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Organizers prepare for the Civil Rights "March on Washington" in Washington DC.

Volunteers prepare for the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Men erect tents on the National Mall grounds. A banner 'March on Washington' is pasted on the top of the tent. Posters and placards about the march prepared. Handheld signs say 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom'. Washington Monument and other buildings in the background. A man speaks on loudspeaker. Volunteers work and prepare for the march, making signs, making bag lunches, and distributing buttons that say "I march for freedom." Group of African American and white singers in a chorus sing "We shall overcome." Organizers distribute boxes of pin badges. Volunteers and participants are given the badges.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963, August 27
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028215
Americans gather on grounds of Washington Monument and Joan Baez and Odetta sing in front of Civil Rights marchers

A large number of Americans gather to participate in the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. People gather at the grounds of the Washington Monument. Singer Joan Baez sings "We Shall Overcome" with a guitar in front of the crowd. People sit with boards and placards. Vehicles parked in the background. Flags in the background and the Washington Monument base visible. Vehicles move on the street including many buses arriving. Singer Odetta (Odetta Holmes) plays a guitar and sings "I'm On My Way". Crowd includes young and old, and African American and white citizens. Crowd cheers and applauds.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963, August 28
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028219
Allen Dulles and others board a U-4B airplane, Vice Pres. Nixon boards a helicopter at National Airport

Allen Dulles, CIA director, boards a U-4B plane at Washington National Airport. Aircraft taxis out as directed. Other airplanes in the background. Vice president Nixon walks towards a helicopter and boards the helicopter.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1955, November 21
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028255
VIP's board CH-21B and the helicopter in flight on helicopter pad at Pentagon.

CH-21B takes off from a helicopter pad at Pentagon. VIP's arrive towards the helicopter. Men walk on the helicopter pad. Trees on the ground. Bags on the ground. CH-21B's No 2 and 3 take off.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1955, November 21
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028261
Generals arrive to meet General Willard G Wyman as he gets the Distinguished Service Medal in Pentagon, Washington DC.

Generals arrive to meet General Willard Gordan Wyman at the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia. He gets the Distinguished Service Medal. Allen Dulles, Chief of CIA, and others applaud. The General and Mrs. Wyman shake hands with their well wishers. Brucker shakes hands with General Wyman. Other people follow. They greet the General and his wife. Awards and medal framed on wall. Adjutant General reads citation. General Walter Bedell Smith dressed in civvies. General Nathan.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1958, July 29
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028262
Retrospective highlights from the life of FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover.

View of the White House. President Lyndon Johnson accompanied by FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, who speaks into microphone, thanking the President for the action he had taken, on Hoover's behalf. (Johnson waived the mandatory retirement age of 70, to allow Hoover to continue as Director of the FBI.) Visitor looking at displays in the FBI headquarters, in Washington, DC, including the "Ten Most Wanted." Hoover testifying before the Senate Committee investigating Crime, chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver. View of J Edgar Hoover entering an office room and giving a speech in an FBI office late in his career.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1972, May 2
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028268
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