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00:15:29 WORKER OWNED MINE: HARD HAT WORKER STANDS BY AS HUGE DRILL DRILLS INTO GROUND. ZOOM IN ON MINER LOWERING EXPLOSIVES INTO DEEP HOLE MADE AT STRIP MINING SITE IN MOUNTAINSIDE. 00:16:03 ALARM SOUNDS, HUGE EXPLOSION LITERALLY LIFTS AN ENORMOUS SECTION OF MOUNTAIN, PULVERIZING ROCK & DIRT, MAKING GAPING HOLE. CU HUGE DERRICK BUCKET SCOOPS UP PULVERIZED ROCK WHICH CONTAINS ASBESTOS, A RARE MINERAL, UNAFFECTED BY FIRE. 00:16:32 CRANE DUMPS ROCKS INTO LARGE DUMP TRUCKS. ASBESTOS IS BEING PROCESSED BY THIS METHOD OF STRIP MINING, AT THIS SITE, TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY. TRUCK RIDES ON ROAD SURROUNDED BY LAND STRIPPED OF ITS GREENERY. 00:17:14 BULLDOZER MOVES THE SMALL ROCKS AS THEY POUR INTO HUGE PILE FROM CHUTES ABOVE. 00:17:28 AERIAL SHOT OF DUMP TRUCK ROLLING DOWN HILL. ZOOM OUT BELVEDERE MOUNTAIN QUARRY & MILL IN VERMONT & SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE. IT IS NOW OWNED BY WORKERS, WHO BOUGHT COMPANY AFTER CORPORATE OWNERS WERE UNABLE TO INVEST ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO MEET GOVERNMENT ANTI-POLLUTION STANDARDS. 00:17:37 JOHN LUPE WHO WAS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TWO YEARS AGO AND IS NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, VISITS MAINTENANCE SHOP, CHATS WITH WORKER WITH GREASY GEAR IN HAND. WITH SURVIVAL OF COMMUNITY AT STAKE, LUPE CONVINCED HIS FELLOW WORKERS TO BUY PLANT. 00:18:07 PLANT & PROCESSING BUILDINGS. SIGNS: "PLACE TOOLS WHERE THEY WONT FALL" "SAFETY FIRST", "THIS PLANT HAS OPERATED 98 DAYS WITHOUT A LOST-TIME ACCIDENT" 00:18:42 FOURTEEN EMPLOYEES AND ONE COMMUNITY BUSINESS MAN SERVE ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHO ENTER BUILDING FOR MEETING. CU FACE SHOTS OF MEMBERS. CU SHOES OF MEMBERS. SOME WITH WORK SHOES, BOOTS, POLISHED DRESS SHOES. 00:19:18 CU UNPROCESSED ASBESTOS FIBER. HUGE TRAILER TRUCK CARRIES FULL LOAD AS ASBESTOS AS DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY. 00:19:50 CU LUPE, SUNGLASSES, DRIVES IN CAR. CU LUPE WITH HAND FULL OF ASBESTOS FIBER CONTEMPLATES USING LEFT OVER ASBESTOS FOR FIRE-PROOF BUILDING MATERIALS.