The American parade. The 34th star.

Duration: 2160

Year Published: 1974

Creator: CBS News.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Follows the life of an American family settled in the Kansas territory as they experience some of the upheavals of American history in the 19th century, including the Missouri Compromise, the Civil War, and the conflict between cattlemen and farmers.

Complete Record: The relationship between people and their land is a very intimate one with broad personal and social implications. The film portrays this relationship in the life of the Simpson family who represent an American generation that settled Kansas Territory. Through the perspectives of an individual family , the broader economic, political and social issues of the day emerge, including the land-related conflicts which resulted in the Missouri Compromise, the Civil War,and the enmity between the cattlemen and the farmers. The film delineates the events and attitudes which have helped form the “American Character.”