Land of liberty : Part 4 (1890-1938)

Duration: 0:21:40

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor | The Motion Picture Industry of the United States: Presenter

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a pictorial history of the United States originally prepared for exhibition at the 1939 New York World's Fair and 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. The film is composed of sequences taken from many historical motion pictures and edited into a complete story of the colonization of America, the establishment of the Republic, and its subsequent history.Part 4 - Opening with sequences of "The Gay Nineties", the film traces events of the Spanish-American War, followed by the conquest of Yellow fever and the construction of the Panama Canal, highlighting President "Teddy" Roosevelt's administration. With the outbreak of World War I among European nations, President Woodrow Wilson's efforts to maintain United States neutrality, the entrance of the United States into the conflict and sequences of combat are summarized. Post-World War I efforts to establish lasting peace through the League of Nations and disarmament precede the economic collapse of the 1930's. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration seeks new solutions to the social problems of the Depression Era, war clouds again threaten Europe.

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