A film depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical Great Depression day. Clark Mills's Lieutenant General George Washginton equestrian statue at Washington Circle. A cemetery and men work at the cemetery. They use a machine to help lift old grave markers up out of the ground. The grave markers appear to be circa civil war era. A marker with number 7566 on top is lifted out of the cemetery grounds. Elevated view of Pennsylvania Avenue, Old Post Office Building seen on right, and traffic on the street. Close up elevated view of 1930's automobiles stopped a stop light. Several views of 1935 year license plates or number plates of cars from various states including California, Georgia, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio . A horse eats food from a bucket. A woman seated on a footpath drinks and enjoys lunch. A family seated around a table during a lunch break. People at the National Zoo. They look at animals and stand behind a cage. A young girl plays with leopard cubs. Picnickers seated in a garden, with cars on roadway behind, possibly Rock Creek Park area. A close up of a young girl eating. Children swinging on a swing set.
Prison planning at a Prison Industries Reorganization Administration (PIRA) office. PIRA officers inspect blueprints and sketches for prisons in the United States. A man views the “Sketch for a prison for the state of West Virginia” and its model sketches. Two PIRA employees view plans together. Employee wearing glasses smokes a cigar while conferring with colleague over blueprints. Man reviews a plan for a prison and answers the telephone. A female employee receive instructions, hands out a blueprint to her supervisor. Two female employees discuss blueprints together. View of a diagram chart “Vermont Turn-over in the Prison Population 1935”. View of a graph chart “District of Columbia Growth of Prison Population 1920-1937 Daily Average for Years Ending June 30th”.
Landmark public buildings in the state of Oregon. Pedestrians walk outside the United States Customhouse (220 NW 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon). The Second Oregon State Capitol building (900 Court St NE, Salem, OR 97301) at Salem, Oregon before its destruction from a 1935 fire. Men walking towards the Oregon State Capitol. The Arlington Club at 811 Southwest Salmon Street in Portland.
Flag of the Nazi Party (1920–45) and National flag of Germany (1933–45). It is seen from both sides as it blows almost straight out under a very stiff breeze.
Military trucks move on streets of West Berlin. Soldiers on the streets. Soldiers stand under Friedrichstraße sign. Soldiers on United States and British army tanks. Construction of Berlin Wall in process as East German workers lay fresh cinder blocks with mortar. Military tanks escort 12-year-old British boy to school through narrow area after threats from East Berlin police. View of the famous St Hedwig Cathedral (Hinter der Katholischen Kirche 3 10117 Berlin) walled off by the new Berlin Wall. Soldiers on the East side. A newly wed bride on the East side. Her mother watches from the West.
Construction of the Berlin Wall underway in between East Berlin and West Berlin. East German workers building the wall. Citizens wave to loved ones across the blockade. A man looks out his window at the Berlin Wall. Boarded up buildings on the line of the Berlin Wall. Pillboxes where East German forces watch for escape attempts. Wreaths and flowers setup in memorial to people who have died trying to cross the Berlin wall blockade. View of the bullet-riddled Brandenburg Gate, still heavily damaged from World War II.
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