CC Thunder, a store owner and civil leader speaks about railroads. Bruce Dicky, a banker speaks on the importance of roads for community. C Y Thomas, a doctor sits at a table and expresses views on roads and their future prospects. Jean Edward, General Manager and President of a Truck Transport and Service Company speaks on land and property issues. In particular, they refer to the effects from building of Interstate Highway I-35 in the Kansas City area.
Aerial view of Kansas City.View of roads and cross bridges. Traffic moving on Interstate 35. C.C. Pender, a store owner and civil leader speaks on the importance of the Interstate Highway System to the Kansas City area. Traffic moving on Interstate 95. Animation of the 41 thousand mile Interstate Highway System shown on a United States map.
Bruce Dicky, of Farmer's State Bank in Lenexa, Kansas, speaks on importance of roads for prosperous growth of people. He comments about the growth of housing and industry in Lenexa since the I-35 interstate highway came to town. Scenes of a road, on a side of a lake. Traffic moving on roads. Houses in newly built suburbs are seen along sides of highways. View of industries and suburban shopping centers of the 1950's near Kansas City, with many 1950's cars parked in parking lots, made possible by expanding roads and highway systems in America. Building of a cancer research center. C Y Thomas, a doctor speaks on how I-35 highway access influenced the location of a new research center in Kansas City. Various manufacturing and light industry businesses are seen along American highways. Sign visible on one says "Electronic Specialty Co." Interstate 287 with traffic moving on it. Industries and buildings linked with roads.
Gene Edward, General Manager and President of a truck sales and service company speaks on importance of new roads for his business in Kansas City. Sign board of Interstate Connecticut highway 91 (I-91) in Hartford, Connecticut. Work in progress building an overpass of I-91 in Hartford, with buildings of downtown Hartford, including the Travelers Tower, visible in background of highway construction site. An engineer looking through binoculars, mounted on a tripod stand. A crane moving material to a bridge in construction. Worker moving and working over the bridge in construction.
Shining glass panels of a building on a road side. A road construction site. View of Interstate 91 (I-91) construction in Hartford Connecticut. Traffic moving on an interstate highway. A 36 story apartment in New York, above the Freeway leading from the George Washington Bridge. A highway with bridges. View of commuter bus terminal and George Washington bridge over the Hudson River in New York City. Many POV point of view shots of American highways as seen from a moving vehicle. Speaking about the new interstate highway system, narrator says, "Soon, traffic will flow smoothly, in, around, and between every major city and town in America. There will be no traffic tie-ups where the interstate goes. Driving time will become minutes for local trips, and city to city travel will be shorter by hours. The complete network will make it possible to drive coast to coast, city to city, without a stop light and without delays caused by heavy traffic." Many 1950s era cars and trucks are seen moving on the highway roads. View of interstate highway in Atlanta Georgia of southern United States, with exits to Interstate 75 and Interstate 85. Sign on interstate highway 580 near Hayward California. Traffic moving under a bridge. Road signs on highway for exit to Route 21 in North Carolina between Charlotte and Statesville. Cars moving on roads. Back of a truck moving on a highway. A restaurant on the side of a road. Children fishing in a body of water on the side of a road. A family sitting in shade enjoying a picnic during a road trip. People eating at a picnic table. Two young children drink from glasses.
President Franklin Roosevelt moves in a car towards Mount Rushmore. Face of former President Thomas Jefferson unveiled. President Roosevelt along with dignitaries watches the unveiling. Sculpted face of George Washington clearly seen on the mountain. The workers continue to work on the monument.
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