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The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
The Gateway Arch also known as Gateway to the West, in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Memorial is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. View of Gateway Arch with sun setting in the background at dusk.
Various Buildings, Monuments and Landmarks of United States.
Views of various projects depicting man's creative engineering skills across the United States, including: The Indian Serpent Mounts, Ohio; Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters, Connecticut; Mackinac Bridge, Michigan; Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna, West Virginia; Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage; Chicago's Marina Towers, Illinois; NASA launch complex 39 in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a rocket in place; Watts tower, California; John Hancock Building, Illinois; Washington Monument; Dworshak Dam while under construction, Idaho; Newport Bridge, Rhode Island; U.S. Steel building, Pennsylvania; Mt. Glory Arch Bridge under construction in Wyoming; Johnson Wax Headquarters building, Wisconsin; Boeing 747 Factory Building Complex, Seattle Washington; A model of the proposed New Orleans Super Dome in Louisiana; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minnesota; Westinghouse Headquarters building, Pennsylvania; Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, New Mexico; Gulf Life Tower, Florida; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wisconsin; a paddle style River boat on the Ohio River; an artist depiction of the under construction Mobile River Highway Tunnel, Alabama; the Westinghouse Desalinization Plant, Florida; Model of master plan for the city of Gary, Indiana; Gulf Oil's "Big Brutus" crane at work on a dig site (The 160-foot tall coal shovel known as the 1850-B was designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie in Hallowell Kansas, for the Pittsburg & Midway, or P&M Coal Mining Company. It is the only one of its kind ever built. The mining company was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1963, and subsequently went under The Chevron Mining umbrella); Knights of Columbus headquarters building, Connecticut.
Aerial views of various landmarks and monuments in Washington DC.
Landmarks and monuments in Washington D.C. Aerial views of War College, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) War Memorial depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising. The Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background. The Capitol building in the far background, and the Main Navy Building and Munitions Buildings west of the National Mall (eight years before they were demolished in 1970....that area is now the site of Constitution Gardens and the Vietnam War Memorial.)
Fidel Castro arrives at New York's Penn Station and is greeted by cheering Spanish-speaking admirers.
Fidel Castro is cheered by a large crowd in New York City. Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro arrives at New York's Penn Station (351 West 31st Street New York, NY 10001) and is greeted by some 20,000 cheering Spanish-speaking fans and supporters. Adoring crowds waving Cuban flags upon Castro’s arrival. Policemen control the crowd outside the station. Castro waves towards the cheering crowd at Penn Station. Castro crosses the street to the Statler Hilton (now the Hotel Pennsylvania).
Dramatized Pictorial History of the U.S. through the Civil War and its aftermath showing transition towards industrialization
'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)
(Mostly reenactment) 1961 film showing advances in commerce, communication and transport in United States in mid 19th Century.
Mostly reenactment footage showing how post-civil war Industrialization leads to a market surplus in United States giving a boost to commerce. (Film made in 1961) Development of communication system, system of sending mails by horsemen. Telegraph poles and cables set up. Construction of Transcontinental railroad tracks to develop a vast transport network. Sketches of men laying telegraph cable across Atlantic to set up link between east and west. Expansion of petroleum industry: Dramatization of an oil well "gusher" as it gushes oil upward and excited well workers celebrate. Following scene is of actual oil wells gushing and a field of oil wells and derricks in place.
