Under the chestnut tree, the village chestnut stand. Times we some times call the good old days. But just how good were the good old days . The blacksmith of olden times, a mighty man he had to be. The tiller of the soil, the mighty man was he also and he had to be, he was the Food Industry toiling for the necessities of life. The woman in the home. Not often do you hear her grandchildren sigh for the good old days, not if they really know how she labors from dawn to dusk. We need to know from whence we have come, how we have advanced to appreciate what we have achieved and to have faith and opportunities to come through the american system. Founded upon liberty and freedom of initiative, we have created progress that is envied by other nations. Go back 50, 100 years and watch the system work, america marching forward. Forward on the road to the marvels of today and a more widespread distribution of the benefits of industry than any other nation the globe has ever seen. Liberty and fre
Highest it has been since the great depression. Up next on railamerica, we turn the clock back to 19 36. Lets go america is a National Association of manufacturers short film with an optimistic message. The film argues that life has improved because of American Ingenuity and the future is bright. Under the spreading chestnut trees, the smithy stands so saying the poet longfellow. Times which we sometimes call the good old days ago but just how good were the good old days . Times,cksmith of olden he had to be. He was. The pillar of the soil, the mighty man was he also and he had to be coming he was the Food Industry toiling for the necessities of life. The woman in the home. Not often do you hear her grandchildren side for the good old days not if they really know how she labors from don to dusk. From dawn to dusk. Need to know from whence we have come in from to appreciate what we have achieved and to have faith and opportunities to come through the american system. Founded upon libert
Narrator under the spreading chestnut trees, the village smithy stands, so said the poet longfellow. Times which we sometimes call the good old days, but just how good were the good old days . The blacksmith of olden times, a mighty man was he. He had to be. Tiller of the soil, a mighty man was he also and he had to be, he was the Food Industry toiling for the necessities of life. The woman in the home. Not often do you hear her grandchildren sigh for the good old days, not if they really know how she labored from dawn to dusk. We need to know from whence we have come, from what we have advanced to appreciate what we have achieved and to have faith and opportunities to come through the american system. Founded upon liberty and freedom of initiative, we have created progress that is envied by other nations. Go back 50, 100 years and watch the system work, america marching forward. Forward on the road to the marvels of today and a more widespread distribution of the benefits of industry
Narrator under the spreading chestnut trees, the smithy stands, so said the poet longfellow. Times which we sometimes call the good old days, but just how good were the good old days . The blacksmith of olden times, a mighty man he had to be. The tiller of the soil, the mighty man was he also and he had to be, he was the Food Industry toiling for the necessities of life. The woman in the home. Not often do you hear her for theldren sigh good old days, not if they really know how she labors from dawn to dusk. We need to know from whence we have come, how we have advanced to appreciate what we have achieved and to have faith and opportunities to come through the american system. Founded upon liberty and freedom of initiative, we have created progress that is envied by other nations. Go back 50, 100 years and watch the system work, america marching forward. Forward on the road to the marvels of today and a more widespread distribution of the benefits of industry than any other nation the
Turn . Guest well, i wouldnt say date that created it, but if i had to pick one date as the epicenter, perhaps, of the turn, it would have been the reykjavik summit in october of 1986, just about five years ago from this fall. Cspan what happened there . Guest in this remarkable event, probably the most remarkable meeting of u. S. And soviet leaders, certainly since kennedys meeting with khrushchev in vienna, reagan and gorbachev and shevardnadze and shultz sat down in a small room in reykjavik over a dining room table and started negotiating over their entire nuclear arsenal. They had on the table to be bargained with the entire stock of Ballistic Missiles in the arsenals of both governments which were the basic weapons underpinning their national power. At the end of the summit reagan even said and i have the quotes authenticated for the first time why dont we just get rid of all Nuclear Weapons . Just get rid of them all. And gorbachev said, yes, lets do that. Lets just get rid of t