Relief operations after floods in Rapid City. Sign on trailer home reads 'Emergency Temporary Housing Application and Information Center'. Men enter trailer homes. Workers give finishing touch to HUD (Housing and Urban Development) trailer homes. The homes are set down on cement blocks and plumbing is added to structures. Men working under trailer home. HUD mobile trailer park showing sections where new mobile homes will be placed. Sign reads 'Federal Disaster Assistance'. Tractor tows new trailer home into HUD lot and backs it into its designated spot. Flood victims enter their new HUD mobile home.
President Franklin Roosevelt moves in a car towards Mount Rushmore. Face of former President Thomas Jefferson unveiled. President Roosevelt along with dignitaries watches the unveiling. Sculpted face of George Washington clearly seen on the mountain. The workers continue to work on the monument.
Sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson in the mountain is covered with flag of United States. Unveiling of the sculptor takes place. Sculpted face of George Washington also seen in the mountain. People move down in a cable car. A ladder lies near the sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson. A hut is seen over the mountain
President Franklin Roosevelt arrives at Mount Rushmore in a car. He waves his hat to the crowd. He sits inside his car parked at the base of the monumental mountain. Gutzon Borglum gives an introduction to the audience regarding his on Mount Rushmore. Sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson is covered by a flag of United States. Sculpted face of George Washington is also clearly seen on the mountain. Blasting takes place at the mountain. Stones fall from the mountain along with smoke and dust. An aircraft is moving in the sky over the monument. President Franklin Roosevelt keeps his hand over the eyes to see the aircraft. President Roosevelt, wearing sunglasses, speaks to the crowd. Roosevelt's son holds one of the microphones. Gutzon Borglum briefs the president regarding the sculptures.
More than 200 motion picture writers and critics including 80 from Europe, Asia and South America attend a luncheon at Universal City, a hub of the Entertainment world. There is a preview of the movie "Iit's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" chase comedy in manner of Keystone Cops series. Hollywood celebrity Sid Caesar talking to producer Stanley Kramer. Actor Ronald Reagan greeting guests at event with master of ceremonies Edward Muhl. Actress Hedda Hopper in a notable hat. Gregory Peck and Fifi D'Orsay seated at tables. Ethel Merman is shown, and then Rock Hudson talking to Milton Berle. Celebrities seated in groups.
Scene opens with music playing and a large sign displayed reading: "2:oo AM, Band, Forks of Salmon Fire Camp." (Forks of Salmon is an unincorporated community of Siskiyou County in northern California, USA.) A band (named 2:00 AM) is playing and several people are dancing. Announcer states that the band members lost their home in the (still uncontained) fire, last Monday (August 31, 1987). A firefighter member of a Rocky Mountain team from Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota, wearing yellow shirt and red cap, expresses appreciation for welcome by Californians.
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