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Already experiments left on the moon were sending back revealing new information. The mission was successfully completed. The eagle had landed the first men on the moon and columbia had returned them safely to the earth. Whatever mans journey tomorrow across the ocean of universe history will remind him that apollo 11 was mankinds First Encounter with a new world. Up next on American History tv the story of the construction of the hoover dam. That will be fold by a 1960 interview with Herbert Hoover who discusses his life beyond presidency. And later u. S. Army captain William Johnston on his ...

The u. S. Government began this construction on hoover dam in 1931. The project employed over 21,000 workers. It was completed two years ahead of schedule. In 1955 department of the interior film about the planning and the building of hoover dam. The story explains the engineering feat necessary for construction and promotes economic and recreational benefits provided by the structure. Build a dam in the wilderness and the world will beat a path to it. For many centuries, this was a lonely canyon unseen and untouched by man, scorched by a desert sun, scolded by an angry river slashing its way ...

Fire in the captain wanting to save the crops. Johnston won his point and they burned fields of fire on both sides of the canal. The following day another battalion soldier was wounded by sniper fire at 1150 hours, a significant time since it was ten minutes before virtually all troops took a two hour siesta. Johnston radioed a request for a u. S. Piloted helicopter. He received a regretful refusal. Only when arvin refuse admission could u. S. Pilots be sent. Three hours later, an arvin helicopter landed. The wounded man lost his right eye and was paralyzed on the right side. Johnston, deeply ...

Comes down. Down from a thousand hill sides, washing the top off of the valley. For 50 years we dug for cotton and moved west when the land gave out. For 50 years we plowed for corn and moved on when the land gave out. We planted and plowed with no regard for the future and 400 million tons of top soil, 400 million tons of our most val valuable resource have been washed into the gulf of mexico every year. And poor land makes poor people. Poor people make poor land. For a quarter of a century, we have been forcing more and more farmers into tenants. 10 are shared croppers down on their knees in...

Growing up without proper food, medical care or schooling, ill clad, il housed and ill fed and in the greatest river valley in the world. There is no such thing as an ideal river in nature but the Mississippi River is out of joint. Dust blowing in the west, floods raging in the east, we have seen these problems growing to alarming extremes. When we first found the great valley, it was 40 forested. Today, for every 100 acres of forest we found, we have ten left. Today 5 of the entire valley is ruined forever for agricultural use. 25 of the top soil has been shoved by the old river into the gulf...