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Boom Days - PT3 - Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact of 1928
Panning view of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, adult Caucasian members of the Presidential cabinet seated or standing together. President Coolidge signing the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact. Anti-war treaty with President Coolidge's signature.
Boom Days - PT3 - Herbert Hoover Candidacy
Herbert Hoover home in Palo Alto, California. Stanford University campus as seen from hillside of Hoover's home. High angle view of adult Caucasian male Stanford students parading banner around water fountain: "Welcome Home, Hoover"; crowd in BG. VS at night of Stanford students rallying in support of Hoover's presidential nomination; carrying torches, riding in convertible car, standing outside of Hoover's home. Herbert Hoover wearing tuxedo, posing with wife Lou Henry Hoover on front stoop.
Boom Days - PT3 - Governor Alfred Smith Candidacy
VS of ticker tape parade celebration in New York City for Governor Al Smith, Democratic Presidential nominee. Governor Smith riding in convertible with New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker. High angle view of crowd of mostly adult Caucasian men wearing fedoras, waving happily to camera. Governor Smith doffing hat. Several men standing on ledge with megaphones during tickertape parade. Governor Smith riding in convertible during parade; two adult Caucasian male police officers walking behind the car.
Boom Days - PT3 - Presidential Inauguration of Herbert Hoover
U.S. President-Elect Herbert Hoover seated in a room at his house, surrounded by immediate family; his young male grandchild passes papers to Hoover. Chief Justice William Howard Taft administering Oath of Office to Herbert Hoover at the Capitol Building on March 4, 1929; adult Caucasian men and women attending the Inauguration in the BG.
Boom Days - PT3 - U.S. Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft wearing fedora, smiling, talking to camera. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes posing, removing hat. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. posing for cam. Panning view of Supreme Court Justices of the United States under the Hoover administration (Charles Evans Hughes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Willis Van Devanter, James McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, Edward Sanford, Harlan Stone).
Boom Days - PT3 - Construction of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
Black Canyon and Colorado River flowing through it. Panning views of zipline pulleys traveling above canyon at construction site. VS of dam under construction.
Boom Days - PT3 - Roosevelt Leaving for the Democratic Convention
Governor of New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, and two of their sons standing by airplane, talking to adult Caucasian male press corps before flying to Democratic National Convention: "We have a perfect day for this trip. I'm very happy to be going out to Chicago. Everybody knows the reason why I'm so happy." Commercial monoplane taking off from airfield.
Boom Days - PT3 - Roosevelt Speaking at the Democratic National Convention
Democratic Candidate for President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, standing at podium at 1932 Democratic National Convention, waving to crowd. Panning view of crowded convention floor. FDR speaking about Prohibition: "This convention wants repeal. Your candidate wants repeal. And I am confident that the United States of America wants repeal...That admirable document, the platform which you have adopted, is clear. I accept it 100%." American flag waving.
Boom Days - PT3 - End
American flag flying, "The End" superimposed over it.
As Dreams Come True - PT1
Recreation of Henry Ford's childhood: Title card reading "The usual arduous tasks did their share to stimulate the mental activities of the Boy on the Farm." GV boy steering horse drawn cart along snowy rural road, cart carries firewood. GV boy driving tractor hitched to flat cart carrying logs. More GVs boy steering horse drawn cart along snowy rural road.
Lawmakers - June 24, 1982 - Commentary
Paul Duke, Actually over the years since Congress was founded, the members have increased their salaries only ten times. And from 1789 to 1856 they didn t receive any regular pay. Just six dollars for each day on the job. These days that would barely buy you a taxi ride to the Capitol. We ll be back here at the Capitol again next week with for Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer. I m Paul Duke we ll see you then.
Lawmakers - June 24, 1982 - Commentary
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As Dreams Come True - PT1
Recreation of Henry Ford's childhood, authentic Ford homestead seen: MS boy chopping wood with axe, farmhouse in BG, snow on ground. TLS two men using mechanical saw to cut wood, farmhouse in BG. MS boy chopping wood with axe.
As Dreams Come True - PT1
Recreation of Henry Ford's childhood: Title card reading "Confiscating all mechanical opportunities." MS man & teen boy operating an early steam-powered combustible engine on farm. Title card reading: "Realization." GV steam engine on farm, in front of barn structure, teen boy walks into frame checking belts & wheels. Title card reading: "Leaving home at 19 to work, love & serve the world. In this small bldg before & after hours of reg employment the first car".
As Dreams Come True - PT2
Silent corporate industrial film regarding the life and times of the Ford Motor Company, 1920s. Beautiful archival footage documenting the multifaceted innovation of Henry Ford including: Auto Factories, Fordson Tractors, Boat Division, Lumber Mills & Trade School.
As Dreams Come True - PT2
Highland Park: Title card reading "The commercial car on which the company was organized, and later models." Great establishing TLS "Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant", with Model Ts lined up in front & coal cars leading into the factory. GV two Model T automobiles driving out of factory, from assembly line to street. TLS Model T driving away from camera, along vacant roadway outside factory. TLS Model T driving toward camera, using road parallel to the massive assembly plant. TLS Model T automobiles driving away from camera past Ford complex buildings.
As Dreams Come True - PT2
Highland Park: Panning high angle LS massive, sprawling Ford Motor plant, smokestacks spewing thick black smoke; steel mills, railroad tracks, factory buildings, good view of the massive complex.
As Dreams Come True - PT2
Rouge Plant: Title card reading "These industries were built & will endure by faith in your fellowman." Gorgeous ground level panning LS of the Ford plant as seen from across frozen Rouge River, laborious smokestacks spewing smoke. Tighter static shot of same, smoke rising, sifting.
As Dreams Come True - PT2
Title card reading "The First Fordson." MS Ford Fordson, an early combustible engine farming tractor. "Ever present is the thought to use & develop water power to its fullest extent." LS industrialist HENRY FORD looking dapper in a three-piece, standing beside made water fall on the Rouge River located at his Fair Lain Estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
As Dreams Come True - PT2
Ford Lumber Mill: Title card reading "Lumber tracts & ore mines are links in this mighty chain." TLS Fordson tractors hauling large carts of lumber along a snowy road. High angle TLS raw lumber traveling up conveyor outside mill. MS timber w/bark being sawed into planks by automated machine inside mill.