Elevated view of site of the Capitol Plaza area in Washington DC, with streetcars and cars on streets below, and Union Station in the background. View of model of Supreme Court and its placement on a map, before construction. View of the exterior of Union station and then the Botanical Gardens area to be moved in order to make way for construction of the Mall. Elevated view of Washington Monument and mall area in mid 1920s. Construction of Memorial Bridge seen in progress over the Potomac River. View of Arlington House of Robert E. Lee at Arlington National Cemetery. View of the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Proposed renovations of the State Department buildings and of the Federal Triangle buildings.
Construction of Agriculture Department buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue and the Capitol building. Proposed construction of Departments of Justice buildings, Government's Archives building and the Interstate Commerce Commission buildings on the plan. American Troops parade. Capitol building in background. General John Joseph 'Black Jack' Pershing leads the parade. President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice William Howard Taft review the inaugural parade.
View of Pennsylvania Avenue. Cars drive on it. Dome of Capitol building in background. Signs on shops read 'Rooming House' and 'Tattooing'. Model of the South side of Pennsylvania Avenue. Model for the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue. View of the Washington monument
Funeral of Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in New York City. Street level, exterior view of St. Patrick's Cathedral. View of interior of the cathedral, as the funeral mass is being conducted. The altar and numerous candles lit for the famed conductor. A statue of the Virgin Mary and candles in an altar. Pallbearers carry the coffin from the cathedral and place it into a hearse. The back of the hearse covered with floral tributes.
Music Maestro, Arturo toscanini, is seen in the library at Wave Hill, the mansion in which he is living during World War 2. His grandson, Walfredo Toscanini, is relaxing on a sofa in the background. The Maestro, paces the floor, as he listens to a phonograph record. Toscanini family pictures are seen on a piano, where the maestro is seated playing from a musical score. He pauses to annotate the score.
Arturo Toscanini conducts orchestra and chorus in Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, at NBC's Studio 8-H, New York City. The NBC Symphony orchestra includes typical instruments plus harp. Tenor Jan Peerce is joined by the Westminster Choir onstage. Among other national themes, the performance includes British and American national anthems, concluding with the latter. (Note: This film was produced by the U.S. Office of War Information.)
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