Scenes of Americans celebrating the end of World War 1, in several cities. Revelers in New York City, wave flags and cheer. Several hold up newspapers announcing German surrender. Some men ride atop a car and pummel an effigy of the Kaiser. Scene shifts to other locations where joyful crowds are celebrating. Cheering crowds in front of the Old Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC, wave flags. One group holds up an effigy of the Kaiser, holding a white flag of surrender.
U.S. Senator Hiram Warren Johnson silhouetted against sky, as he stands in a car (unseen) waving to supporters, whose heads and waving hats are seen in foreground. Senator Johnson has announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for President, at the Party's National Convention in Chicago. Scene shifts to Senator Johnson seated in the car, next to an older gentleman, who appears to be wearing his convention delegate credentials. Finally, Johnson and his silver-haired companion, are seen standing in the car.
From a film about the use and importance of weapons since ancient times. A flag flutters in a breeze. A reenactment about the American Civil War depicts soldiers firing cannons. Infantrymen and soldiers from Union and Confederate forces advance across a field and cannons being fired during the Battle of Bull Run (reenacted).
U.S. Army Glider operations in World War 2. Men set up two poles 20 feet apart on a field, for a so-called "Snatch" operation. (This involves a flying pickup, by an airborne tow plane, snatching the towline of a glider that is still on the ground. It is intended for glider retrieval. The actual operation is not shown in this sequence.) A C-47 aircraft takes off towards the camera, towing two CG-4A gliders. Close view from nearby airplane, of a glider being towed (its tow line visible).
Animated representation of signals sent to communications satellite Telstar 1 from the ground station at Andover, Minnesota. Telstar communication satellite at a ground station in Andover. Technicians checking the satellite before launch. View of Telstar rotating within a lit box as the sapphire coated solar cells on its surface are explained by narrator: Solar energy collected by the solar panel cells powers the sattelite's operation. View of the satellite with the equipment that receives data and amplifies and retransmits the data. Telstar prepared to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Telstar satellite aboard a Thor-Delta rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral. Officers at the station tracking the satellite. The rocket with the satellite on its path. Animation shows signals sent from from the station to the satellite. Officers tracking the path of the satellite Telstar. The first picture sent by the satellite are of the dome of the station at Andover with the U.S. flag beside the dome of the station. Animation shows future network of satellites that will someday encircle the globe.
Pictures and reenactments illustrating American history. U.S. First Lady, Martha Washington, presiding over discussions of fashion and politics. Reemacted footage of 17th century and 18th century shipwrights and carpenters at work in a colonial-era shipyard. Men sawing logs outdoors. Blacksmiths at work in a colonial village. Picture of Thomas Jefferson. Picture of Potomac River separating Virginia and Maryland, where Washington DC will be founded. Sketch of a farmer with horse-drawn cart, in hills of Virginia. The capital is shifted to Washington. Map showing Colonial States and interior waterways of commerce, including the Ohio and Mississippi rivers down to the Port of New Orleans.
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