Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members rally in a forest near Stone Mountain, Georgia, in the United States. Members of the KKK group dressed in white robes and hoods gather in the forest. They perform formal ceremonies there. One robed member is a child and is greeted by other members. One member waves the flag of the United States. They bow while standing in a circle. A member wears a mask. He bows in front of the U.S. flag. Stone Mountain in Stone Mountain Georgia is seen in the background in final shot.
A football match is played between Texas and Georgia at orange bowl. Texas, also called Longhorns win over Georgia by 41-28. 61000 people turn up to see the match.
Creation of hydro electric operations at Hoover Dam in the United States. Hydro electric units are built in power house. Creation of hydro electric operations that provide electricity to California, Nevada and Arizona. An engineer works during manufacture of generator N8. Manufacturing of Hoover generator. A man works on welding. Men carry steel plates. Views of turbine wheel and men working near the wheel. Rail car transports N8 parts. N8 parts are transfered from canyon to power house via cable ways. A man signals. Manned cable way operator operated during dam construction. The interior of Nevada wing power house. Technicians assemble the engines installed. The crewmen prepare N8 equipped for receiving generating unit. The men remove temporary slab from turbine. Steel lamination plates stacked around rotary frames. An overhead crane carries the N8 parts. N8 parts assembled. On December 1961, world's largest hydro electric plant is completed.
Shows early 1970s era construction activities, economic growth, retail shopping, and American fashions and goods of the 1970s. As a contrast to the modern way of life, a farmer is seen using teams of horses to plow his land. Views of middle-class suburban living in the U.S.A. New, modern houses and cars in the suburbs. Construction workers building new homes. Modern farm machinery being employed. Panels being placed on a new car in a factory production line or assembly line. A long freight train moving goods. U.S. consumer retail stores selling a variety of products, and pedestrians in 1970s fashions shopping on town and city streets for various goods including ice cream, lawn mowers and hardware, custom framing, fast food (McDonalds restaurant shown), an "organic food" cafe or store, barbecue grills, outdoor lounge chairs, and antiques, among others. Shipping containers being loaded on a ship for export abroad. Various construction sites ranging from those for suburban neighborhood homes to those for high rise buildings. Construction of the Dunhill Condominiums in progress in Atlanta Georgia. A 1970 Ford Falcon car in a neighborhood of new homes in the suburbs. Sink and bath tub fixtures in a typical kitchen and bathroom. Families at a high school graduation. African American students on a college campus. White students walking on campus of a college or university. Families shopping for high price goods: View of a hand starting a phonograph record player, a man examining a Ford Pinto car in a new car show room, views of home appliances, washers, dryers, stoves, ovens, televisions for sale in a show room, and window air conditioner units. Private pleasure boats operating near a large ferry boat. More views of carpenters and other construction workers and building tradesmen working at construction sites. People at work compiling statistics in the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
President John F Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy in Inauguration Parade cheered by crowd in Washington DC. Parade includes floats presented by various states and military. Float representing President's home state Massachusetts and its Governor John A Volpe and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's home state Texas. President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson with their wives at the Inaugural Ball introduce members of the Cabinet, Secretary of State Dean Rusk with his wife, Secretary of Treasury C Douglas Dillon with his wife, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and wife, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, and Ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson and his Daughter-in-Law.The following day all the cabinet members and John F Kennedy taking charge. 20 January 1961.
Conservation Work in the United States during the Great Depression. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) renovate the house of Alexander Stevens, Vice President of the Confederacy, in Crawfordville, Georgia. View of the house with a statue of Alexander Stevens in front. The slave quarters near the house. View shifts to the oyster shell walls at Georgia's Santo Domingo State Park. The Government CCC program restores the park. Young men workers of the CCC march in front of restored cabins at Schoenbrunn springs area near New Philadelphia, Ohio.
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