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Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, and Rock Creek Park, near Washington, DC
Scenes along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, in Northern Virginia, near Washington,DC. Sign at section of the highway, reads: "South Fort Hunt." Automobile seen driving along the parkway that runs 15 miles from the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Mount Vernon. Views of the Potomac River which the highway parallels. Several cars in a parking area along the parkway, where sightseers enjoy the view. Sign warning drivers to slow as they approach George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. Visitors at the entrance to Mount Vernon. View of Mount Vernon mansion from the lawn on the Potomac River side. Scene shifts to Rock Creek Park in Maryland with views of the Rock Creek. Automobiles driving through the park. Views of Water falls,ducks, and an old mill with waterwheel turning. A car drives across the creek through several inches of water at a ford. An automobile approaching the Connecticut Avenue bridge over the parkway. Views of the Lincoln Memorial at Memorial Bridge.
Commuters driving to work in Washington, DC, and people playing tennis at local park.
Commuters driving on Rock Creek Parkway near Washington, DC. (Among the many cars seen is a 1935 DeSoto Airflow automobile, at a traffic circle.) Views of commercial downtown section of Washington, DC. Young man and woman on telephone make a date to play tennis at a local park. View of tennis players on numerous park service tennis courts with U.S. Capitol building in background.
Boating activities at the park on Hains Point, Washington DC. The President's Cup boat race. Equestrians and bicyclists.
View from hains Point, East Potomac Park, of boats in the Washington Channel. Buildings on opposite shore and Washington Monument visible in background. An official boarding a small ferry craft manned by U.S. sailors, on Potomac River shore of the park. Spectators watching the 1935 President's Cup speed boat races from Hains Point. A large yacht is anchored in the Potomac River, as competing boats pass it during the race.(The hydroplane speedboat,"Notre Dame,"powered by a 24-cylinder Duesenberg engine, won the 1935 President's Cup,for owner, Herb Mendelson and driver, Clell Perry.) Equestrians ride horses on park trails,and cross a road,as automobile pauses for them, with Lincoln Memorial in background. Bicycles in a rack and a woman riding a stationary exercise bike. People riding bicycles along Hains Point path.
Views of various parks in Washington, DC area, and people enjoying them.
Men and women playing golf on various Park Department courses in Washington DC area, including one scene of golfers at Hains Point, with a sailboat in the background, underway in the Washington Channel. Local organized teams playing baseball with the White House in the background and spectators watching the game. Local teams playing football in a park. A rack full of fishing rods at the edge of a pond and anglers competing as they try to cast into floating rings on the pond. Several fountains spray water and the Washington Monument can be seen in background. Children playing on swings and slides and families picnicking in a park. The fountain in lower Senate Park, between the Capitol and Union Station. View with Union Station in the background and view with the Capitol in background.
The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC and Paratrooper Demonstration at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in World War II
The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC, during World War 2, from December 22, 1941 to January 14, 1942. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, are seated in chairs on a portico of the White House. ( Roosevelt wears a black arm band, in mourning for his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, who died on September 7, 1941.) Behind them stand representatives from various Allied nations. Scene shifts abruptly to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, June 24, 1942, where Prime Minister Churchill and U.S. Army Brigadier General William C. Lee, ride in back of an open white convertible car to inspect U.S. Army troops at attention in a massive formation. Next, the troops are seen marching. Churchill smoking a cigar is seated on a bench watching as the parade continues, to include soldiers in jeeps, and trucks. Closeup of U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George Marshall, conversing with Prime Minister Churchill. Next, Churchill, accompanied by General Lee, personally inspects Army paratroopers in their jump gear. Among others accompanying him is U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, wearing a pith helmet. Churchill listens on a portable radio, as paratroop commanders in flight give orders for their paratroopers to jump. Formations of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft are seen overhead, as hundreds of paratroopers jump from them and descend by parachutes. Churchill, seated on a chair, next to General Lee, watches the paratrooper demonstration. Secretary Stimson, sits behind him. British and American officers and soldiers stand behind and watch, as well. Closeup of Churchill with cigar in his mouth, shielding his eyes, with his hands as he watches the demonstration. The second person seated behind Churchill is British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, with his hand on an upright wood support. More views of parachutes floating down into an area of trees, and of more C-47s dropping paratroops from overhead.
J. W. Bush, Higinbotham and Cahan at a conference table discuss about atomic power in Washington DC.
The Federation of American Scientists in Washington DC. Exterior of the Office of Atomic Information. People enter and leave the building. An insert sign on the building : 'Federation of American Scientists, National Committee on Atomic Information'. J. W. Bush, Jr. , Mr. William A. Higinbotham and Mr. Albert Cahan (members of the Federation of American Scientists) sitting at a conference table. They discuss about atomic power. Mr. William A. Higinbotham and Daniel Meltcher (Head of Office of Atomic Information) at a desk in conversation. A bulletin sheet on 'National Committee on Atomic Information'.
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