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Monuments in Washington DC.

Brief shot of hands dialing a phone followed by views of United States Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). View of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) from a moving car. Obelisk of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Still photographs of the Washington Monument under construction. View of the Washington Monument from different angles. The American flags flutter in front of the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). View of the White House. Cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin are also seen. From a Bell Telephone television advertisement.

Date: 1970
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023497
Photograph of Orville Wright honored by Judson Harmon and delegates leave after flag raising ceremony in the United States

Honors bestowed on Wright brothers and commemorating ceremonies of invention of aircraft in the United States. Still photo of Governor Judson Harmon standing at base of large grandstand. Grandstand completely filled with spectators. Spectators are lined up in the stand in a formation resembling the flag. Various dignitaries sit in booths in stand with the Wright brothers. Wright Field, Dayton: The flag raising ceremony shows aviator Orville Wright pulling the rope which raises flag upon mast. Various military and civil leaders present. The flag being raised. Firing cannon salute at the ceremony. Orville Wright,General Quincy Gillmore and U.S. Army Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds stand on platform. Washington DC: members of the party enroute to conference at Washington DC , members get into Colonel Deeds aircraft. 'The King Bird' taxis. Washington: Delegates stand in front of a building. Orville Wright in whose honor the conference is held. Orville Wright flanked by various delegates. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068540
Thomas Edmund Dewey announces his candidacy for President in 1940 to the gathering in New York, United States.

Thomas E. Dewey announces his President candidacy in New York, United States. Thomas Edmund Dewey announces his candidacy for President of the United States in the 1940 election. Posters in the background. Photographers take pictures.

Date: 1939, December 4
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072845
U.S. President Roosevelt emphasizes on increasing expenditure on Army during his annual message to the Congress,Washington D.C.

Congress hears U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt's annual State of the Union message in Washington D.C. President Roosevelt talks about how no one expects the United States to send American youth again to fight on the soil of Europe (to be involved in World War 2) and he asserts that is still the United States position "for nobody expects such an undertaking." He recalls that President George Washington warned against entangling foreign alliances. He calls on congress to levy sufficient additional taxes to meet emergency spending needs for national defense (due to threat of war). Members of the Congress clap during President's State of the Union speech.

Date: 1940, January 3
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044322
The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State, United States.

Sightseers and several parked cars are seen on one bank of the Tacoma Narrows. They are watching undulations of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, called "Galloping Gertie" in the State of Washington, United States. Scene shifts to the bridge roadway as vibrations and oscillations increase leading to the total destruction of the the bridge. Pulsating winds blowing through the narrows caused vibrations of the bridge to reach its natural resonance frequency resulting in increased amplitude of oscillations until the structure was destroyed. Leonard Coatsworth, a Tacoma newspaper editor, is seen walking from the bridge near its end after abandoning his car, which is still on the bridge, until it collapses.

Date: 1940, November 7
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046173
Air Raid Warden Sam Rankin shows how to blackout houses during air raid drill in the USA in World War 2

American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Flashback to 1940 of British citizens gathered in London underground tube shelters during a blitz air raid by Germany over London. A woman distributes snacks to families. Some people at a microphone provide entertainment to the waiting crowd underground during the Battle of Britain. View of aircraft drop bombs over targets on ground. Explosions due to bombing. Back in the United States, Air Raid Warden in his uniform with civil defense armband shows families how to black out basement windows with blankets. Family makes room for basement shelter. Electric gas burners used. Adequate food supplies kept in the basement. One of the room windows sealed to avoid gas entering the room. The curtain dropped quickly over the window when the alarm is raised.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064138