President John F. Kennedy visits Mexico. The President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy moves in a motorcade through the streets followed by a ticker tape parade. Civilians lined up on either side of the street cheer. They hold banners. A luncheon is organized in honor of President Kennedy. The President addresses a gathering. Dignitaries raise a toast. He visits the site of a government sponsored low cost housing project. Residents shake hands with the President. American and Mexican flags flutter in wind from a building. Portraits of Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos placed on buildings. President Kennedy meets Mexican officials during a table conference. They discuss new measures to reduce contamination in the Colorado River. He visits tombs of Mexican Heroes. An archbishop prays for the success of the President's visit during a Mass service. President Kennedy get in a car and heads for an airport.
Scenes following news of death of Pope John XXIII in Vatican City,Rome. Large crowd of civilians gather at the Saint Peter's Square. They place pictures of Pope John XXIII. Civilians pray for the recovery of Pope's illness in front of the windows of Pope apartment. Past scenes show: Pope John XXIII meets with the bishops.
James Francis Byrnes sworn in as the Secretary of State before United States President Harry S. Truman and members of Congress and Cabinet. Former President Franklin D Roosevelt greets Byrnes. Former Secretary of State and newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Edward Reilly Stettinius congratulates the new secretary. Former Secretary Cordell Hull signs the United Nations UN Charter (World Security Charter) in Washington DC.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC and some of the city's landmark buildings. The Smithsonian Institution Building located on the National Mall built in the year 1846. View of the State Department Building and the Pension Office. The Post Office at Pennsylvania Avenue and the new Agriculture Department Building. View of a garden in front of the National Mall.
Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Still image of snow covered railroad train tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway Station at corner of 6th and B streets, cutting across the Mall. Animation shows: a model of Washington DC made by McMillan Commission in the year 1901. Elevated view of the landmark Union Station train station from roughly the 1920s, and view of the Plaza and new city Post Office building. Model shows the location of the station. 1908 Officers Buildings and the building for members of the House of Representatives. The Treasury Department Building for the Bureau of Revenue and building for the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Early view from 1920s of the West Wing of the White House. View of building housing the Corcoran Art Gallery. American National Red Cross building and National Headquarters building for the Daughters of the American Revolution. View of the Pan American Union building. National Academy of Sciences building exterior.
1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.
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