Scenic views in the early 1900s of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. Tourists go up and down a flight of stairs on the side of the South Cheyenne canyon wall near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Seven Springs waterfall of the South Cheyenne Creek is seen, with tourists and a burro at the bottom of the canyon. (Now known as the Broadmoor Seven Falls.) View of the deep gorge cut by Seven Falls. A 1000 feet high granite gorge. A man walks over a deeply eroded rock formation over snow and ice (has appearance of glacier) west of the foothills as the mountains become steeper. Steel beams over a railroad track in a canyon beside a river at the mouth of a mountain tunnel.
Graduation ceremony for Air Force and Naval graduates in the United States. Spectators look as cadets are graduated at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colorado. U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the graduates and the spectators from a dais. 493 cadets graduate. The graduates come up on the dais and shake hands with the President. The cadets fly their hats in the air. A board in Annapolis reads 'United States Naval Academy'. 871 graduates are seated during the graduation ceremony. They walk up on a stage and are presented graduation certificates by U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The anchorman, who is the last one to get the certificate, is cheered by his fellows.
World Figure Skating Championship in Colorado. The greatest performers in the figure skating world compete for Champions at Colorado Springs. Petra Burka of Canada gives her outstanding performance and awarded with first position. Spectators clap. 16 Year old Ethan Allen of New Jersey takes second place in the men's event. Alain Calmat of France, second in the 1964 Olympics gives flawless performance to wind up King of the Ice.
A film 'The Story of Hoover Dam' shows how proposal of the dam is passed in the United States. A sign reads 'A Modern Civil Engineering Wonder of The United States'. Aerial view of the Hoover Dam. Automobile traffic across the top of the dam. Architecture of the dam. People enter onto dam to see reclamation project and listen to the story of Hoover Dam. View of Black Canyon. Animated map of geographical climate of the Colorado River. Views of mountains and flooded water. Dried crops and bare trees due to raging waters of the river. A wind mill seen. Proposal of construction of Hoover Dam comes in the House of Representatives of U.S. Capitol for Congressional approval to regulate and control the Colorado River, in 1928. View of President Calvin Coolidge addressing Congress in the U.S. Capitol in 1928. President Herbert Hoover in his office in the White House in 1930, signs the bill of appropriation for construction of the dam.
Several cars at the bottom of steep hills at Colorado Springs. The drivers in the cars go almost straight up in an attempt to climb the steep hill. A car skids backward on the steep slope. A horse at the top of the hill. The cars of different make and vintage.
U.S. President Richard Nixon addresses the graduating class of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Cadets and officials in uniform listen to him. He speaks of the role of the U.S. military in the world and the role of American leadership and strength. He honors the war dead of the current generation. He finishes his speech and walks off the podium.
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