Footage of Griffith Stadium, home of baseball's Washington Senators, circa 1949. A sign in film reads: '...the Senators do!' Camera then swings to empty stadium, with neighborhood buildings outside the stadium visible at right. View of small crowd watching the Senators play. Based on the uniforms, the opponent appears to be the St. Louis Browns. Senators player on first base takes off towards second on a hit ball. But the ball is caught in the outfield and the runner gets picked off returning to first base. Another player swings and misses at a pitch. People approach gate at Griffith Stadium.
The White House in Washington DC, viewed from across the street in Lafayette Square Park. Street cars move past on Pennsylvania Avenue. Pigeons near and around a bench in the park.
The Washington Channel, in Washington,DC, as viewed from the Hains Point park. Boats and local sightseeing cruise ships are seen. Buildings on Maine Avenue visible in distance. (Fleeting glimpse of statue of Guardian of Law, by sculptor James Earle Fraser, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC)
The Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Washington, DC. Views from front of the building on 16th Street. A sign at curb of the building reads: 'No Parking, Embassy Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'. The entrance of the building. An American military officer, in uniform, walks past and glances at the Embassy.
Equestrian statue of General George Henry Thomas by sculptor, John Quincy Adams Ward, in Washington, DC. It was erected in 1879, at Thomas Circle, where Massachusetts Avenue, Vermont Avenue, 14th Street, and M Street, NW, converge. The National City Christian Church can be seen on the circle, in the background.
U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron (ZRS-4) over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California, attempting to dock for refueling. A hundred sailors hold on to spider lines from rings on cables lowered by the USS Akron. After one ring breaks, all sailors let go except three who are pulled aloft as the airship lurches up from an updraft. One, Robert H. Edsall, falls to his death, followed by Nigel M. Henton, who also suffers the same fate. The third, Charles Cowart, manages to tie himself to the cable and is eventually pulled into the airship, safely.
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