The Gordon Bennett Balloon Race in Detroit, Michigan. View of a field, a crowd, an airplane and several balloons. Gordon Bennett and a man in a basket. Bennett being presented with flowers by two women. A balloon ascends.
A dirigible at a mooring tower in Dearborn, Michigan. Several views of the dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft) at the mooring tower. Views of a tower, a base and automobiles.
An Eagle Boat at a dock in the United States. Views of the Eagle Boat with men standing on the deck. The U.S. flag on the boat.
Parking grounds for thousands at the Ford River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Thousands of cars outside the exterior of the plant. Vehicles drive past along a road beside the plant.
On March 15, 1965 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a joint session of the Congress to urge the passage of new voting rights legislation in the United States. Members of the Congress applaud. President Johnson addresses that government will treat every citizen equal. Every American will be given equal opportunity and every American citizen must have an equal right to vote in the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a joint session of the Congress to urge the passage of new Voting Rights Act legislation in the United States. He references the Emancipation Proclamation. In his speech, a week after racial violence in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson says that this is the time for civil rights, racial equality, and justice and 'It is right in eyes of men and God'. He says that the real hero of struggle is the American African American and equality depends upon moral rights and we should respect the law and its orders. Members of the Congress applaud. He adds in his address that he wants to be the President to educate young children, to help to feed the hungry, to help poor to find their own way and to promote laws. The joint session of the Congress stands and applauds after President Johnson's speech.
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