[Note: This scene illustrates the American factory""s obsession with time and automation.] From his work station on the assembly-line, he holds wrenches in both hands to tighten nuts on a long stream of steel plates carried on the conveyor belt production line.In this first segment, the group was starting their momentous journey.The film received three Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, with no wins.Another more restrained couple is glimpsed sitting quietly and sadly together at one of the tables.Although not known until further into the film,Brief Encounteropens in the past - as the middle-aged couple meet and then part for the last time.Buck falls from his horse, revealing that his face is hideously covered with blood.Blinded by blood (both figuratively and literally), Buck begs Pike to kill him, and Pike perfunctorily and coldly complies with his request o put him out of his misery:Pike, is that you? I can ride, Pike.Neely.It""s a city.It""s he only city that has a world""s fair.My favorite.Wasn""t I lucky to be born in my favorite city?Back in the Smith household, Esther (singing and waltzing in her bloomers) and Rose (on the family upright piano in the parlor) are performing a spirited, reprised rendition of "Meet Me in St.