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Pennsylvania Railway Station, the Union Station Plaza and the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Still image of snow covered railroad train tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway Station at corner of 6th and B streets, cutting across the Mall. Animation shows: a model of Washington DC made by McMillan Commission in the year 1901. Elevated view of the landmark Union Station train station from roughly the 1920s, and view of the Plaza and new city Post Office building. Model shows the location of the station. 1908 Officers Buildings and the building for members of the House of Representatives. The Treasury Department Building for the Bureau of Revenue and building for the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Early view from 1920s of the West Wing of the White House. View of building housing the Corcoran Art Gallery. American National Red Cross building and National Headquarters building for the Daughters of the American Revolution. View of the Pan American Union building. National Academy of Sciences building exterior.

Date: 1949
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073223
Lincoln Memorial, Potomac Park, Freer Gallery of Art, Union Square and Navy Ammunition buildings in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Recounting of the development of washington, DC. View of the Lincoln Memorial and the reflecting pool. Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French inside the memorial. Cherry trees at the West Potomac Park. The National Museum on the National Mall and Freer Gallery of Art. The Botanical Gardens. Union Square with statues of General Grant and General Meade. The old Interior Department building. Navy Ammunition building and temporary World War buildings. View of the Supreme Court building.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073224
Arlington Memorial Bridge,Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers and Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Recounting of the development of Washington, DC. The Arlington Memorial Bridge built across the Potomac River in the year 1930. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers and Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater. Construction of the Labor and Commerce buildings.

Date: 1949
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073225
Traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue and model of the Federal Triangle buildings in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. History of development of Washington DC. Military parade on Pennsylvania Avenue circa World War I period, with General Pershing on horse in the front. Scenes from a presidential inaugural parade on the avenue. View of automobile traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in the year 1926. Shops, offices and buildings alongside the street. Models are shown of the Federal Triangle: ship buildings, Departments of justice, labor and commerce, and the Municipal Centers.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073226
Federal Triangle buildings in late 1940s, and Visitors at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

History of development of Washington, DC. Views of buildings and traffic in Washington DC. Federal Trade Commission building at intersection of Constitution Avenue and Independence Avenue. Late 1940s automobile traffic moves on streets of Washington DC. Views of the National Archives Building, Department of Justice, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue building (Internal Revenue Service or IRS). The Commerce Commission building. Visitors at the National Gallery of Art view the sculptures, decorative art and paintings, including sculpture of bust of Louise Brongniart by Jean-Antoine Houdon, and a painting by Edward Savage of George Washington and family viewing an early planning map of Washington DC.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073228
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