TRUCKING IN 1978

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00:11:50 TRUCKMASTER:
TRUCKS OF ALL KINDS MINGLED WITH OTHER TRAFFIC SPEED ALONG ON SUPER HIGHWAY. THERE ARE TWENTY-TWO MILLION TRUCKS OF ALL KINDS IN AMERICA, FROM VANS TO THE GIANTS. (1978) SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF FREIGHT IS MOVED BY TRUCK.
00:12:15 ZOOM OUT FROM TOM MCMILLAN TO OTHER MEN, WOMAN, SEATED IN CLASSROOM OF TRUCKMASTER SCHOOL IN LOS, ANGELES, LEARNING TO BE TRUCKERS. CU FACE SHOTS OF MEN, BLACK, WHITE MAN, WOMAN SEATED AT DESKS.
00:12:54 BACKS OF CLASS WATCHING TELEVISION. AS SEEN FROM BACK OF ROOM. STUDENTS WATCH CLOSELY AS INSTRUCTOR SHOWS THEM ENGINE ON HUGE TRUCK, IN PARKING LOT. CU TOM WATCHES WITH INTEREST. HE OPENS, LOOKS INSIDE SIDE GAS TANK.
00:13:41 TOM CLIMBS INTO DRIVERS SEAT OF TRAILER CAB, STARTS ENGINE. CU BACK OF INSTRUCTOR AS HE DIRECTS TOM IN BACKING TRUCK UP. TOM LOOKS THROUGH SIDE VIEW MIRROR AT HIM. TOM STICKS HEAD OUT OF WINDOW,
BACKS UP CAB TO CONNECT TO TRAILER. CU FLAT DISK ON CAB CONNECTS, LIFTS TRAILER INTO PLACE.
00:14:39 CU TOM CONNECTS AIR BRAKE HOSE TO CAM AND TRAILER. TOM DRIVES "TRUCKMASTER" TRUCK OUT OF YARD ONTO HIGHWAY. DRIVES AMID OTHER TRAFFIC