During the National Memorial Reunion and Peace Jubilee for veterans of the American Civil War in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Civil War veterans visit Vicksburg National Cemetery. Gravestones in the cemetery. The war veterans at the bank of the river Mississippi.
Illustrations of pioneers moving westward during early American expansion. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002) in Washington, DC. Bird in flight. Vertical view of trees. Statue of Civil War Union Soldier. Montage of Civil War statues and cannon conveying experience of the war. Stream and woodland. Illustrations of Lincoln's Presidential inaugurations in 1861 and 1865. Washington, DC street scene in 1969. Simple stone monument commemorating President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Activities around the Mississippi river in the United States in the early 1900s, in areas still affected by the Civil War. Text of General Robert E. Lee's announcement about surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865. Image of flames and fire burning a town or city. United States Civil War aftermath in the South. Scenes of several different empty and burned down plantation homes in the southern United States. View of the barren land and effects of erosion. Poor African American family with their belongings in a horse drawn wagon, walking on foot during the "Great Migration," moving to a new area of the United States in the north or west. View of the Mississippi River as seen from a moving boat at water level.
On 6th June,1939 German legion returns from the Spanish Civil War and is welcomed in Germany. People crowd on the streets. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a podium. The soldiers who have returned from the Spanish Civil War parade holding guns. Hitler reviews the troops. People watch the soldiers parading. A close up of Hitler.
The United States starts a civil war air school in Glendale. Pilots attend classes at the civil war air school. A biplane takes off. The biplane in flight. The plane lands after a short flight.
'A nation rises ' Dramatization showing reenactments of scenes from civil war and aftermath in America. Still photographs of destruction from the civil war. Destroyed buildings and rubble in a Southern city. Numerous sets of railroad train wheels along with destroyed rails. Destroyed buildings in background. Dramatization showing postwar recovery efforts in rural areas, where men harness horses to help clear land. Settlers moving into the West. Buildings being constructed in the American Southwest. Herds of cattle moving through desert where cactus are growing. Illustration of a sailing ship carrying immigrants into New York harbor, with statue of Liberty in background. Reenactment of travelers boarding a large River boat. Smoke issuing from twin stacks of the river boat, as its horn blows. Bell ringing on the boat. Passengers watching from the boat as it moves along a river. Views of river and surrounding woods. A woman and baby on board the boat. Views of forests along river bank. View from water behind a moving sternwheeler river boat. A woman feeding chickens on a farm. A farmer harvesting a crop by hand, and another building a wall from stones taken out of the ground. A man stepping from a log house. An 18th century shop equipped with foot-operated wood working machines. Several farmers watching as one demonstrates Cyrus McCormick's reaper. (Note: period shown is from 1861 through about 1880. Film created about 1961)
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