Woman seen backing her 1962 Ford Galaxie convertible car out of carport of her house in the suburbs. Her husband is seated on a motorized lawn mower. View from inside Ford convertible as housewife backs out of the driveway and leaves driving on suburban streets; while her husband proceeds to cut the grass in the front yard, relying on motor power rather than personal exertion. Likewise, the woman driving along in her car, exerts little effort. Air Force personnel in uniform, at work in an office setting also expend little energy. A group of Air Force men engaged in calisthenics. A man exercising with dumbells for exercise and fitness. A man playing golf. Couples riding tandem bicycles, and paddling canoes. A group of men performing calisthenics and doing pushups. Several people swimming at a pool. Children being taught to swim by their father. Youth engaged in group swimming activities. A group of boys on a swim team line up and dive into the swimming pool.
Opening scene shows a U.S. Titan intercontinental ballistic missile being launched from an underground silo. U.S. airmen at monitoring stations in a missile launch control room. An airman working to maintain and repair missile-related equipment and accessories. An Force Captain overseeing airmen at control room work stations. Astronaut John Glenn stepping from a NASA structure, fully suited in space suit, and climbing into a Mercury Space Capsule. Air Force personnel engaged in sports to maintain fitness, playing softball, volleyball, and basketball. An airman typing at a desk job. An Air Force woman sorting 88 column Hollerith cards punch cards by machine. An airman performing calisthenics outside his quarters on an Air Base. Another airman typing expertly at a desk job. Airmen lifting large boxes. Air Force personnel bowling for recreation. Others playing badminton at an Air Force Base. Airmen bicycling out the gate of an Air Base. Air Force bombers parked on a flight line. One, a B-52, is fitted with a large pointed missile underneath its wing.
Dramatization showing days of prosperity as a result of post-civil war industrialization in America. A barbershop quartet performing songs of the era. A stage show in a club or dinner theatre environment. Patrons throw streamers and watch the performers on stage. Reenactment as the great Chicago fire of 1871 takes place. Firefighters race to the scene and battle flames with buckets and hoses. Reconstruction takes place in Chicago and much of the city is rebuilt. Actual still photos of the city of Chicago during reconstruction after the fire.
Film opens with illustrations showing development of culture and the arts as America developed from earliest centuries. A crowded theatre scene and a lead woman opera singer on stage in a long dress during her performance, with sympony in the background. The audience applauds. Images of writers James Fenimore Cooper; Edgar Allan Poe; Ralph Waldoe Emerson; Nathaniel Hawthorne; and Mark Twain are shown. Children in a school yard, some wearing straw hats, are seen returning to the school house. Boy and girl children entering a one room school house in a rural area of America in the early 1900s. Views of early school rooms, students, and teachers.
Opening scene shows early morning mist and transitions to 20th Century industrial sites with many smoke stacks and steam rising. Next a textile machine rotates as it weaves a product. Men sing around a piano as a woman plays it in an early 20th Century parlor. A person is seen filling out a paper ballot and dropping it into a ballot box at a voting station. A woman doing needle work and a man winding a clock above a mantel. A girl paging through a coloring book. Children in a school room. Many people attending a political convention. Outdoor view of hills and sea. Exterior and interior of a town church. A court being called to order. The inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, as America's 28th President on March 4, 1913. View of the crowd attending the event. Closeup of President Wilson delivering his inaugural address. Bronze bust of Woodrow Wilson.
Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (nick-named "Spruce Goose") being towed back to its berth, after a short maiden flight. Small boats surround it . Many spectators on shore.
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