This clip discusses the history of Thanksgiving and acknowledges the different events and people that have influenced its modern day form. It mentions that the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims and Native Americans was a three-day festival and did not involve foods contemporarily associated with the holiday such as cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, potatoes, and turkey.
As the Pilgrims were about to give up, a kind native named Samoset arrives to offer his guidance to help their colony succeed. He brings the native, Squanto, who teaches them about the land and how to plant crops.