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Patriotic parade floats during the 1940 Portland Rose Festival

The city of Portland holds the annual Portland Rose Festival with a patriotic flair in June 1940. Two United States flags are hanging from a building. The parade route is marked by banners that read "For You A Rose In Portland Grows." Parade floats made of roses in the 1940 Grand Floral Parade. Portland Rose Festival girls on a “Constitution” float wave at crowds as their float round the corner in front of the New Heathman Hotel (now the Heathman Hotel) at 712 SW Salmon Street. Two men dressed as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln sit on the “Portland Dist. No. 2 Mantle Club” "America First" float, which features an Eagle on its front. Portland Rose Festival “queens” and “princesses” on a “Peacock” themed float wave at crowds. Boy scouts flank the “Peacock” float as passes the Alisky Building and the Harry Semler Dentist and Optical offices. A “Treasure Island Exposition 1940” float. Women and a man on the “Portland Realtors” float, traveling down SW Morrison St. The Portland Hotel is seen in the background at the corner of SW 6th Ave. and SW Morrison St. A “Pasadena” float with an effigy of the bald eagle and the United States flag made of roses is flanked by marching boy scouts.

Location: Portland Oregon USA
Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079264
View of the Capitol, White House and Washington Monument in Washington DC, USA.

Early 1940s view of the Capitol Building in Washington DC, USA. American flag flutters atop the building. Zoomed in close views of various parts of the U.S. Capitol and its dome. Tourist couple looks at the White House. View of the Washington Monument.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050317
Tricia Nixon attends a party given in her honor by the wife of the Secretary of State at the Anderson House in Washington DC.

Tricia Nixon attends a party in her honor before her wedding at the Anderson House in Washington DC. Tricia Nixon and her fiancé, Edward Cox, meets with United States Secretary of State William Pierce Rogers and his wife Adele. Adele Rogers hosts a party for Tricia Nixon at the Anderson House in Washington DC. Guests during the party at the Anderson House. Tricia with guests from the Diplomatic Corps. Tricia receives silverware as a gift from Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (Ambassador of Nicaragua). Some female reporters are also present in the party. United States President Richard Nixon talks about his wishes for his daughter and her future husband. “And I look forward to a time when this will truly be an open world- where they will have the chance to go to your country and all the countries in the world, to know the people of those countries. Because what a wonderful future it is for your children and our children to know each other” President Nixon says during his speech to the Diplomatic Corps on his daughter’s party before her wedding.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1971, June 4
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056985
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia at the United State Department of State in Washington DC.

King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia visits Washington DC during a royal state visit to the United States. The king meets dignitaries in a hall. King Faisal arrives by car at the United States Department of State. where United States Secretary of State William Pierce Rogers greets and escorts the Arab royal. Officials and State Department employees applaud as he enters the Harry S Truman Building (2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. United States). A man takes pictures. Allied flags in the background. A flag of Saudi Arabia in the background. Dignitaries meet King Faisal.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1971, May
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033770
A large crowd gathers to greet aviator Charles Lindbergh in the United States after he returns from Paris, France.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns to the United States after a flight to Paris, France. USS Memphis underway at sea with smoke above it. Colonel Lindbergh addresses a crowd. An old type biplane aircraft in flight overhead and a ship underway at sea. USS Memphis on the Potomac River. Aerial view of Washington DC. A U.S. flag flutters on a flag pole. Dignitaries wave from a dock. Lindbergh's mother goes up a gangway to meet him. Lindbergh is accompanied by naval officers. His mother comes down the gangway in the background. Lindbergh rides an old Pierce Arrow open touring car during a parade. People wave in the foreground. Buildings along street sides. People gather in a large number near the Washington Monument. U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge Jr. awards Lindbergh with the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051052
Cadets watch the demonstrations of different equipment at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

Activities of West Point cadets in the United States. The cadets attend ordnance exercises at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Officers aboard an armored car moving along the ground. The car moves along a ramp. Trees in the background. A cadet looks through a pierced armor plate which was pierced as a result of firing a 12 inch armor piercing projectile. Men look for the projectile which bursts after piercing the armor plate. The cadets gather for the demonstration of a 16 inch seacoast gun. Officers stand nearby and fire the gun. Smoke rises as the gun is fired.

Location: Maryland United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062477
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