Panoramic views of the Oregon Trail which was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory from 1841 to 1869. The Great Plains or so called a the time "Great American Desert" with high plains. Elk at a river bank. Bison or buffalo herd feeding and fighting on the plains. View of a covered wagon of the period seen on the plains. Wagon wheel ruts in limestone rock on ground showing old path the wagons followed. Independence Rock on the Oregon Trail, with carved names of pioneers who carved their names on its surface between 1841 and 1869. View of Sweetwater River. The Missouri River leading to the Oregon territory. An abandoned old wagon wheel on the plains.
Cargo ships with wheat yield underway off shore. Smoke from the ship stacks. Industrial areas and wheat fields. Farm land and terrace farms. Farmers with horses work on farms and in fields. Cattle graze in fields. Patterned fields to hold the soil. Patterned land enriched with phosphate. Farmers talk about their land and farming problems, and share experience on farming methods to retain soil, learned from hard experiences during the Dust Bowl. Farming and farmland in the Carolinas, Oregon, New Mexico, Indiana, Texas Plains and parts of the Northwest United States. Houses in Pennsylvania. A farmer with his wife and child look over their farm. Wide views of tilled farm land. People in a farm community stand outside a food distribution area and wait for government supplied food aid during Great Depression. Machines at work in fields and on farms.
General Curtis LeMay being sworn in as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force at the White House in Washington DC, United States. The White House in Washington DC. Air Force Secretary Eugene M Zuckert administers the oath of office to General LeMay at the White House portico. President John F Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Senator Dennis Chavez and Stuart Symington, General Thomas D White, General Lyman Lemnitzer and General Nathan F Twining in the background. President Kennedy, Secretary Eugene and General LeMay carrying bibles as they step down to the porch of the White House. Secretary Eugene Zuckert swears in General LeMay as the Chief of Staff of the USAF as he speaks into a microphone. After the swearing in President Kennedy speaks at the microphone. The President reads out a citation over the microphone. The citation being presented to General LeMay. General LeMay speaks into the microphone. Vice President Johnson, Senator Dennis Chavez and Stuart Symington, General Thomas D. White congratulate General LeMay. General LeMay being kissed by his wife and shakes hands with General Nathan Twining and General Lyman Lemnitzer.
American college football game between Michigan State Spartans and Oregon State Beavers in Portland, Oregon. Michigan State defeats Oregon State by 17-14. A on-screen PSA appears at the end, with a message encouraging viewers to vote in American elections, "Vote your choice, but VOTE!"
Socialist Eugene V Debs waves his hat in front of U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He walks towards people waiting. Telegram from Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty informing Warden of the U.S. Penitentiary that the President (Harding) had commuted the sentence of Eugene V. Debs . Debs poses with two women and a man while exiting the White House in Washington DC soon after his release. He walks off with a group of friends.
Eugene Claude Harmon wins the 1948 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. Golf players hit balls on the golf course. The golf players include Eugene Claude Harmon, Lloyd Mangrum, Emmett Cary Middlecoff, and Bobby Locke. Spectators watch the tournament. Claude Harmon wins the Masters Tournament. He receives a trophy. Cary Middlecoff places second.
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