Landscapes in the United States. Animated map shows: tourist places in Montana,Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado,and New Mexico. Men on horseback as pack of horses move on a mountain trail. View of Continental Divide from Pikes Peak.
On Election Day, November 7, 1944, in World War 2, Americans are seen waiting patiently to vote. They stand in a long line extending down a city sidewalk next to brick and stone buildings. Views of several persons in the line. Scene shifts in flashback to the election of Woodrow Wilson, in 1912. Four men on horseback arrive at a polling place. Another travels to vote, in his 1910 Ford Model T truck. Change of time and place shows farmer arriving by horse-drawn wagon and walking to polling place past 1930s car and truck. A fully laden truck stops at a rural gasoline station, temporarily serving as polling place. American town residential street scene in the 1930s. Citizens gathering to vote at a polling place set up at a laundry shop, in the Bronx Borough of New York City. Views of various places in the United States, serving as polling places. Americans seen waiting to vote at various places, in the 1944 national election. Among the sites shown is Bridgeport Central High School, built in 1916, (which later became Bridgeport City Hall), at 45 Lyon Terrace in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Persons in various places, registering to vote, including actor Lewis Stone, actress Esther Williams, and USO entertainer, Bob Hope. Voter closing curtain behind him as he votes in a voting booth. Views of voters' feet, below curtains, as they vote. Various types of boxes. Newspaper headline speaks of the large voter turnout in millions during the 1944 election. Shipyard workers at end of their shift, are seen heading to the polls to vote.
A film about the low angle flying ability of United States air Force B-58 Hustler aircraft in the United States. A B-58 aircraft in flight over lush green fields in New Mexico while on its way to Edwards Air Force Base. A pilot at the controls in the cockpit of the aircraft. Aerial view of mountains. The aircraft in flight over Vandenberg Air Force Base. The aircraft flies over a lake. The B-58 in a low flight over mountains and deserts. It flies low over the Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft carries a free fall bomb pod while in flight. The aircraft lands at Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft taxis and comes to a stand still. The pilot gets off the B-58 aircraft.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft with the Bomber NB-52A in flight. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft lands at the Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft taxis along the runway. Smoke trails out of the aircraft.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. The Bomber NB-52A Stratofortress taxis and takes off with X-15 rocket-powered aircraft under the wing. Smoke trails out of the aircraft. View of the runway at the Edwards Air Force Base.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Bomber NB-52A Stratofortress lands and taxis. Aircraft deploys its drogue parachute for landing. View of the barren land.
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