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Series of still illustrations showing early phases of colonization and tracing American immigration and development from 17th Century to 19th Century.
Film shows early sailing ships near New Amsterdam and the initial layout of the city. Scene transitions to larger later map of the city. Numerous views of illustrated 17th century sailing ships in various conditions including severe storms at sea. Deck plan of a slave ship with maximum number of occupants shown in extreme close quarters. Ship deck filled with persons immigrating to America. American harbors filled with sailing ships. A skirmish at outset of American Revolution. Scene of American frontier wilderness with images of plow and flintlock rifle overlaid on it. Settlers traveling on river in a barge. The Boston massacre of March 5, 1770. City policemen subduing rioters. Settlers heading west in wagons. Immigrants leaving foreign shore board a ship. View of them on deck of the ship to America. New York City waterfront in 19th Century with sailing ships lined up side-by-side and pier clogged with cargoes. Workers on construction project using makeshift wooden plank bridges to traverse stream and work at the job site. Views of various building tradesmen engaged in construction project. View of city harbor filled with ships, now including some steam ships, and many substantial buildings.
Still photos show America from 1876 through the turn of the century, focusing on immigrants, westward expansion, hard labor, and pioneer spirit.
Newspaper headlines from 1876 note Kansas as a territory for pioneer settlement...."Farms and Homes in Kansas!" and "To the Black Hills" Farmers with their families in front of prairie homes. Barn raising. A village along the side of a river. School children. A child's coffin. Men drinking together. A string quartet. A man making violins. Railroad construction crews laying rails, clearing rocks, and building trestle bridges, including Chinese workers and laborers during expansion or railway to the west. European immigrants on ships and just arrived on land, possibly at Ellis Island. Logging camps and loggers cutting trees. Large scale farming and market. Coal mining and other mining activities. Child coal miners and child labor. Industrial steel forging. Factory with train switch yard. Immigrant ghettos in American cities. Immigrant women sewing piece work. Immigrant children.
Montage of scenes regarding worker's rights, early labor disputes in the U.S., and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Clip opens with footage of factory workers in an American factory in the early 1900s operating machinery or assembly operations. Next scene shows American workers demonstrating for better working conditions during a time of labor strife circa decade of 1910. American workers hold a sign that says, "8 hours rest and 8 hours sleep." Next scene shows a family bundled in warm clothing on a cold day, riding on a sled in a winter outdoor area. Their faces look desperate and they appear to be cold. Next brief scene of only a few seconds shows two different bearded Jewish men being helped down or possible pushed down from a stand or stage (the context is not clear). Next scene briefly shows a couple kissing. Next scene shows scenes from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in August 1963. Camera shows crowd assembled on Washington Monument grounds, and also shows marchers with signs such as "We march for higher wages" as they are seen marching in the street. Close-up views of faces of various protestors and attendees, both white and African American, and young and old, as they listen to speeches delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the event.
Close-up views and still photos of faces of various Americans in the early 1900s
Ordinary people, immigrants, and citizens of the United States in the early 1900s. An old woman, a man with a hat, a man with a cigar in his mouth. His son reads a book. A farmer with his wife. A woman in her traditional dress and a father with his daughter on a chair. Credits for the documentary.
Vocational training at the Berea College, U.S. and the college president Dr. William J. Hutchins speaks to the students.
Vocational training at the Berea College, United States. Berea College is situated between the Kentucky Mountains. The entrance gate of the college. Students in a class. Some students walk around the campus. Women hook rugs, work on a loom and spin yarn. The college president Dr. William J. Hutchins speaks to the students. Students are introduced to the Dean.
Students in a library, laboratory, Geology field and in a pump room in the Berea College, United States.
Elementary training in Berea College, United States. Students in a library read books and make notes. They make use of modern equipment for experiments in a laboratory. The young students of astronomy look at the mysteries in the heaven. Students in a pump room are explained how running water is brought into their homes.
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