. ♪ >> next on american history tv's railamerica, round-trip, the usa and world trade.1952 encyclopaedia britannica the 20thented by century fund. the film features a foreign trade skeptic who sets out to answer his concerns by interviewing workers, a scholar, locationsrialists in abroad and across the u.s.. this is about 20 minutes. ♪

. ♪ >> next on american history tv's railamerica, round-trip, the usa and world trade.n 1952 encyclopaedia britannica the 20thented by century fund. the film features a foreign trade skeptic who sets out to answer his concerns by interviewing workers, a scholar, locationsrialists in abroad and across the u.s.. this is about 20 minutes. ♪ >> what do you know? not on the titles and i am the guy who is best to go to fit -- supposed to get the subject rolling. where should we began? oil. and that is a good start already. writing a freight along with that stuff is not the most comfortable way to see the country, but we will learn are more by taking a streamliner. >> [indiscernible] ♪ >> that was quite a trip. i think we are going overseas. know about this foreign trade? i have heard a lot of evil asking visit do us any good, or is it just getting to the -- people asking does it do us any good, or is it just giving to the rest of the world? >> hey, what you doing here? find out trying to about foreign trade, and what is the point of it all? >> you have come to the right place

. >> each week, american history tv's railamerica brings your archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> for centuries, foreign trade has been the subject of arguments, articles, books,

. >> each week, american history tv's railamerica brings your archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> for centuries, foreign trade has been the subject of arguments, articles, books, speeches. >> foreign trade is the key to prosperity. free trade will bring on a great depression. >> a high tariff policy will leave to war. protect our standard of living from the competition of cheap, foreign labor. this great,, in rich country of ours, it must seem we can build anything. that we can grow anything. but we have everything. prosperous.rful, we feel we can trade with the whole world or not as we wish. trade, two-way trade, important to our nation and to the entire world? >> fee seems interested. excuse me -- he seems interested. excuse me, what is all the foreign staff doing here? >> the united nations people moving in. >> you don't approve of the united nations? >> we have too many foreigners. .> remove that coffee it is from brazil and the gentleman does not approve of foreign products. and that cigar was made in havana. what's this? a self necktie? away

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