Monuments in Washington DC, United States. Several ducks swimming in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) with the Washington Monument behind, and Capitol visible in distance. A street lighted in the night. View of the Potomac River, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, in single view, early morning. A street in downtown Washington DC. Cars moving on a road and buildings on either side of the road. The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) seen in the background. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in view. Equestrian statue at George Washington, at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol viewed at dawn, along an empty Pennsylvania Avenue. The Washington Monument, seen from space between buildings. Equestrian statue of Civil War hero, Major General John A. Logan (Washington, DC 20005, United States), at Logan Circle, Rhode Island Avenue and 13th St. NW. The U.S. Capitol dome. View from Memorial Bridge, of Lincoln Memorial and Washington monument (in distance).
Helen Hollis, curator of the keyboard section of The Smithsonian Museum of HIstory and Technology, seen during one of her daily lectures. She is seated at an 18th Century English harpsichord in the museum. She,on the harpsichord, accompanied by Robert Sheldon on an 18th Century flute, play a sonata by G.F. Handel. Scene shifts to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Interior view of Opera house, and of the bust of former U.S. President Kennedy. The Hall of nations with numerous flags displayed. Entrance to the Eisenhower Theater. Bust of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Interior of the Eisenhower Theater. The Kennedy Center viewed from across the Potomac River.A man running over the Memorial Bridge toward Washington, DC, with Arlington House (Robert E. Lee's home) in Arlington Cemetery in the background. (Note: Helen Hollis was author of a book called "The Piano." Prior to joining the Smithsonian staff, she had her own morning radio show in Cleveland, called,"The Helen Hollis Show." She was a child prodigy and later attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music.)
United States intervention in the Lebanon Crisis. U.S. Marines reaching the coastline of Lebanon. The Marines climb out of rafts. People watching the Marines. U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. Lebanese people on a beach. U.S. Marines unloading ammunition from the rafts. The Marines holding guns moving into the city of Beirut. The Marines guarding Beirut International Airport. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during a speech says that U.S. intervention could have serious effects. He says that the United States is neither looking for any material gain nor has it any emotional hostility against any government. The sole aim is the preservation of independence of every state. Several aircraft on an airfield. U.S. 2nd Marine Division enplaning at Cherry Point in North Carolina, U.S. Soldiers holding equipment beside the aircraft. The soldiers walking in columns. Several aircraft on the airfield. U.S. Army airborne troops beside the aircraft. The troops getting into the aircraft. Airborne troops from Germany at Adena air base in Turkey. British paratroops from Cyprus boarding aircraft bound for Jordan. A Royal Air Force aircraft takes off. U.S. aircraft carrier USS Leyte in a harbor. Supplies carried on cranes. U.S. sailors speaking over telephones in phone boxes. Sailors holding cartons moving on a ramp to a vessel. Officials at the United Nations building during a meeting. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge speaking into a microphone. Officials beside the Ambassador. The Ambassador calls for decisive action by the UN and says U.S. Marines will be withdrawn in accordance with the UN action.
NRA banner with Blue Eagle symbol, hoisted on building in New York City. A parade in New York City, United States. A large crowd marches on streets during a ten-hour parade hailing the NRA (National Recovery Administration), one of the New Deal programs of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the recovery of economy during the Great Depression. Men and women holding U.S. flags marching during the parade. Spectators watch the parade from sidewalks.
John Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan (John Pierpont Morgan) in the United States. Several men and women at a golf course. Wealthy American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, wearing a tropical pith helmet, strikes a ball. The men and women standing beside him watch. John Rockefeller, who is 94 years old, rests in a chair on the course. American banker J. P. Morgan sworn in at a hearing of a Senate Investigatiing Committee. Several senators and officials at the hearing.
The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A DUKW (amphibious truck) underway with Allied soldiers aboard it. Allied troops land on Normandy coast. Army trucks moving in a line from a U.S. Navy LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the beach. An army truck comes down the open ramp of the LST. Soldiers and officers look at trucks. A DUKW moves to the beachhead from water. The LST with its open ramp. Allied troops aboard the LST. Several ships at sea in the background.
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