Views of red sandstone mountains and outcroppings from low flying airplane, in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona. Dry rocky terrain. Shadows cast on the ground. Bright sun. Shrubs on the dry land. Big Red Rocks. Monument Valley road through the desert.
In a 1970 television program, host Lee Marvin talks about Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon on the Colorado River, in between Arizona and Nevada in the United States. Historical scenes from construction of the dam in the early 1930s. Crane lifts a number of workers on a raised platform. Worker comes down the mountain with the help of rope. Workers walk across bridge. Dynamite explosion dislodges rock for dam construction. The Hoover dam under construction. Rock blasting in the dam's diversion tunnels. Construction workers eat food in Anderson's Mess hall. Views of workers dining in the mess hall and the kitchen during food preparation. Includes interviews with workers Joe Kine, Tommy Nelson, and Doug Moore who participated in construction. Later aerial views of the Hoover Dam around 1970.
Wrecked ships and planes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii a day after Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Foremast of USS Arizona (BB-39) torn and twisted. Damaged USN (United States Navy) PB2Y Coronado flying boat and other planes. Damaged hangar in the background. A tug alongside a wrecked foremast of Arizona.
Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
Quarrying operations done on Sacramento Hill at Bisbee in Arizona. View of open- cut mining at the hillside. An open-pit mining site at Ruth, Nevada. Copper mining at the site.
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. Military dignitaries and civilian dignitaries arrive at the memorial in a boat. Military dignitaries arrive with guests. U.S. Navy Admiral Perry and other officers arrive at the entrance. Six U.S. Air Force Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (A4Ds) fly in formation over the area. Rear Admiral (RADM) C.A. Buchanan gives an introduction for dedication of the memorial. Civilian dignitary speaks from the podium with ships in the background. Officers, dignitaries and guests seated in chairs.
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