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Date: 24/05/2006
Event: An Inconvenient Truth
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People:
[Idyllic scenes of trees and water: the Caney Fork River near Carthage, Tennessee.]
Al Gore: You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It’s quiet; it's peaceful. And all of a sudden, it’s a gear shift inside you. And it’s like taking a deep breath and going, "Oh yeah, I forgot about this."
[Cut to scene of Al Gore presenting his slideshow: a picture of the Earth, as seen from space.]
Al Gore: This is the first picture of the Earth from space that any of us ever saw. It was taken on Christmas Eve 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
[Cut to a different scene of Al Gore presenting his slideshow, somewhere in Asia.]
Al Gore: - within relatively comfortable boundaries. But we are filling up that thin shell of atmosphere with pollution.
[Cut to a montage of Al Gore receiving applause, mingling with people, walking through a corridor towards a stage.]
Al Gore: I am Al Gore. I used to be the next President of the United States. [Laughter and applause from audience.] I don’t find that particularly funny. [More laughter.]