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SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, NO. 1 - NEW WORLD
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National Archives and Records Administration SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, NO. 1 - NEW WORLD U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 54752 / Local Identifier 306.9713. DRAMATIC FOOTAGE SUPPLIED BY THE AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY, CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS, AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE GREAT EVENTS OF U.S. HISTORY. TRACES THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA AND EARLY VOYAGES BY EUROPEAN EXPLORERS. SHOWS INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS ENCOUNTERED BY THE SPANISH, SPANISH COLONIZATION, ENGLISH FREEBOOTERS ON THE SPANISH MAIN, AND THE LIFE OF EARLY SETTLERS IN NEW ENGLAND AND THE SOUTH. OTHER NATIONALITIES ARRIVE TO MAKE HOMES IN THE NEW LAND. Made possible by a donation from Public.Resource.Org.
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