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Celebrations at Iolani Palace in Honolulu to mark entry of Hawaii into the United States as the 50th State

Hawaii Statehood celebrations at Iolani Palace in Honolulu. Officers and dignitaries seated to watch the ceremony. Women hold umbrellas while sitting. View of Iolani Palace building (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States). Smoke rises from the fifty guns salute. Uniformed members of various U.S. Military services salute. Choir sings a song. View of the Keliiponi Hale or the Coronation Pavilion. Sign board of Iolani Palace.

Date: 1960, July 4
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022670
U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, attends dedication of Captain James Cook monument at Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii.

Dedication and unveiling of the Captain Cook memorial monument at Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii (Kaumualii Hwy, Waimea, HI 96796, United States). American navy launch, from the USS Pennsylvania, arrives and sailors tie it to a dock at Waimea, Kauai Island, Hawaii, as spectators watch from the dock platform, above. The launch displays the American flag as well as that of the United States Secretary of War. Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis with his daughters Alice Brooks Davis and Cynthia Davis, disembark from the ship. They are joined by another gentleman, followed by a U.S. Navy Captain. Secretary Davis and his party pose for the camera. The captain also appears momentarily, saluting Secretary Davis. A U.S. Navy band and sailors are seen standing near a veiled monument. Camera focuses on a large British Red Ensign flag hung above the crowd, along with the Hawaiian flag and the American flag. U.S. Naval officers render military salutes as other ceremony participants give civilian hand-over-heart salutes or stand at attention. Ceremony guests are seated as American Boy Scouts distribute programs to them. Next, a contingent of British Marines is seen in formation on the square near the monument. The camera focuses next, on a contingent of American sailors, who came ashore from the USS Pennsylvania. Two little girls, Cecelia Cruikshank and Molly Gouveia (one American and one native Hawaiian) pull ropes to unveil the monument. British officers place a wreath from the King of England. The band plays again, as participants salute. U.S. Major General, Fox Conner, Commander of the Hawaiian Department of the Army, poses in front of the monument and is joined by Naval officers from a British Cruiser.

Date: 1928, August 16
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022671
U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis visits military facilities in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Alice Davis, daughter of U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, together with Mr. John H. Holliday, his civilian aide, step from a launch bringing them from the USS Pennslyvania, to a dock at Honolulu, Hawaii. They are greeted by two Army officers and a Naval officer. An Army band plays on the dock, in the background. They are joined by Secretary Davis. In change of scene, the camera pans across the parade ground of Fort Shafter, where troops of the 64th Coast Artillery Regiment(AA) are seen marching in formation. Secretary Davis stands with Army officers reviewing the troops. Next, Secretary Davis is seen on steps of the U.S. Army tripler General Hospital, following a visit there. He is accompanied to his car. Scene shifts to the quarters of Major General Fox conner, Commander of the U.S. Army Hawaiian Department. The staff car carrying Secretary Davis drives into Honolulu, where offices of Goodyear International, and Royal Hawaiian Sales Company, Ltd. are seen along the street. The car parks, and Davis's military aide, 1st Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland, opens the door for a rear admiral, and Secretary Davis, who step from the car. Davis is dressed formally in top hat. (Slate indicates they are visiting opening ceremonies for the new Army and Navy YMCA in Honolulu.)

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022672
Americans celebrate the 200th Anniversary of United States' at Washington DC.

Americans celebrate 200th Anniversary of United States at Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. View of Washington Monument across the reflecting pool in Washington DC, United States. Georgia, Massachusetts and Connecticut written on outer edge of Lincoln Memorial building (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). Singing Choir stands on steps of Lincoln Memorial. Celebration begins with sunrise services, led by Reverend John Steinbruck, Pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church, Washington, DC. People pray with candles in hand and thereafter float them in water of the reflecting pool.

Date: 1976, July 4
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022741
Bicentennial parade in Washington DC

Americans celebrate United States 200th Anniversary with a parade in Washington DC. Church bells ringing with United States Capitol building in the background. Women with painted faces and 76 written on foreheads celebrate traditional day of independence. Girls in white dresses dance.The U.S. Army's "Old Guard" band, in Revolutionary War uniforms, plays. Americans clap and cheer during the parade. Troops with American flag march followed by a dragon dance. Men ride Penny Farthing bicycles.

Date: 1976, July 4
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022742
500 persons become American citizens during bicentennial celebration at Monticello; crowd at National Mall in Washington DC on Independence Day 1976

Americans celebrate United States 200th Anniversary in Virginia, United States. Guests gathered outside Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia during the Bicentennial Celebration. Five hundred new citizens sign naturalization documents. Man calls out names of the new citizens. In an official ceremony, the new citizens recite oath of citizenship, swearing to support the Constitution of the United States of America. Scene changes to July 4 Independence Day celebration at the National Mall in Washington DC, with wide shot of the grounds of the Washington Monument filled with people. Audio includes a woman speaking on the U.S. Capitol Mall, Washington, DC, quoting from American Declaration of Independence. View of flags in foreground with with fireworks in the background.

Date: 1976, July 4
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022746