OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE

Record number 218798^This film was produced by RKO Studios in cooperation with all major studios in Hollywood. It was produced as a public service for the American Heritage Foundation and is sponsored by the Attorney General of the United States. It is being exhibited by the motion picture industry and this theatre in connection with this community's National Rededication Week. Footage includes: Huge crowds line street for parade. Front of parade has many many United States flags held. Very young boy salutes as the people in parade go by. Family at table for Thanksgiving type dinner. Man and woman sitting in living room. Many different shots of newscasters talking into microphones. Newspaper boy swamped by people. Headline reads: Flying Saucers over West Coast. Shocked woman. Many shots of people talking on phones (old style) Factory belching smoke Shot of skyscraper. Aerial shot of New York skyline Shots of fallen civilizations: Greece, Egypt, Rome, Mayan ruins. Classic shot of Nazi swastika atop building exploding. Re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. C/U shot of large bell being rung. Re-enatment of the Revolutionary war. C/U shot of the Constitution Shots from different parts of the Unted States. Houses being built, land cleared during Colonial times. Cotton being picked. Railroads being layed. Building skyscrapers. Dams being built. Many different shots from war. Classic shot of American soldiers raising flag. Statue of Liberty Many shots of the different landscapes that make up the United States. Shots of election day and people going into voting booths. Newspapers being printed and bundled. Shots of different Universities Shots back to parade. C/U shots of different types of people all having very somber faces. Ends with ringing of Liberty type Bell.