Made in the 1960s, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN was created by the Masons in support of the ideals of democracy. Hosted by Lowell Thomas, journalist and Master Mason, this black-and-white film celebrates famous Americans who were Masons. This Scottish Rite film was part of an effort in the 1960s to promote the work of the Supreme Council and was produced and directed by journalist Richard Amberg. 500 copies of IN THE HEARTS OF MEN were produced, and it proved so popular a sequel film was created entitled SUMMER OF DECISION.
Patrick Henry/ The Virginia Declaration of Rights quote (0:09). Lowell Thomas (0:29). Archival footage Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr, Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14; splashdown Pacific Ocean (0:30). Green Dragon Tavern, Boston 1775 (1:10). Montage Boston Tea Party (1:28). The Square and Compasses, Free Masons emblem (1:55). George Washington laying the Capitol cornerstone (2:01). Examples of the Free Masons emblem on everyday objects (2:12). Exterior Supreme Council, Scottish Rite building Charleston, South Carolina (3:02). White House (3:28). Vice President Truman being Sworn in as President after death of Roosevelt (3:33). United States Supreme Court Building (3:35). Aerial view Capitol Building (3:39). Photograph portrait F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover (3:44). Mount Rushmore National Memorial (4:03). John Trumbull’s 1819 portrait of The Committee of Five (Adams, Livingston, Sherman, Jefferson, and Franklin) as they present draft of Declaration of Independence to Second Continental Congress (4:09). John Hancock (4:36). Richard Henry Lee (4:38). Washington Monument (5:16). George Washington Masonic Memorial Alexandria, Virginia (5:21). George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate (5:57). Declaration of Independence (6:08). Patrick Henry speaking out against the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses (6:19). Paul Revere (6:29). Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull (6:39). Execution of Nathan Hale (6:43). Marquis de Lafayette; Washington & Lafayette (7:19). Tadeusz Kościuszko; Casimir Pulaski (7:33). John Paul Jones and ship Bonhomme Richard (7:38). General von Steuben at Valley Forge (7:56). Betsy Ross: First American Flag (8:07). Benjamin Franklin Constitutional Convention Address on Prayer (8:39). Washington takes oath of office on balcony of Federal Hall, New York (9:16). James Madison (9:51). James Polk (9:56). Louisiana Purchase; Lewis & Clark Expedition (10:07). War of 1812; Andrew Jackson as war hero (10:26). James Monroe, Monroe Doctrine; no intervention in South America (11:00). Texas: Stephen f. Austin, Colonel William Travis Battle of the Alamo, Sam Houston Battle of San Jacinto (11:35). DeWitt Clinton Erie Canal construction (12:10). Civil War: Battle Fort Sumter; Stonewall Jackson, Winfield Hancock, George McClellan, George Pickett, Nathan Bedford Forest, David Farragut, John Hunt Morgan etc. (12:37). Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address inscription (14:16). Promontory Point Utah; Meeting of First Transcontinental Railroad (Andrew J. Russell) (14:34). Samuel FB Morse (15:11). Alexander Majors, William Russell Pony Express (15:16). The wild west, confrontations with Native Americans, Buffalo Bill (15:23). Westward Expansion: Sodbusters in front of Sod house (15:48). William Jennings Bryan (16:04). William McKinley (16:20). Theodore Roosevelt “Strenuous Life 1899” speech; political cartoons (16:27). William Howard Taft (17:03). American mobilization for World War I; General John J. Pershing; Eddie Rickenbacker (17:18). The Armistice and roaring twenties, dancing the Charleston (18:08). Henry Ford (18:25). Thomas Watson, Sr, typewriters (18:30). David Sarnoff electronics (18:33). JCPenney (18:35). Samuel Gompers (18:43). Oliver Hudson Kelley (18:53). New York Stock Exchange (19:01). Ringling Bros Circus (19:12). Harry Houdini (19:23). Will Rogers (19:25). Lindbergh ticker-tape parade; Spirit of St. Louis (20:00). FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech (20:57). World War II archival footage (21:16). George C. Marshall, Omar Bradley, Audie Murphy, (21:46). General MacArthur on USS Missouri, Pacific War surrender; celebrations across country (22:05). Closing Words (23:00). Liberty Bell (23:15). America the Beautiful plays over clips of United Nations, Golden Gate Bridge, Statue of Liberty (24:29).
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