A film titled 'Echos' depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. A dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. The Thomas Jefferson statue at the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States). Birds in water. The Washington Monument. Statues and the Washington Monument. Statue of Hamilton McMillan. An equestrian statue of George Washington. The tomb of Charles Pierre L' Enfant (Pierre Lenfant Gravesite Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia United States) in Arlington, Virginia. A map of the city. L' Enfant tomb in the background. A drawing of Washington DC. The statue of Thomas Jefferson. A drawing of Washington DC. Statue of Frederic von Steuben. Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko. The Civil War statue. The statue of Frederick Douglass. The statue of Joan of Arc (Statue de Jeanne d'Arc, Canton de Reims-1, 51100, Reims, France) in front of Reims Cathedral.
Illustrations of pioneers moving westward during early American expansion. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002) in Washington, DC. Bird in flight. Vertical view of trees. Statue of Civil War Union Soldier. Montage of Civil War statues and cannon conveying experience of the war. Stream and woodland. Illustrations of Lincoln's Presidential inaugurations in 1861 and 1865. Washington, DC street scene in 1969. Simple stone monument commemorating President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
A film depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. The 31st President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt giving inaugural speech. People crowd in large number and listen to him. The U.S. Capitol Building dome. People gathered to listen to him. People view the Statue of Liberty. The Washington Monument. Statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt, Lafayette, Nathan Hale, and Abraham Lincoln.
U.S. providing Marshall Plan aid to Europeans U.S. Commander of occupation zone in Germany Lucius D. Clay climbs down a ladder. General Lucius Clay interviewed by men at the airport. The General speaks into a microphone. General Clay gives a report about communist inspired strike and food demonstration. General Clay says that if food shortage continues in Germany, communists may stir up greater trouble and harm the European Recovery Program. Congressmen Smith and Mundt seated on a chair. The men talk about the European Recovery Program also known as Marshall Plan. The men talk about various ways through which they can give information about the plan to the whole world.
Reconstruction of the buildings and denazification in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Men at a farm cultivate crops. The wreckage of the IG Farben plant. The German soldiers speak to an officer. A German war criminal. The rail goes on for the criminal. People burn Nazi books. The people stand around the burning books. . The people read a poster on a wall. General Dwight D. Eisenhower of the US, Marshal Georgy Zhukov of the Soviet Union and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery of the UK sign a joint agreement. The three of them stand together. The U.S. Capitol building. The foreign ministers get down the steps. Aerial view of the United States. The delegates including U.S. President Harry S. Truman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated around a table during the Potsdam Conference. They discuss the problems. A close up of Truman looking into some documents. Stalin smokes a cigarette. The delegates discussing problems. The funeral ceremony of the President. The soldiers fire guns. Truman attends the ceremony. Churchill in a vehicle. Truman gets off an aircraft. Delegates in the Potsdam conference. Newspaper headlines reads Russian declares war on Japan. The first A bomb explosion. The newspaper headlines about the war. Truman, Stalin and delegates at the Potsdam Conference. A flag of the U.S. and people celebrate the victory. Newspaper headlines about the Japanese surrender.
On November 7, 1944, during World War 2, citizens of Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States, are seen entering the Old Town House (built in 1727) to cast ballots in 40th quadrennial presidential election (in which incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt is running for an unprecedented 3th term). Scene shifts to inside a polling place, where voters stand in booths to privately mark their ballots. Others are seen depositing their marked, folded paper ballots in a collection box, as they finish voting. Closeups of several aged voters. One, an African American man, the narrator says is old enough that he was sold as a slave early in his life. Scene shifts to a full-blooded Native American Indian voter in Maryland, entering his polling place to cast a ballot. An old man who is a United States Civil War veteran, is shown sitting on a bench in a park in Los Angeles California, with friends. He holds a newspaper and wears a Civil War Union cap. A U.S. soldier wearing field uniform and steel helmet, looks at a bulletin board containing State-by-State voting information. A Technical Sergeant marks his paper ballot and leaves to mail it. A soldier takes an oath confirming legitimacy of his ballot as he turns it in at a military collection site. Sign in commercial establishment window of a U.S. town declares "Election Today." A bank window sign reads: "this Bank will observe Election Day, Tuesday, November 7th, a Legal Holiday." Sign in Bar window reads: "Bar Closed during Election Hours, Tuesday, Nov.7, 1944. Will Open at 9 PM." Republican political party workers advertise for their Presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey. Democratic political party workers drive a truck towing a trailer office plastered with advertisements for their candidate, Franklin Roosevelt. Republican and Democratic party voter information booths are seen next to one another where advertise their respective candidates to passersby on the sidewalk. A voting place identified by white wash sign on a window, and another, in a rural setting, by a sign pointing to it on a fence post. More signs and voters showing sentiments for their candidates. One displays a picture of Dewey on his car. A woman wears a large Roosevelt button on her sweater. Views of more imaginative signs for candidates and for ballot issues. People discussing ballot issues on the streets.
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