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Citizens and groups demonstrating citizenship and civic involvement in Ottumwa, Iowa

A U.S. Army documentary depicting the town of Ottumwa, Iowa. Views of the annual Scout Jamboree, with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts gathered. A large poster depicting boys in the Boy Scouts of America with the slogan, "Onward...For God and for My Country." A military band plays on an outdoor stage and the Scouts and other townspeople listen. Boy Scouts in an Order of the Arrow dance team perform. Iowa Governor Loveless addresses the group. Scouts in uniform set out signs in town for the drive for the United Way. A policeman in town. Citizens in Ottumwa waiting in line to vote. Kids and townspeople cheer at a baseball game. Working men leave a plant. Elementary or primary school children enter a school building and are seen in the classroom with their teacher. Children playing outside a school house at recess time. Group of young women entering a building that is likely a school. Next scene shows group of teenage boys and girls entering a high school building. Exterior views of the high school as students enter, then view just inside high school doors as students come in. Group of women singing in Latin under the direction of a Catholic nun, in a garden. Various churches in the town of Ottumwa. Newlyweds leaving a church. Townspeople exiting a church and shaking hands with the minister. A U.S. Army Sergeant speaks about armed services for young men and various freedom enjoyed by people in the United States. People play various sports like swimming, diving, tennis, horseshoes, and others. People watch young children playing in a playground. Citizens walking in a park. Two recruiting Sergeants sit in a car and drive to a high school. They address an assembly of male students about military service. Young men under reserve military training, parade on a parade ground and learn various skills. They clean and operate vehicles, weapons and artillery. A woman with her son takes her son for registration in the U.S. Army at its office. Another woman and her son talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant counsels a boy sitting in a field about the services and then drives away from the field. The boy rides his horse in the field. The military Sergeant speaks about the Armed Forces and the freedom in lifestyle of American people.

Location: Ottumwa Iowa USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 11 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056278
Presidential candidate, Adlai Stevenson, gives a campaign speech at State Fair in Newton, Iowa, United States

Presidential candidate, Adlai Ewing Stevenson addresses a gathering at the State Fair in Newton Iowa. .The crowd applauds. He continues with his speech and talks about the need for peace and policies to be adopted in favor of the nation. The gathering holds banners which read 'We want Adlai'. Tents in the background.

Location: Newton Iowa United States USA
Date: 1956, September 22
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073192
Carl Carlson from Iowa wins the corn husking title in Licking county in Ohio

A film titled 'Iowa farmer wins U.S. Corn husking title' shows people gathered in large numbers to witness the United States corn husking competition in Licking county in Ohio. Carl Carlson from Iowa wins title by husking 1,472.75 lbs. in eighty minutes.

Location: Licking County Ohio USA
Date: 1936, November 11
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037732
A farmer's young son drives truck to sells his agricultural products along with his father in Ottumwa Iowa, United States.

A U.S. Army documentary about the spreading threats of communism contrasted with the American way of life in United States. In Ottumwa, Iowa, a farmer's young son drives his truck to sell his agricultural products along with his father. The boy drives his truck in the downtown of Ottumwa. The town square is shown and the truck turns toward the Post Office and the 5 & 10 cent store on the corner. A railroad worker with a handheld stop signal stops the traffic. A train passes on railroad tracks. The train engineer in the locomotive waves to the stopped traffic. Words "Burlington Route" painted on the locomotive door. Painted advertisements on the brick buildings at the railroad crossing, including, "Miller High Life, The Champagne of Bottle Beer."

Location: Ottumwa Iowa USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056274
Views of a typical small town in the midwestern United States in the 1950s, Ottumwa, Iowa.

In a U.S. Army documentary, an Army Sergeant walks on sidewalks of a typical 1950 small town in the rural United States -- Ottumwa, Iowa. Civilians on streets of the city. Various shops and 1940s and 1950s era automobiles. People from various walks of life talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant recalls the town's ancestors entering America. The Des Moines river is shown with a small boat anchored at the end of a dock and men and boys fishing. Statue of Native American Indian Chief atop the Courthouse Building, Chief Wapello, whose tribe camped in the spot of the town years prior. The entrance of the library. Still images and drawings from the library depicting the town. Pictures of houses, shops and other buildings. People on the streets of Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper headline announcing U.S. participation in World War I, "War Becomes Actuality." Images of members from Ottumwa's own Company G, 42nd Rainbow Division in WWI, including soldiers Arthur Menge, Charles Orman, Marlow Work. Views of WWI battle scenes. Oscar Nelson is remembered for heroism. WWI soldiers returning to American towns. Private Charles Orman 40 years later in Ottumwa. He enters a barber shop. Art Menge is also seen in the Barber shop. Aerial view of the city with many bridges, plants, factories, and homes visible. Cars and pedestrians on streets, The Ottumwa Bank, the Airport with a plane parked in front of the terminal, the Railroad train station with people waiting as a large sleek silver passenger train pulls up and arrives. The Hoffmann Drug store, the Ottumwa Hotel, The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper building, the Glover Motor Company, the Union Bank, and the Sunnyslope Sanitorium. Various homes and neighborhoods and 1950s automobiles. Governor Herschel Loveless, an Ottumwa native, at home with his wife. The home on Davis Street of the Miss Universe contest winner Carol Morris, and views of Ms. Morris in the pageant and receiving the winners crown in 1956.

Location: Ottumwa Iowa USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056276
Long View Ski Club's tournament at Dubuque in Iowa, United States.

Snow queen cuts the ribbon and opens the Long View Ski Club's tournament at Dubuque in Iowa, United States. Ski champions from all over the world compete. Skiers jump from a high inclined ramp and many crash while landing.

Location: Dubuque Iowa USA
Date: 1948, January 27
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029889
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