A U.S. Army soldier seated on a chair takes a nap. A cup kept in front of him on the table. Children walking on sidewalk in small town America. Downtown view of small Indiana town. View of an American family of a small town seated in dining room for a dinner meal. Children exit a one room school house. Both a well-kept high school building and a rural simple school are shown, with boys and girls in bare feet exiting the poor rural school down a wooden ramp. Men lined up for work. Children playing in slum and tenement areas in poverty stricken areas. Quick views of skyscrapers, new schools, buildings, colleges (including view of Rice University in Houston Texas) and art galleries in the United States, including the National Gallery of Art entrance. A Texan in a cowboy hat delivers a John Randolph famed "Texas Brag" saying, "If all the hogs in Texas were one big hog, he could dig the Panama Canal with three roots and a grunt.” The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Labor organizer John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) states, "The American Federation of Labor can help if it will, it can uphold anything, but we shall carry on." An American town hall meeting in progress. (World War II period).
Apollo Moon craft during rugged landing tests at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, the NASA manned space flight center, in Houston, Texas. The Apollo Moon craft on a stand at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. The Moon craft makes a rugged landing when dropped from a rig while testing. (This shows impact tests of the Apollo space capsule, not the Lunar Exursion Module or LM or LEM.)
The National Women's Conference held at Houston, Texas, promoting equal rights for women. Thousands of American women and women of other countries gather, cheer and clap during the event. Women hold American flags and banners. Some signs are in favor of ERA and others are against the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment). A news reporter at the venue summarizes the events of the conference. Empty conference hall in her background. Several proposals for women's rights put forward.
American women take part in a torch marathon race in Houston, Texas at the eve of National Women's Conference promoting equal rights for women, discussion of women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The participants hold American flags. Thousands of American women gather along the streets to cheer and clap for the participants. Scenes of Women delegates voting, women waiting, women making banners. Photographers, press and media officials take coverage of the event.
Gloria Scott officially opens the first plenary session of the National Women's Conference at Houston, Texas, focused on equal rights for women, women's issues and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Thousand of American women present at the eve cheer. Speeches by Rosalynn Carter and Betty Ford. Betty Ford feel proud to be a part of the conference. Band music is played. Women chant slogans including "E.R.A." and "E.R.A. NOW" and cheer as four women arrive at the venue holding a burning torch.
Gloria Scott raises a gavel and shows it to the women attendees present at the first plenary session of the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, focused on women's issues and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Thousand of American women present for a conference on equal rights for women at the event cheer. IWY Presiding Officer, Bella Abzug speaks for the rights of American women including homemakers, housewives, working women, widows, women in administration, and others.
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