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Film reenacts travels of American pioneers moving west by wagon trains and shows life in small town during winter.
Film reenacts events in lives of American pioneers migrating West via wagon trains in the early 19th Century. They are seen traveling in the day, and then resting for the night by a fire, where a family bows their heads as the father speaks a prayer of thanks for their progress. He ends the prayer with an “Amen.” Next, the wagon train sets out again, during the daylight. A series of illustrations shows scenes of a small town in the winter with snow on the ground. People are shown going about their ordinary activities, using horses and sleighs. Some are seen ice skating on a pond. Others are shown visiting relatives.
History behind President Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation establishing the last Thursday of November as a national day of Thanksgiving and Praise (Thanksgiving Day)
Historic reenactment of American’s celebration of Thanksgiving in history. Date 1863 is highlighted atop an image of Sarah Josepha Hale, a 74-year-old magazine editor, writing a letter to Lincoln on September 28, 1863, urging him to have the "day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival." A copy of Codey’s Lady’s Book sits on her desk. Next, she is seen, meeting with Abraham Lincoln, to discuss the matter. Lincoln looks at her writings on this in Codey’s Lady’s Book, and they discuss the matter at some length. Scene shifts to a copy of a Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving, dated October 3, 1863, that sets apart the last Thursday of November "as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise." Film continues with scenes of farm crops ready for harvest, and view of people in church, giving prayers of thanksgiving. A 33-star American flag is hung on the church wall.
Major General Miles Reber testifies at the Army-McCarthy Senate hearings
Army -McCarthy hearing. Major General Miles Reber, U.S. Army Chief of Congressional Liaison, testifies before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Mundt (Army-McCarthy hearings).
President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Jacqueline Cochran and Major Chuck Yeager at White House, Washington D.C.
A statue of an early aviator holding a model of a biplane. Large group of newsmen and photographers, photographing the two trophies that will be given to Major Yeager and Jacqueline Cochran. President Dwight D Eisenhower and Jacqueline Cochran walking on the porch of White House followed by Major Yeager and Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott. President shaking hands, talking and laughing with Ms Cochran and Major Yeager.
Meeting of Senate Subcommittee on Investigations chaired by Senator Karl Mundt
Senate Subcommittee on Investigations conducts so-called Army-McCarthy hearings, chaired by Senator Karl Earl Mundt. Scenes include Senator Joseph McCarthy with his chief counsel, Roy Cohn. Among Senators seen are Stuart Symington and Everett Dirksen.
Large dinner attended by many dignitaries including Winston Churchill, Cordell Hull, John Foster Dulles
Major dinner attended by many dignitaries, including Winston Churchill, Cordell Hull, and John Foster Dulles.
