Bruce Dicky, of Farmer's State Bank in Lenexa, Kansas, speaks on importance of roads for prosperous growth of people. He comments about the growth of housing and industry in Lenexa since the I-35 interstate highway came to town. Scenes of a road, on a side of a lake. Traffic moving on roads. Houses in newly built suburbs are seen along sides of highways. View of industries and suburban shopping centers of the 1950's near Kansas City, with many 1950's cars parked in parking lots, made possible by expanding roads and highway systems in America. Building of a cancer research center. C Y Thomas, a doctor speaks on how I-35 highway access influenced the location of a new research center in Kansas City. Various manufacturing and light industry businesses are seen along American highways. Sign visible on one says "Electronic Specialty Co." Interstate 287 with traffic moving on it. Industries and buildings linked with roads.
Sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson in the mountain is covered with flag of United States. Unveiling of the sculptor takes place. Sculpted face of George Washington also seen in the mountain. People move down in a cable car. A ladder lies near the sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson. A hut is seen over the mountain
President Franklin Roosevelt arrives at Mount Rushmore in a car. He waves his hat to the crowd. He sits inside his car parked at the base of the monumental mountain. Gutzon Borglum gives an introduction to the audience regarding his on Mount Rushmore. Sculpted face of Thomas Jefferson is covered by a flag of United States. Sculpted face of George Washington is also clearly seen on the mountain. Blasting takes place at the mountain. Stones fall from the mountain along with smoke and dust. An aircraft is moving in the sky over the monument. President Franklin Roosevelt keeps his hand over the eyes to see the aircraft. President Roosevelt, wearing sunglasses, speaks to the crowd. Roosevelt's son holds one of the microphones. Gutzon Borglum briefs the president regarding the sculptures.
A local policeman , wearing a steel helmet, poses for photograph. Several other armed men in casual clothes are seen. A U.S. Army Captain shakes hands with an Army Christian Chaplain, wearing a religious stole around his neck, a large brim hat, and only a small Christian cross on his shirt collar. Woman descends from a DC-3 aircraft that just landed. She posed with a group of men. Another DC-3 lands, bearing Red Cross markings. A medic and two other men emerge. Several other DC-3 are seen on the dirt field. An officer with "Mexico" written on his left shoulder patch poses. He wears an armband with letters "OEA" on it (Organization of American States -- in Spanish). Groups of people rummage through boxes and debris by trees in the field. They hold up armaments, such as mortar bombs with fins.
A United States Army Marine Pilot stands on bridge of a tugboat. He has two walkie-talkies. He talks on them, one by one. A freighter approaches the tugboat. A worker is along with the pilot on the tugboat. The Pilot climbs stairs from tugboat to freighter. He greets the Captain of the ship and shakes hands. They converse as they look at the harbor. The pilot talks on walkie-talkie. Training and jobs of a Pilot at Cam Ranh Bay are described. (Vietnam War period).
A United States Army Marine Pilot on a ship speaks on walkie-talkie. The Captain of the ship stands near the Pilot. The Pilot directs tugboats. The ship approaches the pier. The Third Mate looks up. Tugboats push the freighter. Freighter moves slowly closer to the pier. The Captain and the Pilot shake hands. Tugboat pushes freighter closer to pier. The Pilot talks over walkie-talkie. The Third Mate lowers a flag and then raises another. The flags wave in air. (Vietnam War period).
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