You must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understanding and support. But the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We present a few of their stories in this motion picture. We do so with pride, for here, it seems to me, is real democracy in action. And now, for a firsthand report, lets g
You must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understanding and support. But the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We present a few of their stories in this motion picture. We do so with pride, for here, it seems to me, is real democracy in action. And now, for a firsthand report, lets g
Im henry ford. In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. So much has been said, that i feel sure that a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. That is why we decided to study the situation. The results are published in this book. We call it freedom of the american road, simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room, freedom to freedom to come and go as we please, in this great country of ours. The first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safety driving. We found many highway and Traffic Safety experts were doing a experts who are doing a Great Service to the public. What they need is public understandingand support. But the most important thing we discovered was that, already, many private citizens across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. We prese
250 years people have come to the forks of the ohio, the place for the Allegheny River comes together to form the ohio river. It is a place where ideas have converged. Now follow me and lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago, people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is deal decided human habitation in north america. Representative of those first people in western pennsylvania. Arrivedfirst europeans they found native peoples here. Peoples who settled at the confluence of the three rivers. When George Washington arrives in 1753, he wanted to meet queen alaquip. She was a chief. She was probably already in her late 70s or 80s when 21yearold George Washington arrives. 21yearold washington was six big and strong with red hair. He was trying to build a career. The governor of virginia hired him to come
The west, prior to st. Louis being the gateway. A pittsburgh native who took the art world by storm. A visit to the andy warhol museum. He grew up in pittsburgh. He was born in 1928, the youngest of three siblings. He grew up really religious. They revise and team catholics. Byzantine catholics. We begin at the Heinz History Center for the look at innovations created right here in western pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is an amazing place. It is a city with a tradition of innovation. For 250 years people have come from all over the world to the forks of the ohio, the place for the allegheny and monongahela river comes together to form the ohio river. It is a place where ideas have converged. Now follow me and lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago, people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is the oldest s