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Event Date(s): 07/04/1976 | Event Location(s): New York City;Washington D C;Philadelphia;Grand Canyon;Niagara Falls;Yellowstone National Park;St Louis;Nashville;New Orleans;New York State;Pennsylvania;Missouri;Tennessee;Louisiana | Description: THE BEST OF THE FOURTH (RECORD 1 OF 2) AIRED 10-11PM CAPITOL DOME SEEN AT NIGHT WITH US FLAG ON TOP. FIREWORKS EXPLODE. 1776 SEEN AS YEARS RUN THROUGH TO 1976. THE BEST OF THE FOURTH LOGO SEEN. IBM LOGO AND AD. JOHN CHANCELLOR AND DAVID BRINKLEY INTRODUCE PROGRAM FROM STUDIO. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND REFLECTING POOL; LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND STATUE; JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ON POTOMAC SHORE ARE ALL SEEN. A CHOIR OF WOMEN ASSEMBLE ON STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. PRESIDENT FORD APPROACHES FROM HELICOPTER PRECEDED BY HONOR GUARD AND SUSAN FORD. IN SPEECH PRESIDENT MENTIONS THERE ARE SACRIFICES OF PEACE AS WELL AS WAR. WAGON TRAIN SEEN BEHIND CROWD. PRESIDENT SAYS OUR AMERICAN ADVENTURE HAS JUST BEGUN. FORD CONTINUES SPEAKING ABOUT THE THEMES OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. SUSAN FORD IS SEATED BEHIND HIM. HE CONCLUDES TO APPLAUSE. SPEAKING IN PHILADELPHIA PRESIDENT FORD SAYS THE SOURCE OF OUR BLESSINGS IS A LOVING GOD. HE CALLS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER. INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA SEEN. FORD PASSES AS MARINES SPIN RIFLES AND HAIL TO THE CHIEF IS PLAYED ON CARRIER USS FORRESTAL. FORD FACES BLACK MARINE CAPTAIN AND PLACES HAND ON HIS HEART. SAILING SHIPS INCLUDING A REPLICA OF THE SANTA MARIA NEAR THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. FORD RINGS BELL AS JOHN WARNER STANDS BESIDE HIM. AT INDEPENDENCE HALL BELLS ARE HEARD AND THEN BELL RINGERS ARE SEEN. VILLAGE BELFRY WITH US FLAG SPREAD ON NEARBY ROOFTOP IS SEEN WITH PEOPLE SITTING ON EDGE OF SIDEWALK. STEEPLE IS SEEN AND BELLS ARE HEARD. BELLS TOLL IN BELFRY. US CAPITOL IS SEEN AND MORE BELLS ARE HEARD. CONESTOGA WAGON AND MAN IN COLONIAL BELL RINGER OUTFIT IS SEEN RINGING BELL. BELLS RING IN BELFRY OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. CHOIR SINGS AND ORCHESTRA PLAYS. PARK RANGERS GAZE AT GRAND CANYON. PAN OVER GRAND CANYON WITH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL HEARD. INDEPENDENCE HALL SEEN AGAIN. COAST GUARD SHIP IN FOREGROUND AND STATUE OF LIBERTY IN BACKGROUND WITH THE GOODYEAR BLIMP OVERHEAD. CAPITOL DOME SEEN AGAIN. REFLECTING POOL AND LINCOLN MEMORIAL SEEN; ALSO WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND ASSEMBLED CROWDS. PAN ACROSS MOUNTAINS; US FLAG SEEN; NIAGARA FALLS AND BRIDGE SEEN. IN YELLOWSTONE OLD FAITHFUL SENDS OFF STEAM. THE FLAG; A RIVER; AND MORE MOUNTAINS. THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS CAPITOL IN BACKGROUND ARE SEEN. A SUNSET OVER NEW YORK HARBOR WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY IS SEEN. A CHOIR SINGS AMERICA AND ORCHESTRA PLAYS. CHANCELLOR AND BRINKLEY IN STUDIO. IN NASHVILLE A JUGGLING CLOWN IS SEEN; ALSO COUNTRY DANCERS PERFORM; JUGGLING CLOWN; DANCERS AND BACK TO CLOWN. SPECTATORS SEEN AT AMUSEMENT PARK. HANDS PICK BANJO;FAMILIES AND SPECTATORS SEEN. BOAT RIDE LEAVES PARK. A BAND IS SEEN AND A FIDDLER PLAYS. A DIXIELAND BAND PLAYS IN NEW ORLEANS. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND. AERIAL OF GATEWAY ARCH; STATUE OF LIBERTY AERIAL AND STILL AND INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA. D3 AND BETA SP XFER 2-INCH XFER Producers: NBC