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Citizens and groups demonstrating citizenship and civic involvement in Ottumwa, Iowa

A U.S. Army documentary depicting the town of Ottumwa, Iowa. Views of the annual Scout Jamboree, with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts gathered. A large poster depicting boys in the Boy Scouts of America with the slogan, "Onward...For God and for My Country." A military band plays on an outdoor stage and the Scouts and other townspeople listen. Boy Scouts in an Order of the Arrow dance team perform. Iowa Governor Loveless addresses the group. Scouts in uniform set out signs in town for the drive for the United Way. A policeman in town. Citizens in Ottumwa waiting in line to vote. Kids and townspeople cheer at a baseball game. Working men leave a plant. Elementary or primary school children enter a school building and are seen in the classroom with their teacher. Children playing outside a school house at recess time. Group of young women entering a building that is likely a school. Next scene shows group of teenage boys and girls entering a high school building. Exterior views of the high school as students enter, then view just inside high school doors as students come in. Group of women singing in Latin under the direction of a Catholic nun, in a garden. Various churches in the town of Ottumwa. Newlyweds leaving a church. Townspeople exiting a church and shaking hands with the minister. A U.S. Army Sergeant speaks about armed services for young men and various freedom enjoyed by people in the United States. People play various sports like swimming, diving, tennis, horseshoes, and others. People watch young children playing in a playground. Citizens walking in a park. Two recruiting Sergeants sit in a car and drive to a high school. They address an assembly of male students about military service. Young men under reserve military training, parade on a parade ground and learn various skills. They clean and operate vehicles, weapons and artillery. A woman with her son takes her son for registration in the U.S. Army at its office. Another woman and her son talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant counsels a boy sitting in a field about the services and then drives away from the field. The boy rides his horse in the field. The military Sergeant speaks about the Armed Forces and the freedom in lifestyle of American people.

Location: Ottumwa Iowa USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 11 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056278
President Hoover campaigns in Des Moines, Iowa. Some citizens express dissatisfaction with his administration.

U.S. President Herbert Hoover on the 1932 presidential reelection campaign trail in Des Moines Iowa, during the Great Depression. A banner across a main street shows his picture and reads "Iowa Welcomes You". A motorcade carrying the President, is accompanied by supporters walking alongside. Spectators on both sides of the streets watch the President pass by. Some confetti can be seen floating in the air. The President waves from his car. The State Capitol building appears in the background. Citizens disappointed with current economic hard times make their feelings known by following the Presidents motorcade in trucks, motorcars and on horseback. Farm workers in a truck send their message on a sign reading "Hoovers Farm Relief. First - Foreclosure. Then -This". A sign on the back of another truck reads 'In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted'. Two men ride horses carrying signs on the horses' rear ends reading: "Hoover Put Us Here".

Location: Des Moines Iowa USA
Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044635
The flood of immigrants from Europe to America from 1870 to 1910. Traveling experiences of immigrants are depicted.

Contains mix of vintage still images, 1970s interview footage, and a small amount of vintage film footage. Images of an old signs, in Europe, advertising land and promoting the virtues of various of the United states, including: Iowa, Nebraska, California, Kansas, and Dakota. One says "room for millions of immigrants." One cites "free homes." One contains a cartoon image of a grim "old World,"opposite a smiling "New World." Poster for steamship line, Norddeutscher Lloyd, of Bremen. Poster for railroad company. Poster for steamships from Liverpool to New York citing fares from 12 to 30 pounds sterling for "Saloon Passage"; 8 to 10 pounds for Second cabins; and 4 pounds for steerage passage. A Polish publication expressing concern over the "epidemic" of immigration to America. Articles calling for measures to restrict this immigration. Documents in cyrillic that narrator describes as mail from America that Russian officials censor. Samples of letters to relatives back home, from immigrants in America, enclosing steamship tickets, railroad tickets, and the like, that the narrator states "never arrived." Animated map showing the flow of immigrants from interior of Europe to ports of Hamburg, Bremen, and Rotterdam, noting that Hull and Liverpool also prospered on immigrant trade. Note on map states that between 1870 and 1880, two and three quarters of a million American immigrants came from Europe and by 1890, five and a quarter million more had crossed the Atlantic. View of immigrants waiting to be processed by government officials before departure at a port in Europe. People crowded in a long line outside, waiting to enter the office. Views of shanties in a town. A woman is seen describing immigrants' circumstances. Pictures of men women and children traveling by horse-drawn wagons. Actual vintage moving image footage of an old railroad steam locomotive pulling a passenger train into a European train station area circa 1900-1910. View of train station at a European port city. Huge number of people from all over Europe, standing in the courtyard of a train station. A man is seen describing these people as like "coming from another world." A barracks-like housing arrangement for immigrants waiting to pass health screening by the steamship companies, which included carefully examining their hair. A woman who experienced this described her embarrassment at the health examinations.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1910
Duration: 6 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039767
Carl Carlson from Iowa wins the corn husking title in Licking county in Ohio

A film titled 'Iowa farmer wins U.S. Corn husking title' shows people gathered in large numbers to witness the United States corn husking competition in Licking county in Ohio. Carl Carlson from Iowa wins title by husking 1,472.75 lbs. in eighty minutes.

Location: Licking County Ohio USA
Date: 1936, November 11
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037732
Team Iowa Hawkeyes wins a football match against Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Indiana,United States.

A Football match at Indiana,United States. Football match between team Iowa Hawkeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Spectators cheer their teams. Team Iowa Hawkeyes wins the match against Notre Dame Fighting Irish by a score of 21-13.

Location: Indiana United States USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055755
Minnesota Gophers defeat Iowa Hawkeyes and moves into the Big Ten lead with a terrific 27-10 victory.

Minnesota Gophers vs Iowa Hawkeyes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The unbeaten teams of the Big Ten clash in a football game. A record crowd in the stadium. The spectators cheer and shout. The game progresses. Minnesota beats Iowa and moves into the Big Ten lead with a terrific 27-10 victory.

Location: Minneapolis Minnesota USA
Date: 1960, November 7
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057801
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