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Newspaper headlines of FBI agents arresting criminals in the United States.
An introduction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington DC. Aircraft in flight. Dramatization of mid-air explosion of aircraft by a criminal intending to collect on insurance. Newspaper headlines read 'Youth Confesses United bombings', 'Graham gets Death' regarding the case of John Gilbert Graham in 1951 who was convicted of crime in blowing up an aircraft in an attempt to collect insurance. Still photo depicts a hijacker of an aircraft or a "skyjacker" attempting to take over an aircraft with pilot in cockpit. Still photos depict work of FBI on various civil rights cases. Newspaper headlines read 'FBI presses hunt for King suspects', 'FBI arrests Georgians in Shotgun Slaying'. The first Director of FBI John Edgar Hoover speaks into a microphone during the Freedom Foundation Award ceremony in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Dramatized scenes of crimes involving the FBI: A house explodes. A reenactment shows a sniper on a rooftop shooting at police officers as they approach a house.
National commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington DC.
At time of sesquicentennial celebrations of the city of Washington DC: City development planning underway by the Planning Commission in Washington DC. Animated map of Washington DC by the National Geographic Society. Statue in a park. National Commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission members are seen walking across the Arlington Memorial Bridge from the Virginia side to the Washington DC side. View of the Lincoln Memorial and 1940s era cars in traffic circle and on Arlington Memorial Bridge. Commission members examine mock-ups of equestrian statues atop pylons at the Washington DC entrance to the bridge. (In 1951, the Arts of War Sculptures, named Sacrifice and Valor, by Leo Friedlander, were erected in those positions). National Capital Park and Planning Commission personnel are seen working at drafting tables in their offices in the Department of the Interior building. The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission members meets in the Lord Calvert Mansion in Riverdale for future planning. Exterior view of the Lord Calvert Mansion. Inside, the commission meets and a man points to and explains a chart on traffic control. The chart, dated September 1947, shows traffic flow into Washington DC during the "peak hour" of traffic, during which 58,000 automobiles pass through the area being studied. Elevated, aerial view from the U.S. Capitol Dome looking out across the city of Washington DC and on to the Potomac River and Virginia on the other side of the river.
Departure of U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley from the National Airport, Washington DC.
Departure of U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley from the National Airport, Washington DC. The Geneal with other officers at the airport. Cameramen take pictures. General Bradley talks to the journalists as they take notes. A U.S. transport plane in the background. A journalist takes an audio recorded interview of the General. He talks to other officers. The General and another official board the plane.
President of France addresses a Joint Session of the 82nd Congress about the perils of postwar isolationism.
Vincent Jules Auriol, President of France, is ceremonially escorted into a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, where he is about to speak. He is followed by Vice President Alben W. Barkley and House Speaker, Sam Rayburn (who later take their places as presiding officers). The audience gives Auriol a standing ovation, with applause. continuing, as he ascends the podium. Barkley and Rayburn are seated behind him. President Auriol's remarks, as reported in the press (not heard in this clip, which has no sound) focus on the need to reject isolationism in the postwar world. Among other things, he reportedly tells the joint session of Congress the French people have learned from bitter experience that "isolation is death" and that "right without might is powerless." The Congress applauds him after his address.
President Harry Truman speaks at a celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
President Harry Truman speaks at a celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, held on the Washington Monument grounds in Washington DC. President Truman, at the podium, states that peace in Korea does not lessen world tensions as long as Soviet rulers remain an armed camp. He states that vigilance is the price of peace. (Korean War period.)
President Harry S Truman departing Washington National Airport on an Air Force C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft.
President Harry S Truman arrives by car at Washington National Airport. Secret Service agent jumps from car while it is still moving and holds the door for the President. An Air Force Brigadier General greets the President and accompanies him to a waiting U.S. Air Force C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft, where they both pose briefly, before ascending steps to the airplane. President Truman waves his hat. An airman with an armband reading "MATS" (Military Air Transport Command) signals for the pilot to start engines. The aircraft taxis out and takes off. Landing gear can be seen retracting, as aircraft completes takeoff.