Meet Your Federal Government
Young America Films / McGraw-Hill Text-Films
Teenager Bill arrives back at school after visiting Congressman Uncle in Washington DC - VO “I sure was popular that day, especially since there was a test coming up in Civics class”. Boy walks across lawn, sits ww/ friends on school steps & asking Bill questions. Boy recounts visit to capital & his Uncle’s role in government “when Mr Miller goes to Washington”.
17:55:23 Uncle Jim meets him at Union Station, shows him Capitol Hill from plaza outside station. Up stairs & Into Library of Congress; view Declaration of Independence in glass case.
17:56:40 Diagrams & drawings showing three branches of federal government explained by Uncle in VO. Walking on grounds & up steps of Capitol.
17:57:38 More diagrams explaining Legislative Branch - Congress.
17:58:56 Shots of public hearing, & Senate w/ Bill document superimposed; Truman at desk. Coins & banknotes being produced. CU income tax return being filled out. Examples of taxed items - movie admissions, gasoline, luxuries. Passenger ship; customs agents - import tax. Trucks on highway; train past; plane landing. FDR addressing Congress poor quality. Signing United nations charter.
18:02:16 Bill & Uncle at White House, look thru fence; VO & diagrams re Executive branch & President’s role. Shots of Truman as Commander in Chief of US Military. Joint session of Congress.
18:04:11 Ext. Supreme Court - ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ motto. Frieze viewed. Diagram & VO re Judicial branch of legislature. Summary of three branches - making, carrying out & reviewing policies - “Checks and balances”.
18:07:10 Bill telling schoolmates about government.
18:07:32 Bill & Uncle walking, at Washington Monument, tilt up from base of monument. Jefferson Memorial. Lincoln Memorial; shot of Bill & Uncle walking out of entrance, Washington Monument in BG.
Economics; Politics; Democracy; Legal System; US History; Street Scenes; Monuments; Tourism; Educational Films;
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Meet Your Federal Government Young America Films / McGraw-Hill Text-Films Teenager Bill arrives back at school after visiting Congressman Uncle in Washington DC - VO “I sure was popular that day, especially since there was a test coming up in Civics class”. Boy walks across lawn, sits ww/ friends on school steps & asking Bill questions. Boy recounts visit to capital & his Uncle’s role in government “when Mr Miller goes to Washington”. 17:55:23 Uncle Jim meets him at Union Station, shows him Capitol Hill from plaza outside station. Up stairs & Into Library of Congress; view Declaration of Independence in glass case. 17:56:40 Diagrams & drawings showing three branches of federal government explained by Uncle in VO. Walking on grounds & up steps of Capitol. 17:57:38 More diagrams explaining Legislative Branch - Congress. 17:58:56 Shots of public hearing, & Senate w/ Bill document superimposed; Truman at desk. Coins & banknotes being produced. CU income tax return being filled out. Examples of taxed items - movie admissions, gasoline, luxuries. Passenger ship; customs agents - import tax. Trucks on highway; train past; plane landing. FDR addressing Congress poor quality. Signing United nations charter. 18:02:16 Bill & Uncle at White House, look thru fence; VO & diagrams re Executive branch & President’s role. Shots of Truman as Commander in Chief of US Military. Joint session of Congress. 18:04:11 Ext. Supreme Court - ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ motto. Frieze viewed. Diagram & VO re Judicial branch of legislature. Summary of three branches - making, carrying out & reviewing policies - “Checks and balances”. 18:07:10 Bill telling schoolmates about government. 18:07:32 Bill & Uncle walking, at Washington Monument, tilt up from base of monument. Jefferson Memorial. Lincoln Memorial; shot of Bill & Uncle walking out of entrance, Washington Monument in BG. Economics; Politics; Democracy; Legal System; US History; Street Scenes; Monuments; Tourism; Educational Films;