https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2b27a8e9-b2ec-4c12-bf26-7492c3bce4f9 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Part 1: https://youtu.be/NfO2YOzZwug “In Our Own American Way” (Reel 2, 1941) is a color, promotional World War II-era film showcasing the role of agriculture in war and peace and the impact of modern Minneapolis-Moline (MM) tractors in boosting farm productivity during war time. The film features iconic landmarks, military bases, and agricultural efforts from New England to California, highlighting Plymouth Rock, the Alamo, Lincoln’s New Salem, natural wonders like the Grand Canyon and Old Faithful, and national parks. It portrays cadets training on military bases and emphasizes MM machinery's support of farmers, calling American farmers a "powerful mechanized army for democracy." Film opens; Winding roads and rock formations in Badlands/ Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota (0:09). MM tractors on hay farm in Dakotas (0:36). Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota (0:53). Mount Rushmore (1:09). MM RTS with optional deluxe cab (1:49). Man fly-fishing (1:59). Deadwood, South Dakota Rodeo: Native American powwow, calf roping, bull riding (2:21). Beartooth Highway drive to Yellowstone National Park (3:52). Yellowstone: Grizzly bears, Sawmill geyser, Artist’s Point view of Lower Falls (4:22). Montana: Golden Gate Canyon, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (5:13). MM machinery on Montana farm; Wheat harvesting; pigs in mud (5:39). Kalispell's Flathead Valley Bridge using MM steel (6:23). Various MM farm machines in use; Peas pouring from harvester 69 (6:31). Sheep graze near Lewis & Clark Camp Disappointment monument (8:41). MM Machines and tractors on Montana farms (MMGT tractor, harvesters, plow) (9:02). Glacier National Park: Lake McDonald, The Garden Wall, Bridal Veil Falls, St. Mary’s Lake, Going to the Sun Mountain (10:08). Many Glacier Hotel on Swiftcurrent Lake; Guests on saddle tour (11:13). Washington: Grand Coulee Dam on Columbia River (12:01). MM vehicles used for California Packing Corp at corn cannery (12:33). Mount Rainier National Park (12:51). Washington logging industry (13:35). Former Oregon Trail (broad paved highway) along Columbia River, Multnomah Falls (14:06). MM tractor used to load teasel into barn (15:00). Bonneville Dam (15:36). Mount Shasta Dam along Sacramento River (16:24). Redwood Forest; Chandelier Tree/ “Drive-Thru Tree” (17:05). Golden Gate Bridge (17:30). San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (17:39). China Clipper (Pan Am Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat) landing (17:53). MM Machinery on California farms (mustard seed, barley, alfalfa, potatoes) (18:36). Sierra Nevada Mountains; Construction of Friant Dam along San Joaquin River (20:17). MM Machinery used to cultivate kidney beans, peach trees, cotton (21:12). Cars drive through Sequoia National Park; Wildlife i.e. deer, Old Grizzly Tree (22:33). Yosemite National Park: Half Dome Mountain, Merced River, Yosemite Falls (23:36). Camp Roberts: Cadets march across campgrounds, sharp shooting drills and firing practice (M1917 Browning machine gun) (24:21). MM Engines used to pump water across camp, irrigation across farms; Other examples of MM engines used at oil rigs (25:44). Signal Fields Oil Fields (near Los Angeles) (26:42). Hollywood Sites: Grauman's Chinese Theatre, homes in Hollywood Hills, motion picture studios (Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Republic Pictures, Universal Pictures), Westwood Tropical Ice Gardens skating rink (27:13). San Fernando Mission (28:24). Workers pick oranges at orange grove (28:48). Soldiers at Camp Haan disembark 1941 Dodge VF3s after returning from anti-aircraft gun practice in Mojave Desert; Soldier plays "Reveille" on trumpet (29:03). Douglas XB-19 at March Field (30:14). Chiricahua National Park, Arizona; Visitors on horseback (30:57). Carlsbad Caverns (31:40). Hoover Dam, Nevada; Lake Mead reservoir (32:28). Utah: Zion Canyon and Court of the Patriarchs above Pine Creek Canyon; Bryce Canyon (33:09). Grand Canyon (33:55). MM Machinery used on farms in Colorado and Nebraska (34:27). Aerial view wheat harvesting in Kansas; Other MM harvesters harvesting wheat and soybeans in Kansas and Missouri (35:48). San Antonio, Texas: The Alamo, San Jose Mission (38:48). MM machines and tractors on Texas farms (39:47). Randolph Air Force Base graduation ceremony; Training using North American BT-14 (NA-64) aircraft (42:26). Closing animation with patriotic symbols (44:57). Ends (45:47). 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