Dr. Werner Von Braun and General John B Medaris in Pentagon studio, stand next to model of Redstone Missile. Von Braun in his speech states that the Redstone Missile is America's largest ballistic Missile to have reached the test firing stage. Medaris in his speech speaks about its much longer range.
View of a the Confederate Memorial Carving honoring confederate civil war leaders, located at Stone Mountain, Georgia. Carved figures of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis, comprising the largest bas relief sculpture in the world. Each is riding atop their favorite horse, "Little Sorrel", "Traveller", and "Blackjack," respectively. Three sculptors led by Roy Faulkner work and carve the sculpture on rock. Faulkner describes the carving activity, done using the back-blast of jet-fuel-powered torches.
Brief shot of hands dialing a phone followed by views of United States Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). View of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) from a moving car. Obelisk of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Still photographs of the Washington Monument under construction. View of the Washington Monument from different angles. The American flags flutter in front of the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). View of the White House. Cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin are also seen. From a Bell Telephone television advertisement.
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.
View, from inside the mouth of a rough earthen tunnel, showing Actor Lee Marvin speaking about Clifford Milburn Holland, who was Chief Engineer on the project to build a tunnel under the Hudson River, linking New York and New Jersey. View inside construction work area. The project's chief designing engineer, Ole Singstad, explains the problem of ventilating the exhaust fumes from cars traversing the tunnel. Scenes of workers down in the tunnel during construction. Governors Arthur H. Moore, of New Jersey, and James Walker, of New York, shake hands at the boundary of their two states, inside the Holland Tunnel,under the Hudson River, during a project completion ceremony. Interestingly, they stand on each other's side of the boundary as they shake hands. Motorcycle policemen escort some of the first cars through the tunnel at its opening. View from rear of a car traversing the tunnel, of other cars following. Engineer Singstad speaking more about the tunnel ventilation.
Cartoon Animation shows the development of technology and inventions over the years and makes forecasts about new developments in the future, in the year 2000 and beyond. Harbor in Alaska, train enters tunnel, houses in caves. View of early aircraft and cars to the present day mode of transportation. Missile launched from launch pad. Vehicles that float on water and fly in air. Television program host Lee Marvin talks about increase in population in 2000, and scientists plans for floating cities and hover craft vehicles that will move about the earth's lands and oceans in the 21st century. Futurist, architect, inventor, and designer Buckminster Fuller is shown walking with his dog, and then shares his thoughts about the future during an interview.
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