A film on the history of U.S. soldiers. Various American landscape wide views, some with roads, some with natural features. Plains, deserts, mountains in the United States. A mountainous area in the western United States. A snowcapped mountain in the background. Three elderly United States Civil War veteran soldiers, both Union and Confederate, walking together in a American military cemetery. United States Army soldiers wearing helmets and marching at an Army base or encampment. U.S. soldiers marching on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC during a parade. They hold rifles and a soldier holds the U.S. flag. U.S. Army cavalry unit riding on horses in formation. Elevated view of an American city square with snow capped mountains rising in the background. Other American cities in the west with city center areas, pedestrians, and 1930s and 1940s automobiles on the roads. Cars parked at a large industrial factory with a water tower rising up. Aerial view of an urban, western United States city with a bridge over water in background. Aerial views of various American cities. United States Army infantry soldiers march along a road and then cavalry are seen galloping by on horses. A railroad train approaching the camera and then passing by at high speed, with views of the locomotive, cars, wheels, and railroad tracks. View of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Point of view shot from front of moving railroad train in Colorado on the edge of gorge near the Rocky Mountains. A river steamboat or paddle steamer with a bridge in the background. Men harvesting sugar cane in Cuba. Lock gates on the Panama Canal opening, as seen from a ship waiting to enter. A World War I memorial sculpture honoring American soldiers.
Industrial Geography of the United States regarding mining of Anthracite Coal. Demand for coal in various parts of the world. Shipping of coal via export from United States to other countries in the early 1920s. Coal car lifter picks up coal car. Train carries coal to different regions of United States. Train passes through snow covered countryside in United States. Availability of Anthracite coal in United States.
The United States flag on flagpole in the middle of a jungle during World War II. United States soldiers marching. U.S. Navy sailors on battleships at sea. German leader Adolf Hitler with other officers in a hall. Lines of United States Army soldiers marching; United States Army Air Force crew members gathered at an airfield with many soldiers in front of and on top of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft. U.S. Navy sailors doing jumping jacks for calisthenic exercises on the deck of a ship at sea. View of factories and manufacturing facilities with smoke pollution pouring out of smokestacks. American women war workers entering or leaving a factory, and then wearing uniforms and working in various war materiel factories. A man explains the work to female workers. Nazi German officers in their office discuss that the American women can only be playgirls, they cannot work for the nation with the army. German flags in the office. American women work as technicians in factories and welders welding military equipment. They weld airplane parts and naval landing barges. They install wiring in planes and inspect armament shells and radio tubes. Views of uniformed women in the armed forces of the United States, including groups of women army soldiers (WAAC or WACS), a group of women in the Navy, and female Marines marching. A group of nurses at a field hospital poses and smiles.
United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Senior Pilot) speaks about the basic training of cadets in United States Air Force Academy. High altitude view of the Air Force Academy. United States flag near the officer. A photograph of the cadets placed on a wall in the background. Cadets parade. A cadet holding U.S. flag walks in front. The officer states that the cadets undergo a training in which they have to show excellence in every field to become army officers. Candidates arrive in buses at the academy for the training. They come out of the bus. Various sign boards outside the academy to facilitate them. A woman takes the necessary information from them and writes it down. Various stations at the Air Force Academy. Candidates go through medical check up. The officer states that every cadet has to take a pledge for the Academy in which he promises that he will follow the discipline and work for the best of the nation
The Moscow summit between the U.S. and USSR in Moscow, Russia. Wyeth family artwork being packed in boxes for a visit to the Soviet Union. Various paintings being packed up. In exchange, some Russian paintings and artwork seen that will be displayed in America. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev visits the United States during Glasnost efforts amid Perestroika reforms. People on the streets in what appears to be New York or possibly Washington DC are surprised when he exits his motorcade to shake hands directly with American citizens gathered on the sidewalks.The U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and his wife visiting Soviet Georgia and being greeted by Soviet citizens. Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan side by side at a summit in Washington DC. They stand together on the White House lawn as a band plays. Animation depicts the sharing of cultures between the two nations and the exchange of magazines. View of American rock star Billy Joel and his band performing at a concert in the Soviet Union on New Year's eve. A Moiseyev Dance Company folk troupe from Russia performing a dance in the United States. Cultural exchange between the two countries includes views of a piano performance by Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow and a ballet performance in the United States by the Bolshoi Ballet. Several Russian school children pose for pictures on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Soviet teenage children enjoy a elevated ropes course in an outdoor program. People sit in an amphitheater with officials at a Chautaqua Talk in 1987. A group of Soviet citizens view a touring "Information USA" exhibit in the Soviet Union that presents American culture. They view the program on an array of television monitors. A young Russian boy speaks in Russian about his interest in learning about American culture. People watch a science exhibition. Astronauts of the USA (NASA) and Soviet Union in a spacecraft. The astronauts open a connecting hatch and shake hands (possibly on a space station). Narrator describes collaboration of the two nations to monitor and study the depleting ozone layer of the earth and how to protect it. A man is shown sunbathing. Officials of the America and the Soviet Union sign an agreement relating to sharing information about safety of nuclear power plants. Soviet representatives and George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of State, inaugurate a new communication system that communicates nuclear dangers between the two countries. A woman in the communication room. Food grain pouring from a harvester, part of what is supplied to the Soviets. Soviet Union tanks and soldiers in Afghanistan. Soviet soldiers walking on a street in Afghanistan in front of a shop. Arrested American journalist Nicholas Daniloff disembarks an aircraft after his release. View of the exterior of the American Embassy in Russia. U.S. marine Sgt. Clayton J. Lonetree being escorted under guard after having been accused of collaborating in a Soviet spy mission at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Scene inside a Voice of America radio broadcast studio. Sign indicates it is broadcasting in Russian. Close up of meter moving on a radio instrument during the broadcast. Dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem performing before their visit to the Soviet Union. A group of Soviet citizens including men, women and children walking outdoors. Mikhail Gorbachev with U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a ceremony on the White House grounds on December 8, 1987.
A combine harvesting wheat in the United States. Workers picking peaches from an orchard. A ‘Fruit Growers Express’ railroad train transporting produce by rail. Trucks carrying fruits driving on highway during day and at night. A Union Pacific railroad train leaves a train station with many train cars carrying produce. Grain is processed by a machine and piped into a storage hold for shipment. A barge sails past a flour milling plant. A Western Fruit Express wagon stands beside rail tracks. Sign in car front window reads “Deputy U.S. Marshal”. Marshal attaches a “Monition” notice to the seized Western Fruit Express wagon due to a pesticide violation. Film subject introduced as "The safe use of pesticides...Follow the Label." A man offloads crates of produce seized by the United States Marshal. Two farmers discover an infestation of caterpillars in their fields. The farmers inspect leaves from their infested crops. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspector examines produce from a seized rail car due to presence of excessive pesticide residue applied by the farmer to get rid of caterpillars discovered late in the harvest. The FDA inspector carries samples taken from seized produce. The FDA inspector writes on the paper bag containing samples and seals the bag with tape. An African American scientist examines samples of produce for illegal pesticide content. A syringe is inserted into a machine for chemical analysis. An FDA District Director makes a call from his office. A General Counsel speaks to an FDA District Director over the phone. A United States District Court arrest warrant against seized illegal produce. A judge signs the arrest warrant and hands it over to a marshal. A farmer drives a tractor and parks in front of a shed. A farmer looks at pesticides inside the shed. The farmer grabs a pack of pesticide and placed it at the back of the tractor. Farmer drives a tractor sprayer to treat pesticide on a field. Sacks of pesticide inside a shed. Camera zooms into a pesticide sack to show warning that reads “DO NOT USE WITHIN 10-DAYS OF HARVEST’ which the farmer violated. United States marshals seize produce from a Great Northern Railway cargo. The seized cargo is buried in a landfill. United States Marshals oversees the destruction of seized produce. A bulldozer covers the produced with rubble and soil. Animation depicting a caterpillar and various bugs superimposed over farm pests and crops. A praying mantis feeds on a bug. A farmer wearing protective gear including goggles and gas mask or respirator drives a tractor sprayer in orchard as he applies pesticide, herbicide, or insecticide. Boy and girls exiting a school house. Children running out from school at the end of day. Farmers harvesting carrots. Tractor plowing to expose pests. A farmer releases wasps to control pests. A farmer breeding resistant variety crops. A farmer prepares pesticide inside a shed. An old weighing scale tilting. Farmer opens hose to fill water into the tank of a sprayer. The farmer pours pesticide powder into sprayer. Sprayer treats orchard with pesticide.
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