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Charles Lindbergh places wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, United States.

Charles A. Lindbergh walks, with officials and military officers, across a plaza from, Arlington House, toward the tomb of the unknown soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginla. An honor guard of U.S. Army soldiers stands at attention as an officer hands a memorial wreath to Lindbergh, who lays it on the tomb, pausing a few seconds out of respect. View from behind the honor guard, as he steps away from the tomb. Lindbergh walks back toward Arlington House, and mingles with various officials and others in attendance. He then enters an open car where his mother (Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh) is seated. He converses with a uniformed woman park ranger, standing next to the car. The car with the Lindberghs drives away very slowly as officials walk alongside. View from the rear, of the Lindbergh car, and others following as they leave the site.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049062
Keel laying of USS Nimitz, 1968.

The keel laying of supercarrier USS Nimitz (CVAN-68) at the Newport News Ship Building & Drydock in Newport News, Virginia, USA during the Cold War. The crowd gathers around the keel of the USS Nimitz. Journalists take photos. Washington State Senator Henry M. Jackson authenticates the keel laying. Senator Jackson uses a hammer to strike a rivet on the keel. Senator Jackson is assisted by an officer believed to be retired Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. The man assisting Senator Jackson holds the rivet in place. Crane carries the keel off. Sign on top of keel reads "USS NIMITZ, CVAN-68, KEEL LAID JUNE 22nd, 1968.". United States Navy officials, guests gathered in a group to watch the ceremony. View of men in the empty drydock. The keel is seen hanging from crane hook, the USS Nimitz sign on top of keel. Some workers down in empty drydock wait for keel to be laid on blocks which is lowered slowly. The keel being laid on the blocks as guests watch the ceremony.

Date: 1968, June 22
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079881
Views of three versions of the Medal of Honor for different branches of the service shown at Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon

John Charles Daly speaks about the recipients of the Medal of Honor in various wars. He stands next to large facsimiles of the medal in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, United States. He explains the three versions of the Medal of Honor which include first for the U.S. Army, the second for the U.S. Navy , Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and the third for the U.S. Air Force. Dramatized past scenes show American colonial volunteers advancing on a battlefield and firing artillery against the British, during the Battle of Saratoga in the year 1777.

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073606
Dedication of Marine Corps War Memorial at Quantico Virginia, and sculptor Felix de Weldon working on sculpture for Arlington location.

The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial original statue during its unveiling ceremony at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia on November 10, 1951 (This is after the statue had been moved from its original Constitution Avenue location in Washington DC in 1947, and subsequently renovated under sculptor de Weldon's supervision while it was in Quantico.). A sign on the memorial reads "Uncommon valor was a common virtue, 1945." Next scenes show sculptor Felix de Weldon as he works to build the larger Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, which was dedicated in November 1954. Felix de Weldon measuring a model of the flag raising on Iwo Jima made by him. de Weldon and others on his team work to carve the large war memorial in plaster before it is cast in bronze. Views of the sculpted faces of the six Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima: Faces of John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block and Michael Strank. Brief glimpse of the original flag raising scene on Mount Suribachi in February 1945. Next scene, circa 1954 or 1955, shows the completed Marine Corps War Memorial in bronze, in Arlington Virginia, with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial landmarks of Washington DC in the background. Close-up views of faces of a young boy, an elderly woman, and a middle aged man who removes his hat. American flag fluttering in the breeze atop the war memorial.

Date: 1955
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022004
National commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington DC.

At time of sesquicentennial celebrations of the city of Washington DC: City development planning underway by the Planning Commission in Washington DC. Animated map of Washington DC by the National Geographic Society. Statue in a park. National Commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission members are seen walking across the Arlington Memorial Bridge from the Virginia side to the Washington DC side. View of the Lincoln Memorial and 1940s era cars in traffic circle and on Arlington Memorial Bridge. Commission members examine mock-ups of equestrian statues atop pylons at the Washington DC entrance to the bridge. (In 1951, the Arts of War Sculptures, named Sacrifice and Valor, by Leo Friedlander, were erected in those positions). National Capital Park and Planning Commission personnel are seen working at drafting tables in their offices in the Department of the Interior building. The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission members meets in the Lord Calvert Mansion in Riverdale for future planning. Exterior view of the Lord Calvert Mansion. Inside, the commission meets and a man points to and explains a chart on traffic control. The chart, dated September 1947, shows traffic flow into Washington DC during the "peak hour" of traffic, during which 58,000 automobiles pass through the area being studied. Elevated, aerial view from the U.S. Capitol Dome looking out across the city of Washington DC and on to the Potomac River and Virginia on the other side of the river.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073229
Franklin D. Roosevelt at Arlington National Cemetery together with John J. Pershing on Armistice Day 1936.

Activities in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States during Armistice Day commemorations on November 11, 1936. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Arlington Cemetery, standing beside U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn. A large crowd gathered at the amphitheater near Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. U.S. Army General John Pershing speaks at amphitheater in Arlington.

Date: 1936, November 11
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068724