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.
Civilians break a bronze bust of Adolf Hitler in Cologne, Germany after World War II. Bronze bust of Adolf Hitler kept on a rubbled road. The bust kicked down on ground and people kick it with shoes. A man smashes the bust with a sledge hammer. Close-up view of the smashed art bust.
Heavy floods inundate the city of Florence, Italy, caused by flooding of the Arno River on November 4, 1966. A man views immense erosion on the side of the Arno River caused by floodwaters. Trucks parked outside the Florence National Central Library. Piles of books and manuscripts destroyed by floods. Conservators flip through pages of a book. Workers try to clean and restore famous art works by Italian Renaissance artists.
U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration works to improve the conditions of minorities in American society. President Nixon shakes hands with African American dignitary. View of factory machines working at a cardboard box, packaging, and furniture business owned by an African American business man named Al Hollingsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth demonstrates some box packaging pieces and speaks in favor of Nixon's support for minority business owners. Three parked 18 wheeler trucks owned by Latino business man JJ Corasco. Corasco speaks in favor of Nixon's work with the Small Business Administration (SBA) supporting Mexican American business owners like himself. One truck begins to drive. View of a man using a drill press in a Toy Company that grew out of a small arts and crafts business. A man who is the Native American Indian business owner of the toy shop speaks in favor of Nixon's minority small business support. Scenes of the Native American man and his workers in the toy factory. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
The White House, the residence of the President of the United States, and the area near it in Washington DC. The Washington Monument and other buildings behind it. A U.S. Marine One helicopter flies over the Potomac River. It flies over the National Gallery of Art. The helicopter approaches the South Lawn of the White House and makes a landing on its landing pad. A number of cars and automobiles on busy roads outside the White House.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Mrs Patricia Nixon on their tour to People's Republic of China. President Nixon, First Lady, Secretary of State Rogers with Chinese dignitaries view artifacts among the collection of the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. Main host from China is Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, Vice Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission. They view burial coffins, mummies, fine art and treasures of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Chinese painting and idols of horses and warriors. Large vase with dragon carvings. The party walks out of the building and observe a gilded bronze lion.
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