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PEOPLE OF AMERICA. FILM SHOWS THE MIGRATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD TO AMERICA AFTER COLUMBUS AND OTHER EXPLORERS. FROM THE EARLY 1800S TO THE LATE 1800S. THEY BROUGHT THEIR CULTURES, FOODS AND ARCHITECTURE. SPORTS AND FOODS.
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HEAVY PEDESTRIAN AND AUTO TRAFFIC IN LARGE CITY BUSINESS DISTRICT. VOICE OVER, "WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, IN THE CITIES, IN THE TOWNS AND THE COUNTRY"..
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FAMILY GROUPS WALKING ALONG SIDEWALK IN SMALL TOWN..
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| 00:47:53 15.6 |
FACTORY WORKERS WALKING ALONG OUTSIDE FACTORY BUILDINGS. VOICE OVER, "WE WORK TOGETHER. MANY RACES RELIGIONS, NATIONALITIES, WE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICA".
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| 00:48:03 25.6 |
"WE ARE ALSO THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA". MONTAGE, GROUP CHILDREN APPLAUDING WHILE WATCHING EVENT, GIRLS JUMPING ROPE, BOYS AND GIRLS FISHING IN LAKE. CU
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| 00:48:11 33.6 |
BLOND HAIR BOY BITES INTO APPLE. CU DARK HAIRED BOY POSING. GROUP LITTLE BLACK KIDS POSING. "LIGHT HAIR LIGHT EYES, BLACK HAIR DARK EYES, THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA".
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| 00:48:23 45.6 |
ELDERLY MAN PLAYING CHECKERS WITH LITTLE GIRL. "THE OLD AND THE YOUNG".
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| 00:48:25 47.6 |
ELDERLY WOMAN SEATED IN CHAIR. "HER ANCESTORS CAME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER". CU FACE SHOT ELDERLY MAN. "WHILE HE CAME HIMSELF FROM ITALY" "BOTH ARE PEOPLE OF AMERICA">
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| 00:48:35 57.6 |
AMERICAN FARMER PREPARES TO FILL GAS TANK OF TRACTOR AS HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER SITS IN DRIVERS SEAT. MONTAGE FACE SHOTS, HOUSE WIFE, BUSINESS MAN, WEAVER, BLACKSMITH.....AMERICANS".
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| 00:48:54 76.6 |
CU MONTAGE, A GERMAN DOCTOR, A SWEDISH MAILMAN, A POLISH FIREMAN, AN IRISH COP.... AMERICANS".
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| 00:49:06 88.6 |
PAN LARGE CROWD PEOPLE WATCHING AN EVENT. "WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, A MIXTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD".
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| 00:49:16 98.6 |
VARIOUS SHOTS WAVES POUNDING AGAINST THE ROCKS
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| 00:49:24 106.6 |
OLD PAINTINGS OF COLUMBUS OF ITALY, , BALBOA AND , PONCE DELEON OF SPAIN, ARRIVING AT THE SHORES OF AMERICA .
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| 00:49:32 114.6 |
PAINTING OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH OF ENGLAND, AS WELL AS HENRY HUDSON, AND OTHER BRAVE EXPLORING MEN "WHO SAILED THEIR SHIPS INTO UNKNOWN WATERS AND FOUND THE LAND OF AMERICA".
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| 00:50:06 148.6 |
VARIOUS SHOTS ENGLISH SETTLERS OUTSIDE THEIR MODEST HOMES WITH THATCHED ROOFS. ENGLISH SETTLED ON THE EAST COAST .THEY GREW IN NUMBERS, CAME TO CONSIDER AMERICA THEIR HOME.
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| 00:50:19 162.6 |
AFTER 100 YEARS THE STYLES CHANGED. THE CHILDREN OF SETTLERS BECAME DISSATISFIED. THEY MEET, SIT AND TALK OF FREEDOM, AND WINNING IT PEACEFULLY OR FIGHTING FOR IT. MS FAMED STATUE OF MINUTE MAN.
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"PEOPLE OF THE WORLD FOUGHT WITH US". MONTAGE CU PAINTINGS OF VON STEUBEN (GERMAN), PULASKI (POLAND) LAFAYETTE (FRENCHMAN), WASHINGTON (AMERICAN).
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| 00:51:09 211.6 |
MP OF U.S. SHOWS SECTIONS ON EAST AND SOUTH EAST COAST WHERE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND AND HOLLAND SETTLED. VOICE OVER STATES: "THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM NEGRO SLAVES AND SETTLED THEM MAINLY IN THE SOUTH".
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| 00:51:19 222.6 |
MAP SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE OF FRANCE SETTLED (SOUTH AND MID-WEST). PEOPLE OF SPAIN SETTLED IN SOUTH WEST.
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| 00:51:31 234.6 |
AFTER THE NATION WAS FORMED MORE PEOPLE CAME TO THE MID-WEST IN THE EARLY 1800S. .AS INDICATED ON WORLD MAP.
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| 00:51:54 257.6 |
MAP SHOWS PEOPLE FROM ASIA, (CHINA AND JAPAN) COMING TO AMERICA SETTLED IN THE FAR WEST (LATE 18OOS, EARLY 1900S). HOWEVER THERE WAS MOVING AND SHIFTING OF PEOPLE AND INTERMIXING.
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MEN AND WOMEN PICKING COTTON ON A SOUTHERN PLANTATION. COULD READ AS SLAVES, SLAVERY, SHARECROPPERS. SOUTHERN PLANTATION HOUSE WITH UPPER AND LOWER BALCONIES. COULD READ AS ANTEBELLUM SOUTH.
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LARGE FARMLANDS OF THE MID-WEST "WHICH WAS NOT ONLY FOR THE FRENCH TO FARM, BUT A HOME FOR ALL AMERICANS". SHOTS OF VARIETY OF FARM HOUSES.
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ABOVE SHOT BUSY RAILROAD DEPOTS WHICH SPANNED A NATION ON THE MOVE. MAP SHOWS LOCATIONS WHICH SPRUNG UP AS INDUSTRY MOVED.
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PEOPLE WERE NEEDED TO WORK AND BUILD IN THESE CITIES, SO MANY MORE PEOPLE CAME FROM EUROPE AS INDICATED ON THE MAP.
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GOOD SHOT WORKER IN STEEL MILL SILHOUETTED BY THE BLAST FURNACE HE IS STOKING. MAN DRIVING STAKE INTO GROUND WITH SLEDGEHAMMER.
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MONTAGE, MINE WORKERS EXITING COAL MINE ON COAL CARS. VARIOUS SHOTS STEEPLEJACKS WELDING, AND WALKING ON STEEL BEAMS HIGH ABOVE THE CITY..
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GOOD SHOT SKYSCRAPER WITH HUNDREDS WINDOWS AS SEEN CLOSE UP LOOKING UP.
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VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS BUILDING ROADS. HEAVY TRAFFIC BOTH WAYS ON MODERN PARKWAY.
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MAP OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA SHOWS MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THE U. S. WORLD MAP SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE CAME TO AMERICA.
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| 00:54:01 383.6 |
WORLD MAP. VOICE OVER: "THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD". THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD HAVE FILLED OUR NATION AND CONTRIBUTED TO IT".
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LARGE BUILDING WITH PAGODA ROOF. "THE PEOPLE OF CHINA AND JAPAN HAVE BROUGHT THEIR ARCHITECTURE". MONTAGE BUILDINGS WITH SPANISH AND FRENCH MOTIF."MUCH OF THAT WHICH IS AMERICAN IS OF THE WORLD".
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS MEN PLAYING FOOTBALL, BASEBALL,, TENNIS, GIRL ICE SKATING, ALL ENGLISH AND NO. EUROPEAN SPORTS.
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MONTAGE WOMAN EATING SPAGHETTI (ITALIAN FOOD), CAN OF CHILI BEING OPENED (HISPANIC), CORN BEING BOILED (AMERICAN INDIAN).
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MONTAGE EXAMPLES OF BOY AND GIRL READING FROM BOOK. 2 WOMEN ADMIRING CLOTHING IN STORE WINDOW, VARIOUS BOOKS WE READ, ALL A PART OF OUR NATION.
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HUGE HIGH RISE APARTMENT BUILDING
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BAND PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC
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COUPLE GOING TO THE MOVIES, OUTSIDE MOVIE THEATER, JUKEBOX, BOY EATING ICE CREAM CONE, ETC., ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF THINGS UNIQUELY AMERICAN
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| 00:55:31 473.6 |
CU HAND PLACING HOTDOGS ON GRILL, FIREWORKS EXPLODING IN SKY ON 4TH OF JULY, EXAMPLES OF THANKSGIVING AND MOTHER'S DAY ARE MORE "AMERICAN THINGS".
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GIRLS JUMPING ROPE IN SCHOOLYARD. HUNDREDS CHILDREN STAND AT ATTENTION AS U.S. FLAG IS RAISED IN SCHOOLYARD. CU FLAG WAVING IN AIR.
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| 00:56:19 521.6 |
LS CAPITAL DOME BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.MONTAGE "THINGS WE CHERISH". "OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM (SHOT OF TRIAL IN SESSION IN COURTROOM).
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"THINGS WE CHERISH MONTAGE "THE ABUNDANCE OF FOOD" (FARMERS IN TRACTORS CULTIVATING THE LAND). "FREEDOM OF SPEECH (,AM IN AUDIENCE STANDS TO MAKE COMMENT). ..
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| 00:56:42 544.6 |
MAN IN STUDIO BROADCASTING NEWS. WOMAN LISTENING TO RADIO IN LIVING ROOM. VARIOUS SHOTS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. FREEDOM TO WORSHIP.
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GOOD SHOT LARGE CITY TRAFFIC.
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WORLD MAP SHOWING PATH TO AMERICA FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES. "WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA".
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