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Water flows from the spillway of Grand Coulee Dam built across the Columbia River in Washington DC.

Grand Coulee Dam in Washington DC. View of Grand Coulee Dam built across the Columbia River. Mountains in the background. Water flows from the spillway of the dam. Water in a reservoir.

Date: 1940, June 5
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073338
People gather to watch the opening of the Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia River in Washington, United States.

Opening of the Grand Coulee dam in Washington, United States. Grand Coulee Dam across the Columbia river. People gather to watch the opening of the dam.

Date: 1942
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061757
Detained demonstrators during 1971 May Day Vietnam antiwar protests.

Entrance of Superior Court of the District of Columbia Building A at 515 5th St NW Washington, D.C., DC 20001 . Antiwar demonstrators with their hands on their heads are led out of the police bus into the D.C. jail after their mass arrest during the 1971 May Day Protests in Washington DC against the Vietnam War. Demonstrators at temporary holding area near RFK Stadium look through window of a Hertz truck after mass arrest. Detained protesters shouting from behind 8-ft tall wire fence at an emergency detention center. Metropolitan Police in riot gear guard at the emergency detention center with hippie antiwar protestors. Camera zooms to a detained woman giving “the finger” from behind a chain link fence. More prisoners enter the detention center, with the other detainees inside cheering. Smirking demonstrators after mass arrest. View of the Washington Coliseum sign. Protestors sit inside the Washington Coliseum at 1140 3rd St NE, Washington, D.C., DC 20002 Trashed food on the floor. A man drinking water in front of a metal water jug. Detainees dancing together. Police booking detainees inside coliseum, many who refused to be identified. Photos of arrested on a table.

Date: 1971, May 3
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078916
Major demolition and reconstruction of the White House in Washington, DC.

Wholesale reconstruction of the White House begun in 1949 and continuing during most of the term of President Truman, who used Blair house as the official Presidential residence, during that period. Although the wings continued to function, with White House staff, the main house was completely rebuilt, with new supports, beams, etc.which involved demolition and rebuilding on a monumental scale. Views of the work in progress.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043647
High profile celebrity weddings in 1949 including that of Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth.

High profile celebrity weddings in 1949. People gather to witness the wedding of Prince Aly Khan with Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth on May 27, 1949. Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan is the Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly. Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan marries in Château de l'Horizon (55 Av. Edith Joseph, 06220 Vallauris, France), near Cannes, France. United States Vice President Alben W. Barkley marries Jane Rucker Hadley at St. John's Methodist Church in St. Louis, Missouri on November 18, 1949. Wedding cake at the wedding of Vice President Barkley. The newlywed couple is shown smiling.

Date: 1949, December 26
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051643
King Saud goes to meet his son Prince Mashhoor at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC.

King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during a state visit in Washington DC, United States. View of Pentagon River Entrance, from Columbia Island, across the water. Honor guard at Pentagon. King Saud arrives at the Pentagon. United States Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson and Admiral Arthur W. Radford greet the king. View of the White House. King Saud and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower discuss problems of mutual concern and defense against aggression. Cars parked outside the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1010 Butternut St NW, Washington, DC 20012, United States). King Saud with his son, Prince Mashhoor Ibn Saud (Mashhoor bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud) in the hospital. The king hosts a party in honor of President Eisenhower. King Saud talks to U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon. Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the US, shakes hands with the King. Under Secretary of State, Lloyd Henderson, meets the King. King Saud talks to President Eisenhower. Sailors at the United States Naval Academy (121 Blake Rd, Annapolis, MD 21402, United States) salute the Arab ruler by firing guns. His Majesty inspects a U.S. Marine Corps guard of honor. The King is escorted by the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Rear Admiral William R. Smedberg, III, who presents him a plaque, as memento of his visit. The King watches a college basketball game between the US Navy Academy team and Duke University. College athletes compete in basketball game. Spectators seated in an indoor stadium. The Arab ruler leaves the academy after the match. He gets in a car. He visits the hospital to meet his son. Little Prince Mashhoor salutes the people of America. King Saud waves at the people. The Arab King and the Prince leave the hospital and return to Blair House where visitors continue to arrive, including, His Excellency, Charles Malik of Lebanon; Greek Ambassador George V. Melas; and Ambassador Nazrollah Entezam of Iran. His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Abd al-Ilah of Iraq, seen seated with King Saud. Exterior of Saudi Arabian Embassy. A children's party inside the Embassy attended by children from the Washington diplomatic corps and "hosted" by Prince Mashhoor Ibn Saud who receives a bicycle. King Saud and President Eisenhower at the White House. The King departs Washington airport on the Columbine II, Presidential C-121 aircraft.

Date: 1957, February
Duration: 7 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033769