UNITED STATES Part 1

Description

Summary: NOTE: This is the British counter part of our own "Know Your Ally, Britain". Animated map shows how the railroad made Chicago the "hub" of the US. Indians watching Union Pacific woodburning locomotive pulling cars. LSs, cattle on ranches. Head-on shot, oncoming railroad tracks; shots of modern locomotives and streamliner in motion. Scenes of the typical American family seated in dining room. VS, children playing in slums and in a model community. Angle shots of skyscrapers. CUs, American Federation of Labor's William Green, CIO president John L Lewis, Father Coughlin, Father Divine. Seq: Typical American town meeting in progress. Storefronts of Italian and Greek merchants in downtown New York City. People reclining on beach in Florida; skiing in New Hampshire; walking across street in blizzard. Seq: Sandstorm in farm country, (dust bowl). Ints, family preparing for bed in shack in Mississippi River valley area.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities