British World War 2 era film showing scenes in the United States from earlier in the 1900s. Film opens showing 19th Century animated map of the United States. It traces the development of the railroads in the U.S. It shows rail lines reaching the Missouri River by the year 1860. (Narrator states this took 250 years to happen.) But in another 10 years, the map shows the Union Pacific and other rail lines extending two the West Coast, and U.S. commerce shifting, from North-South movement, to East-West (with an animated steam locomotive moving across the map). Chicago is highlighted as the greatest railway junction in the world (the "Piccadilly Circus" as the British narrator describes it). View of a late 1800s model steam locomotive train pulling freight railroad cars on railroad tracks in a desert area of the Western United States. Point of view from camera on moving railroad train pointing straight down at railroad tracks moving by at high speed. Landscape and wide views of the arid Western parts of the U.S. Group of Native American Indians watching a railroad train pass. Construction supplies being offloaded from a train. A wind-driven water pump. Buffalo herds affected by the railroads. Wire fencing installed to control cattle on large Western ranches. Large team of horses pulling late 1800s wheat harvesting farm equipment as it harvests wheat in fields. Views of wheat grains being poured at high volume. Cattle roaming in the high country. Views of Chicago stock yards. A man marking in chalk on a Board of Trade chalk board, indicating the prices of farm commodities including wheat, corn, oats, and rye. Various views of steam locomotives pulling trains throughout the rail network, including some 20th century trains near the end of the film, and some close-up views of wheels turning fast on moving railroad trains.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. A mother feeds her child with a bottle of milk. Several children in United States. Three children stand outside a building. Two children stand near water. Richard Nixon states in his campaign that he wants the children of United States grow up in prosperity and not in poverty and despair.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. A mother feeds her child with a bottle of milk. Several children in United States. Children run, play and jump. A child runs with a balloon. A boy paints on a wall. 'LUV' painted on a wall. Three children stand outside a building. Two children stand near water. Several children live in poverty. Richard Nixon states in his campaign that he wants the children of United States grow up in prosperity and not in poverty and despair.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the Presidency in United States. Senator John Towers of Texas talks to a man about Richard Nixon. He favors Richard Nixon for the Presidential election. Trees in the background. John Towers states that Richard Nixon will restore law and order in United States and will campaign against organized crime in United States.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson assumes office in the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol. He asks for the help of all Americans, especially in the early weeks when the burden is high as he assumes office. The congressmen clap. The president meets United States Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara. United States Secretary of State David Dean Rusk briefs President Johnson. He meets with the Joint Chiefs of staff. People gather at the former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's grave. He visits the President's grave. The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery. He poses with the First Lady Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, children Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson Turpin for a family portrait.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes a radio address on Brotherhood Day or Sabbath Day in the United States. He talks about religious understanding and faith. He states that people should reach across the lines between creeds, clasp hands and work for a common cause. The First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt seated with a woman.
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