Jonestown

Duration: 1200 ft.

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Synopsis: Content: Inside small airplane, weary looking people, aerial shots over jungle, approaching compound from air, Air Force cargo jet on runway, hearse on runway, Guyanese soldiers, Jeep on runway, Air Force officers direct hearse back to cargo plane, coffin unloaded from hearse and carried up ramp and onto plane, Guyanese military officer interviewed. - Streets of Guyana - woman enters U.S. Embassy, U.S. Embassy sign, exterior U.S. Embassy, flag at half mast, horse drawn cart drives past embassy. - Guyanese school children interviewed, school children working fields, Guyanese men lounging on front stoop, Guyanese woman in doorway, drive through Guyanese neighborhood. - Jonestown 1 pre-arrival - Lou Gervich, Tim Jones, etc. - Lou in helicopter crying, boarding helicopter, Lou talks to officials at airport, getting off plane, Lou shows his letter at airport, Lou's letter zoom out to official, American colonel says "no", U.S. Army helicopter takes off, helicopter being refueled, Lou & the colonel, Lou cries & shows paper to Guyanese soldiers. - airplane propeller engine from air, plane leaves without Joe and he mourns, plane refuses Lou and leaves. - The tainted Kool Aid table, coolers on table, various pharmaceutical bottles scattered on ground, people walking amongst the bodies and banana trees, more of the dubious Kool Aid vessels, various aerial approaches to compound, soldiers enlist aid of tractor, sign in middle of tilled field "Danger : Insecticide Sprayed", coffin, "J. Gill R.I.P."