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A History Of The United States --- 1975
Associate Producers: Tom Raynor and Carol Olsen Production Administrator: William Gunn Series Producer: Jonathan Donald Consultant: Professor Henry Steel Commager, Amherst Collage Album Covers: Les Brueck & Associates; Created and designed by: Janet Allen and Brenda Hall; Copywriter: Liz Ray; Illustrators; Ellis Chappell and Jeanne Seagle; Lithography: Southern Graphics, Inc. jim Bratton, President Administrativ Support Services: Kemmons Wilson Organizations; Carl W. Williams, C.P.A., Treasure Special Recognition: Edward J. Solinger, Wendell E. Grubb, Skip Willin, Barbara Pinion, A.E. Shulman, John M. Franks Executive Producer: W & W Associates. (Kemmons Wilson, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Holiday Inns, Inc. and Jerry L. Williams, President, Jerry L. Williams Ltd., Inc.) Officially Recognized Commemorative of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. 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Tracklist
Volume I The Revolution 1775-1789 P 12810
Sound Of The Liberty Bell
Heroical Reception
Patrick Henry Urges The Virginia Convention To Fight For Liberty
Farmer Amos Barett Speaks For The Ordinary American At War
Abigale Adams Writes A Letter Of Encouragement To Her Husband
Tom Paine Describes His Ideas Of Liberty
Benjamin Franklin Urges The Colonist To Unite
The Alphabet Song
River Highway
The Liberty Song
Patrick Henry's Famous "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speach To The Virginia Convention
"Yankee Doodle"
Paul Revere Dramatization Describing The Events Leading To His Legendary Ride
"Chester"
Amos Barrett Describes The Battle At Concord
Lt. John Barker Describes The British Retreat From Concord To Boston
"Battle Of Trenton"
John Adams Describes Difficulties Faced By The Americans
Joseph Warren, An American, Challenges The British With His Life
Abigale Adams Writes To Her Husband, Reporting The Death Of Joseph Warren
John Adams Writes To James Warren, Affirming The Inevitability Of Indendence
A Reading From Tom Paine's "Common Sense"
"Grand Coulee Dam"
Montage Of The Debate Over The Adoption Of The Declaration Of Independence
1776 Finale The Thirteen States Vote On The Declaration Of Independence
"Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier"
"Aftermaths Of War"/"Wall"
A Reading From Tom Paine's "The Crisis"
Henry Knox Writes To His Wife About The Encounter In Trenton
Excerpt From The Journal Of Lt. William Digby Describing General Burgoyne"s Surrender
Mrs. Henry Drinker's Account Of The British Troup's Advance On Philadelphia, September 25, 1777
Pvt. James Sullivan Martin Describes Thanksgiving 1778, At Vally Forge
"Green Mountain Boys"
Excerpt From The Diary Of George Ewing, A Continental Solder/"A Great Man, A Great Country"
Generial Daniel Morgan Writes To Nathanael Greene From A Camp Near Cain Creek, January 19, 1781
"Two Riders"
Colonel St. George Tucker Writes To His Wife From Williamsburg, September 5, 1781 About The Arrival Of French Forces
British Office Describes The Surrender At Yorktown
"North Americay"
"Foreboding Preamble"
George Washington's Letter To John Jay About The Uncertain Future Of The New Federal Government
Richard Henry Lee's Speech On Shay's Rebellion
Debate On The Constitution
The Preamble To The Constitution Of THe United States
Volume II An Empire For Liberty 1789-1849 P 12811
"The American Star"
George Washington's Inaugural Addess
"Statement I"/"For A Free World"
Montage Of Contents Of The Bill Of Rights
Frontier Man's Call
"Roll On, Columbia"; Reading Of The Northwest Ordinance
"The Shanty In The Northwest" Public Reading Of The Northwest Ordinance (Continued)
"The Ox-Team Trail"
"Skyline" Abigail Adams Writes About The White House And Her Delight At Its Beauty
"March And Air" Thomas Jefferson's Inaugeration
Thomas Jefferson Inauguration
President Washington's Farewell Address
Charles Pinckney's Retort To The War Of 1812; "The Battle Of Stonington"
Henry Clay Speaks On The WarOf 1812; "The Patriotic Diggers"
Dolly Madison Describes The Evacuation Of Washington During The War With The British
Reading Of "The Star Spangled Banner"
Commander Lawrence's Famous Quote
Captain Perry's Famous Quote
"The Battle Of New Orleans"
Stephen Decatur's Toast To The Young Nation
The Presidents March
Extracts From The Presentation Of The Monroe Doctrine To Congress
Onslaught
Montage From "The Original Confessions Of Nat Turner" Describing A Slave Revolt
Sojourner Truth States " Something's Out Of Kilter. . ." From History Of Women's Suffrage
The Lonesome Valley
Reading From Uncle Tom's Cabin "Iron Curtain"
John C. Calhoun Speaks To The Senate On Divisive Issue Of Slavery
Lincoln Speaks During One Of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Montage From John Brown's Body
John Brown's Body
Brutal Dramatic Theme
Bonnie Blue Flag
Volume III The Promised Land 1849-1860 P 12812
The Fools Of '49
Narration
Narration - California
Ben Holladay's Account Of A Stage Robbery
What Was Your Name In The States
Lorene Suite Sequence (Danish Immigrant Writes To Relatives And Friends In Denmark)
Skada In America
He Lies In The American Land
Doc's Buggy
Brag Talk
Conestoga Wagoner's Complant
The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
A Ship's Doctor Tells About The Wretched Conditions On A Slave Ship
Amazing Grace
Conversation With A Slave From Frederick Law Olmstead's "A Journey In The States"
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Go Down, Moses
Onslaught (Montage For "The Original Confessions Of Nat Turner" Describing A Slave Revolt
Toling Masses (Sojourner Truth States "Something's Out Of Kilter" From "History Of Women's Suffrage")
The Lonesome Valley (Reading From "Uncle Tom's Cabin" By Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Iron Curtain (John C. Calhoun Speaks To The Senate On The Divisive Issue Of Slavery)
Inspiration Point (Lincoln Speaks During One Of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates)
The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Montage From "John Brown's Body"
John Brown's Body
Brutal Dramatic Theme
Bonnie Blue Flag
Volume IV Civil War - The Burning, Fiery Furnace 1860-1876 P 12813
The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
The Bonnie Blue Flag
The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Montage Recreates Events At Fort Sumter
Rally 'Round The Cause, Boy's
Mary Livermore Speaks On Recruiting, An Excerpt From The Book "My Story Of The War"
Robert E. Lee Explains To His Sister Why He Chose To Support The Confederacy
Excerpt From Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address
William Howard Russell Describes The Aftermath Of Bull Run
Reading Of Abraham Lincoln's Letter To Horace Greeley
Reading From Deforest's "Forced Marches" In "The Galaxy"
The Cumberland Crew
Mother Kissed Me In My Dream
Clara Barton Describes The Battlefield Casualties In A Letter To Her Cousin
A Soldier, Charles Blackford, Laments Poor Leadership In Letters To His Mother
Mother Kissed Me In My Dream (Reprise)
Battle Of Shiloh
Reading of The Emancipation Proclamation
Montage Recreates The Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
We Are Coming, Father Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Grafted Into The Army
Goober Peas
Marching Through Georgia
General Sherman Addresses The People Of Atlanta
Montage Recreating The Events At Appomattox Courthouse
Grant Recalls Lee's Surrender At Appomattox
Eliza Andrews Describes The First Week After Appomattox
Montage Of Lincoln's Assassination
Re-enactment, As Booth Is Surrounded And Killed
Reading Of Walt Whitman's Poem, "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed"
Old Rebel
Montage Of The Impeachment Of President Johnson
Excerpt From "The Centennial Meditation"
Volume V Iron Men And Iron Roads 1860-1890 P 12814
Narration
Montage From "A Thousand Miles Of Mountains"
Narration
Sioux Indians
Andy Adams Account Of A Cattle Drive
Chisholm Trail
Buffalo Skinners
Dee Brown Describes The Indian's Life and Fate Toward The End Of The 19th Century
Dee Brown (Continued)
Dee Brown (Continued)
Rabbit Dance
Report On The Oklahoma Land Rush
Oklahoma
The Cowboy's Lament
The Case For Jesse James
Blackleg Miner
When Kentucky Had No Union Men
The Song Of The Molly Maguires
Mark Twain's Observations On A Growing Nation
Little Brown Church In The Vale
Helen Hunt Jackson's Protest About Treatment Of The Indian's
Dee Brown Describes How Chief Sitting Bull Ended His Days
The Streets Of Laredo
Bent County Bachelor
The Riddle Song
Frederick Jackson Turner Speaks About The Significance Of The Frontier
Semper Fedelis
Volume VI The Gilded Age 1865-1900 P 12815
Eight Hours
Andrew Carnegie Lauds The Spirit Of Capitalism
Excerpt From The Proceedings Which Established The National Grange
Readings From The Preamble To The Knights Of Labor Constitution
Montage Of Sherman Anti-Trust Act
John D. Rockefeller Praises The Attributes Of Big Business
Mary E. Lease Speaks To Farmers About "Populism"
John P. Altgeld Reacts To President Cleveland's Interference In The Pullman Strike
Bryan's "Cross Of Gold" Speech
Reading From The Joint Congressional Resolution On Cuba
Bugle Heralding The Battle Of San Juan
Dewey's Diary Entry Following The Battel Of Manila Bay
Break The News To Mother
Bugle Signalling The Victory At San Juan
Reading From "An Ode In Time Of Hesitation"
President Mckinley's Words On Being Shot
Theodore Roosevelt Speaks On The National Purpose
Hot Time In The Old Time Tonight
A Bird In A Gilded Cage
Reading From Emma Lazarus' Poem, "The New Colossus"
Mary Antin Expresses Her Impressions Of "The Promised Land"
William Dean Howells Describes The Mood Of America
Lord Bryce's Account Of Life In America In The Late Nineteenth Century
Edison Recalls The First Words He Recorded For The Phonograph
Hello Central, Give Me Heaven
Henry Woodfin Grady Describes "The New South"
Booker T. Washington Heralds The Future At Atlanta
Lilting
Montage Of An Immigrant's Recollection Of His Different Jobs
Pittsburgh Town
Working Girl
Jane Adams' Condemnation Of The Plight Of Working Mothers As Recorded In "Twenty Tears At Hull-House"
Mill Mother's Lament
Maple Leaf Rag
Volume VII The Age Of Reform 1900-1917 P 12816
Hallelujah, I'm A Bum
My Maryland
The Preacher And The Slave
Lincoln Steffens Lashes Out At Corruption And Corrupters
Ray Stannard Baker Explains Railroad "Rebates" And The Evil They Create
Banks Of Marble
Eugene V. Debs On Capitalism And Socialism
Mark Hanna Expresses A Skeptical View Of Teddy Roosevelt
Lincoln Steffens Describes Roosevelt As A Man Who Can Make A Difference
Theodore Roosevelt Explains The Meaning Of His "Square Deal"
Medley: Mary's A Grand Old Name/Harrigan/You're A Grand Old Flag
Teddy Roosevelt Account Of The Building Of The Panama Canal
Orville Wright Describes The First Flight Of "Flyer One," Later Known As The "Kitty Hawk"
Medley: Sweet Adeline/Meet Me In St. Louis/In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Saturday Night Blues
St. Louis Blues
Reading From The Poem "Miniver Cheevy"
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Everybody's Doing It
1912 Election-Eugene V. Debs Speaks
Get On The Raft With Taft
Taft Speaks
Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
Thodore Roosevelt Speaks
Wilson-That's All
Wilson On The "Awakened Nation"
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes On The Prospects For Mankind
Jane Adams Describes Her Efforts To Circulate Peace Petitions
Assassination Of Archduke Ferdinand And The Beginning Of World War I
Kaiser's War Message In German
Kaiser's Ultimatum To His Enemies
Description Of A Gas Attack
Wilson's Plea For Neutrality
I Din't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier
Volume VIII World War 1 And The Jazz Age 1919-1928 P 12817
German Warmimg To Atlantic Shipping
Wilson's Declaration Of War
Medley:
Pershing Addresses Men Of The American Expeditionary Force
Marshall Foch Hails America's Entry Into The War
Let's Bury The Hatchet
Germany Asks For Armistice
Pershing's Victory Order
Pack Up Your Toubles
Reading From Hemmingway's "A Farewell To Arms"
Montage:
Daugherty's Views On Harding
Harding's Remarks Before His Inauguration
Harding: The First Election Broadcast In History
Nobody's Sweerheart
Margie
Charleston
Will Rogers' Routine. "Calvin Coolidge Done Nothing"
Montage Of American Customs And Radio In The 1920's
Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Reading From Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street"
Darrow And Bryan Debate
Lindberg Takes Off In The Spirit Of St. Louis
President Coolidge Honors Lindberg
Vanzetti Describes His And Sacco's "Triumph"
Two Good Men
La Cumparsita
A Party At Gatsby's (From The Great Gatsby)
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
Volume IX The Great Depression and The New Deal 1928-1940 P 12818
Herbert Hoover
Stock Market Crash
Frederick Lewis Allen Describes The Crash
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime
Newspaper Reporter Describes March Of Bonus Marchers In Washington
Dusty Old Dust
Iowa County Lawyer Describes Plight Of Dustbowl Farmers
Will Rogers And Eddie Cantor Comment On The Depression
No Depression In Heaven
Robert Trout's Account Of F.D.R.'s Victory Of 1932
F.D.R.'s First Inaugural Speech
Senator George Norris Reflects On The Promise Of The T.V.A.
We're In The Money
Eleanor Roosevelt's Description Of Her First Days In The White House
Eleanor Roosevelt's Story Of Her Husband's Reaction To Her Prison Visits
"One-Third Of A Nation" Speech By Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sing Me A Song Of Social Signifiance
John L. Lewis On Rights Of Labor
Montage: F.D.R.'s Campaign Speeches
Row, Row, Row With Roosevelt
You're The Top
Montage: Radio Broadcast
War Montage:
F.D.R. Quarantine Speech
Montage:
Chamberline Announces Britain Is At War
Churchill's First Speech As Prime Minster
F.D.R.'s Speech "Arsenal Of Democracy"
F.D.R.'s Speech "The Four Freedoms"
F.D.R.'s Speech "Rendzvous With Destiny"
Drawing Of The First Lottery Number
Account Of Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor
F.D.R.'s War Message To Congress
This Is The Army, Mr. Jones
Volume X America In Global War 1941-1945 P 12819
Caissons Go Rolling Along
Halls Of Montezuma
Army Air Corps Song
General Wainwright's Statement Of surrender
Participant's Account Of The "Bataan Death March"
Edward R. Murrow Reports On The Africa Campaign
Lili Marlene
Edward R. Murrow Recalls The First Berlin Air-raid
D-Day Montage:
John McBain's Report On The Liberation Of Paris
La Marseillaise
Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
Ernie Pyle describes The Life Of A Front-line G.I.
General MacArthur's remarks On His Return To The Philippines
Reports On The Fighting In Iwo Jima
But A Victory Bond
Over Here
Montage Of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Death:
Montage Of The End Of The War:
Atomic Bomb Montage:
V-J Day Montage:
Beer Barrel Polka
Volume XI America Enters The Atomic Age 1945-1960 P 12820
Atomic Bomb Test Countdown
Cold War Montage:
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech
President Truman's Explanation Of The "Truman Doctrine"
The Marshall Plan
Good Bait
Take The 'A' Train
The Berlin Airlift
Hiss-Chamber Hearings
1948 Election Montage:
Happy Days Are Here Again
Rock 'N Roll Riff
Ernest Gross, U.S. Representative To The United Nations, Describes North Korean Aggression
Korea Montage:
Montage: Controversy Involving General MacArthur:
Runaround Sue
Blue Suede Shoes
Montage Involving Senator McCarthy:
This Land Is Your Land
Civil Rights Montage:
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Volume XII Our Times . . . To Be Continued 1960- P 12821
The Times, They Are A-changin'
John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Speech
People Get Ready
Missile Crisis Montage:
Civil Rights Montage:
We Shall Overcome
Montage Of President John F. Kennedy's Assassination:
Lyndon B. Johnson And Walter Cronkite Disputing The Authorship Of The "Tonkin Gulf" Resolution
1968 Election Montage:
Eulogy To Robert Kennedy Delivered By Edward Kennedy
Turn, Turn, Turn
Farmer Max Yasgur Addresses Crowd At Woodstock
Hold Your Head Up
Space Exploration Montage:
Spinning Wheel
Pease Demonstration Montage:
Watergate Montage: (1972-1974)
Gerald Ford's Inaugural Speech
America The Beautiful