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I would not have been trying to help people
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I would not have beentrying to help people had they been ableto do it for themselves, but...

I would not have been
trying to help people had they been able
to do it for themselves, but we have a lot
of illiterate people here that don'’t understand

Full Transcript

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I would not have been trying to help people
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had they been able to do it for themselves,
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but we have a lot of illiterate people here
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that don'’t understand.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:13
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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Movie Summary

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.
And I had been doing absentees for them for years - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
And I had been doing absentees for them for years
What'’s wrong with the journey from log cabin to White House - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
What'’s wrong with the journey from log cabin to White ...
The Constitution provides if you'’re 35 years of age - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
The Constitution provides if you'’re 35 years of age
Computer technology has expandedat an astonishing rate. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Computer technology has expandedat an astonishing rate.
It helps check out your food and process your income taxes. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It helps check out your food and process your income taxes.
A computer does not have a mind of its own. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
A computer does not have a mind of its own.
The day the Macintosh computer was announced - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
The day the Macintosh computer was announced
I remember her like, calling me '’round to the house - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I remember her like, calling me '’round to the house
"I want to see it and I want you to see it." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
"I want to see it and I want you to see it."
- We have created... - Secure from the pests - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
- We have created... - Secure from the pests
Our unification of thoughts is more powerful a weapon - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Our unification of thoughts is more powerful a weapon
They shall talk themselves to death, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
They shall talk themselves to death,
We shall prevail. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
We shall prevail.
[exploding] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
[exploding]
And you'’ll see why 1984 - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And you'’ll see why 1984
Now with Wang'’s new integrated information system, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Now with Wang'’s new integrated information system,
Since mid-1970s, she'’d started - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Since mid-1970s, she'’d started
And she was looking for a type - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
And she was looking for a type
And Macintosh is saying, here is a way to make - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
And Macintosh is saying, here is a way to make
She had an incredible ability - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
She had an incredible ability