Democratic Party praising their institutional accomplishments from the Founding Fathers to 1956. Hosted and narrated by JOHN F. KENNEDY.
1912 newsreel: MLS pan of men gathered at train station for WOODROW WILSON whistle-stop campaign. MS/MLS WOODROW WILSON on train platform shaking hands w/supporters. GV cheering people gathering at WOODROW WILSON Inauguration. CU WOODROW WILSON tilting his hat w/a smile.
Exterior MS/GV Federal Reserve building. Interior MS of WOODROW WILSON reading document at desk. CU "Federal Trade Commission" logo. MCU WOODROW WILSON. CU WOODROW WILSON waving. POV crowd of supporters (men & women) as seen from platform of moving train. MCU of WOODROW WILSON on moving train platform.
1950's staged MS of a busy US Customs duty center. Nice scenic & artistic MS/CU/GV of farm combines harvesting wheat (1920's). Late 1940's-early 1950's montage: MSs of women standing in line to receive union cards; CU cards being handed out; MS women standing in line to receive union cards; CU female hand signing union card; MS men & women seated in room; CU African American woman; CU middle aged Caucasian man.
DO NOT USE: Still of young girl working in cotton mill.
Panning MS of busy NY street, circa 1910's. 1930's era recreation of women working in a textile mill during the early 1900's: MS women working behind sewing machines; MCUs women looking exhausted as they work behind sewing machines.
MS pedestrians walking. MS Woodrow Wilson shaking line of citizens' hands. MS women registering to vote, American flag hangs behind them. MCU woman voting. CU hand placing vote into ballot box. MCU woman flipping through papers. MS woman seated at label w/sign reading "Election Registrars", men & one woman are lined up behind her (1950's).
World War One montage: MS/GV train station. GV troops matching. MS field gun. GV guns being fired.
DO NOT USE: Political cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm.
World War One montage: MLS military parade w/spectators waving American flags; High angle LS of American troops setting sail for Europe; Various shots of tanks, explosions, gunfire, trench warfare, etc.
MS Woodrow Wilson and General JOHN J. PERSHING inspecting troops. MLS troops marching. MCU Woodrow Wilson in office. Establishing LS League of Nations building w/sculpture Geneva, Switzerland. Interior LS/MLS League of Nations assembly meeting in session.
WWII weapons montage: Air-to-air view of bombs falling from sky. Aerial of bombs hitting ground. GV nuclear/atomic bomb detonation.
Elevated GV of massive crowd gathered. GV/MS Woodrow Wilson speaking to crowd. Establishing MS White House rotunda. MCU/MS WARREN G. HARDING.
Political cartoon on Teapot Dome