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Views of a typical small town in the midwestern United States in the 1950s, Ottumwa, Iowa.

In a U.S. Army documentary, an Army Sergeant walks on sidewalks of a typical 1950 small town in the rural United States -- Ottumwa, Iowa. Civilians on streets of the city. Various shops and 1940s and 1950s era automobiles. People from various walks of life talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant recalls the town's ancestors entering America. The Des Moines river is shown with a small boat anchored at the end of a dock and men and boys fishing. Statue of Native American Indian Chief atop the Courthouse Building, Chief Wapello, whose tribe camped in the spot of the town years prior. The entrance of the library. Still images and drawings from the library depicting the town. Pictures of houses, shops and other buildings. People on the streets of Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper headline announcing U.S. participation in World War I, "War Becomes Actuality." Images of members from Ottumwa's own Company G, 42nd Rainbow Division in WWI, including soldiers Arthur Menge, Charles Orman, Marlow Work. Views of WWI battle scenes. Oscar Nelson is remembered for heroism. WWI soldiers returning to American towns. Private Charles Orman 40 years later in Ottumwa. He enters a barber shop. Art Menge is also seen in the Barber shop. Aerial view of the city with many bridges, plants, factories, and homes visible. Cars and pedestrians on streets, The Ottumwa Bank, the Airport with a plane parked in front of the terminal, the Railroad train station with people waiting as a large sleek silver passenger train pulls up and arrives. The Hoffmann Drug store, the Ottumwa Hotel, The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper building, the Glover Motor Company, the Union Bank, and the Sunnyslope Sanitorium. Various homes and neighborhoods and 1950s automobiles. Governor Herschel Loveless, an Ottumwa native, at home with his wife. The home on Davis Street of the Miss Universe contest winner Carol Morris, and views of Ms. Morris in the pageant and receiving the winners crown in 1956.

Date: 1958
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056276
Timeline summary of the events and achievements of President Eisenhower's administration.

"The Eisenhower Story": A pre-election pro-Eisenhower propaganda film designed to highlight Eisenhower's qualifications for reelection as President in the 1956 election. Factory whistle blows and men entering a factory. Car chassis factory assembly line. Locomotive engineer blows train whistle and railroad locomotive with cultivators on a flat bed car. Cultivators harvesting grain. Woman carries groceries from shop to a 1950's sedan car parked on street. View of 1950's automobile highway traffic and aerial view of highways being built under his plans for highway construction and road expansion. View of Eisenhower at swearing in ceremony during his inauguration as President in 1952. In his speech, Eisenhower emphasizes that, "we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint efforts to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations..." Newspaper headline 'Korean Truce Signed'. American troops disembark ship and greet family. Secretary of State Dulles talking with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Secretary John Dulles seen also with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Eisenhower and Churchill at Geneva conference, along with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. Eisenhower speaks before United Nations about efforts to form an "atom pool." He notes United States "determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma...." Newspaper headlines 'Eisenhower Signs Sea Way Bill'. Construction of Saint Lawrence Seaway. 'Budget' and 'tax cuts' news in newspapers, including headline, "White House ends all wage controls...." Farmer plows field with tractor. Construction of new buildings and highway construction through Eisenhower programs. Views of the newly established Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Workers filing cards in giant room of file drawers and cabinets. Nurse draws vaccine into syringe. Children are vaccinated (likely polio vaccine). President Eisenhower meets leaders from different countries at White House, including England's Queen Mother and King Paul, Queen Frederica of Greece, and Prime Minister St-Laurent of Canada. Eisenhower at press conference discussing disarmament notes importance of the "elimination of opportunity of surprise attack." View of shore towers and listening platforms and missiles rising on platforms to protect America from attacks. First nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571 ) launched on January 21, 1954 by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower in Connecticut. Plane taking off from aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) while underway at sea. Formation of Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft in flight.

Date: 1956, October 5
Duration: 6 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040138
President Eisenhower delivers speech and meets supporters during motorcade in Cleveland, Ohio

1956 Presidential election campaign in the United States: Crowds of supporters holding United States flags, “Re-elect President Eisenhower” and “Re-elect Senator Bender” signs at Cleveland Public Square (50 Public Square Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH 44113) in Cleveland, Ohio. President Dwight D. Eisenhower puts on his glasses and addresses the crowd from a podium. He reads his speech to supporters at Cleveland Public Square. The Presbyterian Old Stone Church is seen in the background. Cameramen with cameras in the crowd. Rear view showing President Eisenhower delivering his speech. President Eisenhower is seen from his 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine during a motorcade in downtown Cleveland. Presidential Secret Service follow Eisenhower’s limousine. Crowds wave at President Eisenhower and his wife First Lady Mamie Eisenhower at Superior Avenue. Crowds watching President Eisenhower’s motorcade. A sign reads “We Like Ike” at the back of the crowd.

Date: 1956, August
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080497
Cattle and sheep ranches and cotton farming in Texas, United States.

Cattle graze at a ranch in Texas, United States. Houses and trees in the background. Animation shows the agriculture area in Texas. Men in cotton farm.

Date: 1942
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028175
Dried up trees and cattle moving on a land affected by the dust storm in Texas,United States, during the dust bowl.

A dust storm in Texas, United States. The houses in a dustbowl affected area in Texas. Dust scattered in the area due to the dust bowl storm. Dried up trees in the background. Wrecked barbed wire on the land. Cattle moving on the land.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063004
Airman Phillip Clark is honored as top trainee by Major General Robert Stillman at Lackland AFB in Texas,United States.

Airman Phillip Clark is honored in Texas,United States. Base Commander Major General Robert Stillman honors Airman Phillip Clark as the top trainee. Fellow airmen march past during parade at the Lackland Air Force Base (AFB). Commander Stillman and Airman Clark on the reviewing stand. Airman Clark gets in the U.S. Air Force T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the Kelly AFB. Airman Clark is greeted as guest of honor at the Rotary luncheon. Clark visits the City Hall. He takes his seat as the honorary mayor of San Antonio,Texas.

Date: 1964
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073403