Dramatization of historical American events. United States President Thomas Jefferson looks at a wall map of the Louisiana Purchase, acquired from Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of France. Jefferson sits with a few officials seated at a table. A pictorial map showing the Columbia River and the Missouri River flowing into the Pacific. The Lewis and Clark expedition is sent to western territory. The life of the Native American Indians. The Indians wearing traditional costumes. Indians hunting buffalo. Scenic views of a hillside with a flowing river. Lewis and Clark cross a water body led by an Indian guide. A large waterfall. The expedition members sleeping in trees to avoid predators. The rapids of the Columbia River. Men crossing the river with water up to their necks. The men wading through the water holding their guns up. Natives watching the men. The course of the Columbia River. Two men from the expedition team lying beside a tree. The expedition watches English men in boats on the river who have come from Canada to establish outposts.
A picturization of American people moving to the western territory of Louisiana which is bought by the United States under the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson. A map shows the path of construction of roads accessing farm lands. Farmers leading their herds of cattle to a market in the east. A great canal dug from the west. A map shows waterways linking rivers to the eastern states. The Erie Canal or the Big Ditch through which goods and people move to the farming land. Boats on the canal. People moving on a bridge. Trains moving on a rail road. Several ships at a harbor. Steam boats on rivers. Aug. 17, 1807: 'Fulton's Folly' Steams up the Hudson River. Cotton grown on plantation farm fields in the south. Workers at the cotton plantations. Horse carriages carrying cotton moving at a harbor. Mechanized spinning and weaving industry.
The history of the United States. Illustration : industrial workers at work in mills in New York. View of other industries with power machinery. New York is made the economic capital. Vehicles on streets. A map showing the east of Mississippi and new states added to the union. Andrew Jackson becomes the U.S. President in 1828. Men of the Congress during a meeting. American statesman Daniel Webster addressing the House of Representatives. Men listening to Daniel Webster.
The history of the United States. Illustration: American people in the western states. A political leader speaking from a platform. People listening to the leader. People on an election day. The officials talking. A few men rejoicing. Young men, who unable to go to school, have become observers of life. Women act as the working partners of their men. Men and women moving along a path.
Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong in the United States. Louis Armstrong plays a trumpet during a jazz performance. Several views of the trumpeter. Louis Armstrong playing and singing "Hello Dolly" on a stage set, with dancers.
Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong in the United States. A 78 rpm phonograph record fom the year, 1928, of 'West End Blues' which has 'Okeh Records' written on it. Several musical compositions on which is written 'By Louis Armstrong'. Various still images: Louis Armstrong playing a trumpet during a performance. A composition 'Swing That Music' by Horace Gerlach and Louis Armstrong. Louis with other musicians. Louis with jazz musicians and a woman singer during a performance. Louis Armstrong during his other performances.
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