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.
Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Hiroshi Saito, views the Japanese Sakura cherry trees around the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. He is seen with his wife and children. Ambassador Saito and his family pose under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom during springtime. The cherry blossom trees in Washington DC are donated by Japan to the United States of America. Ambassador Saito meets with United States dignitaries at the Tidal Basin.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) in Washington DC, United States. Jefferson memorial and Tidal Basin in front of it. Trees around the memorial. A man and a woman walk near the memorial. Holy inscriptions on a wall. People stand in front of Thomas Jefferson's statue.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. A broken corrugated asbestos roof lying on the floor. A collapsed testing rig into a torpedo testing basin. Control equipment and instrument panels on the torpedo testing rig. A U.S. Army officer inspects the damage inflicted on the torpedo testing basin and building structure. A wall leaning inwards as a result of the pressure exerted on it by a blast.
National monuments in Washington DC, United States. View of the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) and Washington Monument. Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French at the Lincoln memorial. Traffic on road. Exteriors of the Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States). Boats in the Tidal Basin. Statue of Thomas Jefferson inside the memorial. The Washington Monument. Flag of the United States atop the White House. People walk in a garden lawn in front of the White House.
Monuments in Washington DC, United States. The White House in Washington DC. Fountains in the garden in front of the White House. Mount Vernon in morning mist. Famed Japanese cherry blossoms. A woman walking on a path by the tidal basin with Cherry blossoms all around. View of Jefferson Memorial across the tidal basin, framed by cherry tree in bloom. A sentry of the Third United States Infantry, The Old Guard, maintaining a 24-hour vigil at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetary. A signboard in a lawn reads 'Frederick Douglass Home' and a house in the background. A flight of steps leading to the house. View of tall buildings along a street in the city. A sign advertising "Godspell" outside Ford's Theater, beside a street lamp on a sidewalk, and across the street, a sign on the railing of the first floor of the building reads 'House where Lincoln died'. The red-colored Smithsonian "Castle" building. Rhinosaurus statue in front of the Smithsonian museum of natural history, on the mall. Water flowing by locks ot the C&O canal, and a canal barge afloat within a lock.