Close up of a flat tire. Men get out of a blue 1967 Volkswagen Squareback station wagon on shoulder of desert highway. Billboard reads “Check you gas, oil and temp gauges”. "What a drag!" one of them exclaims. Young men sitting at gas station garage while another rolls new tire into place to replace a flat. Volkswagen Squareback station wagon driving on desert highway. A Greyhound (2464) bus driving to California as seen from a moving car. Desert highway traffic with palm trees and setting sun. Police car pulling over a Volkswagen on desert highway in evening. Driver shows his license to a police officer holding a flashlight at night. Police officer says, "I have no alternative but to issue you a citation for speeding." Close up of speeding ticket being handed to driver. Exasperated driver pounds steering wheel after receiving a speeding ticket, saying, "my first ticket in three years!"
Man sitting in front seat of car yawning and saying 'what's going on?" Driver says, "ah go back to sleep." Back seat passenger says, "he got a ticket." Another says, "how fast were you going?" Yawning passenger says, "you think we can make it?" Frustrated driver closes car door. Zoom in on seatbelt dangling from closed car door. Zoom in on man driving a blue 1967 Volkswagen Squareback station wagon at night while passengers are asleep. Highway Interstate 15 California – San Bernardino sign at night. Driver struggles to stay alert while driving at night. Driver’s eyes open wide briefly while driving. A casino dealer in sits on a Craps table while talking to the audience about gaming odds.
Activities of U.S. police and soldiers during Detroit riots, 1967 in Michigan, United States. Jeeps loaded with soldiers and police being driven away. A soldier enter the building. South Eastern High School entrance. Jeeps parked outside the building.
Detroit riots, 1967 in Michigan, United States. Interior of South East High School: Briefing session of colonel and staff in a conference room. Planning map in a room. Police personnel seated at desk. Colonel seated in a chair and speaks. Personnel notes down on notepad. One personnel standing beside a blackboard. Sign: Conference room. One personnel records the briefing. Personnel stands beside a wall. Personnel seated at desk. One personnel writes down. Colonel discusses the planning map.
The Great Depression in the United States. (Most scenes circa 1932, but produced in 1967). A woman hangs out clothes beside a water pump. View of slum and tenement homes beside railroad tracks. A sad-looking child. Unemployed and homeless men in a queue wait to get food in a soup kitchen line. Men sorting through trash among shacks and tenements. Americans converse and read newspapers. A campaign parade and men holding a large sign, "Abolish Bread Lines Vote For Roosevelt." The Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to a large crowd. He encourages people during the Great Depression. While seated in his open car, Roosevelt pets a horse that is beside the car. Roosevelt at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago accepting the nomination of his party for President.
Recovery efforts from the Great Depression in the United States. (Footage largely from mid 1930's, produced in 1967). A farmer plows his field using oxen. Men and women work in fields. Price tags on food products. Officials of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in an office discuss reforms to solve farming over production and low demand. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. The White House building. Scenes of dilapidated farms and fields overcome by drought and dust bowl conditions. Farmers sit outside their houses fatigued and exhausted. Faces of tired, fatigued farmers. A town meeting of farmers in a small town. Franklin Roosevelt with cabinet and other officals in early days of his administration. Floods in Tennessee Valley washing away farmland. Farmland scarred by erosion lines and trenches. The Tennessee Valley Authority builds dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley and helps farmers reclaim and improve land. Farmers in a rural town listen to a Tennessee Valley Authority official present plans of development. Establishment of Rural Electrification Administration. Electric power lines set up in the rural areas of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt addressing the U.S. Congress in the Capitol. Scenes from voting centers and of a voting booth in an American town. Wendell Willkie addressing a crowd. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt converses with an African American official (possibly in connection with signing of Executive Order 8802, the Fair Employment Act). Eleanor Roosevelt behind him, and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. to her left. Eleanor Roosevelt speaking to group of African American children.