Sesquicentennial in Washington DC and some of the city's landmark buildings. The Smithsonian Institution Building located on the National Mall built in the year 1846. View of the State Department Building and the Pension Office. The Post Office at Pennsylvania Avenue and the new Agriculture Department Building. View of a garden in front of the National Mall.
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.
1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.
Victory celebrations and VJ Day in the United States during World War II. The President of the United States Harry S. Truman addresses a gathering and announces the surrender of Japan. In Washington DC: a large crowd of civilians gathered for street parties. A newspaper headline reads 'Japan Surrenders'. In Chicago: a demonstration takes place. In San Francisco: celebrations for the end of the war include a ticker tape parade . People march through streets holding banners. In Seattle: servicemen conduct an outdoor proceeding. In New York: a large crowd of civilians gathered at Times Square to celebrate victory over Japan.
Paper print. Early motion picture made in the United States. Dramatization depicts: men and women in house, talking. Man holding a document shares good news. Next scene is at a dock as the man boards a large masted sailing ship along with others. They work aboard ship. The ship takes on water and sailors and captain leave in a rescue rowboat or tender, as man and woman remain on ship. They build a raft and are seen at sea. They make it safely to shore, by large rocks. The woman is captured by renegade sailors and placed in their boat. Her companion saves her while the renegades are asleep, and rows her away to safety aboard a passing ship. Back home again, everyone celebrates the birth of a baby.
Paper print. Early motion picture made in the United States. Dramatization : Snowy day. Woman is accosted by two ruffians, and rescued by policeman, as newsboy watches from doorway. Inside a modest house, Santa Claus talks with an angel holding an illuminated star. The woman and her husband carry christmas bundles, to door of newsboy's house, as policeman watches. Inside, the newsboy tries on new clothes.
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