingent.

- This is in this direction here.
- You sure? I thought it was a blue tent.

I don't know how
these people live in this mess.

- I don't know how long this is gonna keep going.
- Where is it, man?

- Let's go this way, and to hell with it.
- Okay.

P this may be the last time

p this may be the last time

p may be the last time
but I don't know p

P this may be the last time

p this may be the last time

p this may be the last time

p may be the last time
but I don't know p

I would hope, now
that the California primary is finished...

Now that these primaries are over...

That we could now concentrate
on having a dialogue...

Or a debate, I hope, between
the vice president and perhaps myself...

Of what direction
we want to go in.

Mayor yorty has just sent me a message
that we've been here too long already.

- We want you, Bobby!
- My thanks to all of you...

And now it's on to Chicago,
and let's win there.

We want Bobby! We want Bobby!

We want Bobby! We want Bobby!
We want Bobby!

P oh, no, I don't believe it

p you say that you think
you know the meaning of love

p you say love is all we need

p you say with your love

p you can change
all of the fools, all of the hate

p I think you're probably
out to lunch p

You guys here
to cover the funeral?

Yeah, that's what we're here for.

I didn't hear you come in last night.

Did you score?

You left the TV set on.

You know, you can meet a lot of
interesting people in a cocktail lounge.

Did you know that for every man in DC,
there are four and a half women?

Beautiful city, huh?

Wow. Beautiful.

Boy, this air conditioning
really gets you.

Look at these guys.

Couple of hours,
they're all set up.

20, 25 camera positions -
like nothing.

They've had experience
since we did jfk in '63.

Hello, ladies.

What are your plans
for the summer -

this, which will be
a very political summer...

And possibly a very hot one?

Oh, well, now,
let's not get into politics.

Well, uh, we, um,
always go up to our place...

Up in Ontario...

Up in Canada...

A place called desbarats.

That's d-e-s. It's French.

It's not like the girl's name.

And about this time of year
we always start looking forward...

To getting away from the city...

And the crowds and the heat and -

it's very primitive up there.

I think sometimes it's, uh -
it's good for the soul...

Don't you,
to get away from civilisation...

Don't you think so?

Is your mother home?

- No? Is she working?
- Yes.

Uh—huh.
What time will she be home?

- — At 12:00.
- I see.

- Now, how long have you lived here?
- I don't know.

- You don't know?
- No.

Could you tell me where you lived
before you moved here?

- Yes.
- Uh-huh. Where?

- At West Virginia.
- I see.

In West Virginia. Mm-hmm.

Now, how many rooms do you have?

- No - yeah, four.
- Four rooms. Mm-hmm.

- Do you have a TV set?
- Yes.

- You do. Do you have a stereo?
- Yes.

And how many brothers
and sisters do you have?

- None.
- None? You're the only child, hmm?

- Yes.
- Mm-hmm. And how old are you?

- Thirteen.
- Thirteen. Really?

- And do you go to church?
- Yes.

That's a good boy.
Now, what is your father's name?

Buddy.

- What? — buddy.

- Buddy. Does he live here at home with you?
- No.

Could you tell me
where I could find him?

At Vietnam.

Let's go see
what damage we done up here.

- Look at the holes in it.
- Golly!

Look around and see
if you can find another.

Hell, I got something here.
Come here.

I ain't gonna waste this, though.

Come on.

- Do you want to shoot it?
- Nuh-uh.

- It ain't gonna hurt you. Just put a shell in it like that.
- I don't want to shoot it.

It's safe. It won't hurt you at all.
Draw it back.

Knock it off of there.
That's all you gotta do.

Come on. Let's go.

Come on.
Let's go look at the pigeons.

Nothing's missing. I looked.

You out of shape, pal?

What's in the basket?

Dinner.

Why don't you admit it?

Go on. Just say it.

You're a bastard.

Admit it to me.

Admit it to yourself.

You're a -
a rotten, egotistical...

Selfish...

Punchy cameraman.

Well? Well? Well?

Look at this here. Look.

How do you like it?
Gus wired it up for me.

Look back there.
Fibre optics. Great, huh?

See the TV? Lights.

- Look at that.
- John.

Do you remember
when we saw mondo cane?

- We didn't see mondo cane.
- Well, I saw it.

I saw it too, but I don't
remember seeing it with you.

Well, anyway,
that's not the point.

What's the point?

Well, you remember that scene...

On an island,
where they tested an atom bomb?

Well, there were these big turtles -

you know, tortoises -

who, at a certain time
in their lives...

Would walk to the sea
to lay their eggs.

And they found
that the radiation thing...

Threw the turtles'
sense of directions...

So instead of heading to the sea,
they went inland, and they died.

Oh, I'm crying.

Damn it!

Look, somebody
took those movies, right?

I mean, do you think -
did they or didn't they...

After they took those movies...

Do you think - did they reach down
and turn those turtles around?

Or did they put them in a Jeep
and drive them back?

How the hell do I know what they did?
Those were Italian cameramen.

I give up. I surrender.

Hey, no calories.

I'd rather keep
my kidneys for a while.

"Research physicians at the istituto
del salvator mundi in Rome...

"Revealed today
the results of tests...

"Involving a new device
to be worn by expectant mothers...

"During the entire course
of their pregnancy.

"This device consists
of a steel-and-plastic cylinder...

"Which can be controlled
so as to create a partial vacuum...

"Around the mother's abdomen...

"Reducing atmospheric
pressure on the foetus.

"This pressure...

"Which is, at sea level,
14.7 pounds per square inch...

"Can be reduced
by as much as 50 percent.

"It was Dr. Jacobo marciani, director
of the hospital's research institute...

"Who first made public the results
of the test involving the new device.

"Although it is anticipated
that the price...

"In the early stages
of development, at least...

"Will be prohibititive -
prohibi - prohibitive...

"Official comment
on the new device...

"Has not yet been forthcoming
from the Vatican".

You're crazy!

- No! Give me my sheet back!
- John!

Oh! Give me that!

I got you!

You bastard! Son of a bitch!

Let go of me, you fuck!

No! Help! No, not on the floor!

Jesus, you -

Help! Put me down!
Put me down! Help!

You bastard!

- Come on.
- Let go of me, you prick!

Ooh! Naughty, naughty.
I got neighbours. Come on.

- Son of a bitch!
- I got neighbours. Be quiet.

Kick you in the ass!

I'll bust your arms. I like you!

Gnemeam$.

I'm gonna knock the shit out of you.

Ouch! Ouch!

There he goes.

One good deed a year.

- You dropped your newspaper.
- Who are you?

"Horton"? "4444 north Clifton"?

I think this belongs
to your little brother.

I don't have a brother.
It belongs to my son.

Mr. Horton go for green beans?

Hey, hey, come on. Not on the car.

- Move it, man.
- Not on the car.

Not on the car.
Come on. Get off the car.

Come on. Off the car.

Come on. Hey -

hey, get out of there.

Hey, come on. Out of the car.

This is an official car.
Come on.

- All those kids out there yours?
- No. They belong to my neighbours.

- Hey, you're from the mountains.
- West Virginia.

- Just spent three weeks there.
- You did?

"We sure
starve a lot when the stamps run out".

"Trouble is, you can't get
no 'tobaccy' on stamps".

- So you know about the stamps.
- No, not really.

I did this documentary.
Those words are on a tape.

Hello, Marian? This is Gus.

Page katselas on number 512.

Have him report
to the wagon immediately.

Ten-four.

I could've let the bird go
and he would've flown back...

But I don't know
how he would've carried the basket.

Well, it might've flown back
to West Virginia.

Harold spends all his time
trying to retrain him.

- How long you been up here?
- Not too long.

- Katselas, call the office.
- You got a telephone around here?

Katselas here.

Yeah, but he's right outsi...

He did, huh?

Yeah, all right. Anything else?

All right. Thank you.

The bad guy from the parking lot
brought his bird back.

- You tell him, hear?
- I will.

Would you mind shutting this off?

We're gonna make sound here.
Would you shut this off?

- Shut it off!
- All right.

- Hey, Gus!
- I'll shut it off.

Where was the money at?
Where was it really located?

Was it stuffed in the seat?

It was in an envelope
on the floor of the cab.

What kind of envelope?

What kind of an envelope was it?

Ask him.
He's counting the money there.

He's counting the money.
How much money is it?

- How much money was it?
- No, don't ask him.

I want to know from you.
How much money did you have?

How much did you count?
Did you count the money?

- — $10,000.
- You sure it was $10,000?

Wasn't 9,000? Wasn't 11,000?

9,000? $10,000, right?

Yeah, it was 9,000.
I put a thousand of mine to make it 10.

What, you gonna get funny now?

Gonna start putting me on?
Let's not play games.

I'm here to find out why you turned in
$10,000. Where did you get it?

Aren't you thankful
that I did turn in $10,000?

Maybe I'm not. I'm a policeman.
I'm just here to find out the facts.

Just tell her we cover the news.
We do not manufacture violence.

Talk to her, okay?

Mrs. Harris, I'm re...

well?

Remember the shot of the cabby
who turned the money in?

- Forget it.
- There's a story there, carlin.

It's worth following up.
People are interested.

- No.
- I think it'll go on the Sunday reports.

No, I got a convention coming up,
plus I got a war...

Plus I got baseball,
plus I got a nervous city...

Plus I got chickenshit cameramen
that are afraid...

To go into the ghetto
without police protection.

No. N-o.

You stay out
of those neighbourhoods...

- Until I send you in there.
- I want film and lab.

- Look, they got film.
- I want film and lab.

Look, my friend, would you
please stop bothering me?

Mr. Evans's office on line six, Mr. Carlin.

Write up a voucher.
Yes, sir. Good morning.

Hey, TV man.
Are we gonna be on TV?

We gonna get on TV.

Hey, TV man!
What's happening, man?

Cards slaughtered Philadelphia, 9-0.

Then, finally, it was the mets
walloping the pirates.

- Locked?
- Yeah.

You know you're
two blocks away, don't you?

I had some trouble in there last night.
Thought we'd keep the equipment safe.

White bread on a sandwich
is not too cool.

- Come on, now.
- No. That's out of it. O-u-t. Out.

I don't think we have any other kind,
but I'll take a look-see here.

- Uh, frank. — uh—huh?

I dug your name in the paper.
What's happening?

You're somewhat of a celebrity now,
aren't you? Want to fill me in?

Well, not really a celebrity,
but yeah, you know...

I, uh - I found the bread,
and I turned it in.

- You turned it in? — uh—huh.

Now, were you acting
as a negro or as a black man?

How do you feel?
I'm concerned about this.

What do you mean?

Because I feel if you were acting as
a black man, you would've kept the money.

If you acting as a negro,
you turned it in.

You're my man.
You're my man and everything.

- Frank, how much money was that?
- — $10,000.

$10,000? You kidding?

Dig, dig. Now, look.
Now, you know...

Do you realise...

How much ammunition and guns...

$10,000 would've bought?

Well, I'm not quite there yet,
you know?

But I'm talking about, baby,
you got to be alive to be honest.

- What you doing around here, man?
- Just buying some cigarettes.

You ain't got no right coming here
to buy no cigarettes.

Huh?

Guys like you get shot all up,
you know?

- Let's go, Gus.
- Don't come around here for no cigarettes.

You know what I mean?

We have a visitor.

- Frank baker live here?
- "Frank baker live here?"

- Frank baker, cab driver?
- "Frank baker, cab driver?"

- Does he live here?
- Does he live here?

Yeah. Does he live here?

Does he live here?

There's no frank cabdriver here.

You don't know him?
He's a cab driver.

I did a story on him.
I'm a reporter.

- What's his name again?
- Frank baker.

- Frank baker.
- Come on, Jeff. You're putting the guy on.

This is the guy who put me
on television, in living colour.

- How you doing?
- Very well. I don't want to bust in.

I just wondered
if you've got five minutes to talk.

- Let's do it over a drink, huh?
- Good.

You know, uh...

Chicago cops are getting
funnier-looking every day.

- I'm not a cop. I'm a soundman.
- I bet you got credentials too.

The FBI supplies
the best credentials.

We know, you know,
that one of the best ways...

For spying on black people
is to impersonate TV men.

I'm up here with John
about a story.

- What's that?
- That's my pageboy.

Your... pageboy?

- Yeah.
- Hey, Richard...

Come and dig this cat's pageboy.

Now, what do you do
with "my pageboy"?

I don't do anything.
It just hangs there.

The station, if they want me to go some
place or do something, they call me on it.

Oh. You mean, they, uh -

they give you orders on this.

Man, you mean to tell me...

They talk to you,
and you can't even talk back?

He means he's a receiver
and not a sender.

Looks like they're calling you now.

You a white flunky or something?

Wrong. You've gotten
a bad idea about -

I forgot something downstairs.
I'll meet you in the car.

Yeah, all right.

- Coming back. He's coming back.
- Dig it, dig it, dig it.

There he goes. There he goes.

A honky flunky.

Look, man,
I've been on television...

I've been in the newspapers,
and it's made my life total confusion.

What do I do?
I find $10,000 in the cab...

I'm boob enough to turn it in,
and I get my butt kicked by everybody.

- Hey, no, man.
- That's just it, frank.

- It's a human interest story. People identify.
- No, man.

- It'll be constructive.
- Are you coming, frank?

I'll give you a call,
and we'll have another talk.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me, TV man. You wanted
someone for an interview, right?

I haven't got time, dear.
I gotta run.

Yeah, but I wanted to talk to you.
See, I'm a black actress, and -

- listen, honey, I haven't got time now.
- Don't "honey" me.

I'm a black actress.

I demand respect.
I'm not looking for -

- you call the station.
- No, you said you wanted somebody...

So you want
to talk to somebody...

Hear what's going on,
what black people are doing?

- Honey, I'm not interested right -
- wait, wait, wait.

- Don't "honey" me.
- No, no.

- You gotta start respecting our women.
- Look, I have no disrespect in mind.

I gotta leave.
I don't have time.

I want to talk to you
about what I'd like to do.

You people are always busy...

Putting your kind of people on
and what you want...

So I want to talk
about what I want to do.

- Listen, dear.
- I told you about that "dear".

- I'm trying to be very respectful.
- We demand -

- you demand what?
- Demand respect.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

- Handle it.
- I'll try.

Don't call me "honey".
You're no honey of mine.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
This is the guy that came by the house -

- I know who the guy is.
- So don't give him a bad time.

Leave him alone. He's all right.

- Come on, baby.
- He's a jive -

wait a minute.
I wanna talk to you.

- I don't - - come in. Come in.

Wait a minute.
Let me ask you something.

You being friendly,
or are you being tough?

I just saved your life.
Understand?

- If I got to be afraid -
- you understand I just saved your life?

If I got to be afraid for your argument
to work, you got no argument.

Oh, no. All I want you to understand
is that I saved your life.

You see, you came down here
to do some sort ofjive interview.

You did that.
Came down here with 15 minutes...

Of a black sensibility,
and, see, you don't understand that.

You came down here
to shoot 15 minutes...

Of what has taken
300 years to develop.

- Grief, you know?
- I'm not interested in -

and all we're trying to explain to you
is that you don't understand.

I do something.
I do it well. That's my job.

But you don't do it black enough.

- You can't, because you're not black. We are.
- I'm white.

When you come and say you've come
to do something of human interest...

It makes a person wonder
whether you're going to do...

Something of interest
to other humans...

Or whether you consider the person
human in whom you're interested.

And you have to understand that too.

You can't just walk in
out of your arrogance...

And expect things
to be like they are...

Because when you walked in,
you brought lasalle street...

City hall, and all
the mass communications media.

And you are the exploiters.

You're the ones who distort...

And ridicule and emasculate us...

And that ain't cool.

You don't want to know, man.
You don't know the people.

You don't show the people, Jack.

Dig. Here's some cat
who's down and out, you dig?

He's nobody,
so he says to his old man...

"Man, like, I'm nobody.
I'm gonna die, man...

"And ain't nobody
gonna know I lived", dig?

So the cat finds a brick and throws it
through Charlie's window. You understand.

Or he takes a gun and he shoots.

Then the cat lives, man.
He really lives, you dig?

A hundred million people
see the cat on the tube, man...

And they say,
"ooh, the former invisible man lives".

Everybody knows where he went to school,
about his wife and kids and everything.

You dig?
'Cause the tube is life, man.

You make him an Emmy, man.
You make him the TV star of the hour...

On the 6:00, the 10:00,
and the 12:00 news.

'Cause what the cat is saying
is truth, man.

Why don't you find out
what really is?

Why you always got to wait
till somebody get killed?

'Cause somebody
is gonna get killed!

Is that thing loaded?

As a matter of fact,
they call it a shotgun.

It looks about 12 Gauge.

- Let's go over here.
- Okay.

Here's a good background.
Very good.

- We can't shoot here.
- What do you mean?

It's too noisy.
Those gunshots, they'll wipe us out.

It's always too noisy, isn't it?

Okay, let's go back over here.

- Good for you?
- Yeah, fine.

- Pepsi machine. Good enough?
- Fine.

- Good boy.
- Excuse me.

- What do I do now?
- Just speak in a normal tone of voice.

- Speak in a normal tone of voice.
- Rolling here.

- Rolling.
- There's been about a 46% increase

in pistol registration
since last year's riot.

We're getting
our business from people...

Who want to protect
their families and their homes.

- Can you hold a minute?
- Excuse me.

- The damn thing's stuck.
- Point that down, okay?

I've only got one head.
There we go. See?

This release? There. Okay?

- Okay?
- Thank you.

There we go.

- Not bad.
- You ready again?

You wanna start again?

Well, I don't know
what you're looking for.

If a person
has a driver's licence...

He has to know how to drive...

And if a person gets a gun,
he has to know how to use it.

How he uses it
or what he uses it for...

Is a personal right.

Sorry. Dick, let me have a dime.

Sure, John.

There you go.

I asked him where he was.
He said, "I was on vacation".

Hey, lover boy.

Dede's looking for you.

- You looking for me?
- Johnny.

- Hey, there might be a little problem.
- What is it?

I mean, well, carlin came around
yesterday kind of mad.

Oh, tell me something new.

Johnny, you know
the outtakes for that footage?

- You know, the draft-card burners?
- Yeah.

Did you give that
to the light-show kids?

For Christ sake, dede, don't be cute.
What the hell did he say?

Well, he didn't say anything
definite, really. He, uh -

he just complained about you
being out when he needed you...

And screwing around,
shooting stupid interviews -

listen, what the hell is up?
Don't tell me what you think.

Just tell me what kind
of shit's flying around.

Jesus, let go!

Ok, ok, I'll tell you.

Well, for about a year now...

The station's been letting...

The cops and the FBI...

Study our footage.

You're - you're putting me on.
You're kidding me.

What am I, a fink?

How can I go out
and cover a story?

It's a wonder more cameras
haven't been smashed!

I want to know why nobody told me
what's been going on...

Because you can bet your ass
out there in the streets, they know!

You should've told me, dede.

Hey.

- Just a sec, will you?
- Is he here? Where is he?

I want to see him.

Well, he won't be in this morning.
This is for you.

Where the hell is he?
Why won't he be in, huh?

What the hell is this crap?

I don't know what day it plays.

That was a business call!

Accounting.

Did you get a severance notice
forjohn katselas?

Just a minute.

Yes, I have it here.
Who's calling?

I'd tell 'em to stuff
their lousyjob in a minute.

Well, you know that. I would.

I would.

As far as I'm concerned,
I'm with you, John.

I'll tell the bastards,
"ifjohn goes, then I walk with him".

Well, I got to get moving.

Take it easy, Gus.

Remember me?

Yeah, I almost didn't
recognise you in that outfit.

I work over there at motorola.

Well, it's been good seeing you.

How's the pigeon boy doing?

Real good. Just fine.

- You always eat here?
- It's pretty bad, isn't it?

Most times I bring my own.

Where are you headed?

Did you finish your salad?

You want some of mine?

Sure?

What's the matter?

Maybe it's just that
he's not used to company, huh?

What'd you do back home?

I was a schoolteacher.

You were?
Why aren't you teaching here?

Well, things are very different
up here. Down home...

I taught five grades in one room,
for one thing.

Wow.
Like the little red schoolhouse.

See, they don't recognise me
as a teacher up here.

I mean, the education
that I had down home...

Isn't good enough for them
for me to teach here, so I can't.

But I don't think
I'd want to anyway.

- I wouldn't want to teach in this neighbourhood.
- Why not?

They don't teach you nothing.

It's a Chicago school.
They got to teach you something.

They don't. They -
they run a television in there.

Well, they use TV these days.

They use educational television.

Yeah, not that kind of TV.
You watch anything you want.

They don't -
they don't try any...

When you ask them to -
that you want to do some work...

They say,
"no, you do what I tell you".

- They let you watch TV, is that it?
- Yeah, that's all.

- They don't do nothing else.
- Don't you like TV?

Yeah, but -

eh, you're probably doing
what you like.

- Where are you from?
- Right here. Chicago.

Cyo welterweight boxer, 1958.

You ever box? Or do you just
wrestle when you fight?

People down in here
use sticks, rocks...

Guns, and everything
down in here.

- Nah, you don't use rocks, do you?
- Yeah.

I don't. They do.

- Only dirty fighters use rocks, right?
- And guns and sticks.

- You got a gun?
- Huh-uh.

- Play gun?
- Huh-uh.

That's good.

I shot a gun when I was eight -
I mean, ten years old.

Where?

West Virginia.

I'll take him with me
to cyo, maybe...

And, uh, let him hit the bag.

I'm gonna watch TV.

You help me put the plates in the sink,
and then you can go watch TV.

I'll give you a hand here.

Harold...

Is your bird okay?

The other day, I thought you were
stealing something off my car.

I don't steal!

Anyway, what's so great
about your shitty car?

I brought your bird back, didn't I?

Anyway, it's not my car.

Beverly hillbillies,
normally scheduled for this time...

Will not be seen tonight.

Instead, we bring you
the third part of a network special...

On John F. Kennedy,
Martin Luther King...

And Robert Kennedy.

Why'd they fire you?

Can you get another job?

Can you get welfare -
I mean, unemployment?

Do I look worried?

Too many questions.
Why they canned me -

I'm not sure I know the answer.

I started a story about a cab driver
who found all that cash somebody lost...

And, for unknown reasons,
wouldn't claim.

- Why?
- There's only one kind of money a guy would be afraid to claim...

And I had some idea
there was a connection...

Between guns, vigilante groups,
maybe getting ready...

For a blowup this summer,
you know?

Then I got sort of sidetracked.
Interested, so to speak.

But nobody said
anything about this.

My directorjust told
my union local...

I had taken company film
without authorisation.

You see,
it gets pretty complicated.

People rarely say
the real reasons for things.

Big corporations never do.

Just politics.

Plain bureaucratic politics.

I guess it's the season up here.

Anyway, we only been
in Chicago a little while.

Not even long enough
for me to vote.

Come on. Tell me how you managed
to teach five grades in one classroom.

I didn't manage.
One thing I did was -

well, I just had three
in the third grade...

So I put one boy up to fourth...

And a boy and a girl
back to second.

That way,
I only had four grades.

Is that the new math?

P gather with the saints

p at the river

p thatflows by the throne

p ofgod p

P shall we gather at the river

p where bright angels' feet
have trod

p with these christians at the river

p thatflows by the throne of god

p yes, we shall gather at the river

p the beautiful, beautiful river

p gather with the saints
at the river

p thatflows by the throne

p of god

p yes, we shall gather at the river

p the beautiful, beautiful river

p gather with the saints at the river

p thatflows by the throne

p ofgod p

Well, I don't know what will happen now.

We've got
some difficult days ahead.

But it really doesn't matter
with me now...

Because I've been
to the mountaintop.

I don't mind.

Like anybody,
I would like to live a long life.

Longevity has its place.

But I'm not concerned
about that now.

I just want to do god's will.

And he's allowed me
to go up to the mountain.

- Jesus, I love to shoot film.
- I've looked over...

And I've seen...

The promised land.

I may not get there with you...

But I want you to know tonight...

That we, as a people, will get...

To the promised land.

You feel it?

X-rays? Is that what it is?
Does it grow hair?

Is it vitamins?

Can you feel violence?

I don't know what to think.

Seems like no man's life's
worth anything anymore.

You see...

The media's got a script now.

By the numbers.

Flags at half-mast.
Trips cancelled.

Ball games called off.
Schools closed.

Flags at half-mast.

Memorial meetings.
Memorial marches.

Moments of silence.

The widow cries,
and then she says brave words.

- More moments of silence...
- Standing by in our Washington studio...

- Then the funeral procession.
- Is the foremost expert on urban violence and the contemporary scene.

A lot of experts...

Saying how sick our society is,
how sick we all are.

The script is a national drain-off.

People say, "yeah, yeah.
We're guilty. We're bad".

'Cause a lot of people are afraid.
They're afraid...

The negroes are going to tear up
their stores, burn neighbourhoods...

So they have this nationwide,
coast-to-coast network special...

Called "mourn the martyr".

Nobody's really
on the hook, you see?

Traditionally, religion
has supplied the moral backstop.

But when the script is finished
and Tuesday comes around...

Or Saturday, and...

National drain-off week is over...

Everybody goes
pretty much back to normal.

Normal this, normal that.

You know, normal.

We will be able to speed up that day...

When all of god's children -

black men and white men,
Jews and gentiles...

Protestants and catholics -

will be able to join hands...

And sing in the words
of the old negro spiritual...

”Free at last! Free at last!

Thank god almighty,
we are free at last! ”

Goose bumps.

It reminds me
of church down home...

Sitting there with clovis...

And grandma and buddy.

This programme, the third of a series...

Was brought to you as a public service
by station whjp news department.

Stay tunedfor the late show
next on channel 8.

I know your husband can't come
charging through the door.

- P
- It'd be too corny, like the late show.

Buddy's dead.

United airlines says, ”come fly with me”.

We make it so easy
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With discover america fare...

For vacation people
and for young people.

We have a great family plan
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Well...

It's raining like hell,
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- 1:00's the last one.
- — Remember to fly...

- The friendly skies of united.
- Well, thanks.

It's 11:30 on whjp.

Harold must have me on his list.

No. No, you're wrong.

Once he speaks his mind,
he's clear.

- Tonight channel 8 proudly presents brigitte bardot...
- Wait!

And Jack palance in a film
by the controversial French director...

Jean-Luc godard.

In a moment, contempt.

Here.

Don't want you to get wet.

I won't.

Come on, boy. Listen.
You know...

There's a lot of things that you don't
understand about womenfolks...

I want to talk to you about,
ya hear?

Mm-hmm.

A man has got to be boss
of his home.

There ain't no two bosses
in the family, because it ain't right.

- You understand that?
- Yeah.

The thing I'm trying to show you -
women just don't understand a man.

Your home is your castle.
I don't care how bad...

Or where you live or what it is.

That's your castle,
and that woman was made for you...

And she belongs to you.

You don't belong to her,
but she belongs to you.

You twain become one flesh,
and that flesh is you.

And she belongs to you,
you understand?

Mm-hmm.

There's a lot of good womenfolks
in the world. Don't you get me wrong.

But I mean, the majority of them,
they get high ideas...

Like they want to go out
on their own.

They want to take over things.

- Is that what you mean?
- That's right. Yeah.

But don't you never let 'em, son.

Hey!

Come here.

- See there?
- Wow! Somebody made this.

Yeah, I made it. Look at this.

Okay. That's a shower.

You go take your clothes off over here,
then you jump in there.

What'd your daddy do
in West Virginia?

Coal miner.

Why isn't he a coal miner now?

Coal mine shut down, I reckon.

We moved to Chicago...

He left,
and we ain't seen him since.

Just took off. I don't know.

We'll be good friends, ok?

Ok.

Hey, champ. How you doin'?

You see,
the object of this one...

Is speed and power.

You work on both.

You see...

Really, the object is...

To knock the other guy's brains out,
and then you win.

Roll number three.
Sound roll number three.

National Democratic
convention, August 1968.

Hey, how goes my boy,
Johnny the Greek, huh?

- All right. Okay. Good.
- Good.

- You and Rick look like you're doing all right these days.
- Yeah.

I saw you in the film
with Norman mailer.

- What kind of a guy is he?
- He's outta sight. Outta sight!

I mean, mailer is wild.
He's crazy.

But the thing about mailer is that
he cuts through the bullshit.

I mean, mailer is a force.
He's a heavyweight.

Excuse me. May I make up
your room, please?

Sure.

Listen, you don't have
to start until Thursday.

- Can you get your own equipment?
- Yeah, sure.

- We shooting ef?
- Yeah, but not pushed.

Excuse me. I'll just change the towels,
and then I won't disturb you anymore.

You seem kind of down, John.

Sometimes up, sometimes down.

Nah, I'm ok.
I'm just anxious to get working.

Well, the photography is not
the problem on this job, baby.

This job is keeping up
without being crushed...

Or having your clothes torn off.

You'll see
the day after tomorrow.

- You still see the nurse?
- No.

- Not for some time now.
- What was her name?

Mm. And her number?

Testing station two. One, two, three, four.

Station two is good.

Let's go on to station three.

One, two, three. One, two, three.
Let me see station three.

Station three.
Let me see your light up there.

Let's see your light up there,
station three. That's good.

P

P

One, two, three. One, two, three.
Let me see station three.

Station three. Let me see your light.

- I came here for the circus as a kid.
- I can still smell it.

That's the stockyards.

P

America is wonderful.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful...

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful...

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

- It really makes it - - p free

- p cheese p -who's that?

Oh, wow!

- Yeah, man.
- What's happening, man?

Flashing. Flashing. Flashing, man.

- Flashing, man. Crazy, man.
- The sky is blue.

Out of sight, yeah. Listen...

Uh, are you - are you hung up?

”Hung up”?

- A little strung out?
- I can't understand.

Outta sight, yeah. Listen...

Uh, are you - are you hung up?

P

Hi, boys and girls. I'm Jimmy Carl black.
I'm the Indian of the group.

P what's there to live for?

P who needs the peace corps?

P I'm completely stoned

p I'm hippie and I'm trippy
and a gypsy on my own

p I'll stay a week and get the crabs
and take a bus back home

p I'm really just a phony
but forgive me

p 'cause I'm stoned

p every town must have a place
where phony hippies meet

p psychedelic dungeons
popping up on every street

p goto

p San Fran-cis-co

p how I love ya, how I love ya
how I love ya, how I love ya, frisco

p how I love ya, how I love ya
how I love ya, how I love ya p

P every town must have a place
where phony hippies meet

p psychedelic dungeons
popping up on every street

p goto

p San Fran-cis-co p

First I'll buy some beads...

And then perhaps a leather band
to go around my head.

Some feathers and bells...

And a book of Indian lore.

I will ask the chamber of commerce
how to get to haight street...

And smoke an awful lot of dope.

I will wander around barefoot.

I will have a psychedelic gleam
in my eye at all times.

I will love everyone.
I will love the police...

As they kick the shit out of me
on the street.

I can't. Harold's in there.
Please don't.

Don't do that. Please.

Harold, you up here?

I asked his friends!

I told you, I asked everybody
in the whole neighbourhood.

I've been up all night long
looking for him.

Please, please, can't you send
somebody to help me find him?

Hello?

Look, lady, we can't help.
The city's been invaded...

And I can't spare a man.

They usually come back, lady.

Ladies and gentlemen...

My name is Harold horton!

This is Harold horton!

Hawaii votes 26 votes ”yes”.

Idaho, 25.

Idaho casts
22 and a half votes ”yes”...

Two and a half votes ”no”.

Iowa passes for the time being.

Iowa passes. Kansas, 38.

Kansas casts 38 votes ”yes”.

Kansas casts 38 votes ”yes”.

Kentucky, 46.

P mama, mama

p someone said
they made some noise

p the cops have shot

p some girls and boys

p you'll sit home
and drink all night

p they look too weird

p it served them right

p mama, mama

p someone said
they made some noise

p the cops have shot

p some girls and boys

p you'll sit home
and drink all night

p they look too weird

p it served them right p

Leave, or I will order your arrest.

Leave the park at once.

Leave the park at once.

You are in violation of the law.

Hell, no, we won't go!

Hell, no, we won't go!

Hell, no, we won't go!

Hell, no, we won't go!

Peace! Now! Peace! Now!

I'm looking forjohn katselas.

Yes. Yes, where is he?

Do you have the phone number?

Where is the amphitheatre?

Join us! Join us! Join us! Join us!

Move out. Move out, men.

- Come on, now!
- We're going to Michigan and 18th.

Join us! Join us! Join us! Join us!

Join us! Join us! Join us! Join us!

Retreat! Retreat!
Everybody retreat!

Stay together. Don't panic.

This way!
State street! State street!

Stay together! Don't panic!

Let's go!

Everybody, move out!

Move it! Move it!
Where's the secondary?

Stay together! Stay together!

We can't get beat
if we stay together!

Don't panic!

Three and four, over to the right!

Drop down! Get down!

Back up and sit down!

The whole world is watching!

The whole world is watching!
The whole world is watching!

All right, you guys, move!

Remember Prague!
Remember czechoslovakia!

Don't forget Budapest!

Get those cameras out of here!

Nbc, come back!

Stay with us!

Nbc! Hey, come back!

Stay with us!

Let's keep our cool.

We've got nothing to say
to these people. Keep our cool.

Yeah, tanks. It's incredible.

They're stopping them at 18th.

- We enforce the law.
- Watch those guys.

Don't turn your backs to 'em.

Watch those kids.
Just move ahead. Move right ahead.

- That's it. Turn left.
- Turn right. Turn right.

Reinforce this single line.

You are subject to arrest.

Hey, fuck you, pigl

Your presence
here is in violation of the law.

You are subject to arrest.

We have information
that certain persons among you...

Intend to attempt
to injure police officers.

We will take
all necessary precautions...

- To protect the policemen.
- Fuck you!

This is the final warning.
Leave now.

Look out, haskell! It's real!

The mayor of Chicago.

P

P happy days are here again

p the skies above
are clear again

p let us sing a song
of cheer again

p happy days are here again

p all together, shout it now

p there's no one
who can doubt it now

p so let's tell the world
about it now

p happy days are here again

p your cares and troubles
are gone

p there'll be no more
from now on

p happy days are here again

p the skies above
are clear again

p let us sing a song
of cheer again

p happy days are here again p

Everybody gather...

In the centre of the park.

Don't struggle with them.
Just hold hands.

Pigs!

Get the badge numbers!

Put your sticks away!

Pigs eat shit!
Pigs are whores! Pigs are whores!

Get up and get out!
Get up and get out!

Let's get out of here,
you son of a bitch!

Move!

You stinkin' commies!

Pigs!

Go home, pigs!

Go home, you fuckin' cops!

Mr. Chairman, Colorado rises...

To a point of information.

Is there any rule under which
mayor daley can be compelled...

To suspend the police state terror
perpetrated this minute...

On kids in front of the Conrad Hilton?

Please!

Mr. Chairman -

The chair must announce...

That we are calling
the roll of the states...

And we recognise, uh, delegates...

For no other purpose
than to answer the call.

Pigs eat shit! Pigs eat shit!

Pigs are whores!
Pigs are whores!

If you don't move up on the parkway...

I'll have to order your arrest.

Move up on the parkway
or I must order your arrest.

There isn't
any distinction anymore for us.

You go up on the side of the
fire structure, we gonna get you.

You come off on our side,
then you can help. You dig?

I got a message now
from the drop-off community...

To people in the streets
all over this country -

"up against the wall,
motherfuckers!"

Will the sergeant at arms...

Enforce order in the convention?

The question is on the motion.

So many as in favour, vote "aye".

Aye!

Those opposed, "no".
The ayes have it.

Sieg heil! Sieg heil! Sieg heil!

No more war! No more war!

No more war! No more war!

Join us! Join us! Join us!

Join us! Join us! Join us!

Mama!

A friend from El Paso was with me.

Somebody threw something.
He said, ”did you see that?

It was a cap or something”.
I said, ”no”.

Some cop says, ”what'd you throw?
What are you doing here?”

He said, ”I'm from El Paso”.
Then he pushed him into the crowd.

They're trying to keep 'em contained
so they can beat 'em up later.

That's right. Just pass through.

The policemen are grabbing
and beating everybody in sight.

A line of policemen has cut off
the very front of the Hilton.

- There's mayhem in the streets.
- The victim was identified...

As former channel 8 news
cameraman John katselas.

Katselas was taken
to Michael Reese hospital...

Where he's reported
to be in critical condition.

Cause of the accident
is under investigation.

A woman companion, not yet identified,
was dead on arrival.

People are being clubbed...

And I mean in technicolor and 3-d...

And they're crying
and screaming.

I don't know that
I've seen any blood yet...

But I've seen
some liquid on the ground.

People are standing around crying.

What's your reaction to this girl
with the McCarthy pin?

No comment.

Girls, boys, people of
every description are being grabbed...

- And dragged into paddy wagons.
- What did you say?

And they're
chasing people, particularly people...

With anarchist flags
or anything like that.

You can see crowds
running in all directions...

And plenty of things
are being thrown.

Police have just grabbed somebody...

And are beating him over the head.

The whole crowd across the street
is yelling ”sieg heil”.

Another mélée
is taking place in the park...

Right in front of the nation.

Right in front of the entire nation,
this is happening.

Nbc-TV is right on the roof of the
haymarket cocktails-restaurant part...

Of the stat/er Hilton...

Seeing these people being dragged
into the police wagon.

The whole world is watching!

The whole world is watching!
The whole world is watching!

I'm a successful businessman.
I've been saying, like everybody else...

”These kids are a bunch of bums ”.

And then ifinallyfound out
when I got down here...

That, goddamn it,
the kids are right.

- What made you find out?
- I got gassed.

I came down here, and I got gassed.

And you kids - go, man, go!

Police just grabbed somebody...

Are beating him over the head...

And are trying to throw him...

Into the paddy wagon.

A scoop made of police simply...

Flies out and... flies out -

uh-oh. I'm being made to move.

The cameraman, everybody's
being made to move now.

- We 're being thrown up against the wall.
- Let's go!

I just got out of being
smashed against the wall...

By the skin of my teeth...

By showing my press badge
to a kindly policeman.

People are being smashed up
against the wall...

And are being hit...

By the police with their clubs.

And those are real nightsticks...

And people are really being hit.