Faith In Ourselves

[Music] Chemicals and coatings for countless applications behind the scenes and out in front. Engineered products to increase industrial efficiency and increase output. Engineering and construction of modern steel making facilities for the leading industrial nations. Coppers a part of your community with goods and services for the world. Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. [Music] Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe [Music] free. And the star spangled banner and triumph shall wave for the land of the free and the home of the brave. That government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the [Music] earth. And these honored dead shall not have died in vain. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Nat la. [Music] Concord, Massachusetts. The morning mist shrouds the countryside. The British are coming. The minute men wait by that rude bridge that arched the flood. Their flag to April's breeze unfurled. Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. The red coats break ranks and retreat, leaving behind their dead, who came 3,000 m and died to keep the past upon the [Music] throne. A call to freedom has been sent out and thousands of colonial patriots will answer, marking not only a day on a calendar, but a turning point in the life of a continent. [Music] An old order dies on the 19th of April, 1775. But 15 months will pass before the representatives of the 13 colonies declare their independence. There are discussions, debates, sharp disagreements as representatives north and south reconcile their regional differences. Here is born an ideal that Thomas Jefferson will call the spirit of 76. When at last agreement is reached, the delegates vote as one, defying the most powerful nation on earth and pledging to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. The Declaration of Independence has been drafted by Thomas Jefferson with help from Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert [Music] Livingston. John Hancock is first to sign the historic document that proclaims the rights of man to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America's Declaration of Independence, writes John Adams to his beloved Abigail, should be commemorated as a day of deliverance and celebrated from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more. [Music] [Music] Fort Mckenry, September 13th, 1814. Independence won in the revolution must be defended in the War of 1812. The British have captured and burned Washington. Now Baltimore comes under attack. Major George Armistad is in command of Fort Mckenry, which guards the river approach to the city. For 25 hours, Armistad and his garrison of 1,000 men are battered by a constant barrage of bombs, rockets, and shells. [Music] Francis Scott Keyi watches through the night. At dawn, old glory still flies. And he writes the words that capture the moment and become our national anthem. [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] The American character also is being forged on the [Music] frontier. Nine out of 10 Americans live on farms making their own clothes, growing their own food. Life is tough, dangerous, [Music] self-sufficient. The living history farms near De Moine, Iowa, recreate a time when the countryside is uncrowded and the West still waits to be won. There is a growing feeling of security and self-confidence both as a people and a [Music] nation. The work is backbreaking, the hours long. But on the frontier, most every man is his own boss. With each shingle that is split and every new building that goes up, the pioneer farmers are laying the foundation for an industry that will flourish and grow until one day America becomes the greatest agricultural country in the world. Here is woven the fabric of life in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. [Music] Many historians will call these years the best of American [Music] times. But there is a shadow over the country and soon it will threaten the very existence and preservation of the union. [Music] We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men who fought and died here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. General Robert E. Lee, Seminary Ridge, Pickicket's Charge, Gettysburg, July 1863. The decisive battle of the Civil [Music] [Applause] War. For 3 days, the Pennsylvania countryside throbs and echoes to the shouts of men. The crack of musketss. The roar of cannon. [Music] [Applause] when at last the guns fall silent and the fighting ends. Gettysburg becomes a final resting place for thousands of nameless men north and south who gave the last full measure of their devotion to the cause in which they believed. The Union is preserved. The nation lives to press on and move [Music] forward. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. Ellis Island in New York Harbor is the gateway to America for many immigrants. In all, 42 million men, women, and children come to the United States. The greatest migration of people in world [Music] history. America offers much to her immigrants and they give back much in return. earning a living, raising a family, living with new neighbors. The immigrants are helping to build a [Music] nation. As the years go by, the imprint of the immigrants is found all across the United States. Here, writes Walt Wittman, is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of [Music] nations. Give me your time. Your model is yearning to be free. Reu of your show. [Applause] Oh, the [Music] bless to [Music] me. I live my bite the golden door. Not every newcomer finds the better life he seeks, but parents believe that their dreams can still come true in the lives of their children. [Music] All across America, the immigrants bring their skills to farms and factories, rural areas and city centers. Out of the 19th century and into the 20th, the fruit of their labors is the greatest industrial society that the world has ever known. Wherever they live or work, many of the newcomers are victims of discrimination and prejudice. And yet their children become business leaders, professional men, lawmakers, [Music] presidents. And in 1917, they crossed the Atlantic to make the world safe for democracy. More than 2 million American doughboys journey over there to fight in the trenches and on the battlefields of Europe. [Music] [Music] [Applause] Cheering crowds and marshall music do not greet all who come home from the war to end all wars. The Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery reminds Americans that freedom is not free. [Music] Hawaii, the paradise of the Pacific. On a Sunday morning in the 166th year of independence, the United States is plunged into the gravest crisis in its history. [Music] Beneath the USS Arizona Memorial, then tombmed in the sunken battleship, are more than 1,000 American servicemen who go down with their ship on that Sunday morning. Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. With the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God. NC Mr. [Music] Jo, you had your request in there before, but you won't have it there [Music] anymore. People of Western Europe, a landing was made this morning on the coast of France by troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force. This landing is part of the concerted United Nations plan for the liberation of Europe. I call upon all who love freedom to stand with us now. Together, we shall achieve victory. The Japanese have accepted our terms fully. That's the word we've just received from the White House in Washington. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of the Second World War. [Applause] July 1969, the flight of Apollo 11. America answers the challenge of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. I believe we should go to the moon. I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. And therefore, as we set sail, we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. Lights on. 30 ft down 2 and 1/2. Picking up some dust. Four forward. Four forward. Drifting to the right a little. Contact light. Okay, engine stop. Tangi base here. The Eagle has landed. I'm at the foot of the ladder. I'm going to step off the lamb. Now, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. From the shot heard round the world to Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, America has been promises. Not all of these promises have been realized. Not all of our dreams have come true. There has been hope and heartbreak, peace and war, good times and bad. But as the United States passes out of its second and into its third century, the spirit of 76 still lives. And America continues to strive, to seek, to find, and to fulfill her promises and her destiny. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] The Screen News Digest has been brought