IN OUR OWN AMERICAN WAY, Part 1

[Music] Oh beautiful for SP aous SK for amber waves of GRA for purle Mountain mesty above the fruited flame of am God sh his grace on the and CR by good with Brotherhood from sea to shining sea Oh beautiful for that sees beond the years thas City unemed by human tear am America God shed his grace on the and by good with Brotherhood from sea to [Music] sh as always the sun rises and sets rain falls and water flows to the Seas conditions change but fundamentals remain the same Mankind's love for freedom and security endures all history tells us this but history also tells that Liberty freedom and security must be fought for and defended so for our Americas today we all prepare to defend our American way of [Music] life on the land on the oceans and in the air our armed forces are prepared and preparing to defend the Americas [Music] here just a few miles miles from the shores of South America you see the actual scuttling and burning of the graph Spade German pocket battleship war has come close to our Americas [Music] la the la on Plymouth Rock in 1620 our Pilgrim fathers landed to found a land of liberty enduring hardships Brave friendly and Free People United for Freedom's sake near Boston in paniel Hall Cradle of Liberty they met in Democratic fashion to plan a free America from Old North Church famous meeting place of sea fairing men Paul Rivier saw the signal for his famous ride throughout the countryside to call Americans to defend their rights Lexington where sons of the soil became military Heroes and Captain John Parker said if they mean to have a war let it begin here and on the peaceful Concord River embattled Farmers fired the shot heard round the world the school of Nathan hail modest School master who regretted he had but one life to give for his country while at Fort Necessity a 22-year-old colonel named George Washington defeated the French and Indians every school child knows about Bunker [Music] Hill and Colonel Prescot who said do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes so now as always here in the midst of the peaceful cat skills men are trained to preserve our peace and defend our way of life in the heart of a country rich in historical lore stands West Point the finest military school in all the world but defense doesn't depend entirely on military men wasn't it Napoleon who said an army travels on its stomach and and soldiers of the soil are at work farming this land of ours in our own American way with the most modern mechanized machines for farming that the world has ever seen our American farmers are truly the most powerful mechanized Army for the Larder of democracy here is an mm tractor and unimore making hay which will help produce milk butter cheese and [Music] beef in New York and all other states modern machines like this can get all farm jobs done with fewer hands in less time and at lower cost still in New York we see a two row mm cultivator and Universal R tractor and what's this they're working in beans the good old standby that's a universal American food [Music] more beans and a z trctor putting a two row cultivator to chasing weeds away on this farm near Avon New York still another New York farm with an older mm tractor and mm Harvester working together in Perfect Harmony even after years of hard work it pays to keep machines in good repair and so to Pennsylvania where this standard U brings the Harvest home right in this Farmer's Barn in Pennsylvania also mm tractors and Yim moers are doing their bit to make the Larder of democracy [Music] secure 5-year-old solenberger is hauling hay with an R tractor and keeps the loader and two men busy this does show how simple it is to drive an mm tractor but we don't recommend youngsters for this job so be careful Jean older methods are still used but the power is modern on the Henry thrush Farm in Pennsyvania this Harvester 69 with sacking attachment and engine Drive makes a tough job easy look how that husky lad tosses those heavy sacks and his choice of harvesting equipment proves he has brains as well as Brawn as long as we so close it would be too bad to pass up a visit to Annapolis where the spirit of John Paul Jones hovers over this Academy and gives his Blessing to the Future officers of our Navy who will defend our America let's take a side trip and see the famous Natural Bridge in Kentucky the bridge is a massive Natural Stone formation 125 ft long 75 ft high and 35 ft wide connecting two mountain ridges the bridge is estimated to contain more than 7,500 tons of Rock hurry up let's thumb a ride on this [Music] blimp this is a pigeon's eye view of Fort Brag North Carolina kindly refrained from dropping banana peels on the parade grounds while we see Fort Brag from an army blimp located in the hills of North Carolina the reservation contains 122,000 acres and there are 55,000 of unle Sam's new trainees learning modern defense here Fort Brag is typical of the neat clean camps throughout our land hey foot straw foot pick it up [Music] boys these seles are being taught to shoot straight let's not get too close instructions in life saving and swimming are part of the necessary training for good [Music] soldiers brother Noah could have gotten some good ideas from these assault boats of the 15th Engineers battalion bet you they're going in to get some of those beans we saw being cultivated a while ago after the ball was over the boys got out from [Music] under back to the farm this MMR tractor is on the job with a two dis mm plow North or South you'll find modern mm machines helping to replace men needed elsewhere in our defense effort this MMR tractor with two row duess planter is putting in Cotton accurately at uniform depth well that cotton grew fast a Minneapolis Moline tractor with two row cultivator keeps it clean and now four rows at a time a cultivator with fertilizer attachment taking care of four rows of Tall Cotton with a visionline universal Z trctor Furnishing the power the power lift makes for easy turns and fast work the growing of fiber is as important as food mm engines pump water for the irrigation so essential to rice growing in Arkansas and Louisiana rice fields throughout the South this is a common site four roll Planters on MM cultivator frames and the whole business attached to a universal U or Z tractor sure enough we're at the old city Gates of St Augustine Florida our oldest city and here is the oldest Schoolhouse in the United States 400 years old the oldest house in the United States over it waves the four Flags signifying the reign of four different governments the Fountain of Youth discovered by Pon de Leon in 1513 he was sure that somewhere in this charming land of ours he would find Waters to restore his [Music] youth Fort Maran the oldest Fort standing in the United States was begun in 1672 and completed in [Music] 1756 if those thick walls could talk what Tales they could tell especially this execution wall those bullet scars tell a story without [Music] words now we're at silver springs near Okala Florida a vision lined Lake note the easy operation of this streamline diving machine the easy turns the power lift and if we were speaking of farm machinery her smooth powerful action would remind us of mm high compression tractors [Music] here's the world's largest Tangerine Grove near Orlando Florida and now we're picking Florida oranges [Music] nearby the dress May date Back to Before the War Between the States but the girl in it is as up to the minute as a Prairie Gold mm tractor working in the Orange Groves and vegetable fields of [Music] Florida Miami 2 million visitors a year a busy Metropolis the year round Miami Beach the winter capital of many Americans [Music] a noted editor said Miami is the new boundary line between North and South America a great Fleet of giant Clippers carry 50,000 air passengers a year to and from Latin America here's one home from a southern neighbor [Music] we're on the road again and from the looks of the traffic we're near another army camp must be Camp Shelby because we are near Hattisburg Mississippi Jeeps Blitz buggies they have many different names some call them bouncing sardine cans on Wheels Hills and Dales all look alike to them and they get a lot of our soldiers where they want to go in a hurry guns should be heard but not seen so they hide them in the bushes and make them look like what they're not wonder what this fell is saying hope he isn't calling us names [Music] looks like the bushes are exploding but here American soldiers are trained to be the best Marksman in the world [Music] the entrance to Camp Shelby the second largest army camp in the land where 52,000 men are undergoing intensive training for the defense of this land of liberty the boys on these bouncing bicycles are messengers and more than that they must be able to ride through any kind of country no matter how rough or [Music] tough one two touch your toes with your nose Uncle Sam soldiers keep in tiptop shape the Magic Carpet of film makes it possible to cover great distances in a short time time we're traveling northward on the Mississippi on a side trip to New Salem Village in Illinois we see it restored as it was when a gangling youth named Abraham Lincoln ran a general store and dreamed dreams that were to have a tremendous influence on our American ways here Lincoln met Anne rutti his first sweetheart and though she died here before young Lincoln left the village her influence on him was profound there's the store Lincoln operated today as always young rural boys are pioneering progress here a 12-year-old boy proves that a z trctor is easy to operate plowing is surely the groundwork of Defense in Ohio a UT trctor with a four row mm check planter puts the corn in accurately at uniform dep manure helps keep the land fertile this Moline spreader an mm tractor with cab makes a usually unpleasant job easy Cor is a fundamental defense crop this mm Model D corn sheller gets the corn off the cobs in a businesslike manner up to 300 bushel an hour over in Indiana we find an R tractor with a two row cultivator pepping up a field of sargo keeping the weeds out saves the plant food for the crop on the same Farm a harvester 69 is bringing home the wheat once over and it's all over sure saves time and [Music] money notice the caressing action of this mm ha loader its gentle action saves the fine valuable leaves for feed here on the Taylor Farm in Indiana two MMR tractors and 69 Harvesters are harvesting a real wheat crop economical production of food with less help is an essential part of our defense program this Z tractor and Harvester 69 are harvesting oats the Harvester 69 gets the Harvest done on [Music] time it may wind up at the bowl game or at the circus but this popcorn is getting a good start this four row mm cultivator and tractor keep it clean it's not good business to have an extra passenger on a tractor but since the crop is popcorn we'll probably have to excuse this boy's hitchhiking from Indiana to Michigan Farmland here a universal U tractor and a harvester 69 are harvesting wheat on the Abrams farm at Climax Michigan near the place where the world's first combine was used you don't have to have tabletop land for mm Machinery look at this mm tractor in Harvester 69 working like billy goats in hilly oats here at climax is the monument to hyam Moore who in 1838 successfully operated the first combine later models were shipped Around the Horn to California to harvest crops on the west coast climax also was where the first rural free delivery mail route was inaugurated another Michigan farm and another Harvester [Music] 69 here we are with a universal R cultivating potatoes a favorite food of Americans Hill Side straighten out before this combination of universal R tractor and an mm [Music] Harvester this mm spreader powered by hay burners spreads Marl quickly and evenly for easy loading it's the lowest spreader build and two horses easily pull it Michigan celery is famous food mm machines help it get to your table fresh and good this Wildlife Research station in waterfall Sanctuary was given to Michigan State College by w Kellog famous processor of farm [Music] cereals Professor Swan is giving submarine lessons Michigan 2 has its Scenic Beauty spots this one is on the St Joseph [Music] River AC AC Cross Lake Michigan to Wisconsin and Illinois two contended cows calmly doing their bit in the National Defense effort Vision lined mm tractors and Moline monitor drills make putting the seed in accurately at uniform depth an easy matter in Illinois at Rochelle and deel we find men of the California packing Corporation harvesting peas these peas will be canned and sold under the famous DelMonte trademark these folks own over 270 mm tractors many of them shown here have been on the job day in and day out for [Music] years and here are the peas sweet and tender whole and unbruised mm tractors go at just the right speed for the loaders without slipping the clutch or stopping peas must be harvested at precisely the right time or quality would be reduced and the loss tremendous that's why Dependable mm power is used [Music] this Universal R belongs to the Delonte Fleet and is cultivating baby lima beans four rows at a [Music] time still on the DelMonte Farms this may look like another cultivator work but it is actually one of the first steps in making pumpkin pies it's a field of pumpkins without bees there would be no pumpkins bees make honey too but because they carry pollen from plant to plant 60 to 70 tons of pumpkins per acre are produced between Delonte Farms we meet this Angus bull owned by the Pierce farms and he's a national champion two more m tractors of the California packing corporation's Fleet doing a very tidy job of housekeeping in sweet corn with four row cultivators all these tractors belong to the world's largest Farm Fleet of over 270 since 1919 the favorite of these men who produce Fine delte Foods for your table individual Farmers know of the record of the world's largest tractor Fleet and the performance of mm tractors everywhere so here's a man with a z tractor with a field field in which we can't find a weed there's nothing corny about the way this mm corn sheller is shelling 1300 bushels an hour [Music] if we could only grow it as fast as this outfit can shell [Music] it corn is a fundamental food and this new mm Model E sheller is a fundamental machine in getting it on the market easy to get from job to job [Music] near NASA [Music] Iowa in the no place is so dear to my child aown CH in this mm wide cut Herald gets a lot of ground ready for a crop in a single day it's angled and straightened folded and unfolded by tractor power an Iowa scene wouldn't be an Iowa scene without horn this is a universal U tractor and four roll cultivator trimming the weeds out yes another Fleet of mm tractors here are the fitzloff boys at Spencer Iowa with three mm tractors cultivating corn and taking the weeds out of their potatoes in stride on to Minnesota no that's not a silo it's the famous old round Tower at Fort Snelling near the Twin Cities headquarters at Fort Snelling one of the most scenic Army posts in all North America trainees from all all over the middle west come to Fort Snelling to become good soldiers some of their activities look different and interesting [Music] now if you'll just remain seated we'll have the boys put on a review for you with generals and Colonels and everything necessary to the conduct of a proper [Music] review mm structural steel for hangers and mm tractors are important to many phases of our defense activities mm tractors serve the Army and Navy on many jobs these huge birds are the eyes of the Navy at wall Chamberlain field near Minneapolis the Navy has an air base and training field for the defense of America these fledglings for Uncle Sam are being inspected many of the boys are getting their first flying lessons here speed racing on a lake near Minneapolis in the heart of Minneapolis Lake calhon Sailors are doing their stuff in sailboats [Music] from most every state in the Union they come to Minnesota each year to fish they catch them too but there always seems to be plenty left for the next fellow more fishermen and more fish this goes on and on and no one ever seems to Tire of it there's a nice [Music] catch Young America never changes give an American Boy a pole some string and bent pin and he'll get fish think he [Music] won't what kind of fishing do you prefer you can have most any Variety in Minnesota we're way up north in Superior National Forest now on a Knife River over 10,000 lakes in Minnesota and fish for all in every Lake this must be what a fisherman expects heaven to be like Northern Minnesota produces most of America's Island or here's the raw material for cracks and tanks corn shellers and cannons battleships and beat tools few places in the world match the rugged beauty of the North shore of Lake [Music] Superior theth the Zenith City made famous by Proctor as one of the finest and busiest harbors in the world here Minnesota's iron ore starts by boat for Eastern steel mills in Minneapolis at the Automotive plant of Minneapolis Molen tractors are being loaded for shipment to all corners of the Americas and the world [Music] mm Jeeps are becoming familiar to army men all over the United States they go where they are pointed and nothing seems to stop them over stumps and over rocks they [Music] go and water hazards constitute no Hazard at all [Music] it's hay time in Minnesota tedding hay now this combination mm teder inside delivery rake is gently forming [Music] windr and now a Minneapolis Molen hay loader carefully lifts the crop and gently puts it on the rack for feed for sheep and cattle indirectly hay is food for us all for Hillside plowing to prevent erosion a two-way mm plow like this does its part to preserve our land cross cultivating corn with a two row mm cultivator and Universal R tractor Machinery like this Combs the weeds out of the fields with ease [Music] this isn't a race between mm tractors they're just smoothing the racetrack at the Minnesota State [Music] Fair times change and the world moves on but a horse race is still a horse race lives there a man with soul so dead who n to himself has said come on lightning in Memorial Stadium at the University of Minnesota 55,000 football fans watch Minnesota play a big 10 opponent the golden golfers the football team that has made winning a [Music] habit e [Music] back in the field again notice the re cleaner attachment on this Harvester 69 operating on the hillsides along the Mississippi near Redwing Minnesota [Music] mm introduced tractors to burn butane gas to save money for Farmers this Universal U is cooperating with a two row mm Husker a universal U tractor burning butane and pulling a four disk mm plow a good job for smaller acreages an ideal Arrangement is a universal R tractor and a one row mm Corn Husker [Music] take an R tractor attach a four R beaten Bean planter and a delicate job is done quickly and well another Dependable combination a Minneapolis Molen Z tractor and and a six row beet and bean planter at work in the Red River Valley of the north into the Beet fields of North Dakota where an R tractor with single front wheel teams up with a two row mm beat puller near Rugby North Dakota this Monument marks the geographical center of North America beloved Theodore roosev ranched in his younger days his good old rough riding days [Music]