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Logging operations in America, early 1900s; train engine hauls large wooden logs and men stand on logs
Timber harvesting and logging operations in the United States in the early 1900s. Railway in forest area. Massive logs are rolled into position and towed on railway by large steam train engine. Engine on a railway track. Smoke emitted from the engine. The engine hauls a series of large wooden logs and lumberjack men stand atop some of the logs.
Development of culture, arts, and education in America in the early 1900s.
Film opens with illustrations showing development of culture and the arts as America developed from earliest centuries. A crowded theatre scene and a lead woman opera singer on stage in a long dress during her performance, with sympony in the background. The audience applauds. Images of writers James Fenimore Cooper; Edgar Allan Poe; Ralph Waldoe Emerson; Nathaniel Hawthorne; and Mark Twain are shown. Children in a school yard, some wearing straw hats, are seen returning to the school house. Boy and girl children entering a one room school house in a rural area of America in the early 1900s. Views of early school rooms, students, and teachers.
Poverty in Appalachian regions after industrialization of early 1900s
Depicts rural families in southern Appalachian regions like Smyth County, Virginia after the industrialization of the early 1900's came to an end and widespread unemployment set in, especially during the Great Depression. A large factory cog coming to a stop. A giant saw blade coming to a stop. Barren areas with tree stumps from a clear cut. Vacant industrial sites. Stream flowing through part of mine works. Men out of work, outside, some carving, some just sitting. Women and children stand outside houses. Woman holds toddler in arms. Men dig grave in cemetery. A rural preacher preaching.
Dr Philip Hauser briefs George Stone on development of various aspects of U.S. census from 1790 to 1900 in United States,1960.
George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser at the presentation of U.S. census. Map of U.S. with an area marked on it appears. Figures of population of 1970 appear on the marked area. On its side 6 questions required for census are seen. A slide with Census 1900 appears on the screen. An official with a gun is seen riding a horse in a forest. He meets a Native American Indian and writes his family details for the census.
Early 1900s car traffic on streets of New York City; car usage in America versus rest of world
Demand of Automobile in the United States. Shows a photograph (ca. 1900) of a policeman ordering a horseless carriage off New York City streets. Picture of men on horseless carriage and on bicycles. Views of traffic of 1910's and 1920's cars and other vehicles on busy, traffic filled streets of New York City, as a police officer directs traffic between the lanes of automobiles. Figure shows that out of 26 million of automobiles, 77% is in the U.S. and 23% in rest of the world.
Scenes of Swiss Village at Paris Exposition, 1900.
A group of men and women dressed in traditional Swiss Alpine costumes marching down the street in the village. A man balances empty barrels on a board over his shoulders. He is followed by a man leading several cows. Behind them come several girls in white dresses with broad sashes. girls and women assemble in a square and demonstrate Swiss dancing to music from a Swiss band. .
