I Believe in the American Dream

This video showcases the American Dream and the dreamers that have defined and currently transform our lives. These are the people, events, and moments that define who we are as a nation, where we have come from, and where we will continue to travel in the future.

This video is a "mashup" of a variety of songs, speeches, videos, and images that was created for my ENGL 419 - Multimedia Writing course at Purdue University. All content in this video is property of the respected owners.

This video features:
-R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly"
-"New Horizons" from EPCOT Center
-Speeches from JFK, Walt Disney, Neil Armstrong, Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Gates, and more.
-It features content from the Dreams Across America website
-It contains photos of notable dreamers and people living the american dream including: Thomas Jefferson, Amilia Earhart, Oprah, Steven Speilburg, Tony Romo, Harriet Tubman, Ab Lincoln, Rosa Parks, John Purdue, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, Michael Jordan, etc

Enjoy!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• American
• Dream
• America
• Success
• Influential
• Mashup

[joxmacd]

you put pictures of professional athletes with some of the most influential people in history. That's fucking stupid.

[rct247]

Some Americans have the dream of making it big in Hollywood or on the field. So while some look up to Neil Armstrong, Albert Einstein, or Rosa Parks, some look up to Babe Ruth, Michael Jackson, or Tiger Woods. That's why they were included, not because they are influential from a historical standpoint but from more of personal stance to some Americans.

[FaithfulAndTrue1]

My American Dream is to become president of the United States.

[pidgeyson]

@pidgeyson and now, after 40 years of living in the USA, my parents have made it. They both enjoy the luxuries of life, they both dine out and have wine. I was privileged enough to be born to wealthy parents, and I will never forget that. Because my parents lived the american dream, and they gave it to me. I am grateful for what this country has given my parents, and in turn what it has given to me. It has taken some luck, but the american dream is real.

[pidgeyson]

@pidgeyson My mom she moved to Los Angeles when she was 18 to attend UCLA after working years and years to save up money. That's where my mom and dad met, as my dad had graduated and moved on to UCLA law school. They soon married and led a humble life, living in the cheapest apartments they could find, saving up money. My dad started to become wealthy because of his job as a lawyer, and then he and his friends founded a real estate company called Jameson Services. Today, it's one of the biggest.

[pidgeyson]

I believe in the american dream because my parents are living proof of it. Both of my parents came from humble origins, my dad was very poor, living in Seoul, and my mom was being raised by her single mother. They both were criminally poor and it breaks my heart to hear it from time to time. But when my father moved to Chicago, things started to look up. He was working at the age of 12 but he was gaining money. And soon enough he was able to go to college at the University of Chicago. I'm proud.

[firebro4life]

@mikestheman3 have u ever thought of how we got in this crap in the first place? and im glad he is helping the Mexicans America doesn't belong to anyone it is for the people that make it a great country these people that u don't like called Mexicans are doing the jobs that alot of us dumb Americans consider to be too low class to do.they come here and work hard and all of that!and the Obama thing i dont hate Obama because i know how we got here in the first place.Because of bush.

[isaaccontractor]

MY DREAM IS TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF U.S.A AND GO BACK TO THE RICH LIFE I LIVED IN AFRICA AND LEAVE THE POOR LIFE IN U.S.A

[farooqmm1987]

@Mallgenttt great country, bad government.

[Mallgenttt]

We are SCREWED if we can't get our economy act together.

[Krakilin0405]

There's a reason why it's called the "American DREAM", they're only real when you're asleep. You, a "nobody" wanna be the president of USA? Dream on, all past presidents including Obama are from the upper-upper financial class.

[mikestheman3]

If you want the American dream, take some sleeping pills because the American dream is not for Americans anymore, it's for Mexicans. My dream is to remove socialistic obama from office along with the rest of his czar's because they are the final step in the destruction of America!