Fire at the White House in Washington D.C., United States. Fire fighters climb up ladders to get to the roof and high windows of the building to extinguish the blaze. Fire trucks responding, and firemen using hoses to soak the blaze in the Oval Office and West Wing. Firemen bail water from flooded rooms. View of the White House building in the morning. Records, pictures, and furniture piled outside after being saved from the fire.
Lumberman cut trees in Aberdeen, Washington. Lumberman stands next to a giant tree. View of thick bark of the tree.
Ice skating on roof of a thirty-five story building in Chicago,Illinois. Hotel manager opens a skating rink on the roof of the building. Group of men, women and children skate on roof top. Other buildings surrounding the skating rink-topped hotel.
Mexico's President-elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio visits Washington D.C., United States. United States President Herbert Hoover welcomes the Mexican President-elect. President Herbert Hoover and Pascual Ortiz Rubio exit the White House building. First Ladies Lou Henry Hoover and Josefa De Ortiz stand next to their husbands.
United States President Harry S. Truman signs Housing Bill in Washington D.C., United States. President seated at desk as he signs the the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946, during a housing shortage for veteran soldiers and their families after World War 2. Officials stand behind him at the White House. President Truman signs the bill that will help provide homes for the homeless. He speeds authorization of $250,000,000 for emergency homes.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth along with Prince Philip arrives in Williamsburg, Virginia, for a ceremony to mark the 350th Anniversary of the first British settlement in the New World. Queen Elizabeth is escorted by the Governor of Virginia, Thomas Bahnson Stanley. She addresses the United States people. Queen Elizabeth takes a look at copy of the Magna Carta and signs the guest register. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower welcomes the Royal couple in Washington D.C. Photographers take pictures. The honor guard stands with rifles in hand. Mamie Doud Eisenhower welcomes Queen Elizabeth at the White House.
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