The Great Dismal Swamp in the United States. Views of the swamp land between the border of Virginia and North Carolina. George Washington called the swamp a 'Glorious Paradise'. Scenes show various trees, flowers and insects at the swamp as seen on land and from the viewpoint of a moving boat. Trees in the swamp. A spider on a tree.
The traveling Miller Johnson circus in the United States. Men put up the poles and hoist the big top for a circus tent. A man hooks up a rope with a nail. He hits a nail with a hammer. A pole is raised in the center for putting the tent. A young tiger cub runs and walks with a man. Lions and tigers in cages. Parrots and other animals in another cage. The cage of the tiger is rolled out of a van. The sketches of tiger with other animals in the hands of the circus men. The men look at the sketches. The tent is being put up by the people. The people are getting ready for the circus. The tent is being raised up. A crowd on the streets and a parade underway welcoming the circus to town. Parade acts include Bears on leashes walking upright on back two paws. A chimpanzee wearing clothes. A jeep with a circus clown. A high school marching band plays. A woman on an elephant. Children in carts. People watch them. A bear with a man. Elevated exterior view of the Big Top as the circus starts. Master of Ceremonies introduces the Ring Master. Performances by circus acts. A group of acrobats perform. A single strong man holds 5 people atop his shoulders. A young girl and a bear on a ball perform while the bear wears a tutu and stays upright on two feet. Chimpanzee rides a bicycle carrying a monkey high on top on a platform. Children and families in the audience smile and watch the circus. A man holding an umbrella walks on a high wire tightrope. A woman balances a spinning ball on her feet. Men and women perform gymnastics, acrobatic feats, and a trapeze act. Narrator points out nine year old Julio Faria, a young circus trapeze performer.
Southern United States: Eroded land, barren fields during the Great Depression. An African American farmer woman dries clothes on a line in a cotton field. Loss of soil from fields in dust bowl. A young African American boy, men and women farmers pick cotton. Dilapidated farm houses, shacks, and falling down houses and huts. A poor African American woman with her children. A sign reads 'Prepare to Meet God'.
A poverty stricken migrant farming family lives in make shift shelters and tent camps during the Great Depression in the United States. A girl sleeps in a tent while a woman washes utensils nearby. A man and a young boy cook food on a stove. An unemployed family lives in a trailer. The man with his wife and children. The woman with her children. The man loads their belongings into a horse wagon. A young boy near his bicycle. Other farmers watch as the family gets on and they begin their journey westward.
Clouds over barren and parched land during Great Depression. Expansive views of open western plains and distant mountains. Some cactus plants in undeveloped wide open areas in Arizona. A steam engine locomotive pulls a train in the distance. Hills, cattle graze. Elevated view of a man made Theodore Roosevelt Lake reservoir and the Theodore Roosevelt dam that created it, northeast of Phoenix Arizona. Farms, fields, trees and vegetation. Migrant farmers in overloaded cars and heavily loaded automobiles on a dirt road. A parked trailer. A loaded wagon attached to the car. Boxes of fruits and vegetables including lemons, sweet potatoes and oranges at very low prices. Children of migrant farmers playing together and milling about. Groups of migrant worker farmers looking for work and competing for work in Arizona with four crops a year due to warm conditions and water from dams. Cars with variety of western United States 1939 license plates. Filipino and Mexican immigrant farmers pick fruits and vegetables (lettuce) on a farm. Men work on an irrigated field. Narrator states that Filipino and Mexicans have the jobs because they are strong. They pick and load lettuce into trucks on a lettuce field. Men work at sheds at packing machines to pack the lettuce. Trucks loaded in the field. Mexican border on Rio Grande river valley: Men, women and children work in a field. Most are Mexican. They pick fruits and vegetables and load them into buckets and containers. A man supervises the workers. Women workers pick and sort produce on a field. A man with a loaded horse wagon. Men lift boxes of produce. Migrants work in a field.
An elderly farmer shepherd sits on a wagon with his Border Collie sheep dog nearby. A large flock of sheep graze on a hill. Tree covered mountains. Cowboys on horseback watch over their herd of cows in terrain that appears to be western United States, during Great Depression era. A sheep dog near a cowboy. Cows graze on hills.
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