(04:22) "there are 130 billion of us American's"
(04:22) "there are 130 billion of us American's"
Presented by the Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge Division, and produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Land Of The Free is a 1940 film that gives a look at the people and natural resources that helped make America one of the most prosperous countries. The film shows montage after montage of quickly edited shots of U.S. industries, people, and the role the automobile industry plays in the larger American economy. The film opens with footage of a plane flying in the sky, rolling ocean waves, cattle, and fields of wheat. Quick shots of different cultures throughout the world are followed by a look at the Statue of Liberty and an aerial view of the statue and New York Harbor (02:45). As the film talks about the rise of industrialization in the U.S., it shows viewers an oil well, a steel factory, cotton bales, and a corn field. Cars drive on a coastal road (03:44). Women sit and work at a telephone switch board. Men shuffle by on their way to or from work (04:32). There is a shot of New York City’s skyline. Covered wagon trains move across the country. Chinese workers lay railroad tracks. There is a short montage of inventions, including lightbulbs and film rolls. A man plows a field with a horse-drawn plow (07:28). An aerial view of Niagara Falls (07:43) is followed by shot of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam). The film then shows an aerial view of Manhattan Island (08:33) and footage of Chicago and the National Capitol Building. A montage of shots show men working various jobs: viewers quickly see a baker, a painter, a police officer, and a man using a jackhammer. Kids walk to their school (10:05). Viewers see, from a distance, a small rural town set in a rolling-hill landscape (10:58). People play on a beach. Spectators watch a baseball game. Several people ski down a slope. Men, presumably cowboys, sit around a campfire and sing a song (12:22). A man and a woman drive an early automobile model down a country road (14:02). Men assemble a car in a production plant (15:15). Cars drive down a four-lane highway (15:54). The film then talks about how the automobile industry supports so many other industries, and as it does, it shows very short clips of related industries: a weaving machine fabricates cloth (17:17), sheep graze on a hillside, and a miner breaks rock in a mine. An aerial view shows the production plant for Dodge automobiles (19:44; 22:57). The film shows a building that may be Meadow Brook Hall or the assembly plant in Hamtrack. There is another montage of shots of individuals working in a Dodge production plant. At the Dodge Division of Chrysler Engineering (22:10), men test various parts. There is an aerial shot of farmlands; a covered wagon train moves along an old wagon trail; a train moves down a railroad; and cars drive on highways and streets. The film concludes similarly to how it opened, with shots of the great resources of America: the land and the people.
Presented by the Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge Division, and produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Land Of The Free is a 1940 film that gives a look at the people and natural resources that helped make America one of the most prosperous countries. The film shows montage after montage of quickly edited shots of U.S. industries, people, and the role the automobile industry plays in the larger American economy. The film opens with footage of a plane flying in the sky, rolling ocean waves, cattle, and fields of wheat. Quick shots of different cultures throughout the world are followed by a look at the Statue of Liberty and an aerial view of the statue and New York Harbor (02:45). As the film talks about the rise of industrialization in the U.S., it shows viewers an oil well, a steel factory, cotton bales, and a corn field. Cars drive on a coastal road (03:44). Women sit and work at a telephone switch board. Men shuffle by on their way to or from work (04:32). There is a shot of New York City’s skyline. Covered wagon trains move across the country. Chinese workers lay railroad tracks. There is a short montage of inventions, including lightbulbs and film rolls. A man plows a field with a horse-drawn plow (07:28). An aerial view of Niagara Falls (07:43) is followed by shot of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam). The film then shows an aerial view of Manhattan Island (08:33) and footage of Chicago and the National Capitol Building. A montage of shots show men working various jobs: viewers quickly see a baker, a painter, a police officer, and a man using a jackhammer. Kids walk to their school (10:05). Viewers see, from a distance, a small rural town set in a rolling-hill landscape (10:58). People play on a beach. Spectators watch a baseball game. Several people ski down a slope. Men, presumably cowboys, sit around a campfire and sing a song (12:22). A man and a woman drive an early automobile model down a country road (14:02). Men assemble a car in a production plant (15:15). Cars drive down a four-lane highway (15:54). The film then talks about how the automobile industry supports so many other industries, and as it does, it shows very short clips of related industries: a weaving machine fabricates cloth (17:17), sheep graze on a hillside, and a miner breaks rock in a mine. An aerial view shows the production plant for Dodge automobiles (19:44; 22:57). The film shows a building that may be Meadow Brook Hall or the assembly plant in Hamtrack. There is another montage of shots of individuals working in a Dodge production plant. At the Dodge Division of Chrysler Engineering (22:10), men test various parts. There is an aerial shot of farmlands; a covered wagon train moves along an old wagon trail; a train moves down a railroad; and cars drive on highways and streets. The film concludes similarly to how it opened, with shots of the great resources of America: the land and the people.
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