A HOUSE DIVIDED
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SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, NO. 5 - A HOUSE DIVIDED, 1960. ARC Identifier 54756 / Local Identifier 306.9717. DRAMATIC FOOTAGE SUPPLIED BY THE AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY, CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS, AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM ON WHICH THE COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED. PROVIDES A BRIEF SUMMARY OF GEOGRAPHICAL EXPANSION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE NATION, AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE DIVISIVE FORCES WHICH SPLIT THE NORTH AND SOUTH EVENTUATING IN THE CIVIL WAR.
