Summary

Car loaded with camping gear drives out of rustic area (trunk partly open, stuff tied to roof of car). Little kids walk along sidewalk with brick buildings across street, parked cars along curb. Girls ride bikes past houses in suburban neighborhood. Kids climb on arc with rungs like a ladder in playground. Graphic supered over the above and following images: Growth. Young mother sits on blanket on grass with children, other young mother sits on park bench. Old men sit on park bench. Father carrying small child walks off boat plank with wife following behind. Overhead view of people walking in city crosswalk (no supered graphic). Ext. United States Department of Commerce building. Men in suits walk out of building. Black office worker operates office machine with census information sheets. CU census tabulation sheet being printed. Overhead view of city pedestrians crossing street. Ship sailing on ocean. Men in Pilgrim garb walking toward house. Early Pilgrim family sit at dining table. Pilgrim mother and children listen as father reads from the bible. Men place boxes and baskets onto back of truck. Men lead their horses in a caravan across an open field. Illustration of United States map with shaded regions increasing as the date on the map changes from 1700s to 1800s. Wagon train moves across open plain. Locomotive heads toward and past the camera along curving track. Map of United States with more areas shaded as dates change from 1860 to 1920. 1920s style jalopy pulls up to building with awning labeled 'The Village Press.' Map of United States shows entire country with shaded areas, the date on the map changes to 1960. Nurse cradles a baby in her arms in hospital window. CU arms hold baby as he cries in his bassinette. Two young mothers and their children lounge in park on a blanket and on park bench. Diagram of graphs showing rate of births from 1800 to 1960. Kids play in playground, swing set, jungle gym, slide. Little boys and girls mirthfully run out of school building. High school students walk calmly to parked school buses, board the buses. Man seated in living room chair reads paper while woman standing reads from behind his shoulder. CU local newspaper 'The Frontier Enterprises' with headline: School Taxes Raised Again. Boy walks into living room and shows off his new model plane. CU of grandfather's reaction (visible from chest up). Father, mother and grandfather admire the boy's plane. Pedestrians cross city street. Passengers line up to board a long distance bus (Trailways). CU bus's banner ('San Francisco'). A pile of travel brochures for Texas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Washington, New Mexico and California. View of a California freeway (not crowded). View of a resort area in Florida, palm tree in foreground. Sign posted on tree: Notice - Public Auction - Farm Equipment. An outdoor auction in action, a gathering of bidders surround the auctioneer. Woman places a bucket on the auctioneer's podium. CU auctioneer in action. Bidders raise their hands. View of cars traveling along freeway with city skyline in background. Diagram of United States with shaded areas. City scene, trucks, bus, cars, taxis drive on the streets with train on elevated track in background. Woman places sign in window ('Room For Rent'). A suburban neighborhood with kids riding on bikes along sidewalk. Mother and father gardening on front lawn of suburban house. Little boy climbs to top of slide, slides down while other children play on swing set in backyard. Construction shoveler/crane at work digging up rubble. 1950s station wagon pulls out of suburban driveway and drives away. Car turns into suburban shopping center. Cars drive on freeway (somewhat crowded). The End.