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Event Date(s): 06/21/1989 | Event Location(s): Melville;Montana | Description: AMERICA WORKS: THIRD GENERATION CATTLE RANCHER PROFILED SUN RISES OVER PASTURE. THIRD GENERATION CATTLE RANCHER CHUCK REIN BRUSHES HORSE IN PRE-DAWN DARKNESS. BIRD SITS ON FENCE. CATTLE RUN IN PASTURE; CHURCH SEEN IN BACKGROUND. AT ANCHOR RANCH REIN RIDES HORSEBACK& HERDS CATTLE. IN VO& INTERVIEW REIN SAYS HE WAS BORN TO BE A RANCHER; STATES RANCHING IS NOT GLAMOUROUS;& ADDS RANCHING IS MORE THAN A JOB; ITS A WAY OF LIFE. REIN DRIVES TRACTOR AS ATTACHED MACHINE DISTRIBUTES HAY TO CATTLE. COW MAKES MOOING SOUND. IN VO REIN SAYS HIS CROP IS GRASS. REIN WALKS AMIDST CATTLE. IN VO HE DESCRIBES A TYPICAL RANCHING DAY. REIN HELPS COW GIVE BIRTH WITH INSTRUMENT. NEWBORN CALF SEEN. CALF DRINKS MOTHERS MILK. IN VO REIN SAYS EVERY BIRTH IS A MIRACLE; REMARKS NO TWO DAYS ON THE RANCH ARE THE SAME;& STATES HE IS ALWAYS DEALING WITH MOTHER NATURE. REIN HERDS CATTLE. IN VO& INTERVIEW PAM REIN SAYS CRISES ALWAYS POP UP& STATES FAMILY LIFE& THE RANCH CANT BE SEPARATED. THREE CHILDREN PLAY IN SNOW. OVERHEAD SHOT OF RANCH AMIDST TREES& SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS SEEN. IN VO MRS REIN DESCRIBES A TYPICAL DAY IN HER LIFE. SHE DRIVES VAN DOWN DIRT ROAD& THROUGH RANCH ENTRANCE. WEATHERED SIGN READING LLOYD REIN& SON ANCHOR RANCH SEEN. IN VO MRS REIN SAYS ITS TAKEN HER ABOUT 10 YEARS TO ADJUST TO BEING ISOLATED ON THE RANCH. SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS& PASTURES SEEN AS RINGING OF CHURCH BELL IS HEARD. MELVILLE SIGN SEEN. CATTLE GRAZE IN PASTURE. EXTERIOR OF CHURCH SEEN AS REINS VO SAYS THE CHURCH IS THE COMMUNITYS STRENGTH. COWBOY HATS HANG ON COAT RACK IN CHURCH. MELVILLE RESIDENTS ATTEND MASS. IN VO REIN SAYS THE CHURCH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RANCHING COMMUNITY. WOMAN PLAYS ORGAN AS PARISHIONERS SING. IN VO MRS REIN SAYS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SUPPORTIVE. OVERHEAD SHOT OF RANCH SEEN AS PRIEST& CONGREGATION PRAYING IS HEARD. THE REINS EAT DINNER. MRS REIN WORKS ON COMPUTER. IN VO& INTERVIEW SHE SAYS SHE& MR REIN MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS TOGETHER& BOTH HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE WITHOUT KNOWINGTHEIR YEARLY INCOME. CATTLE ENTER CORRAL. REIN DRIVES CATTLE INTO CORRAL WITH STICK. IN VO REIN SAYS FINANCIAL BURDENS HAVE FORCED HIM TODIVERSIFY HIS BUSINESS. HE DRIVES TRUCK WITH TRAILER HOUSING CATTLE. IN INTERVIEW& VO REIN SAYS HE DOESNT DEPEND ON THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER TO BAIL HIM OUT& MENTIONS PROS& CONS OF CATTLE RANCHING. HE CALLS CATTLE IN PASTURE& DRIVES VAN PAST HERD. 89E1217 TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ALL EXACT LOCATIONS; IDS;& DATES Producers: NBC