Traffic in Washington DC in late 1940s. Narrator notes that traffic jams from 5 PM to 5:30 PM on the mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. Cars crossing the mall area. A woman driver waits for a passing street car at 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Streetcars or trolleys are seen, together with cars and buses, and view of traffic jam on Pennsylvania Avenue. View of L'Enfant's grave marker.
Monuments in Washington DC. A DC-6 airliner and an Eastern Airlines Lockheed Constellation airliner land at the the Washington National airport. Passengers deplane. Aerial view of the Memorial bridge. Traffic moves on the Whitehurst Freeway. Construction of the District of Columbia Courthouse. Aerial view of the Pentagon building. View of Senate Office building. A car leaving the parking garage at the Hecht Company building. Temporary WWII era buildings on the mall in Washington, D.C. Children from the school safety patrol band of Fairview NJ play. Kids from Morgantown, West Virginia safety patrol marching.
Construction of District of Columbia schools. Suburban homes in Washington, D.C. Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Sesquicentennial festivities in Washington DC. Crowds gathered on the East Capitol Plaza during Washington Sesquicentennial festivities. American flag flutters atop the flagpole in front of the Capitol Dome. Tourists leave buses on streets. They visit the Jefferson Memorial. Abraham Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial. Tourists visit parks.
Hippies and peace activists promoting peace in Detroit, Michigan. A large crowd of hippies and activists gather at the Belle Isle park for a love in. Man writes pacifist slogans on cars. Various peace slogans painted on cars, trucks and vans. People dance and promote peace and anti-war participants demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Washington DC and Arlington Virginia. Large crowd of peace activists, pacifists and anti-war demonstrators gather at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) for a mass protest. The Washington Monument is seen from afar. A scuffle between anti-war demonstrators and hecklers. Demonstrators move in parade across the Key Bridge over the Potomac River, holding banners. Military policemen control the crowd as they protest at the Pentagon. They arrest several demonstrators. Tear gas is used. Campfires are lighted by the protesters on the grounds of the Pentagon to stay warm during the overnight cold as the demonstration carries into a second day as a sit-in. Military police monitor the demonstrators.
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