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Soldiers and military band parade and officers lay wreath in Ottumwa, Iowa, for Veterans Day

A U.S. Army documentary about the spreading threats of communists and communism versus the American way of life in the United States. Soldiers and band parade on a main street in Ottumwa, Iowa, in remembrance of Veterans on Veterans Day. The Eagles state champion drill team. Veterans of wars march. The Sears store and the C.E. Crons Company store visible. Town's people of all ages stand by the sides of road and watch the parade. A troop of Boy Scouts carries a large American flag down the street. In Central Park, U.S. Military senior officers lay wreath and pay homage to the veterans who fought for American freedom. Soldiers fire rifles in their honor. The monument with an eagle atop and inscription "To Heroic Sons." The memorial service. A planning meeting of the Town Council underway.

Date: 1958
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056277
A group of Texas farm boys visits Des Moines Iowa and views corn crops and Belgian draft horses.

Farm boys of Texas visit different states of United States. A young farm boy in a corn farm at Iowa. The boy comes to corn crops. He looks at the crops and goes. The farm boys watch Belgian draft horse mares near Des Moines. A man leads mares on a track, he leads mare in a field.

Date: 1920
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026608
Franklin D Roosevelt meets Governor Landon to discuss measures to provide relief to drought affected states in United States.

President Franklin D Roosevelt in Des Monies, Iowa. Presidential motorcade arrives at the State Capitol. President and other officials enter the building. President Roosevelt along with Governor Alf Landon of Kansas and other executive members of drought affected states. They discuss the measures to be taken to provide relief to these states. The dignitaries come out of the Capitol and President Roosevelt waves to the crowd.

Date: 1936, September 8
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049681
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. This segment covers election of November 7, 1944, in World War II

Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. Opening scene show a banner stretched across a downtown street, reading: "Vote Democratic, vote for full employment. Below that are pictured two local candidates and Franklin D. Roosevelt (running for an unprecedented 4th term as President). Underneath, the banner reads:"Conners for Congress.Glimpses of other political signs are shown, on telephone poles, buildings,and automobile windows. Citizens discuss the elections in various places: A man and woman in their living room; workers in a machine shop; men in a diner restaurant; a man and woman at home; a farmer and a delivery man; a housewife speaks to another homemaker over a back fence; a dentist and his patient; school boys; and politicians. Representative Clare Booth Luce speaking. New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, at a podium. Vice Presidential candidate Harry Truman about to speak. People gathered in local forums and other political campaign activities. President Roosevelt driving along a city street, on a rainy day, in an open car with Secret Service agents riding on the running boards of his car. Crowds jamming the sidewalks in spite of the weather. Other gatherings of people waving American flags and showing support for their politcal parties and candidates. Philip Murray, President of the CIO Labor Union and AFL Head, William Green. Radio broadcast antenna shown denoting importance of radio for political communications. Harry S. Truman (Democrat), Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and incumbent President Roosevelt are seen delivering speeches in front of numerous microphones. Various views of many men, women, children, and families gathered around radios listening to radio campaign speeches, in various places, including American soldiers at the front (This election is during World War 2) and Nurses in a hospital. President Roosevelt speaking at a political dinner. Views of people at political party conventions. Next, people are seen calmly walking in and out of polling places. Three members of an election board begin counting votes. After checking, one member telephones the results from their precinct to headquarters. Views of recorded votes being reported by telephone. People using tabulating machines to compile the results. Views of spectators in vote posting centers awaiting the results. Final results being brought to news media for dissemination to the nation. People gathered in Times square, New York, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee. Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053767
Flood water covers large area of five states of Midwestern United States.

Flood in Midwest United States. Rain brings heavy flood damage. Five Mid Western States ravaged by floods. Buildings surrounded with flood water. Flooded areas of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Water touches surface of a bridge as a man looks on. Ground flooded with water as people look on.

Date: 1960, March 31
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046754
The cattle sale barn, Morrell meat plant, and John Deere equipment plant in Ottumwa, Iowa.

A U.S. Army-sponsored documentary about the spreading threats of communism and the American way of life in United States. A farmer and his teenage son in the town of Ottumwa, Iowa . The boy and his father on a Saturday morning visit the Ottumwa Sale Barn. They observe cattle and the auction of cows. The chant or chatter of the auctioneer selling the cattle. Views of the exterior and interior of the Morrell meat processing factory, including slaughtered beef hanging for inspection and meat-packing operations. A Morrell truck leaving the factory. Exterior views of the John Deere Ottumwa Works building as workers leave through its doorways. John Deere farm equipment on display outside the building.

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056275