1966 NRECA
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas
POV from airplane looking at desert mountains. POV from airplane approaching runway. POV from driver's side of car, driving past "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign; zoom in on sign. Travelling shots past Tropicana. POV from inside car, travelling past Dunes; adult Caucasian male and female in the car. POV from inside car, travelling past Coco Lounge sign; female passenger in the car. Thunderbird Hotel and Casino. Hotel; door opens and person gets out in FG. Sahara Hotel and Casino; traffic in FG. Camera rushing past marquee lights. Pulsing "D" light. Glittering lights; "N", "R", "E" light illuminate. Night, Stardust Auditorium neon sign; "Welcome National Rural Electric Cooperative Association". Night, Las Vegas Convention Center neon lights and same welcome sign to the NRECA. "24th Annual NRECA Meeting Las Vegas -- 1966; presented by Allis-Chalmers" text superimposed over Las Vegas Convention Center sign and building at night.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Day, Las Vegas Convention Center; adult men and women walking outside. Taxi pulls up to Convention Center curb; pan to men and women walking under canopy, toward entrance. Middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian men and women waiting in line under "Registration" signs. VS of men and women registering at convention. Middle aged woman, wearing coat and gloves, looking for registered members under the Arkansas card. Panning overview of men and women walking around in concourse area. Elderly adult Caucasian man speaking at podium. Panning view of men and women listening from the seats. Clyde T. Ellis, arm in a sling, on stage, is assisted to banquet tables, gives a wave with uninjured arm. Men applauding. U.S. Senator Alan Bible (D-NV) speaking at podium. Men and women giving standing ovation. Ellis speaks at podium. VS of convention floor as Ellis concludes his speech.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. NRECA poster of mascot (anthropomorphic electrical plug). "Foundations for the Future" sign. Acting General Manager, Jerry Anderson, speaking at podium. Clyde T. Ellis sitting and listening. Middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian males and females walking down aisles.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Parking Lot
Two Caucasian male children wearing jackets and ties standing behind model truck on display representing Allis-Chalmers; they move the truck over to show a Caucasian female child hidden behind it. Allis-Chalmers trailer with tractor shovel and excavator on display in parking lot; adult Caucasian men and women walking around the area. Elderly adult Caucasian man turning ignition switch, then getting into a small tractor with a plow; men standing next to attached cart with "Stand By Power For: Lighting, Fence Repair, Milk Machines" display inside. Two men sitting inside cherry picker buckets as they rise in the air. VS of cranes/cherry pickers; man operating cherry picker from truck flatbed. Slow travelling shot of construction equipment on display in parking lot. Two men stabilizing timber, third man uses electric chainsaw to cut it. Caucasian male toddler climbing into bulldozer seat. VS of men operating tractor excavator and loader. Low angle view of cherry picker bucket in the air.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper (R-KY) speaking from podium inside Las Vegas Convention Center. U.S. House Representative Edith Green (D-OR) speaking from podium. Low angle view of Mary Brooks of South Carolina, Miss Rural Electrification of 1965, speaking at podium. Young adult Caucasian female contestants on stage for a beauty pageant; intercut with groups of women and men applauding.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas
Night montage of neon signs: Las Vegas Convention Center; Thunderbird; Dunes; Silver Slipper; Hotel LaConcha; Vegas Vic (Pioneer Club). Travelling POV down Vegas strip at night; VS of Golden Nugget, Fremont, Lucky Casino, Horseshoe Casino. Slow red flash of exterior elevator travelling up The Mint Hotel; Lucky Casino sign in FG. POV from exterior elevator going up, looking out at Lucky Casino. Stardust sign.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Panels
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Rising view from behind an adult Caucasian male speaker; adult Caucasian men listening from their seats. Side view of panel of men on stage; speaker stands at podium. VS of panelists and men in the audience. Adult Caucasian female speaking from podium. VS of male panelists and audience. Panel topics scroll on screen.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Adult Caucasian men and women listening to Norman M. Clapp, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, speaking. Middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian men and women listening as Clapp speaks.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Overview of convention floor, car with hood open; pan up to adult Caucasian men and women walking on the convention floor. Woman stands in front of display for IBM punch card processor, flipping through punch cards in her hand. Three men gathered by punch card processor; two of them talking with each other. Slow travelling POV past Philco household goods and appliance display; men and women looking at products. Overview of exhibits. Man talking to two middle-aged or elderly women under The Singer Company exhibit. Man showing Maytag product to two women. VS of men and women at exhibits, middle-aged and elderly. Overhead view, through grate, of exhibits. Three women being shown a kitchen range display by man. Two women at 4H exhibit; traveling POV to USDA Farmers Home Administration exhibit where an adult African American man speaks to Caucasian man and woman. Travelling POV of men and women at different exhibits.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Adult Caucasian woman standing next to mascot, Willie Wiredhand, speaking to a group of adult Caucasian women. POV from behind mascot of three people, middle aged adult Caucasian men and woman, looking at the mascot. Three men at Willie Wiredhand exhibit. Overview of exhibits. Man holding a power tool in hand, speaking to men and women at his exhibit. Panning view of men and women at a computer exhibit. Man and woman speaking in front of a printer; zoom out to see them through the round hole of computer disc. Men and women at Kitchen Aid exhibit. Dishwasher washing; clear screen to look through. Woman observing mixer hook rotating. Overview of man and woman sitting on massage chairs; zoom in on man's hand near woman's neck. Man giving out free detergent samples to men and women. Woman giving free food samples to men and women. Two women filling cups at drink dispenser. Sunbeam exhibit. Woman lifts top of bread maker to show bread.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Miss Wisconsin walks out on red carpet in front of "Wisconsin Electric Cooperative All-Electric Mobile Home"; followed by Miss Arizona and other adult Caucasian female beauty pageant participants. Miss Wisconsin gives out boxes of cheese to her beauty pageant peers. Woman smiling; promotional poster for a book: "A Giant Step". Woman seated behind a desk where adult Caucasian, predominantly men, sign up for the chance to win a tractor; model tractor on turnstile display. VS of Caucasian hands giving away advertising material to men and women.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Group of adult Caucasian men, wearing suits, walking outside Las Vegas Convention Center. U.S. House Representative Lynn E. Stalbaum (D-WI) speaking on the topic of supplemental financing. Middle-aged adult Caucasian males seated, listening. Rep. Stalbaum continues speaking. Middle-aged Caucasian man stands at floor microphone, amid the audience, to question the panel. VS of men speaking from podium and from floor microphone.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Brunch/Lucheon
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. VS of groups of middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian women at women's brunch luncheon, sitting around round tables, eating and socializing. Zoom out from flower on table to adult Caucasian men, including U.S. Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN), and women seated at long banquet table, eating and socializing. Pan up from water glass to women eating at table. VS of Miss Rural Electrification contestants; man playing accordion in BG.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Speakers
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithin (D), TUA Chairman Aubrey Wagner, U.S. Senator Hugh Scott Jr. (R-PA), U.S. House Representative Robert Poage (D-TX), U.S. Senator Howard W. Cannon (D-NV).
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Hoover Dam and Lake Mead
Aerials of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) and Lake Mead. Pan right from Hoover Dam View Point; car driving below, around the dam. VS of Hoover Dam. Middle-aged adult Caucasian men, indoors, leaning against railing. Overhead, zoom out view of Hoover Dam model. Pointer pointing out part of Hoover Dam model.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Awards
VS of adult Caucasian men presenting National Rural Electric Cooperative Association awards at convention center. Middle-aged and elderly audience of adult men and women. Wide view of middle-aged adult Caucasian male introducing U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Standing ovation. Dean Rusk thanks the civilian men who were recognized and presented with awards for their electrification work in Vietnam.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Secretary of State Dean Rusk
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk speaks on the U.S. conflict and intervention in Vietnam, providing an explanation for U.S. involvement in Vietnam, particularly South Vietnam.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Secretary of State Dean Rusk
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk concludes his speech speaking to U.S. strengths outside of armament; American values and freedoms. VS of Rusk touring the convention floor, viewing exhibits; surrounded by, and speaking with, middle-aged adult Caucasian men.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Award Winner
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. E.J. Perry, winner of the tractor prize, walking with a group of adult Caucasian men on convention floor to the model tractor on display; acts like he's climbing up on the tractor while the other men pull him back down.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Interview
Adult Caucasian male interviews the AID Coordinator of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Adult Caucasian male coordinator speaks to the accomplishments of the AID program and how their own members have reacted to the program.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Convention Attendees
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Individual elderly and middle-aged adult Caucasian men and a woman providing their names, location, and local electric cooperative positions, and talking briefly about their experience at the convention.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Interview
Adult Caucasian male interviews Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Horton. Marvin, an attorney who represents a co-op in Edgecomb County, the Electric Membership Corporation, talks about his experience at the convention and in Las Vegas. Mrs. Horton talks about her experiences in Las Vegas and at the convention.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Beauty Pageant
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Travelling shot up an aisle in the auditorium; adult Caucasian men and women in their seats. Miss Rural Electrification beauty pageant contest; Miss Kentucky, Miss South Carolina, Miss Tennessee, Miss Illinois, Miss Texas, Miss Colorado, Miss Wisconsin, Miss Arizona come out in evening gowns and one piece swimsuits. Adult Caucasian male shakes hands and congratulates third place (Miss Wisconsin), second place (Miss Kentucky), and first place (Miss Texas). Pageant winner is crowned by a fellow contestant, then receives and holds a ribboned wreath, and envelopes; brief cut-in of male orchestra playing music.
1966 - 24th Annual NRECA Meeting - Las Vegas Convention Center
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Middle-aged and elderly adult Caucasian males and females slowly leaving the auditorium; superimposition of the male speakers (one female speaker) at the podium during the convention. Low angle view of "Foundations for the Future" sign. Poster of mascot, Willie Wiredhand; credits superimposed.