You’d Be There (silent, 1977)
This silent footage from the film, produced by New York Film and Videotape Communications, Inc., captures a series of humanistic and community-centered scenes. It includes office workers, seniors in a cafeteria, and an electrician at work. Highlights feature poignant moments like a man in a wheelchair and a woman with a walker talking under a “United Way Agency” sign, a Black teacher instructing students in math with close-ups of attentive children, and a dramatic point-of-view shot of a hospital stretcher being rushed into the facility. It ends with joyful scenes of an interracial group of young children playing in a classroom, showcasing diverse aspects of everyday life.
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