- Title: V-6656
- Summary: MAIN STREET DEFENDS AMERICA: A DEFENSE BOND PROMOTIONAL NARRATED BY GEORGE JESSEL, CENTERS MOSTLY AROUND LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO. CIVIL SOCIETY. PAYROLL SAVINGS BONDS. MAIN STREET USA, A SMALL TOWN AMERICA.
- Description:00:00:31 - SMALL TOWN FAIR 00:00:35 - MONTAGE NATURE SCENES, TRAIL RIDE; ON HORSES, 00:00:43 - OUTDOOR MARKET, ORANGES. FRUIT. 00:00:47 - NIGHTTIME RIDE WITH TORCHES, FLASHLIGHTS 00:00:52 - LS, CAPITOL 00:00:57 - SMALL TOWN CHURCH. PEOPLE CROSS STREET 00:01:01 - FACTORY WORKERS, FACTORY 00:01:04 - PRODUCE WAREHOUSE. MAN STACKS WOODEN CRATES-BOXES 00:01:07 - ROADWAY-HIGHWAY LATE 1940s EARLY 1950s CARS 00:01:13 - RURAL TREE LINED ROAD 00:01:20 - NATURE LANDSCAPE HILLS, FLOWERS. 00:01:26 - FARM AGRICULTURE TRACTORS PLOWING FIELD 00:01:32 - INDUSTRIAL PLANT OPERATING MACHINERY 00:01:41 - CU FINGER DIALING ROTARY PHONE. 00:01:43 - TELEPHONE-UTILITY LINES 00:01:44 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS RECEPTIONISTS 00:01:48 - POTATO PICKERS. BENT OVER BASKETS 00:01:51 - COMMERCE. BANK. TELLERS EXCHANGING CURRENCY- BONDS 00:01:54 - FAMILY PICNIC 00:01:58 - SCHOOL CHILDREN AT ASSEMBLY 00:02:01 - LANDSCAPE-NATURE FLATLAND TREES 00:02:03 - AERIAL OVER RIO GRANDE NEAR EL PASO 00:02:32 - AERIAL OVER LAS CRUCES, 00:02:40 - THREE SIMPLE WOODEN CROSSES ON SANDY HILL 00:02:58 - LAS MACIAS ?SP. OLD CHIEF TOWN. GHOST TOWN TOWN WHERE BILLY THE KID DIED 00:03:15 - MAIN STREET, LAS CRUCES CIRCA 1951. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 00:03:20 - COUNTY COURTHOUSE, PUEBLO STYLE ARCHITECTURE 00:03:25 - PUBLIC LIBRARY 00:03:34 - LAS CRUCES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 00:03:40 - MONTAGE VARIOUS CIVIC GROUPS MEETING, FRATERNAL, VETERAN SOCIETIES 00:03:52 - LIONS CLUB MEETING, ACCOUNTANT FRANK ADAMS HOLDS UP PRO DEFENSE BOND CITIZENS RAISE THEIR HANDS MAN WRITES ON PAD 00:05:03 - CU TREASURY DEPARTMENT RECEIPT 00:05:10 - GROUP CIVIC MEETING 00:05:26 - WOMEN GROUP MEETING. 00:05:42 - GAS STATION ATTENDANT WITH GAS HOSE IN HAND GAS PUMP. SHAKES HANDS WITH CUSTOMER. GO IN STATION. 00:05:55 - GAS STATION ATTENDANT KNEELS WITH CUSTOMER KNEELING BY TIRE SIGNING PAPER 00:05:58 - MAYOR OF LAS CRUCES SITS WITH EMPLOYER SIGNING PAPER 00:06:09 - MAIN STREET. LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE BIG 1940s CARS 00:06:13 - BUSINESS MAN PULLS PEN OUT OF POCKET, DR. SIGNS PAPER 00:06:20 - BLACK MECHANIC ROLLS OUT FROM UNDER CAR, SIGNS PAPER 00:06:39 - RESTAURANT OWNER & WAITRESS 00:06:54 - OLDER FARMER AT COUNTER IN BANK SIGN FOR BONDS BESIDE WINDOW. 00:07:04 - COLLAGE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES 00:07:09 - CIVIC MEETING, CITIZENS RAISE HANDS. 00:07:20 - SIGN HANGING OVER MAIN STREET ANNOUNCES FIRST DEFENSE BOND FLAG CITY IN U.S. 00:07:27 - CITIZENS OF LAS CRUCES FILL STREETS CELEBRATING PARADE, MILITARY BAND, SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS, MAJORETTES, 00:08:09 - CONVERTIBLE, RIDERS, VARIOUS TYPES OF FLAGS 00:08:14 - LAS CRUCES SHERRIF'S GROUP ON HORSEBACK IN PARADE. PASS GROUP OF "IMPORTANT" LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 00:08:27 - MS, SIGN IN DESERT FOR WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND COOL 1940s CAR PASSES BEHIND 00:08:37 - GUIDED MISSILE IN DESERT SINGLE STAGE ROCKET TAKES OFF, SOARS, 00:09:22 - PANS COMMUNITY SPECTATORS AT CIVIC PARADE 00:09:30 - LAS CRUCES MAIN STREET. PEOPLE IN CROSS WALK WOMAN PUSHES BABY CARRIAGE 00:09:34 - MONTAGE ARMED FORCES MEN HOLDING BRANCH FLAGS SHAMROCK, ANCHOR, 00:10:03 - REVEREND GIVES DEDICATION, MOS, OF FLAG CITY AWARD MEN BOWING HEADS IN PRAYER, HANDS CLASPED. 00:10:14 - NEW MEXICO'S GOVERNOR GIVES SPEECH, MOS 00:10:20 - PAN SPECTATORS AT DEDICATION 00:10:35 - SON OF COMBAT PILOT HELD UP BY MAYOR TO HOIST NATION'S FIRST DEFENSE BOND FLAG 00:10:48 - COWBOYS IN PARADE 00:10:55 - MILITARY MARCHING BAND IN COMMUNITY PARADE MAJORETTES FLAGS 00:11:01 - KIRKE ?SP, IOWA. WHERE DAM LINKS UPPER & LOWER MISSISSIPPI, LOCAL GROUP MEETS 00:11:12 - PARADE IN KIRKE, IOWA. TRADING CENTER RICH FARMING AREA. 00:11:19 - MEN IN KINGSPORT, TN. LOOK OVER U.S. BONDS POSTER 00:11:29 - TWO BUSINESS MEN AT TABLE LOOK OVER PAPERS 00:11:34 - MAN TACKS UP BONDS POSTER ON WALL OF OFFICE 00:11:37 - VOLUNTEER SIGNS UP 00:11:44 - POV BLACK MARCHING BAND COMING TOWARD VIEWER BLACK MAJORETTES, BATON TWIRLERS 00:11:53 - CU WINDOW OF COLUMBIA STEEL CO. IN TORRANCE, CA. 00:11:59 - BUSINESS MEETING 00:12:12 - STEEL UNION MEMBERS MEET LOCAL 141 LABOR 00:12:33 - WORKERS AT STEEL PLANT SIGN FORMS-PAPERS 00:12:55 - FACADE, TORRANCE NATIONAL BANK. 00:12:59 - OFFICE-BANK WORKERS. WOMAN TYPIST, BUSINESS MAN 00:13:13 - BUSINESS MEETING, WOMEN IN BUSINESS MEETING 00:13:25 - LOW ANGLE AMERICAN FLAG & U.S. DEFENSE BOND FLAG 00:13:31 - MONTAGE VARIOUS TOWNS BONDS FLAGS KINGSPORT, LAS CRUCES
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-6656