- Title: PA-50
- Summary: NIGHTMARE FOR THRE BOLD PART2: PART 2 OF STORY ABOUT AIR FORCE SERVICEMAN WHO HAD ACCIDENT WHILE JOY RIDING AFTER A FEW DRINKS WITH BUDDIES AND THEIR GIRLFRIENDS. ACCIDENT CAUSE DEATH AND MAIMING OF SEVERAL PEOPLE. HE IS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, THIS SEGMENT IS ABOUT THE TRIAL AND RESULTS OF IT. DRUNK DRIVING
- Description:01:26:15 - MS COURT BUILDING. VARIOUS VIEWS DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKING HIS CASE AGAINST SERVICEMAN (MIKE ADAMS) BEFORE THE JURY. courtroom, criminal justice. 01:26:39 - ADAMS IN UNIFORM, SITS IN CHAIR LISTENING TO LURID CHARGES ABOUT HIM. VOICE OVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY "FOUR DRINKS BEFORE DRIVING IS TOO MUCH FOR ANYONE". 01:26:50 - JURY OF MEN AND WOMEN LISTENING TO MORE OF LURID DETAILS FROM DA. CU FEMALE MEMBER OF JURY LISTENS CU MIKES FEMALE FRIEND AND ONE WHO ESCAPED INJURY PUTS HER HEAD DOWN WHEN DA SAYS SHE REFUSES TO TESTIFY ABOUT MIKE'S DRUNKENNESS. DA CONTINUES DAMAGING DETAILS AS JURY LISTENS. "THE AGONY HE (ADAMS) HAS CAUSED IS TOO GREAT TO MEASURE". 01:28:56 - MLS PEOPLE IN AUDIENCE, BACKS TO CAMERA WATCH DA, JUDGE ON STAND AS DA SAYS TO JURY, "I WISH YOU COULD SEE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL (MIKE'S FIANCE JANE) LOOKS LIKE WITH ONE LEG; AND I WISH YOU COULD SEE MR. PRITCHARD LYING OVER THERE IN HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN NECK"; AND I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN MUTILATED BODY OF HIS BEST FRIEND AIRMAN KELLY. CU MIKE PITS HEAD DOWN IN DISGRACE AS DA SAYS, "IN ALL JUSTICE, THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE VERDICT TO THIS COURT, AND THAT VERDICT IS "GUILTY". 01:29:20 - VARIOUS SCENES JURY DECIDING VERDICT, ARGUING MAJOR POINTS OF FACTS. SOME PRO AND SOME AGAINST ADAMS. CU SHOTS MALE, FEMALE JURORS MAKING POINTS. ONE SAYS "OUR COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SLAUGHTER ON THE HIGHWAYS". ANOTHER SAYS. "THAT'S RIDICULOUS!". MS CLOCK ON WALL TICKS AWAY, TILT DOWN TO JURORS ARGUING. ANGRY YOUNG MALE JUROR, "HE KILLED ONE MAN, HE BROKE ANOTHER MAN'S NECK, HE MUTILATED HIS FIANCE, WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO MR. KLEIN?" 01:31:23 - MS MIKE WAITING IN COURTROOM WITH HIS FATHER, ATTORNEY AND FRIEND GET RESTLESS WAITING, WONDER OUT LOUD WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG. FATHER REASSURES MIKE "YOU ARE NOT A CRIMINAL, WHATEVER THE VERDICT..., HE BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS. 01 32 0 MORE OF JURY DELIBERATIONS, GET NASTY. 01:32:54 - LS COURTROOM WITH JURY SEATED AFTER COMING BACK IN. JUDGE ASKS IF THEY "REACHED A VERDICT". CU MIKE RISES AND FACES JURY. FOREMAN STANDS AND READS THE VERDICT. "WE THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDANT "NOT GUILTY". CU HAND OF JUDGE BANGING THE GAVEL ON HIS DESK. criminal justice, court 01:33:31 - MS MIKE, HIS FATHER, HIS FRIEND AND HIS ATTORNEY EXIT COURT ROOM. MIKE THANKS ATTORNEY. ATTORNEY SAYS, IT WAS MIKE'S "GOOD MANNERS, RECORD, THAT SAVED YOU" MIKE TELLS DAD AND FRIEND THAT HE WISHES TO TAKE A WALK BY HIMSELF BEFORE GOING HOME. 01:34:28 - LS SERVICEMAN (MIKE) EXITING COURTHOUSE WALKS BETWEEN TWO HUGE PILLARS OF IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURE, PUTS ON HIS UNIFORM CAP, WALKS DOWN LONG STEPS TO STREET, AS HIS ARMY FRIEND RUNS DOWN COURT STEPS TO JOIN HIM ASKS MIKE WHERE HE WAS GOING? CU ARMY BUDDY HAVING HARD TIME SAYING WORDS, SAYS, "THEY BROUGHT JANE HOME YESTERDAY, DIDN'T THEY?" MIKE SAYS, ALRIGHT I'M GOING TO SEE HER". FRIEND SAYS, "HER OLD MAN IS GOING TO KILL YOU". MIKE TELLS FRIEND "I HAVE TO DO THIS". 01:35:42 - FOYER OF HOUSE, SOUND OF FRONT DOOR BELL RINGING. HOUSEWIFE CLIMBS DOWN STEPS TO DOOR. MS ABOVE VIEW HOUSEWIFE OPENS DOOR, SERVICEMAN (MIKE (POLITELY REMOVES HIS HAT, WALKS CLOSER TO WOMAN, SHE SAYS "GET OUT OF HERE, GET OUT!>" HE SAYS "PLEASE, MRS. NIELSON I"VE GOT TO SEE HER". VOICE OVER OF FATHER "BARBARA, WHOSE THERE?" SHE TELLS MIKE, "CAN'T YOU DO ONE DECENT THING?", "GET OUT!" 01:36:24 - jANE'S FATHER TELLS MOTHER TO GO WATCH JANE, THEN GRABS MIKE BY THE COLLAR, STARTS SLAPPING HIM AROUND, HYSTERICALLY CRYING "WHY" AS HE GRABS MIKE BY THROAT. MOTHER HAS TO STOP HIM. HYSTERICAL MS SITS DOWN AND CRIES, AS WIFE SAYS "SHE (JANE) WANTS TO SEE HIM". 01:37:19 - MS JANE LYING DOWN ON SOFA ON BACK YARD PATIO, ARM IN SLING, LEGS COVERED WITH BLANKET, IS APPROACHED BY MIKE. AFTER FED WORDS ABOUT ACCIDENT AND ITS TRAGIC RESULTS, THE TWO HUG AND KISS. HE IS ASKED TO LEAVE BY HER MOM, HE DOES 01:41:21 - MIKE'S DAD SITS AT NIGHT TABLE WRITING LETTER IN BED ROOM AS MIKE SLEEPS IN BED NEAR HIM. ZOOM IN ON MIKE SOUND, HAVING NIGHTMARE, SEES JUDGE AND JURY MAKING JUDGEMENT AWARDING $45,000 TO INJURED FARMER., AND ATTORNEY TELLING HIM HE IS LUCKY". 01:42:35 - MIKE TWISTS AND TURNS, MOANS AS HE SLEEPS. DAD AWAKENS HIM, TELLS MIKE HE WAS HAVING A NIGHTMARE. THEY SIT ON EDGE OF BEDS, TALK, MIKE AND DAD SAY THEY INDEED WERE LUCKY. DAD OFFERS MIKE SLEEPING PILL, MIKE SAYS NO. GETS UP FROM BED, HAS A SMOKE WITH DAD AND TALK. MIKE SPEAKS OF HOW HARD THEY HAVE TO WORK TO PAY OFF JUDGEMENT. THEY GO OVER THE FIGURES AND METHOD OF PAYMENT. THEY AGREE MIKE'S COLLEGE IS OUT. MIKE BEGINS TO REALIZE HOW MUCH HIS FATHER IS SACRIFICING FOR HIM AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT. 01:48:00 - MIKE IN COMMANDING OFFICER'S OFFICE, TELLS HE IS LEAVING, APOLOGIZES FOR ALL THE TROUBLE HE CREATED. OFFICER SAYS, "I WISH TO GOD EVERYONE OF US HAVE KNOWN WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS". OFFICER SHAKES MIKE'S HAND, WISHES HIM LUCK. 01:48:35 - CU BRIDE AND GROOM (JANE AND MIKE) IN WEDDING ATTIRE, KISS, AS ORGAN PLAYS WEDDING MARCH. MIKE HELPS THE LIMPING JANE TO BUS AS FRIENDS AND HER MOM AND DAD FOLLOW. A LITTLE GIRL ON SKATES PAS, JANES MOM AND DAD LOOK AT HER PASSING HOLD TIGHTLY TO EACH OTHERS AS THEY THINK OF THE OBVIOUS. ALL SEE THE COUPLE OFF AT BUS TERMINAL. CU JANE TELLS MOM AND DAD "I AM HAPPY". JANE'S MOM HUGS MIKE, JANE'S DAD TELLS HIM "YOU'RE A GOOD MAN MIKE". LS GROUP WAVES OFF BUS (GREYHOUND). LS DOUBLE DECKER GREYHOUND BUS RIDING DOWN COUNTRY ROAD. 01:50:48 - CU MIKE AND JANE IN BUS SEAT SPEAKING LOVINGLY TO EACH OTHER, KISSING PASSIONATELY, ARE INTERRUPTED BU SOUNDS OF SIREN. LS AMBULANCE OVERTAKING AND PASSING BUS ON COUNTRY ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. MIKE AND JANE GO INTO SHOCK AS MAN INSIDE BUS POINTS TO ACCIDENT OUTSIDE AND AMBULANCE. JANE HUGS MIKE, BOTH REMINDED OF THEIR ACCIDENT. PAN AMBULANCE ON SIDE OF ROAD, WITH ATTENDANTS PLACING INJURED ON STRETCHER WITH POLICE CAR ALONGSIDE. MIKE WIPES TEARS OFF JANE'S FACE, HOLDS HER CLOSE. 01:51:52 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-50