Film opens with illustrations showing development of culture and the arts as America developed from earliest centuries. A crowded theatre scene and a lead woman opera singer on stage in a long dress during her performance, with sympony in the background. The audience applauds. Images of writers James Fenimore Cooper; Edgar Allan Poe; Ralph Waldoe Emerson; Nathaniel Hawthorne; and Mark Twain are shown. Children in a school yard, some wearing straw hats, are seen returning to the school house. Boy and girl children entering a one room school house in a rural area of America in the early 1900s. Views of early school rooms, students, and teachers.
Various locations in Madrid, Spain. A map of Europe shows the location of Spain. View of the capital city, Madrid, in Spain. The Puerta del Sol, the center of Madrid, and starting point of the Spanish national road network (Plaza de la Puerta del Sol s/n 28013 Madrid). Exteriors of the Museo del Prado, one of the world's leading art galleries (Museo Nacional del Prado. Paseo del Prado s/n. Madrid. 28014). The Statue of Velázquez in front of the Prado Museum. View of pond and surroundings in the park of Buen Retiro, a famous garden in the center of Madrid (Plazade la Independencia, Madrid 728001).
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso with sculptures and paintings in his studio in Vallauris, France. Picasso walks from outdoors into his studio. Many small structures seen in the background. He displays two small statues. Painting of owl seen. Collage and modern art paintings seen. “Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine” by Picasso. He displays pots. He makes the famous She-goat sculpture.
Tokle Memorial Ski Jump at Bear Mountain,New York. Ski jumpers jump.. Actor Jean Stanback jumps. Art Tokle wins the championship and poses with the trophy. Spectators cheer the winner.
An aerial view of the Jefferson Memorial and then the National Gallery of Art. A helicopter flies over it and crosses near the Potomac River. It flies past the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). The South Lawn of the White House. Cars on busy roads outside the White House.
The White House, the residence of the President of the United States, and the area near it in Washington DC. A U.S. Marine One helicopter flies and crosses the Potomac River. It flies over the National Gallery of Art (Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565, United States). The Capitol Hill and other buildings as seen from the flying helicopter. The helicopter approaches the South Lawn of the White House and makes a landing on its landing pad. Several cars and automobiles on busy roads outside the White House.
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