- Title: VM-1150
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: ILLUSTRATES HOW THE WEALTH OF AMERICA'S RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY IS USED TO SUPPORT A PROGRESSING, MODERN ARMY. AMERICANA AT IT'S BEST.
- Description:00:02:43 - GROUP OF INDUSTRIAL SMOKE STACKS SPEWING OUT SMOKE. MONTAGE WORKERS' HANDS TURNING ON THE MACHINERY. GEARS & BELTED WHEELS SLOWLY TURN & BUILD SPEED. 00:03:00 - MONTAGE ALL TYPES OF MACHINERY CHURNING & BUILDING SPEED AS DOES ACCOMPANYING MUSIC. BUSY CONSTRUCTION SITES OF HUGE INDUSTRIAL AREAS 00:03:35 - CAPITOL DOME, WASHINGTON, DC. MONTAGE MOSCOW CITYSCAPE. THE KREMLIN & MOSCOW'S RED SQUARE WITH IT'S MILITARY PARADE DEMONSTRATING SOVIET POWER. 00:04:14 - MONTAGE AMERICA'S POWER, WITH ITS ENDLESS ROWS OF MILITARY VEHICLES, JETS TAKING OFF FROM LAND AND OFF CARRIERS AT SEA, ARTILLERY AND MISSILES FIRING 00:05:08 - MONTAGE U.S. ENGINEERS SHOWING LATINOS HOW TO SURVEY FOR A LAND PROJECT. 00:05:27 - PRESIDENT LBJ MAKES A SPEECH ABOUT "PEACEFUL COMPETITION, WE WELCOME IT AND WE WILL WIN IT". 00:06:25 - BLACK AFRICAN DELEGATES AT THE U.N. 00:06:29 - VILLAGE OF RUN-DOWN SHACKS IN AFRICA. WOMAN WASHES CLOTHING IN A BUCKET OF WATER. BLACK CHILDREN PLAY ON GROUND OUTSIDE THE SHACKS. 00:06:56 - BLACK POLITICIAN SPEAKS IN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT. CU FACE OF CASTRO SUPERIMPOSED OVER MAP OF CUBA. 00:07:11 - MONTAGE CASTRO MAKING ONE OF HIS SPEECHES USING DRAMATIC HAND GESTURES. 00:07:30 - ASIAN MAN & WOMAN USE ALL THEIR STRENGTH TO LIFT HEAVY CONTAINER TO PLACE IT ON HER HEAD TO CARRY AWAY. 00:07:37 - INDIA'S WOMAN IN THE FIELD PICKING CROPS. MONTAGE ASIAN & LATIN-AMERICAN FACES AT WORK IN THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS. 00:07:46 - CU ANCIENT MAYAN INDIAN IS REFLECTED IN FACE OF TEEN WEARING A FEDORA OVER HIS EAR COVERING HAT. 00:08:00 - PEOPLE WALKING IN BUSY CITY DOWNTOWN AREA. MAN GETS INTO A CAB. MAN SELLING ICE CREAM CONES FROM CART ON CITY CORNER. 00:08:31 - SMALL TOWN PEOPLE GOING TO CHURCH. NEW YORK CITYSCAPE WITH HARBOR BRIDGES OVER HUDSON RIVER. 00:08:40 - AERIAL CRISS-CROSSING HIGHWAYS & SUBURBAN COMMUNITY WITH IT'S HUNDREDS OF NEATLY ORGANIZED HOMES NEAR THE EXPANDING CITIES. 00:08:47 - CHILDREN PLAY WITH DOG NEAR THEIR SUBURBAN HOMES. 00:08:49 - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF CENSUS SIGN, WITH A LIGHT SIGNALLING A NEW BIRTH EVERY 7 1/2 SECONDS, A DEATH EVERY 17 SECONDS & OTHER STATISTICS 00:09:03 - NURSE HOLDS NEW CRYING BABY BY IT'S LEGS. CU CRYING BABY & SLEEPING BABY. BABIES ON SMALL MERRY-GO-ROUND. 00:09:15 - MONTAGE LITTLE GIRLS SPOONING FOOD FROM THEIR BOWLS, CHILDREN IN CLASSROOMS IN VARIOUS POSES 00:09:30 - MONTAGE SCIENTISTS IN LABS USING VARIETY OF SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT. TECHNICIANS WORK WITH HIGH TECH MACHINERY IN PLANTS. 00:10:14 - WORKERS LINE UP TO GET THEIR PAY IN A BOOMING ECONOMY. CU WORKER LOOKS AT PAYCHECK AND SMILES. 00:10:23 - CROWDED BEACH WITH TEENS RUNNING & DIVING INTO THE SURF. COUPLES OF TEEN BOYS WITH GIRLS ON THEIR SHOULDERS TRY TO KNOCK EACH OTHER DOWN IN GAME IN THE SAND. CAREFREE. PROSPERITY 00:10:30 - MAN SITTING ON BLANKET EATING ICE CREAM CONE WATCHES A PRETTY GIRL IN SWIM SUIT GO BY. 00:10:33 - KIDS ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND. 00:10:34 - BASEBALL FANS COME TO THEIR FEET IN STADIUM AS BALL PLAYER SLIDES INTO PLATE. COWBOY IS THROWN OFF HORSE IN RODEO. GOLFER MAKES A PUTT. LEISURE 00:10:42 - LONG LINE OF GOLFERS TEE OFF AT A GOLF RANGE. BOWLERS THROW BALLS DOWN DOZENS OF ALLEYS SIMULTANEOUSLY. 00:10:47 - MONTAGE MEN IN SPEED BOATS, WOMEN ON WATER SKIS, A FOOTBALL GAME, A HORSE RACE, A TRACK MEET, BASKETBALL GAME, PRIZE FIGHT & OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES TO POINT UP AMERICA'S WEALTH 00:11:07 - CU BOBBY SOX FEET TAPPING TO BEAT OF JUKEBOX. COUPLES CROWDING A DANCE FLOOR. 00:11:09 - MAN CASTING IN A STREAM, 2 MEN SITTING ON EDGE OF LAKE WITH RODS IN HAND, MAN PULLING UP "CATCH" FROM A PIER. FISHING 00:11:16 - MAN TOSSES A "RINGER"IN HORSESHOE GAME. OLD TIMERS PLAYING SHUFFLE BOARD GAME. 00:11:30 - MONTAGE OLD PEOPLE SIT ON PARK BENCHES FEEDING THE PIGEONS. MAN TAKES A NAP IN SITTING POSITION ON PARK BENCH. PEOPLE SPRAWLED ON GRASS TAKING NAPS. CU MAN WIGGLES TOES AS HE SLEEPS ON GRASS 00:11:55 - CLOTHESLINES HANG FROM TENEMENT BUILDING IN SLUM AREA OF CITY. MEN ON LINE AT SOUP KITCHEN. PRISONERS EXIT POLICE VANS AT COURT HOUSE 00:12:03 - MONTAGE BLACK DEMONSTRATORS CARRY SIGNS DEMANDING DECENT HOUSING AND JOBS AS HUGE CROWD MARCH ON IN WASHINGTON, DC. 00:12:20 - MONTAGE PEOPLE ON THE MOVE AT AIRPORTS, TRAIN & BUS STATIONS. MONTAGE CARS JAM FREEWAYS & HIGHWAYS. MONTAGE NEON MOTEL & RESTAURANT SIGNS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT FOR TRAVELLER AS HE RIDES BY. 00:13:13 - MAN MOWS LAWN IN SUBURBIA. MAN TRIMS BUSHES & SON PICKS UP LEAVES AS DOG STANDS BY. MONTAGE CHURCHES AND CHAPELS WITH FAMILIES ENTERING AND EXITING. 00:13:39 - LBJ, NELSON ROCKEFELLER, RICHARD NIXON, BARRY GOLDWATER AND OTHERS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT MAKING SPEECHES. 00:13:50 - AERIAL CAISSON WITH BODY OF JFK FOLLOWED BY HIS FAMILY AND OTHERS DURING FUNERAL. 00:14:00 - WASHINGTON MONUMENT, LINCOLN & JEFFERSON MEMORIALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. STATUES OF JEFFERSON AND ZOOM IN ON LINCOLN'S STATUE. 00:14:37 - MONTAGE AS "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" IS HEARD BEING SUNG BY CHOIR, PICTURESQUE SCENES OF ROLLING HILLS, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS AND CALM SEASHORES WITH WAVES ROLLING AGAINST THE ROCKY COASTS. 00:16:02 - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS DANCE & CHANT. PAN OF WESTERN SCENERY WITH DESERTS AND ROCKY HILLS. 00:16:26 - MONTAGE OLD DRAWINGS DEPICTING INDIAN LIFE, COLONIAL LOG CABINS, OLD SAILBOATS IN A BUSTLING HARBOR AS A POETIC SONG IS HEARD BEING SUNG 00:16:56 - CU WHEEL OF COVERED WAGON ROLLS FORWARD IN THE GRASS. COVERED WAGONS ON THE PLAINS 00:17:18 - CU SNOW FALL ON STATUE OF MAN LOOKING TO THE DISTANCE WITH HIS HAND SHADING HIS EYES FROM SUN AND HIS WIFE CLINGING TO HIM. 00:17:38 - MONTAGE BLACKS PICKING COTTON IN A VAST FIELD AS A BLACK CHILD PLAYING AT HER MOTHERS FEET. 00:17:42 - BLACKS ROLL HUGE BALES OF COTTON BEING ONTO MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOAT. CU HUGE PADDLE WHEELS TURNING. RIVER BOAT CHUGS DOWN RIVER. WAKE MADE AS PADDLE WHEEL TURNS. 00:18:11 - MONTAGE MISSOURI RIVER RAPIDS FLOWING AMIDST PINE TREES & SCENIC LANDSCAPES AS HYMN "WILD MISSOURI" IS SUNG. 00:18:47 - MAN & HIS PRETEEN SON ON HORSEBACK LOOKING OUT ON THE RANGE. MONTAGE COWBOYS DRIVING THOUSANDS OF HEAD OF CATTLE ON THE OPEN RANGE & ACROSS STREAMS 00:20:19 - BOYS TAKE A DIP IN A MOUNTAIN LAKE. 2 OLD WOMEN SIT IN ROCKERS ON PORCH & KNIT. FARMER RIDES BY COUNTRY HOMES ON HIS HORSE & WAGON. AMERICANA AT IT'S BEST. 00:20:35 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS & ANGLES OF CITY SKYSCRAPERS AND APARTMENT HOUSES. 00:21:10 - PAN OF MANY VERSIONS OF THE U. S. FLAG HANGING ON FLAG POLES, WITH THE FINAL VERSION BLOWING IN THE WIND. 00:21:40 - PAN BOTTOM TO TOP OF STATUE OF LIBERTY. CU FOOT, HAND AND TORCH 00:22:05 - SEA CRASHING AGAINST ROCKY SHORE. MONTAGE REENACTED SCENES OF COLONIALS BUILDING LOG CABINS, LAYING RAILROAD TRACKS & HANGING TELEGRAPH WIRES ON POLES. OLD TRAIN SPEEDING ON TRACKS 00:23:05 - MONTAGE PHRASES SPRING OUT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DOCUMENT: "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT" & "LIFE, LIBERTY, & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS" 00:23:35 - MONTAGE CU SMILING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN ,IMMIGRANT WOMEN CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS AS THEY ENTER THE U. S. MONTAGE IMMIGRANTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES RAISE THEIR HAND TO BE SWORN IN AS CITIZENS 00:24:07 - MONTAGE FACES OF AMERICANA. 00:25:00 - MONTAGE ALL SORTS OF FACTORIES PRODUCING GOODS. SALESGIRLS BEHIND THE COUNTERS OF DEPARTMENT STORES SELLING ALL SORTS OF GOODS. 00:26:19 - WORKER ADEPTLY PUSHES HIS HAND TRUCK IN WAREHOUSE LOADED WITH CARTONS AND CRATES. PAN 00:27:12 - MONTAGE FACES OF THIRD WORLD PEOPLES SUPERIMPOSED ON A TURNING WORLD GLOBE. BLACK NATIVE WOMEN BALANCE GOODS ON THEIR HEADS AT OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE. LITTLE BLACK BABY SITS ON GROUND 00:27:58 - VILLAGERS HOLD THEIR BABIES IN ARMS AS THEY WAIT IN LINE FOR INOCULATIONS AT OUTDOOR CLINIC. 00:28:22 - MONTAGE AMERICAN ADVISORS SHOWING LATIN PEASANTS HOW TO USE TOOLS AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 00:29:06 - AERIAL FAMOUS MEMORIALS ALL LIT UP AT NIGHT IN WASHINGTON, D. C., ALONG THE POTOMAC AS CHOIR IS HEARD SINGING "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1964
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1150