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Interstate Highways in United States; Recreation and RV vacations in the 1970s; Grand Ole Opry House

An RV motor home tows a vehicle with bikes loaded onto it. Nettles Island, Florida. Children play on swings and play area, and enjoy horseback riding. Children on a water slide. Signs of campgrounds for motor homes and recreation vehicles. A woman sings and plays a guitar in a bus as it moves on a highway. The bus driver steering. A gasoline tanker truck and cars on a highway. RV camper arrives at Ryman Auditorium, at 116 5th Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Grand Ole Opry House. Woman exits the RV camper and walks into the building. A sign outside reads "WSM Grand Ole Opry." People lined up outside the building to get tickets or tour. An African American man walks by the people in line on the sidewalk.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048715
Ribbons being manufactured at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA.

Manufacture of ribbons at Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Spools of ribbons. Ribbon looms are shown. Ribbons being manufactured on beams. Women workers pack them. Shows a mother putting her baby into a cradle.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050475
Examples of middle-class United States American lifestyle in early 1970s.

Shows early 1970s era construction activities, economic growth, retail shopping, and American fashions and goods of the 1970s. As a contrast to the modern way of life, a farmer is seen using teams of horses to plow his land. Views of middle-class suburban living in the U.S.A. New, modern houses and cars in the suburbs. Construction workers building new homes. Modern farm machinery being employed. Panels being placed on a new car in a factory production line or assembly line. A long freight train moving goods. U.S. consumer retail stores selling a variety of products, and pedestrians in 1970s fashions shopping on town and city streets for various goods including ice cream, lawn mowers and hardware, custom framing, fast food (McDonalds restaurant shown), an "organic food" cafe or store, barbecue grills, outdoor lounge chairs, and antiques, among others. Shipping containers being loaded on a ship for export abroad. Various construction sites ranging from those for suburban neighborhood homes to those for high rise buildings. Construction of the Dunhill Condominiums in progress in Atlanta Georgia. A 1970 Ford Falcon car in a neighborhood of new homes in the suburbs. Sink and bath tub fixtures in a typical kitchen and bathroom. Families at a high school graduation. African American students on a college campus. White students walking on campus of a college or university. Families shopping for high price goods: View of a hand starting a phonograph record player, a man examining a Ford Pinto car in a new car show room, views of home appliances, washers, dryers, stoves, ovens, televisions for sale in a show room, and window air conditioner units. Private pleasure boats operating near a large ferry boat. More views of carpenters and other construction workers and building tradesmen working at construction sites. People at work compiling statistics in the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Date: 1974
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070321
Auxiliary generators and Navy ship gears and turbines being built at a General Electric Plant in the, United States; also launching of battleships.

Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052443
New York City scenes around 1950 and views of the Burlington Mills operations in North Carolina, USA.

Documentary titled 'Woven into the life of America', on manufacture of various types of garments by the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. View of the Statue of Liberty and of New York City Manhattan Island skyline from the New York Harbor. A boat underway at harbor. Aerial view of tall buildings and skyscrapers of New York City. Streets of busy New York City, with pedestrians in 1950s fashions walking on sidewalks of New York City, and some shopping. Trendy clothes are displayed in a shop's window. A model wearing a night gown. A bride being dressed. A receptionist at the reception counter of the Burlington Mills. Employees at work on loom machines.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050469
Planning, construction, and usage of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Montage opening shows various USA scenes. Aerial view of Manhattan before construction of the World Trade Center. Diagram showing future site of World Trade Center. Views of the Radio Row district that existed before World Trade Center construction. Model of future twin towers. Derelict abandoned buildings in World Trade Center construction zone. Sign on building reads, "Tubes Guaranteed." Zoom out of World Trade Center model. Sidewalk in front of Radio Row. Pan upward of World Trade Center model. Worker swings hammer to smash brick wall. Worker jack hammering building facade. Pedestrians on sidewalk in front of Leonard Radio at 65 Cortlandt St. Neon sign reads "daily auction." Bulldozer pushes building debris. Wide shot cleared World Trade Center construction site with highway in background. Steam shovel dumping load. Large pumps in line operate in unison. Men weld rebar. Large upright rebar mesh. Zoom in on machinery operator smoking a cigar. Ironwork being moved into position on north tower foundation of World Trade Center. Wrecking ball falls and hit ground. Zoom in on construction workers assembling decking. Concrete coming out of a concrete mixer. Aerial view of World Trade Center construction site. Steam shovel moving. Zoom in on crane. Aerial view of dump truck driving through World Trade Center construction site. Exterior upright ironwork. Zoom in on subterranean construction of north tower. Silhouette of workers from inside north tower. Wide shot first few stories of north tower under construction. Zoom in on external ironwork north tower of World Trade Center moving into place. Welder at work. Forklift operator delivering structural component through window and rotating into place. Pan from inside north tower emphasizes open design with no internal columns, as noted by narrator. Two workers guide external ironwork into place for north tower World Trade Center. Worker stands on top of ironwork in mid air. Pan of north tower under construction from ground to sky. External structural member rotated into place north tower. Brief aerial view of construction from moving plane. POV from north tower World Trade Center in late 1970 of the last piece of ironwork being lifted into place. Aerial view of completed north tower. Aerial view nearly completed north tower next to south tower under construction. USA flag raised alongside completed north tower World Trade Center during topping out ceremony December 23, 1970. Construction workers cheering during topping out ceremony. USA flag displayed at top of radio tower on the north tower. Women going through rotating door of World Trade Center. Pedestrians in World Trade Center hallway. Hundreds of pedestrians emerging from escalators into the World Trade Center circa 1973. Woman secretaries and administrative workers at desks in the World Trade Center. Elevator lobby of World Trade Center. Zoom out from sign that reads "The World Trade Institute at the World Trade Center in the Port of New York" to workers gathered at round conference table. Zoom out to view of completed World Trade Center twin towers as seen from ground.

Date: 1973
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078882