Drought affected areas of the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl in the U.S. Abandoned farms. Children outside a house. Traditional houses held together with grass roots. A child draws drops of water from a hand pump. A damaged deserted barn and rampages farmyards. Open windows and doors of abandoned houses swing with the wind. Abandoned farm implements and equipment rust in the sun. A wind mill at a farm. Cattle drink water from a well. A cow with her suckling calf.
Drought affected areas of the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl in the U.S. Dry, parched land. Shepherds with their sheep. A wind mill at a farm. Sheep ranchers draw water. A rancher with barrels of water in a cart. He pours water into a trough for the sheep. Sheep drink water from the trough. Birds on parched ground. A farmer couple haul water from distant places in a horse cart. They pour water from barrels into a tub. Cows drink water. Ranchers on horses with a herd of cattle on dry land. The herd and cars pass through the town. Ranchers herd the cattle into rail cars to be transported to greener pastures. The train begins its journey. 'Trail City, Post Office' sign on a building. A notice by the Township Board regarding the use of water from the relief well. Men, women and children line up and draw water from the relief well. The water carrier or delivery man goes door to door to distribute water. He takes water in a bucket from a carriage and pours in into a barrel outside a house. Men dig a deep well using equipment and machinery in search of water. A horse pulls to rotate the digging equipment.
Drought affected areas of the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression in the United States. A Nursery school in the drought area. Works Progress Administration (WPA) nurses conduct a health checkup physical examination of children. Children seated on benches in the school. A nurse questions a little girl. They administer typhoid serum. A nurse takes a little boy’s temperature while another examines a boy's eyes and throat for signs of problems caused by dust. Farmers with horses and horse carts. They construct roads under the Works Administration Program (WPA). They employ horses and plows for road building to carry crops to market. They cut wide fire lanes in drought damaged farms to prevent the spread of Prairie fire. Construction of assorted small dams to capture rainwater. Men transport dirt and rocks in wheelbarrows, dig in the ground, and work with machinery and equipment. Larger dams are also built. Men at cleared land. They twist strengthening wires into place using pliers. Men wearing gloves and smoking pipes work at the dam site.
A county seat in the United States. A statue on a tall pillar in a small park. The U.S. flag. Buildings in the town. Traffic near the round about. Pedestrians on the side walk. A shopping area, a drug store, a shoe store. A court house. FW Woolworth store. Pedestrians cross the road.
Responsibility of United States Air Force MAC during war time. People carry a wounded on stretcher into a Military Airlift Command (MAC) C-9 aircraft. Trained flight nurses and medical technicians board the plane. Men arrange stretchers inside the plane. MAC planes land and take off. View of Aero-medical evacuation during the Vietnam War in South East Asia. Soldiers carry injured United States Army soldier into a helicopter ambulance in the late 1960s or early 1970s.Medical personnel attend to the wounded on stretchers in a C-9 plane.
A U.S. Department of Commerce film entitled "Voyage to America." Opening scenes depict ordinary life during rush hour in major city in the United States in 1963. People walking in what appears to be a large railroad station and then riding escalators to lower floors. People stepping from a subway door to a platform and others leaving a crowded train station. An official cutting a ribbon to open some place or event. Young women cheer leading for a political candidate. People attending a concert and others at an outdoor sports event. Crowds filling sidewalks to watch foreign dignitaries in two white cars. Republicans fill the Cow Palace near San Francisco in the 1956 political convention where President Dwight D. Eisenhower is supported for a 2nd term as President. Some "Stick with Ike" banners are seen in the crowd. Scene transitions to views of clouds and beautiful coastal images of America.
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