[lit-ideas] Thousands Die in Papua, New Guinea

  • From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:31:02 -0500

This is an old hobby horse and I have to throw it out one more time.

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Imagine how current media coverage would have changed WW2.
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The TV alone . . .


[BREAKING NEWS LOGO]

[BLOCK LETTERS FILL SCREEN]
3,200 killed
5,400 wounded
... so far
Papua, New Guinea
[ANNOUNCER:] Over three thousand, two hundred US troops have died so far in Papua, New Guinea. This peaceful island in the southwestern Pacific has become the scene of a fierce land battle. Papua is one of three "limited offensives" in the Pacific authorized under Mr. Roosevelt's so-called "War on the Axis." 

[TRAILER RUNS HEADLINE ABOUT PAPUA, NEW GUINEA BATTLE]

[STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE OF SENATE PROCEEDINGS]
In Congress, battles rage over a Vote of Censure against the President. This Censure Vote, sponsored by House Republicans, expresses Congressional disapproval of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and may spur a Senate investigation into the taking of Guadalcanal. 

[STILL SHOT OF FDR IN WHEELCHAIR]

Breaking news of massive American casualties

[CUT TO]

[BLOCK LETTERS FILL SCREEN]

3,200 killed
5,400 wounded
... so far
Papua, New Guinea
News of more American dead and wounded from Papua can only fuel the controversy. 

[STOCK PACIFIC LAND-COMBAT VIDEO FOOTAGE]

[CUT TO]
[WIDE-ANGLE CLOSE VIDEO FOOTAGE/LIVE SOUND-MIX OF DEMONSTRATORS AT CAPITOL HILL]
Meanwhile, on the mall outside Congress, a group of vocal protesters held signs and shouted antiwar slogans. They gathered to demand that FDR end his "interventionist" and "imperialist" policies. This is certainly one controversy that will not just disappear. 

[SHOT OF ANNOUNCER BEFORE CAPITOL]

From Washington, this is Oscar Levant for CBS Broadcasting.
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