- Title: VM-1478
- Summary: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
- Description:00:48:32 - FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HOW PROUDLY IT WAVES IN THE BREEZE. NARRATOR VOICE OVER TELLS OF FLAG: "THIS FLAG DOES NOT LOOK LIKE OUR FIRST FLAG, WHICH WAS MADE NEARLY THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO". 00:48:52 - CU MAP OF ORIGINAL THIRTEEN STATES (COLONIES). 00:49:04 - MAP OF UNITED STATES SHOW ADDITIONS OF MANY NEW TERRITORIES AS HARDY ADVENTUROUS PIONEERS PUSHED WEST. 00:49:11 - CU ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW STATES WERE CREATED FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES. 00:49:18 - DOMED ROOF SECTION OF CAPITAL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH FLAG WAVING GENTLY IN BREEZE. 00:49:23 - UNIDENTIFIED COUNTY COURTHOUSE, TILT UP TO FLAG AT TOP OF BELL TOWER. 00:49:31 - PAN FROM SMALL TOWN TRAFFIC TO ZOOM IN FLAG WAVING ON POLE IN SQUARE. 00:49:41 - ABOVE PAN LARGE CITY (SAN FRANCISCO ?). CU US FLAG WAVING ON CITY HALL BUILDING 00:49:45 - TILT DOWN FROM TOWER, CLOCK OF FAMOUS LANDMARK (INDEPENDENCE HALL ?) WITH U.S. FLAG WAVING 00:49:51 - ABOVE PAN BUILDINGS OF ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED CITY BUILDINGS, ZOOM IN ON FLAG ON ROOF OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. 00:49:58 - CU PORTRAITS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHOSE MEMORIES ARE REMEMBERED BY FLYING THE FLAG. WOMAN HANGS FLAG OUTSIDE HER PORCH ON "FLAG DAY" 00:50:23 - FLAG BEING CARRIED BY HONOR GUARDS IN PARADE, CROWD APPLAUDING IN BKGD 00:50:37 - CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL, STOP, STAND AT ATTENTION AS BOY RAISES FLAG ON POLE OUTSIDE SCHOOL 00:50:40 - CU FINGERS THUMBING THROUGH DICTIONARY. STOPPING AT WORD WHICH DEFINES "PLEDGE" IT SAYS, "A MAN GIVES HIS PROMISE OR WORD AS A PLEDGE. 00:51:04 - CU PENCIL ON WORDS IN DICTIONARY. NARRATOR DEFINES WORD ALLEGIANCE" AS USED IN PLEDGE. 00:51:16 - NUDE INFANT LYING ON STOMACH, FACING CAMERA, CRIES AS DOCTOR EXAMINES WITH STETHOSCOPE. 00:51:24 - MAILMAN EXITS MAIL TRUCK, REMOVES MAIL FROM LARGE CURBSIDE MAIL DROP BOX. 00:51:32 - POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC. 00:51:38 - CU HAND ON HOLY BIBLE DURING SWEARING IN CEREMONY. 00:51:42 - FOUR FLAGS WAVING IN THE WIND ON HIGH FLAG POLES. CU SINGLE FLAG WAVING IN BREEZE. 00:52:08 - CU VOTER HANDBILLS WITH PHOTOS OF CANDIDATES, BEING PILED ONE ON THE OTHER. NARRATOR DEFINES "REPUBLIC". 00:52:20 - CU MONTAGE VARIETY OF BALLOTS USED IN ELECTIONS. 00:52:32 - PAN FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS OUTSIDE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING. 00:52:39 - MONTAGE FLAGS OF A VARIETY OF NATIONS FLYING ON FREIGHTERS DOCKED IN PORT. CU U.S. FLAG. 00:52:57 - FARMER ON TRACTOR-REAPER, BACK TO CAMERA, IN AMERICAN WHEAT FIELD. DISTANT "PURPLE MOUNTAINS" IN BKGD. 00:53:08 - CU COTTON CROP. 00:53:15 - CU STORMY ATLANTIC OCEAN WAVES. 00:53:17 - CALM WATERS OF PACIFIC OCEAN 00:53:22 - TWO FARM WORKERS ON REAPER, IN TOMATO FIELD FILLING WOOD BOXES WITH TOMATOES. WORKERS LOAD BOXES OF TOMATOES ON TRUCK. "KERNS TOMATO CATSUP" WRITTEN ON BOXES. HANDS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKER FILLING BOX WITH TOMATOES. 00:53:33 - CORN STALKS IN CORN FIELD. 00:53:39 - CU ZOOM IN ON GRAPES IN VINEYARD. PAN TREES IN FRUIT ORCHID 00:53:51 - U.S. FLAG FLYING OVER FACTORY COMPLEX. CROWD OF MALE, FEMALE WORKERS EXITING FACTORY TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:54:03 - BOYS IN FIELD SCRIMMAGE DURING FOOTBALL GAME, FACING CAMERA, AS NARRATOR DEFINES WORD "INDIVISIBLE" 00:54:17 - FAMILY OF FOUR INCLUDE TEENAGE BOY AND GIRL AT DINNER TABLE WITH MOM AND DAD. VOICE OVER "A FAMILY IS A TEAM". 00:54:22 - CU MAP OF ORIGINAL 13 STATES. 00:54:32 - MAP OF U.S. "TERRITORIES". CU MAP OF 48 STATES. CU MAP OF ALASKA, HAWAII. 00:54:58 - SUPREME COURT BUILDING WITH FLAG. NARRATOR DEFINES "LIBERTY" 00:55:04 - CU HAND REACHING FOR BOOK ON LIBRARY BOOK SHELF. VOICE OVER, "WE ARE FREE TO CHOSE WHAT BOOKS TO READ". 00:55:10 - TELEVISION ROOF ANTENNA. 00:55:16 - CHURCH STEEPLE, TILT DOWN TO ENTRANCE AND PEOPLE ENTERING. 00:55:27 - CU MAN PLAYING VIOLIN 00:55:34 - PAN PARENTS, CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL. 00:55:39 - TRAIN MOVING ON TRACKS. 00:55:46 - COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN WORKING ON FISHING BOAT. 00:55:50 - HELICOPTER LANDING IN FIELD. 00:56:04 - TRUCKS IS FILLED WITH CROP AS IT RIDES ALONGSIDE TRACTOR-REAPER. 00:56:07 - CU FARMER'S HAND PEELS LEAF OFF CABBAGE HEAD. 00:56:11 - FARMER, BACK TO CAMERA, DRIVING TRACTOR IN FIELD. 00:56:15 - CU TILT DOWN ORIGINAL "BILL OF ROGHTS" DOCUMENT. 00:56:28 - U.S. FLAG BLOWING IN THE BREEZE. 00:56:37 - SWAN SWIMMING IN POND 00:56:45 - "STATUE OF LIBERTY". 00:56:58 - "THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE" WITH FLAG IN BKGD. VOICE OVER RECITES IT. 00:57:16 - "THE END" .
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1478