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The Big Picture - Shape of the Nation

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Channel: US National Archives · 2010 · Education

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 During the past year, President Kennedy has discussed growing concern over the physical shape of Americans, both young and old alike. This week's THE BIG PICTURE headlines Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna as they report on the physical "Shape of the Nation." Also appearing in this report are Bud Wilkinson, famed coach of the University of Oklahoma and special consultant to the President on physical fitness
 Bob Richards, former Olympic pole vaulting champion and three-time winner of the U.S. decathlon championship
 along with Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first man in space. This documentary report is an amusing as well as a sober appraisal of our country's physical shape.

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