Enactment about Lead Belly, an American folk and blues musician in United States. Lead Belly also known as Huddie William Ledbetter he sings a song 'Irene Goodnight' and plays guitar as his wife Martha Ledbetter sits in a chair and others stand during a get together. He plays a guitar and hums along. Two men arrive outside the house and enter it.
Diversion tunnels made for the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. The dam site in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Rocks on either side of the river. A bridge on the river. A small tunnel on one side of the river. Several workmen at the mouth of the tunnel. Men operate drilling jumbos mounted on a motor truck. A man on a ladder. Workmen drill holes into rocks with drifter drills. Equipment for drilling. Trucks and power shovels in a bore to remove shattered material. A truck comes out of the tunnel. Workmen watch the truck. Trucks move in a line on a road along the canyon walls. The trucks dispose off wastes in gulches. Men at work in the tunnel. A man operates a concrete machine. A gantry crane is operated by workmen to lay lining of concrete on sidewalls of the tunnel. Men near movable steel forms. A man operates a machine.
Wheat harvesting in the Great Plains, United States. Wheat growing in field. Large teams of horses drive combines to harvest wheat. View of harvested grain as it pours out of the harvester into the hands of a farmer on board. Steam train runs along a track in the distance, with smoke and steam pouring into the air from the locomotive.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in the United States during the Great Depression. Fire control measures taken by CCC shows CCC workers using shovels to dig and build road. Construction equipment in operation. A dump truck loaded with concrete moves along road. Workers construct a bridge. Shows an old house replaced by a new one, as workers work to build a new house. Telephone lines are put up. Men construct a lookout post.
Demonstration against war in the United States prior to World War 2. Pacifist anti-war demonstrators gathered around a poster which reads 'War 1914-18 25000 Millionaires - 10 Million Killed'. A picture of skeletons depicting soldiers fighting a war. A sign in the foreground reads 'Abolish Compulsory ROTC'. Cars lined up along the side of a road. People listen to a speaker.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is reelected as the next President of the United States. Roosevelt seated at a desk in his office. He addresses the nation. He thanks people for supporting him.
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