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The Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument in Washington DC.

Monuments in Washington DC. Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) with the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, USA) on its right. View of the Washington Monument. Snow covered ground and trees in front of the monument. Officer in uniform.

Date: 1966, January 27
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043630
Aerial views of the Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument in Washington DC, USA.

Aerial views of Washington DC in United States. Fly-by shows Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States), bridge leading to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and surroundings including the Munitions Building and the Main Navy Building. Circling around the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States).

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050412
Demonstrators gather during the 1971 May Day Anti-Vietnam War protests.

Anti-war demonstrators gather during the 1971 May Day protests in Washington D.C.. Aerial view of Hains Point and protesters camping out in West Potomac Park in April, 1971. A man nails a May Day Protest poster on a tree, probably along Constitution Avenue. The May Day poster reads, "If our people fight one tribe at a time, all will be killed...Come to Washington, D.C. May 1-7." “The country should respond from coast-to-coast, with demonstrations and universities and communities across this country!” says Rennie Davis, an anti-war activist and one of the “Chicago Seven” defendants charged for anti-Vietnam War protests. Still image views of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the Milwaukee River and the domes of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, and streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Cars driving on roads near Washington D.C. Women walking across lawn near federal building in Washington, D.C. A tactical manual for “May Day”, with an image of Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader who resisted against United States government policies, on its cover. A page title of the “May Day Tactical Manual” is written “The Mayday Scenario Saturday, April 24: Algonquin Peace City Opens”. Map of Washington DC showing the main targets of the May Day protests- the Selective Service System agency, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice Department and the Health, Education & Welfare Department. Sign reading, “National Headquarters Selective Service System”. Demonstrators from the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference attempt to break into the Selective Service System headquarters (1724 F Street NW in Washington, DC). Guards prevent protesters from entering the Selective Service System headquarters. Protesters hold burning money and burn draft cards in protest outside the Selective Service System headquarters. Protesters chant "no more war" and raise their hands with clenched fists and peace signs, toss the American flag around, and sing a parody version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” A security guard snatches the American flag and brings it into the building. Burned draft cards posted on the main entrance of the Selective Service System headquarters. Again the next morning, demonstrators block doors to the Selective Service system headquarters, causing policemen to drag them out of the way by force. Trash from protestors on street. African American civil rights activist Hosea Williams yelling at police, saying, you are "locking up people without telling them anything, and that is wrong! It is wrong!” Protesters outside the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. A May Day collective protester surrounded by policemen. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sign. Protesters rip down a wall inside the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Policeman leads away an arrested man from the protest at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Policemen escort an arrested African American protester Hosea Williams, raising a clenched fist (black power), as he yells to onlookers, "I got it done, I got it done!". Protestors at the Department of Justice yell "free all political prisoners" and hold various signs saying “1984”, “We are all P.O.W” and chanting outside the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Washington DC. Protestors clap and sing "Amen, amen, amen."

Date: 1971, May
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078911
Fragments of historic sketches and early photographs of Washington, DC

Drawings and sketches of Washington DC in the 18th and early 19th Century. A film titled 'Washington, D.C., A Living City', United States. 19th Century photographs including: view of a street in Washington DC with several buildings on either side of the road. View of a document entitled "Plan of the Dress Circle of Ford's New Theater, 10th Street, Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian "castle" building (1000 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC 20560, United States), with a canal filled with water. View of Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Post Office building on the right. Open trolley cars moving in the street. The United States Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) is seen from a distance.

Date: 1972
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066407
U.S. Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, many landmarks and activities of people in Washington DC in the 1930s.

A film titled 'Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome' depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical day during the Great Depression in the mid 1930s. The U.S. Capitol Building. The Washington Monument. Vehicles driven on a street. A man crossing a wide street of Washington DC. Policemen control the traffic. A woman runs on a street. A horse drawn carriage on the street and a sign reads 'Thompson Dairy'. A man gets down from the dairy carriage to deliver milk bottles. Traffic on the streets. African American woman sweeps in front of a house. African American icen vendor is seen at work. The man breaks apart a large ice block into smaller chunks. African American man waters a garden. A train arrives at Union Station, with closeup view from tracks as locomotive comes to a halt just in front of the camera position. A Pullman car porter places a Pullman step stool on the ground and passengers exit the train. People board a street car or trolley car with sign indicating it is bound for Chevy Chase Maryland. A man in shabby clothing, possibly unemployed jobless seated on a pathway; he stands and walks off. People exit a city bus when it comes to a stop. Construction of a wide sidewalk and men at work building the sidewalk path. Equestrian statue of Ulysses Grant riding Cincinnati on Capitol Hill. A saddle goods and leather shop with a statue of a horse in front of the store. Construction of a building underway, and a steam shovel at work excavating. A Washington street and buildings on either side of the street. A sign reads 'Right Turn Now'. A policeman directs traffic. Elevated views of car and streetcar or trolley traffic on the streets of Washington DC. Another policeman controls the traffic. Many 1930s era automobiles are seen. Point of view shot from inside a moving streetcar or trolley on roads of Washington DC; view of street car driver and passengers riding in the street car. Civilians ride bicycles. A large wheel velocipede bike leans against a tree in the background. Men attached to ropes work trimming tops of a tree. Sport equestrian riders ride horses on a large green area with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. A person tees off a golf ball on the National Mall. A sign reads 'Do Not Talk to Guard'. Men dive off diving boards in a swimming pool. Children play and splash in the waters of the Columbus Fountain sculpture at Union Station. A sail boat underway on the Potomac River. A woman holds a pet parrot bird on her finger and talks to it. A sign reds 'Please Give The Garden A Chance' as a man walks right beside it. A man lying on grass beside the Potomac River. Brief view of the Lieutenant General George Washington equestrian statue at Washington Circle.

Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069103
President Lyndon B Johnson remarks upon signing the Civil Rights Bill at White House, Washington DC.

View of the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 U.S.) in Washington DC, USA. President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks upon signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the White House, Washington DC. View of the bill signing ceremony for the Civil Rights Act. Scene changes to moderated discussion. The anchor welcomes Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary, Leroy Collins, Former Governor of Florida, and Sterling Tucker, Washington Director of National Urban League, at a studio during Civil Rights Anniversary. The anchor starts conversation and Wilkins answers.

Date: 1964, July 2
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034297