World War2, the Pacific Theater. United States battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas. Heavy sea breaks over the bow of the ship. Ship submerges in sea up to the deck at bow. Seamen in a small boat Raft in rough seas as men rescued in whaleboat. Whaleboat picks up men in rough sea. Two rubber life rafts in water. Men rescued in life rafts. Whaleboat in rough seas. Six life rafts come alongside a ship. U.S. sailors and Marines being rescued. Navy TBM airborne in flight and drops smoke flare. Men in rubber life rafts. Three life rafts with men in them in open seas.
As the population recovers from a tragic, deadly flood, American and State flags are flown at half mast outside Pennington County Courthouse in Rapid City, South Dakota. Traffic passes on street.
Crane used by search team to clear debris so scuba divers can search for remains, after flood in Rapid City, South Dakota. Debris in woods. Crane in operation. A diver and State trooper with search team in area. View of water hole. Basketball in woods. The U.S. flag.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War and the reconstruction. Prewar conditions on the Cameron estate in Piedmont, South Carolina. The members of the southern Cameron and northern Stoneman families of Washington are introduced. Men and women reading a newspaper outside a house. The newspaper headlined read: 'If the North carries the election, the South will secede'. An abolitionists meeting. They discuss about the news. The Stoneman library in Washington. Women cleaning the library. One of the woman leaves. A man enters and talks to the woman. They argue and the man leaves the room. The woman cry. Man portrayed as Leader of the Senate Charles Sumner in the library. He looks at the books kept on a table. He arrives near the woman and talks to her. A woman and a man talking amongst themselves in a room. Other man enters and talks to them.
President Franklin Roosevelt moves in a car towards Mount Rushmore. Face of former President Thomas Jefferson unveiled. President Roosevelt along with dignitaries watches the unveiling. Sculpted face of George Washington clearly seen on the mountain. The workers continue to work on the monument.
President Roosevelt’s drought inspection trip to Bismarck, North Dakota, during the Great Depression. A motion picture cameraman sets up his camera at a railroad station. Crowd of residents stands by waiting for the President's arrival. A steam locomotive pulling the presidential train arrives at the station. President Roosevelt stands on the rear platform of his train, assisted by his son, Franklin Jr (Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.), and accompanied by the Governor of North Dakota, Walter Welford, who introduces the President. The President's daughter, Anna, stands at back of the platform. President Roosevelt addresses the crowd and assures them that they will win over problem of drought very soon. He says that plan of cooperation with nature should be worked out. The crowd applauds. The President gives an example of the economic interdependency of the U.S. states, by noting that steel factories in Indiana and other eastern states could not run under full capacity unless the agricultural states bought farm machinery and other equipment from them.
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