President Calvin Coolidge prepares to ride a horse in Black Hills, South Dakota. President Coolidge, wearing a wide brimmed western cowboy hat, and other men ride horses through Black Hills. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum receives drills from President Coolidge for use in carving Mount Rushmore figures. Men in the background. Mount Rushmore where figures of four Presidents will be carved. An American flag flies atop the mountain where the carving will begin for the new national monument featuring the faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln.
View of the Crazy Horse Memorial, a colossal sculpture in situ, located in Thunderhead Mountain, in the Black HIlls of South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski with his five sons working on the project. He sculpts a model of Chief Crazy Horse known as the Crazy Horse Memorial and he describes the project, including how he declined offers of U.S. government funds for the project. The in-progress sculpted model is of the Oglala Lakota Indian Chief Crazy Horse riding on a horse. A studio down the hill. Korczak Ziolkowski and his sons drill with drilling machine on rock. Dynamite explosion on the rock face. Ziolkowski poses for a photograph in front of a model of the Crazy Horse Memorial with his family.
Travelogue of West regions of United States. Map of North America highlights West regions. Shows landscape of American West region. Cowboys ride horses and chase bulls in a round up on a ranch. Shows Badlands and Black Hills areas of South Dakota. View of Mount Rushmore, and Great Plains areas. Bison on the plains. An old cabin from pioneer days when the west was settled. Men ride snowmobiles and do jumps on snowmobiles. Lower Yellowstone River Falls waterfall at Yellowstone National Park. Tourists visit as Old Faithful geyser erupts and people watch. Views of Grand Teton mountains and boats on lake with mountains behind.
The entire ship's company is seen assembling on the deck of a South Dakota class battleship (possibly the USS Indiana) during World War 2. Her 16-inch guns,in a triple turret,loom over the assemblage. (The gun barrels appear to have bronze collars around their bases.) A variety of other vessels, including U.S. warships, are anchored in the background. The location is somewhere in the Pacific. The Navy Captain, assuming command of the ship, and an Admiral step upon a platform, followed by the Captain,being relieved of command, who salutes the Admiral, and steps back. The Admiral addresses the assemblage. Then the Captain assuming command, reads his orders. A cloud of black smoke appears momentarily in the background. Camera pans to Gun turret and ship's superstructure above heads of the sailors. The Admiral and two Captains join the ship's company in saluting (perhaps as national anthem is played). Scene shifts to two Navy officers wearing garrison caps, posing on the ship, and shaking hands. Waters of a bay and hills are in background. Camera then shows the new ship's Captain and the Admiral walking past some of the ship's officers, as the ceremony is ended.
View of Badlands with two men standing at hill side. Native American Indian families at a camp site can be seen. An Indian family in horse cart stands at crowded market. Crowded town square where Native Indians wearing traditional Indian Headdresses gather along with town folks for some ceremonial ritual including some dancing. Wide view of a camp site with numerous tents and some parked vehicles.1920.
Relief activities after flood in Rapid City, South Dakota.HUD (Housing and Urban Development) mobile trailer park in Rapid City. Sign reads 'Rapid City Mt Rushmore'. Mobile homes in the background. Trucks parked outside a mobile home. Many mobile homes in area. Hillocks in the background. Traffic along road. Roads leading to hills.HUD (Housing and Urban Development) mobile trailer park in Rapid City. Sign reads 'Rapid City Mt Rushmore'. Mobile homes in the background. Trucks parked outside a mobile home. Many mobile homes in area. Hillocks in the background. Traffic along road. Roads leading to hills.
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