Democratic Party praising their institutional accomplishments from the Founding Fathers to 1956. Hosted and narrated by then-Senator JOHN F. KENNEDY.
Montage of hydroelectric dams built during NRA/WPA days: Areials of the winding Tennese River; MS water rushing along dam wall; MS sign reading "Chicmamauga"; GV Chicmamauga dam; CU sign reading "Pickwick Landing:; GV pan of Pickwick Landing; MLS Guntersville Dam; GV Wilson dam; MS pan up wall of the Norris dam. MCU FDR at desk about to open Norris dam via telegraph; CU finger pushing telegraph key; CU General Electric gauge; MS/GV water rushing over dam wall.
Montage of hydroelectric dams built during NRA/WPA days: MS house flipped upsidedown from flood; MS overturned car & uplifted house from flood; Elevated GV of dam wall w/water flowing; Elevated GV inside hydroelectric dam plant w/workers on turbines; MS man at controls mounted on wall; CU switches being thrown; CU hand holding rag cleaning equipment; CU spinning turbimne; GV dam construction; Shots of equipment & powerlines at Oak Ridge, Tennesse nuclear plant (atomic center).
Montage of hydroelectric dams built during NRA/WPA days leading to industry: Traveling shot past dam; CU equipment spinning; GV/MS allumunum factory; CU/MS timber logs; CU log being cut by saw; CUs various machinery in action; MS/CU farmers dumping grain; low angle GV dam wall.
Montage of WPA Work Projects: GV motorcycles cruising on Art Deco bridge; Elevated LS traffic moving along Oakland Bridge; Areial flyby over new highway system; GV elementary school w/children arriving; GV children playing in school playground; CU wrecking ball; GV slum building being knock down by demolition; MS FDR riding in convertible car; GV construction of new housing; MCU FDR in car shaking hands w/young men of the CCC; CU feet walking; MLS group of young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in field breaking land; MCUs man swinging hatchet; elevated GV men if the CCC digging in trench; MCU man using hatchet.
POV of a crowded beach as seen from moving Ferris Wheel. MS of youth racing hand in hand into water. MSs urban children playing in pool created by open hydrant. MS "I.L.G.W.U." driving in street. MCU first female Secretary of Labor FRANCES PERKINS. MS men celebrating the appeal of prohibition by marching in parade w/banner reading "beer". CU beer mug. MSs of land erosion. Areial of agricultral land. MS FDR speaking at event.