A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES reel-to-reel series
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| R-1708 | 58 | 1 | VOLUME 1. THE REVOLUTION 1775-1789 (THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY) · Sound of the Liberty Bell; Patrick Henry; Farmer Amos Barett; Abigail Adams writes · her husband; Tom Pain; Benjamin Franklin; Alphabet Song; River Highway · the Liberty · Song; Patrick Henry's "...give me liberty..." speech; Yankee Doodle; Paul Revere · Chester; Battle of Concord; Battle of Trenton; John Adams; Joseph Warren; Abigail · Adams letter; John Adams; Tom Paine's "Common Sense"; Grand Coulee Dam; Debate over · Decl. of Independence; 1776 Finale- the 13 States vote on Declaration of Independence · (THE WAR): Johnny has gone for a Soldier; Aftermaths of War; Wall; The Crisis · Gen. Burgoyne's surrender; British advance; Thanksgiving 1778 at Valley Forge; Green · Mountain Boys; Diary of a Continental Soldier; A great man · a great Country; Cain · Creek; Two Riders; French forces arrive; Surrender at Yorktown; North America · Foreboding preamble; Geo. Washington's letter; Shay's Rebellion; Debate on the · Constitution; Preamble to the Constitution of the United States · VOLUME 2. AN EMPIRE FOR LIBERTY 1789-1849 (THE MAKING OF A NATION) · The American Star; Washington's Inaugural address; Bill of Rights- montage; Frontier · Man's Call; Roll on · Columbia; The Northwest Ordinance; The Shanty in the West; The · Ox-Team Trail; Abigail Adams in White House; March and Air; Jefferson's Inaugural · Washington's Farewell address; Warns against Foreign Relations; Cha. Pinckney rebuffs · the French; The Battle of Stonington; Henry Clay on the War of 1812; The Patriotic · Diggers; Dolly Madison; Star Spangled Banner; Battle of New Orleans; The President's · March; The Monroe Doctrine · (PIONEERING IN AMERICA) The American · this New man- montage; Mississippi; Louisiana · Purchase; The Wild Mizzourye; Jefferson instructs Meriwether Lewis; Robert Fulton's · Steamboat; Erie Canal; Remember the Alamo; Davy Crockett; Mormon adventures w/song · VOLUME 3. THE PROMISED LAND 1849-1860 (PROSPECTORS · PLAINSMEN · IMMIGRANTS · AND SLAVES) The Fools of '49; California; A stagecoach robbery; What was your Name · in the States?; Danish immigrant writes home; Skada in America; He lies in the · American Land; Cowboy "brag talk"; Wagoner's Complaint; Battle Hymn of the Republic · Account of the Slave Trade; Amazing Grace (spiritual); Conversation with a slave · Swing Low · Sweet Chariot; Go Down · Moses · (HALF SLAVE · HALF FREE) Confessions of Nat Turner; Sojourner Truth; Lonesome Valley · Uncle Tom's Cabin; Calhoun speaks for the South; Lincoln on the Union; John Brown's · Body- montage; Bonnie Blue Flag · VOLUME 4. CIVIL WAR-THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE 1860-1876 (A HOUSE DIVIDED) · Battle Hymn of the Republic; Bonnie Blue Flag; Fort Sumter-montage; Rally Round the · Cause · Boys; Mary Livermore on recruiting; Robert E. Lee; Jefferson Davis' Inaugural · Bull Run- the aftermath; The Monitor & the Merrimac; The Cumberland Crew; Mother · Kissed Me in My Dream; Clara Barton on battlefield casualties; Battle of Shiloh · Emancipation Proclamation; Battle of Gettysburg-montage · (THE UNION VICTORIOUS) We are Coming Father Abraham; Gettysburg Address; Drafted into · the army; Marching through Georgia; The Surrender at Appomattox- montage; Lincoln's · Assassination- montage; Poem; Old Revel; Impeachment of Johnson- montage; Centennial · VOLUME 5. IRON MEN & IRON ROADS 1860-1890 (SPANNING THE CONTINENT) · A Thousand miles of Mountains- montage; Sioux Indians; A Cattle Drive; Chisholm Trail · Buffalo Skinner; Manifest Destiny & the Indian; The Oklahoma Land Rush · (CLOSING THE FRONTIER) Cowboy's Lament; Jesse James- montage; Miner's songs- montage · Mark Twain on a chainging America; Little Brown Church in the Vale; The end of the · Indian; The end of the Frontier- montage; Semper Fidelis · VOLUME 6. THE GILDED AGE 1865-1900 (INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE) · Eight Hours; Andrew Carnegie on capitalism; The National Grange & the Knights of Labor · Sherman Anti-Trust Act- montage; John D. Rockefeller on virtues of big business; The · Creed of "Populism"; Cross of Gold- speech by Wm. Jennings Bryan; Spanish-American · War- montage; McKinley show; "Teddy" Roosevelt; Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight · (THE AMERICAN CENTURY BEGINS) A Bird in a Gilded Cage; The New Colossus; An Immigrant' · impressions of America; William Dean Howells on the mood of America; Lord Bryce on · America; Thomas Edison; Hello Central · Give me Heaven; Henry Woodfin Grady on "The · New South"; Booker T. Washington heralds the future; Immigrants- montage; Jane Addams · on the plight of Women; Mill Mother's Lament; Maple Leaf Rag |
| R-1709 | 55 | 1 | VOLUME 7. THE AGE OF GREAT REFORM 1900-1917 (THE AMERICAN CENTURY BEGINS) · Hallelujah · I'm a Bum; My Maryland; The Preacher & the Slave; Lincoln Steffens attacks · social injustice; Ray Stannard Baker condemns railroad "rebating"; Banks of Marble · Eugene V. Debs compares capitalism & socialism; Mark Hanna criticizes Theodore Roosevelt · Lincoln Steffens praises "Teddy"; Roosevelt explains his "Square Deal"; Geo. M. Cohan- · medley; Teddy & the Panama Canal; Orville Wright's "Kitty Hawk"; Early 20th Century song · (THE AWAKENED NATION) Saturday Night Blues; St. Louis Blues; Miniver Cheevy; Alexander · Ragtime Band; Everybody's Doing It; The 1912 National Election- montage; Pres. Wilson · on "The Awakened Nation"; Achievements of the Reform Movement; Oliver Wendell Holmes on y · the prospects for Mankind; Jane Addams on peace; WW I & belligerence of Kaiser- montage · Account of gas attack; Wilson's neutrality; I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier · VOLUME 8. WORLD WAR I. AND THE JAZZ AGE 1916-1928 (THE GREAT WAR) · German warning to Atlantic shipping; Sinking of the Lusitania; Wilson calls for War · WW I. songs- medley; Gen. Pershing to troops; Marshall Foch hails America's entry; Let' · bury the Hatchet; American victories; The Armistice; Pack up your Troubles; A Farewell · to Arms; Wilson's League of Nations; Election of Warren Harding; The 1st election · Broadcast (1920) by Harding from KDKA; Nobody's Sweetheart · (THE JAZZ AGE) Margie; Charleston; Will Rogers on 'Silent Cal'; Customs & Commercials · of the 1920's- montage; Yes Sir · That's my Baby; Excerpt from Main Street; The Monkey · Trial; Lindberg flies Atlantic- montage; Sacco & Vanzetti; The Great Gatsby; Blondes · VOLUME 9. THE GREAT DEPRESSION & THE NEW DEAL 1928-1940 (DEPRESSION & · RECOVERY) Herbert Hoover; Stock Market Crash; Brother · Can you spare a dime?; The · Bonus Marchers; Dusty · old Dust; The Plight of the Dustbowl; Will Rogers & Eddie Cantor · on the depression; No Depression in Heaven; Franklin D. Roosevelt elected; The New · Deal; He-re in the Money; Eleanor Roosevelt recollects; One Third of a Nation; Sing · Me a song of Social Significance; John L. Lewis; FDR's campaign speeches 1933-1944 monta · Row · Row · Row with Roosevelt. (THE NEW DEAL) "You're the Top; Radio Montage of 1930's · Premonitions of War- montage; FDR's "Quarantine Speech"; The Eve of War; Britain goes · to War; Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister; FDR's early wartime speeches · Japanese account of Pearl Harbor; FDR's "...a day in infamy..." speech; This is the Army · Mr. Jones · VOLUME 10. AMERICA IN GLOBAL WAR 1941-1945 (MEETING THE CHALLENGE) · America goes to War; Service Songs- medley; Early Japanese Victories; Surrender of the · Philippines; Account of Bataan "Death March"; The Africa Campaign; Lilli Marlene · Berlin air-raid; D-Day montage; Liberation of Paris · (THE PRICE OF VICTORY) Praise the Lord & pass the Ammunition; Ernie Pyle describes G.I · The Battle of Midway; Gen. MacArthur returns; Battle of Iwo Jima; Buy a Victory Bond · Over Here; The Battle of Okinawa; FDR's death- montage; The Atomic Bomb- montage · V-J Day montage; Beer Barrel Polka · VOLUME 11. AMERICA ENTERS THE ATOMIC AGE 1945-1960 (COLD WAR AT HOME AND · ABROAD) Nuclear Tests; "Cold War"- montage; Churchill's "iron Curtain" speech; The · "Truman Doctrine"; The "Marshall Plan"; Good Bait; Take the 'A' Train; The Berlin · Airlift; Hiss-Chambers hearings; 1948 Election- montage; Happy Days are Here Again · (THE KOREAN WAR · MCCARTHYISM & THE CULTURE OF THE '50's) Rock 'n Roll Riff; U.N · Ambassador Gross describes North Korean aggression; War in Korea- montage; MacArthur- · Truman clash; "Ike" elected; Runaround Sue; Blue Suede Shoes; Internal Security and · McCarthy- montage; This Land is Your Land; Civil Rights; Nobody knows the trouble · VOLUME 12. OUR TIMES - TO BE CONTINUED 1960 (TIMES OF CRISIS) · The Times · They are A-changing; John F. Kennedy's Inaugural; People · Get Ready; The · New Frontier; Cuban Missile Crisis- montage; Civil Rights- montage; We Shall Overcome · JFK's Assassination- montage; The War in Vietnam; 1968- montage; Sen. Edward Kennedy · eulogizes his brother · Robert; Turn · turn · turn · (A CHANGING AMERICA) The "Counter-Culture"; Hold your Head Up; Space Program- montage · Spinning Wheel; Peace Demonstrations- montage; Watergate- montage; Pres. Gerald Ford's · Inaugural; America the Beautiful |