This film from the library of Congress Collection has been made available by the National Film preservation foundation. Me joe, the king of the workers of the world. Hi, folks. Joe is the king because he can buy more with his wages than any other worker on the globe. [breaks screeching] now what makes it possible for joe to earn such a good living . He is no smarter than workers in other countries. Are you kidding . He is no stronger than workers in other lands. Oh yeah, will just watch me. Just because joe is an american, does not mean yet . Well being on american is the best thing my back. Being an american is great, but how can he be superior than any foreigner when you or your folks might be one of any of a dozen different races or religions. If you are no superman, it must be the american way of doing things that makes you that what that makes you the luckiest guy in the world. I dont think i am so lucky. You dont . Well, let me show you. What is that gadget . Television . It is a
Everybody has his own special dream about what the world is going to be like in the future. We know it is steadily shrinking. One of these days, we are going to wake up and find that the people we are dreaming about are practically right in our backyard. [dog barking] it has happened. [humminh] [humming] [gong] [gong] i do not like the looks of this. Why not . It is going to be wonderful. We cannot get along with those people, they are two different. We will get along. The future of celebration depends on brotherhood. [applause] [whispering] wait a minute. What about this business of brotherhood . We are all different. Are you . Lets take a look at the facts. The first people on earth new a small section of it. They lived closely and looked alike. Pretty soon, they started to spread out. As they drifted further apart, little differences began to appear. Most of the people of the world kept the in between colors their ancestors and still do. Three groups on the very edges of the worlds
Everybody has his own special dream of what the world will be like in the future. We all know it is steadily shrinking. One of these days, we will wake up and find the people and places we used to just read a barra read about are in our own backyard. Its happened. [humming] [gong] [gong] i do not like the looks of this. Why not . It is going to be wonderful. We cannot get along with those people, they are too different. We will get along, we have got to. The future of civilization depends on brotherhood. [applause and cheering] [whispering] wait a minute. What about this business of brotherhood . But, we are all different. Are you . Lets take a look at the facts, right from the start. The first people on earth knew only a very small section of it. They lived close together and looked alike. But pretty soon, they started to spread out. And as they drifted further apart, little differences began to appear. Most of the people of the world kept the same in between colors their ancestors an
Herbert hoover, president wilson, coolidge, and eisenhower. It is 45 minutes long. Welcome back. For the second half of our conference, starting off this afternoon is a paper by dr. Lisa ssian, was a professor of history at the Des Moines Area Community college. She received her masters degree in womens studies from Eastern Michigan University and a doctorate from iowa state university, and agricultural history and rural eddies. She is an author of three books. Now directed her Research Interests in exploring hoovers postwar food relief efforts. She serves on the board of war and culture, and is the editor of a fourth coming a forthcoming volume. Her talk today is entitled a kind and understanding heart, the politics and friendship between harry truman and Herbert Hoover. Ssian. Welcome lisa o [applause] i changed my title a little bit. I have slides, and i hope that all of you did not eat too much. The warm weather and all of that. It uality should call the president possessed, a repo
You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting www. Cspan. Org history. Up next on reel america, its everybodys business, a 20minute animated film from 1954. It is funded by the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Resenting a brief history of the u. S. Economic system. Presenting a brief history of the u. S. Economic system. It argues that Free Enterprise is embedded in the bill of rights. Its everybodys business is part of the library of Congress Collection and made available by the National Film Preservation Association and film archive