Vocal group the 5th Dimension sing and dance aboard a boat in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, California. The boat passes under the Golden Gate Bridge. Vehicles drive on the bridge. Band members sing and dance.
View of waterfalls, mountains and serene lakes in California. Song in background about western United States before railroads existed there. Still photos and sketches railroad pioneer Theodore Dehone Judah, and of Chinese workers and other laborers as they work to build the railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains beginning in 1865. Pictures of early railroad building, westward expansion, and men building a railroad bridge. Train moving between mountain valleys. Still photo from May 10, 1869 of workers from the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads celebrating at Promontory, Utah, when their two railroad lines were joined together to realize the goal of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Gateway Arch also known as Gateway to the West, in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Memorial is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. View of Gateway Arch with sun setting in the background at dusk.
The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States) in New York City. Views of the Empire State Building in 1970. Views of the Empire State Building under construction in 1930 and 1931. A blimp passing near the Empire State building in the 1930s. People gathered in front of the Empire State Building for its grand opening in May 1931. Next scene shows the 79th floor of the Empire State Building engulfed in flames after a B-25 aircraft crashed into the building in 1945. Views of the fire from the ground and from the 79th floor areas as firemen extinguish flames. The final scene is street levels views of the Empire State building from a moving vehicle, again in 1970.
Construction of the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City. A small model of the buildings. A pilot seated in cockpit of helicopter. Aerial view of the city of New York with its tall buildings, viewed from the height and location of the not-yet-completed World Trade Center. Workers construct the World Trade Center building. One of the twin towers partially completed. A steel worker, John McCeever stands in front of the building and talks about his participation in building the tallest building in the world. Views of cranes, steel beams, and workers building one of the towers.
Insignia of 433rd Troop Carrier Wing. 69th Infantry Regiment Troops stand next to equipment, outside tents during final inspection at Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville, South Carolina. Soldiers check inflated life-rack and equipment in front of the raft. Truck with equipment backed up to C-119 flying Boxer. Steel unit rolled into plane. Soldiers nail and staple wooden crates. Mechanics work on C-119 Flying Boxer engine. Insignia 'Fighting 69th' on side of airplane.
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