Young Americans (1967)

A profile of the Los Angeles based youth show choir The Young Americans, a group of teenage high school and college students who embody a sense of wholesomeness and patriotism under the direction of Milton Anderson, is dramatized as they prepare for a fall performing tour of the United States via bus, and make plans for what they hope will be a European tour following. The audition and rehearsal process for a group that will be whittled down to thirty-six tour members - half males, half females - is shown, with Anderson looking for more than just vocalists in the group being a show choir, with some of those members, chosen or not, showing and telling why being part of the group is so important to them. They are shown on the tour, which would include stops in Boston, New York City, a state fair and the Illinois State Penitentiary, not only in performance, but in social situations. But with a group of approximately fifty which also includes tour organizers, chaperons and crew members, not all always goes smoothly, especially as teenagers will sometimes just be teenagers despite what their adult authority figures want or expect.