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Street cars and traffic jams from 5 PM to 5:30PM on the mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in late 1940s

Traffic in Washington DC in late 1940s. Narrator notes that traffic jams from 5 PM to 5:30 PM on the mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. Cars crossing the mall area. A woman driver waits for a passing street car at 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Streetcars or trolleys are seen, together with cars and buses, and view of traffic jam on Pennsylvania Avenue. View of L'Enfant's grave marker.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073231
President Franklin Roosevelt signs Selective Service draft bill of 1940 in Washington DC.

President Franklin Roosevelt in his office in Washington DC. He is seated at his desk and signs the draft bill (Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, or STSA) which was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. Officials and cabinet members standing nearby. Painting on a wall in the background. He reads the conditions of bill. He states that the legislation intended to increase our armed forces becomes law. All men between 21 and 35 must register beginning October 16th, 1940. He says that "the terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well known to us all. We must and we will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and we will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, September 16
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046158
World War 2 commuters in Washington DC; views of new Pentagon War Department Building and DC security personnel

A documentary depicts activities of U.S. Department of War workers in the United States during World War 2. Scenes of various 1940's clocks on bedside tables. War department workers wake up with the alarms. They get ready for work. Cars passing on the streets of Washington DC. Buildings along the sides of the street. People lined up waiting for public conveyance. A bus arrives. Bus and car traffic on the "Highway Bridge" over the Potomac River toward Arlington Virginia. (The Highway Bridge, a swing-span through-truss bridge, was part of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the years. It was eventually replaced by the George Mason Memorial Bridge, and in 1967 the Highway Bridge was removed and taken to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, to be used for bombing practice). View of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia, and views of large parking lots at the Pentagon filled with cars. Workers walking inside the Pentagon building corridors. A line of women seated and working at telephone switchboards in the Pentagon, and consulting an updated telephone directory. A sign at the door of a room reads 'Security Office, Identification Section'. A woman goes inside. Woman named 'Phyllis Hood' gets her identification card and finger prints for her identification in the office. She is seen taking an oath. Hood working at her desk. She files statistical reports. Exteriors of various Washington DC buildings being guarded by United States Army personnel for the Military District of Washington during World War II. A covered anti-aircraft gun installation in Washington DC is shown opening as US Army soldiers take up positions to use the artillery during practice drills. A guard standing outside the White House building.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076684
Good wishes and contributions to March of Dimes flood White House for President's Birthday, 1940

U.S. Post Office mail trucks delivering many bags of mail to the White House, Washington, DC, on the occasion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday, January 30, 1940. Inside, stacks of letters are seen and women sort through them and empty coins from many of them. (These are contributions to the March of Dimes Campaign to fight Polio, instituted by President Roosevelt in 1938.) A huge birthday cake is also seen and men shown carrying it into the White House. Camera focuses again on the stacks of postal letters and coins. Several open letters contain dollar bills, as well. Mail carriers continue to bring in and empty mail bags. (World War II period).

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, January
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050200
President Franklin D Roosevelt addressing the nation about the Selective Service Act of 1940.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt explains the Peacetime Selective Service Lottery to the nation from a microphone in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC, where members of the government gather to witness the first drawing of numbers under the Selective Service Act 1940.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, October 29
Duration: 5 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046217
Officials fill glass container with lottery numbers of men registered under the Selective Service Act of 1940

Uniformed guards unload cartons containing lottery numbers of men registered for the draft under the Selective Service Act of 1940. They bring them into the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. Inside the auditorium, they empty capsules, containing the numbers, into a large glass container, under the supervision of U.S. Government civilian officials. Numerous American Legion members in uniform also assist.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940, October 29
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046219
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