Slate reads, "Hero Battle Ship X revealed to be USS South Dakota" Aerial view of USS South Dakota at sea with airplane wing tip in foreground. Sailors assembled on the deck of the USS South Dakota. Overhead view of ship's guns. The ship had been dubbed "Battleship X' for reporting to the press around January 1943 when it was undergoing repairs. Guns firing on the USS South Dakota. An officer speaks.
Sign reads 'Welcome to Ellsworth AFB South Dakota. Formation of clouds. A B-47 aircraft parked along taxiway. A transport jet plane, with 4 tail-mounted engines, taxis in after landing, and comes to stop. Mrs Richard M Nixon disembarks from jet. Mrs Nixon talks with waiting officials and gets into sedan. Convoy of cars leaves airbase.
Stratosphere balloon 'Explorer' rips 57,000 feet over Earth in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Stratosphere Balloon with a Pressurized Capsule takes off from ground with its three occupants. The Explorer tears in the air and plunges downwards. A family listens about its launch gathered around radio in their living room. Broadcast on radio. 'Army Air Corps' written on the wrecked pressurized Capsule. Wreckage of the balloon. Officials inspect the capsule wreckage.
American President Franklin D Roosevelt at the unveiling ceremony on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. President Roosevelt arrives in his car as crowd cheers. He waves his hat and takes a look at the monument. Gigantic head of Thomas Jefferson carved on the side of a mountain. A large American flag alongside. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
The Rodman Wanamaker Expedition of Citizenship to the Native American Indians in South Dakota, United States. Troops of U.S. 7th Cavalry enter the Pine Ridge Reservation to attend the ceremony. Soldiers on horseback enter the Pine Ridge Reservation. The leader of the expedition Dr. Joseph Kossuth Dixon explains its purpose and the symbolism of the American flag to Oglala Sioux tribesmen. The U.S. flag is raised during the flag dedication ceremony. Tribesmen in headdress and regalia stand around the flag pole. The Native American Indians show reverence to the American flag during the ceremony. A member of the Oglala Sioux signs the declaration pledging the allegiance of the Indians to the country of the United States.
Russian farmers visit farms in South Dakota to know about the high speed wheat harvesting system. They also visit the Corn Palace in Mitchell where they examine the art and structures made from corn, and they look at trinkets and other local wares in a gift shop.
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