The run around
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| Description | This film opens with a cartoon segment. The main character, a coughing, sputtering man named Mr. Hack, is enraged by the amount of air pollution in his town. He decides to find the cause of the problem, first making his way to a nearby factory to complain to the owner. The factory owner denies responsibility for the problem and feigns concern about protecting the environment. The owner tells Mr. Hack that the electric power company is the one responsible for the problem, so Mr. Hack goes there next. A string of similar situations--owners denying responsibility and blaming other people--ensues until eventually Mr. Hack is directed back to the place he started. An angry Mr. Hack expresses how frustrated he is with the endless excuses. He then gets a divine commandment to take initiative by writing a letter to a politician, but hypocritically makes up several excuses to get out of it. The film then cuts to a senator who speaks to the audience about his air pollution legislation and urges |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996., Peters, Antony, film director, screenwriter., Amram Nowak Associates, production company., National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, issuing body. |
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Attribution: Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996., Peters, Antony, film director, screenwriter., Amram Nowak Associates, production company., National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, issuing body.