Traditional crafts seen in a Native American Indian settlement in New Mexico. Dwellings and bushes. Artist Georgia O'Keefe. She picks up a prehistoric bone from the land and takes it to her house. She enters the house and examines her art. Paint brushes in a box on the table. Birds fly in the sky. She paints the flying bird. The land. Vehicles pass on the street. Paintings of Georgia O'Keefe on the wall of the house. A horse-cart passes on the street in front of a church. Painting of the church on the wall of the artist's house.
Traditional crafts in a Native American Indian settlement in New Mexico. Pots decorated in a house. Navaho artists make pottery. They give shapes to the pots on a potter's wheel and then put them in furnaces. Bushes and houses. The land. Mountains in the background. Indians perform ritual rain dance. Other people watch them. Dark clouds in the sky. Barren land.
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of Ford Pavilions in the Ford Exposition. People stand outside the Ford Pavilion. Exterior of the building. Statues and flags in front of the building. Interior of the building. Visitors enter the building to gain knowledge about Ford and modern industry. They view historic Ford cars. Then they view the new 1940 cars: Ford, Ford Deluxe, Mercury, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln. Visitors view Henry Ford's first gasoline engine. A giant moving mural by Henry Billings symbolizing the dependence of industry on pure science. The Industrial Hall, featuring a giant Ford Cycle of Production exhibit that traces the progress of 27 raw materials through their production cycle to a finished Ford vehicle. Demonstrations of manual, hand-production versus mechanized production and comparison of costs, with cost for a hand-produced car ringing in around 17,000 dollars.
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. Views at the Ford Exposition where fair visitors get into a new 1940 car by Ford, Lincoln, or Lincoln Zephyr for a ride on the "Road of Tomorrow" demonstrating modern highway advances. Views from within a car traveling on the "Road of Tomorrow" with narration describing the scenes, including the Spiral Ramp. Multiple Ford cars traveling on the Spiral Ramp and through a tunnel in the Ford Building at the fair. The Landscape Garden Court with fountains and plantings. The "New World Ensemble" playing together on a bandstand. An exhibition of dancers. They dance beneath a giant sign, "Savoy - World's Greatest Colored Dancers". Couples skate on an ice rink. A ski jumper demonstrates ski jumping. View of the Parachute Jump "Life Saver" ride in action. Men push adult women in large covered strollers. Souvenir and snack stands, and people eating on park benches as well as restaurants at the Fair. Night views of fountains, lights shows, and fireworks.
Interior of the Fordham University in Bronx, New York. The Statue of Bishop Hughes. Interior of Saint Joseph Seminary in Yonkers. Students wearing uniforms pass in the corridor. Exterior of the Seminary. Students walk outside. Some students talk amongst themselves.
A United Nations General Assembly meeting. Nikita Khrushchev addresses men and repeats his demands for the admission of Red China. He threatens the United Nations by talking about the drastic reorganization of the UN. He also talks about the removal of Dag Hammarskjold as Secretary-General. King Hussein of Jordan comes next and addresses men. He speaks as the head of a small nation that has experienced imperialism. He denounces Red attempts to wreck the United Nations. He terms the new Soviet imperialism the most brutal the world has known. India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru speaks in this regard. He defends the present structure of the world organization and makes a characteristically eloquent plea for peace. The Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold speaks in his own defense. He receives a standing ovation from the General Assembly.
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